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Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four ---> Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time The Documentary ChannelApril 27, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009After a promising launch on April 20, 2009, with ...
Kelvin Sholar: Artistic Crossroads
by Franz A. Matzner
Pianist, composer, programmer, writer, philosopher Kelvin Sholar is a modern Renaissance man, an endangered species in our modern times of careerism and hyper-focused resumes. At any one time, Sholar seems to be grappling with more ideas and projects than very few are capable of doing over several years--if at all. To give a ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode One: The Quiet Revolution
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode One: The Quiet Revolution The Documentary ChannelApril 20, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Many still look back at Ken Burns' Jazz (2001) as the documentary that ...
April 2009: From Sarah Vaughan to Little Richard
by Charlie B. Dahan
After a short hiatus, The Vault has reopened to review the latest in jazz and blues reissues, DVDs, books and other irresistible items. This month, we have books on the jazz age and Atlantic Records, CDs from Sarah Vaughan and Buddy Guy, and DVDs of Little Richard and Muddy Waters. Hazen Schumacher and ...
Kyle Eastwood Now
Kyle Eastwood, France's #1 Jazz artist release of NOW, offers a cool twist of genre jumping selections that swirl a post-modern jazz sensibility with a hip Euro electronica lounge vibe. Eastwood's Now is an interesting hybrid of style. The title track is the most successful with its addictive chugging rhythms of Manu Katche on drums and ...
Tony Grey: Stepping out of the Shadows
by Ian Patterson
Since graduating from Berklee with honors in 2001, Tony Grey has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting bassists of his generation. His debut solo recording ...Moving (Self Produced, 2004) won enthusiastic reviews and revealed a musician gifted with a very strong sense of melody, and songwriting skills which drew from influences far beyond ...
Rocco John Group: Devotion
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Rocco John Iacovone draws from a deep well for his musical inspiration, with sources as diverse as Eric Dolphy, J.S. Bach, Charlie Parker and Nadia Boulanger. These influences manifest themselves on Devotion, a pleasantly original quartet work composed and led by the talented and eclectic saxophonist, who blends these genres with skill and imagination.
Mike Barone / National Youth Jazz Orchestra / Vaughn Wiester / Dutch Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Mike Barone Big Band Class of '68 Rhubarb Recordings 2009 While some may deem composer / arranger / trombonist Mike Barone's latest album gratuitous, those who were introduced to Barone's music via the band's superb recording Live at Donte's, 1968 should take enormous pleasure in hearing further inspired ...
BIRD Captures Charlie Parker
I've seen two documentaries about Charlie Parker recently, but I haven't seen a lot of Parker. In an age when archives are filled with newsreel footage and videotape on even the most obscure of public figures, Parker seems always to have been somewhere else when the cameras were on. There is a shot of him accepting ...
Marilyn Crispell: Uncompromising Power and Grace
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Her notes crash like waves at sea on a stormy winter's night; they gently float and slowly fall like early morning mist; yet it's the silence--the silence between the notes--which provides the haunting poetic beauty that is the music of pianist Marilyn Crispell.Lloyd Peterson: Is there a decrease in listeners for creative music today?
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