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Take Five With Jay Smith
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jay Smith:Jay Smith has performed with dozens of groups all over California, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain in a wide range of music, from bebop and gypsy jazz to Latin rock and funk. He has worked with groups and musicians as Kelulu, Mento Buru, The Fresno Philharmonic, David Baron Stevens, Andre Bush, Mike ...
New Jazz Film Financing: They Died Before 40
New Jazz Film Financing: They Died Before 40 Many people may have heard of Charlie Parker, who died at 34. But others, such as Herschel Evans, who died before reaching 30, are very little known and their stories untold. For example, Jo Jones, drummer and an integral part of the Count Basie band for many years, ...
Doug Wamble: A New Direction
by Matthew Warnock
It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn ...
Howard Alden, Marty Grosz on Riverwalk Jazz This Week
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, two contemporary giants of jazz guitar, Marty Grosz and Howard Alden, join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing in San Antonio for a show devoted to a trio of early jazz guitarists—Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang and Carl Kress. The show is distributed nationwide by Public Radio International and XM/Sirius ...
Singer/Songwriter Doug Wamble Interviewed at All About Jazz
It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn ...
Riverwalk Jazz on Producer John Hammond This Week
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with guests Dick Hyman, Topsy Chapman, Harry Allen and others, explore the towering legacy of the man called “the most influential talent scout and music producer in history." Listen to interview clips of John Hammond with New York radio personality Ed Beach on his WRVR show, ...
Ken Peplowski/Bucky Pizzarelli Quintet at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
by Dan Bilawsky
Ken Peplowski/Bucky Pizzarelli QuintetDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYNovember 23, 2010 When the dust has settled on Halloween, the leaves have all fallen off of the trees and the temperature takes a dip, it's clear that Thanksgiving is only a short while away. At Thanksgiving, people come together with family, reunite ...
Sandro Albert: Vertical
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Ever since the path-breaking, horn-like excursions of guitarist Charlie Christian in Benny Goodman's band, the language and literature of the guitar have forever been changed. Today's exponents, from Pat Metheny to Fred Frith, have stretched its boundaries, albeit from dramatically different perspectives of the musical spectrum. Sandro Albert fits somewhere in the dynamic pantheon of guitarists, ...
Russell Malone: Triple Play
by C. Michael Bailey
Guitarist Russell Malone has found a durable and receptive home at MAXJAZZ, resulting in three fine recordings: Playground (2004); Live at Jazz Standard, Volume 1 (2006); and Live at Jazz Standard, Volume 2 (2006). He sports an elegant, unpretentious method and a shimmering, round and slightly velvety tone that compliments his considerable abilities. Triple Play is ...
"Class of '39" This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
Riverwalk Jazz this week offers a musical snapshot of 1939, a year that produced some of the greatest motion pictures, jazz recordings, and songwriting of the 20th century. Stream this hour-long show now in its entirety in Windows Media. Musical guests for this show (in encore appearances) include piano legend Dick Hyman, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, the ...
