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Pittsburgh Celebrates the Guitar with "Four on Six" at Alphabet City
by Mackenzie Horne
For countless bluesmen, rockers, and bossa players, the guitar is the path to jazz; that trail was blazed as early as the 1920s by practitioners such as Eddie Durham, Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, and Charlie Christian. For Pittsburgh guitarist Mark Strickland, it was Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue (Blue Note, 1963) that first sparked his interest in ...
A Professional Jazz Musician? Really? What's That?
by Peter Rubie
I've been around as a musician long enough to understand when a promoter or booker ghosts me. “Yeah, sure, send me an email," they say in that sincere way that sounds like someone saying, “Of course I love you" just to shut you up. It comes with the territory, and a musician has to be Zen ...
Joey D Came To Town, Abdullah’s A Winner & More
by Marc Cohn
Three features for you this week. Joey DeFrancesco wowed Baton Rouge on Wednesday, November 28th at the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge; we warmed up the crowd on Gifts and Messages with DrJazz's request list. Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is a 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Award winner, and we spotlight his Penguin Guide 'Core Collection' recording, Yarona. ...
Blue Highways and Sweet Music: The Territory Bands, Part II
by Karl Ackermann
Part 1 | Part 2 Part 1 of Blue Highways and Sweet Music: The Territory Bands looked at the roots, drivers and challenges of the travelling groups who brought jazz music to the non-urban areas of the Southern Plains, through one-night-stands, in often impromptu venues. A black phenomenon, often misappropriated by white musicians, promoters, ...
Forward Into The Past
by Jerome Wilson
It's in the nature of most jazz musicians to reach out for the new but a few find their inspiration in the music of the pre-bebop era. Here are three examples. Ernie Krivda and Swing City A Bright And Shining Moment Capri Records 2018 Saxophonist Ernie Krivda is ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian
All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas but was raised in Oklahoma City from the time he was two years old. Charlie\'s immediate family were all musically talented- ...
State and Mainstream: The Jazz Ambassadors and the U.S. State Department
by Karl Ackermann
The Cold War that began in 1947 and ran for forty-four years, had jazz music as its primary deterrent to global tensions, and it did more to foster good will between the U.S. and global citizens than any previous program launched by the U.S. Department of State. Jazz music, even in its Golden Age, was seldom ...
Vinny Raniolo: Air Guitar
by Dan Bilawsky
Now here's something that brings fresh meaning to the idea of an artist piloting an album. Virtuoso guitarist and avid aviator Vinny Raniolo uses his debut leader date as an opportunity to fly the friendly skies, putting his ax to good use on an aerial-themed program with a pleasantly straightforward outlook. While Raniolo ...
More Jazz Guitar Milestones Of Jazz Legends
Label: The Intense Media
Released: 2017
Track listing: Charlie Christian • T-Bone Walker; Charlie Christian With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra; T-Bone Walker; Al Casey • Tiny Grimes; Al Casey - Buck Jumpin'; Tiny Grimes - Callin' The Blues; The Wes Montgomery Trio • Johnny Griffin; The Wes Montgomery Trio - A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar / Organ / Drums; Johnny Griffin - Grab This! (Feat. Joe Pass); Tal Farlow Quartet • John Lewis & Sacha Distel; Tal Farlow Quartet; John Lewis & Sacha Distel - Afternoon In Paris; CD5 • Herb Ellis • Sal Salvador; Herb Ellis - Nothing But The Blues; Sal Salvador - Quintet / Quartet; The Jimmy Giuffre 3 • Paul Desmond; The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - The Easy Way (Feat. Jim Hall); Paul Desmond - Desmond Blue With Strings (Feat. Jim Hall); Grant Green • Bob Brookmeyer Street Swingers; Grant Green - Sunday Mornin'; Bob Brookmeyer - Street Swingers (Feat. Jim Hall & Jimmy Rainey); Kenny Burrell • Gene Ammons; Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights Volume 2; Gene Ammons - Jungle Soul (Feat. Kenny Burrell & Bucky Pizzarelli); Barney Kessel • Barry Galbraith; Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing; Barry Galbraith - Guitar And The Wind; René Tomas And Bobby Jaspar; René Tomas And Bobby Jaspar - From Rome To Comblain;
Ronny Jordan: A pioneer of Acid Jazz, a Staple of Smooth Jazz
by Alan Bryson
This month marks guitarist Ronny Jordan's 55th birthday. A trailblazer in acid jazz, his debut album The Antidote foreshadowed Miles Davis' embrace of hip hop with the album Doo-Bop by six months. Moreover, Jordan's track “After Hours" also had a profound impact on smooth jazz as you will read in the following interview. This interview was ...
