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"Brownie Speaks" Documentary: Delaware Premiere on August 18th
The Delaware Historical Society Presents The Delaware Premiere of Brownie Speaks August 18, 2009 at 6:00pm In celebration of the reopening of its newly renovated research library, the Delaware Historical Society will present a screening of Brownie Speaks, Don Glanden's feature length documentary about Clifford Brown, the legendary trumpeter from ...
Charles Davis: In the Air
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Saxophonist Charles Davis has spent the past few decades making history with such luminaries as Billie Holiday, Kenny Dorham, Abdullah Ibrahim, Clifford Jordan, Dinah Washington and Freddie Hubbard. Although Davis might be best known as one of the baritone players in the Sun Ra Arkestra, his many recordings and excellent performances outside of the Arkestral context ...
The Lanny Morgan Sextet: "6"
by Edward Blanco
Years ago a jazz critic of the Hong Kong press referred to Lanny Morgan as the “old master," and the moniker has stuck ever since. Now, at the ripe young age of 75, the “old master" Morgan holds court yet again with a sextet of equal masters on a scintillating session of bebop burners, simply titled ...
Charlie Parker: Bird in Time & Washington, DC, May 23, 1948
by Matthew Miller
Charlie Parker Bird in Time 1940-1947 ESP-Disk2008 Charlie Parker Washington DC, 1948 Uptown Jazz2008 In the liner notes to Washington, DC, 1948, Ira Gitler reaffirms an assessment made in his ...
John Esposito: The Blue People
by Jakob Baekgaard
Blue is the color of the blues. It's the mood of sadness and tranquility. It's the freedom and infinity of the ocean and the open sky. It's the rhythm and roots of jazz. The future and the past coalesced into a moment of improvisation. Pianist John Esposito's The Blue People seems to unite all the aspects ...
Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ogni linguaggio musicale è il risultato di un'ampia elaborazione collettiva e il jazz non fa eccezione: a partire dal XVIII secolo diverse etnie europee e africane si sono trovate, volenti o nolenti, a condividere l'avventura della colonizzazione delle americhe. Nel territorio dei futuri Stati Uniti questa sintesi ha determinato ogni espressione musicale autoctona e cambiato il ...
Sad, Violent, Obscure Saga of Jazz Singer Jackie Paris
Stumbling upon a talent as imposing, magnetic, and seemingly unflawed as that of Jackie Paris prompts both exhilaration and unease. A jazz singer whose career spanned the 1940s through the '70s, Paris seems to have been everywhere and nowhere - singing with jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, recording highly acclaimed albums, but constantly missing the ...
Charles McPherson's Post-Bird Bop: A 70th-Birthday Tribute
Charles McPherson is an alto saxophonist who spent much of his early career under the spell of jazz great Charlie Parker–but who fired the Parker sound with his own intense energy and expressive skills. Championed by jazz writer Ira Gitler, McPherson made a number of records for Prestige throughout the mid-to-late 1960s, garnering generally good reviews ...
Jymie Merritt: Dedication Personified
by Victor L. Schermer
Jymie Merritt came up in Philadelphia during the evolution of bebop and hard bop, when the town was a hotbed of musical activity. Players like John Coltrane, Benny Golson, and Philly Joe Jones were getting started there, and musicians like Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis would come to the city to perform ...
12 Oclock Jump Public Radio's New Jazz, Blues and Comedy Variety Hour, Live! From the Building Where Dizzy Met the Bird
Public radio has a new jazz, blues and comedy hour. 12 OCLOCK JUMP broadcasts live from the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City's 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District-- where Basie tickled the ivories and Dizzy Gillespie was introduced to Charlie Parker. Produced by Theater League, the show is broadcast live on KCUR-FM 89.3 in Kansas ...
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