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The Arab Roots of Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain
by John Murnane
Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain Columbia 1960 His biographer Ian Carr called trumpeter Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) “one of the seminal albums, and one of the most enduring classics, of jazz." It was, indeed, a pioneering leap into modal jazz, and most Davis fans would ...
Bobby Sanabria / Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Kenya Revisited Live!!!
by Edward Blanco
In 1957, Cuban band leader, singer and composer Francisco Raul Gutierrez Grillo de Ayala, AKA “Machito," his Afro-Cuban big band, along with co-founder Mario Bauza, Cannonball Adderley and Basie trumpeter Joe Newman, released an album titled Kenya (Roulette), which, at the time, became instrumental in launching the Afro-Cuban or Latin jazz genre. Multiple Grammy nominee Bobby ...
Bobby Sanabria / Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Kenya Revisited Live !!!
by Woodrow Wilkins
A full horn section combined with an ensemble of percussionists usually means one thing: Afro-Cuban jazz. Conductor Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra capture the essence of this style of music by paying tribute to a landmark recording.Kenya Revisited Live!!!, originally recorded in 1957 by Machito and his Afro-Cubans, ...
Tom Warner: Honoring the Legacy
by Victor L. Schermer
Tom Warner recently replaced Mervon Mehta as vice-president of programming for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, when the latter took the head position at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Among his eclectic musical tastes, the accessible, warm and articulate Warner has a strong interest in jazz.
Phil Woods: Philology
by George Kanzler
When pianist Jim McNeely replaced Hal Galper in the Phil Woods Quintet in 1990 it was the current winner--repeating in 1991--of the Downbeat Readers Poll as top jazz small group. But, as McNeely remembers, his first days with the alto saxophonist's band included a benefit concert for the local volunteer fire department in Delaware Water Gap, ...
Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall
by Greg Thomas
When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...
Jazz Video Guy Meets Ray Charles
In conjunction with the Concord Record Group's 2009 reissue of seven classic Ray Charles recordings, pre-production has started on Bret Jazz Video Guy Primack's new Video Podcast series, Ray Charles, Genius. The series, produced with the cooperation of The Ray Charles Marketing Group, will focus on Ray’s music and include interviews with his fellow musicians and ...
Derek Trucks: Moving Forward, Back Where He Started
by Alan Bryson
Over the past few years guitarist Derek Trucks has been on the cover of Down Beat and Rolling Stone; he's been profiled in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal; he's toured with Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana; he's guested on recordings with J.J. Cale, Elvin Bishop, Buddy Guy, David Sanborn and Nashville dobro ...
Blue Note at 70
by Joel Roberts
No label in jazz can match the history and legacy of Blue Note Records. Since its founding in New York in 1939 by German emigre Alfred Lion, Blue Note has been associated with an amazing assortment of jazz luminaries including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, ...
Lenny Bruce, Jazz Fan
The latest edition of the Jazz Video Guy's blog features highlights from some very rare Lenny Bruce video. In 1959, Mr. Bruce produced his own television pilot, The World of Lenny Bruce, featuring Buddy Rich and Harry Sweets Edison, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, and a quartet that includes his friend Philly Joe Jones, Cannonball Adderley and ...
