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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2018

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- ...

Article: Under the Radar

State and Mainstream: The Jazz Ambassadors and the U.S. State Department

by Karl Ackermann
April 27, 2018

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 ...

Article: Album Review

Vinny Raniolo: Air Guitar

Read "Air Guitar" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 14, 2018

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 ...

Album

More Jazz Guitar Milestones Of Jazz Legends

By Charlie Christian

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;

Article: Talking 2 Musicians

Ronny Jordan: A pioneer of Acid Jazz, a Staple of Smooth Jazz

by Alan Bryson
November 16, 2017

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 ...

Article: Under the Radar

Culture Clubs: A History of the U.S. Jazz Clubs, Part II: New York

by Karl Ackermann
November 7, 2017

Jazz didn't abandon Chicago but its further development only began to take on a distinct personality in the 1960s. By the late 1920s, the next phase of the jazz scene had shifted from Chicago to New York though, initially, there was no red carpet rolled out. As jazz bands made their way to New York they ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2017

Article: Book Excerpts

A Conversation with Mike Mainieri

by Anthony Smith
June 2, 2017

The following is an excerpt from the chapter “A Conversation with Mike Mainieri" of Masters of the Vibes by Anthony Smith (Marimba Productions, 2017). So you've been working on a new project this week? Yes, just finishing some overdubs... it's a project I'm involved in with some friends, but I really can't ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Ike Quebec: Blue & Sentimental - 1962

by Marc Davis
May 14, 2017

Everyone loves a good comeback--especially if the second act is better than the first. Think of Tina Turner, Marlon Brando and George Foreman. Or tenor saxman Ike Quebec. Quebec isn't exactly a household name, but his seven Blue Note records are uniformly terrific, and Blue & Sentimental is among the best ever ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Organ Grinder Swing–Adrienne Fenemor, Little Charlie, Matthew Kaminski, Music Soup, King Louie & LaRhonda Steele

by C. Michael Bailey
March 5, 2017

There are certain things that evoke memory more than smells and sound. Unfiltered Lucky Strike cigarettes, just lit, make me think of my dad's office in the 1960s. Unfiltered Lucky Strike cigarettes, iced-cold Budweiser in the bottle, and organ jazz and blues, make me think of what dark, urban dives should smell, taste and sound like ...