Results for "Charles Mingus"

Bill Kirchner and George Wein

by Joe Dimino
October 3, 2021

Representing a bridge between the old world and new world of jazz, we begin the 719th Episode of Neon Jazz with veteran musician, educator and broadcaster Bill Kirchner joined by his Nonet off his 2014 CD Lifeline. We also visit some veteran players with some fresh new sounds like John DePaola, Benoit Delbecq and Gabriel Evan. ...

Syrah Meets Mingus

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
October 2, 2021

Fonterossa Open Orchestra per Fabbrica Europa

by Neri Pollastri
September 24, 2021

Silvia Bolognesi Fonterossa Open Orchestra Firenze Fabbrica Europa Giardino Istituto Agrario 6.9.2021 Tra i primi appuntamenti dell'edizione 2021, il festival fiorentino Fabbrica Europa aveva in programma, per la sua sezione musicale, la Fonterossa Open Orchestra di Silvia Bolognesi con un nuovo programma dedicato a Charles Mingus, in particolare alle ...

Wildness: Syrah Meets Mingus

Featuring the music of Charles Mingus
Duration: 6:48
September 24, 2021

Wildness: Syrah Meets Mingus

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
September 20, 2021

Welcome to Jazz & Juice's season finale article—I hope you've enjoyed our first forays into the fun fusion of jazz and wine learning, and found that the 'knowledge is pleasure' axiom has proven itself true for you. Now, after the patience and restraint of the last segment, we venture into the world of the wild, in ...

Jon Hendricks: An Essential Top Ten Albums

by Peter Jones
September 16, 2021

Considering he reached the ripe old age of 37 before recording an album, Jon Hendricks' jazz legacy is remarkable. Although a singer, in his head he was more of an instrumentalist. When he improvised, he would imitate the tenor saxophone, the flute, the trombone, or the double-bass. His professional singing career lasted from 1932, when he ...

The Costello Jazz Show, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 7, 2021

Jazz is one of the most recurrent motifs in the multi-layered quilt that Elvis Costello's discography is; and one of those which make that eclectic patchwork both cohesive and uniquely appealing. The son of a jazz trumpeter/singer with a passion for 40s American jazz and a record seller with ears wide open, it's perhaps ...

Sheila Jordan: Comes Love: Lost Session 1960

by Angelo Leonardi
August 23, 2021

Una registrazione inedita in studio di Sheila Jordan del 1960 (che anticipa di due anni Portrait of Sheila, il debutto ufficiale Blue Note) ci dà gioia. Per valutare appieno il valore della scoperta ricordiamo che le incisioni della Jordan prima del 1975 (quando era già prossima ai cinquanta) sono rare e dei primi ...

Donald Edwards Quintet: The Color Of US Suite

by Chris May
August 18, 2021

This is an album one really wants to love but ends up applauding more for its intention than its realisation. Drummer Donald Edwards has composed a suite which addresses the race hate which besmirches America and which, observed from the other side of the pond, seems to have become more bitter and entrenched with the passing ...

Zakir Hussain: Making Music, Part 2-2

by Ian Patterson
August 12, 2021

Part 1 | Part 2 It seemed inevitable that Zakir Hussain would collaborate with jazz musicians as the '70s unfolded. Jazz had been sidling up to Indian classical music gradually since the early '60s. In 1962, Gary Peacock and Bud Shank played on Ravi Shankar's album Improvisations (World Pacific), although this was ...