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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Seven woMEN 2018 – Part III

by C. Michael Bailey
March 8, 2018

Look what creeped into my monthly column... and herein exist end-of-the-year-recordings...(you decide which ones). Ben Paterson That Old Feeling Cellar Live Records 2018 Everything about pianist/vocalist Ben Paterson's Cellar Live release, That Old Feeling is delightful. This recording is a beautiful throwback, with just a touch of ...

Article: Under the Radar

Culture Clubs: Part IV: When Jazz Met Europe

by Karl Ackermann
March 5, 2018

The Geography of Jazz--When Jazz Met Europe In 2004 Maureen Anderson, a researcher at Illinois State University contributed a dissertation to the journal, African American Review, titled The White Reception of Jazz in America. Ostensibly, her article deals with stories published in high profile periodicals and journals from 1917 and into the 1930s, written by white ...

Article: Live From Philadelphia

Katie Thiroux Trio at South Jazz Parlor

by Geno Thackara
February 28, 2018

Katie Thiroux Trio South Jazz Parlor Philadelphia, PA February 24, 2018 In time-honored Philly tradition, South is the kind of venue that recognizes jazz as a vital staple rather than just another aspect of business. Nestled on a corner in Center City's bustling north side (go figure), the place features a ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Formats – Solo Through Nonet

by C. Michael Bailey
February 23, 2018

One plus Two, equals three, and so on. What arbitrary combo size constitutes a big band? None of these. Solo: Jamie Saft Solo a Genova RareNoise Records 2018 That musical provocateur Jamie Saft, he is a prankster. After making all kinds of noise with the likes of Metallic Taste ...

Article: Album Review

Hal Galper: Cubist

by Paul Rauch
February 11, 2018

Hal Galper has been in the jazz limelight now for over a half century, establishing his trademark sound in more traditional settings with alto saxophone luminaries Cannonball Adderly, and Phil Woods, and trumpet legend Chet Baker. Yet in the new century, Galper has turned the piano trio concept on its collective ear, something that ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Film Noir, a Jazz Investigation

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 5, 2018

In search of clues about the key components that make it possible to build the mood, the suspense, the intrigue, the build-up of tension, the adrenaline rush and the release in a good film noir with a jazz soundtrack, or in the jazz soundtrack of an imaginary film noir. Plus an interview with German-born, ...

Article: Live Review

Nnenna Freelan With The Charleston Jazz Orchestra at Charleston Music Hall

by Rob Rosenblum
January 24, 2018

Nnenna Freelon with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra Charleston Music Hall Charleston, SC January 18, 2018 If you were expecting fireworks and bombastic performances of favorite pop tunes, jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon might have disappointed you in her Charleston debut last Friday night at the Charleston Music Hall. But if your ...

Article: Reassessing

Of Things Not Seen

by C. Michael Bailey
January 8, 2018

How Jeff Baker avoided full coverage at All About Jazz is beyond me, but now is a fine time to write this wrong. In 2009, Baker took a professional and stylistic chance in producing a jazz treatment of songs from the American Christian Songbook, Of Things Not Seen. He had worked up to this bold statement ...

Article: Under the Radar

Culture Clubs: A History of the U.S. Jazz Clubs, Part III: Kansas City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles & Beyond

by Karl Ackermann
January 6, 2018

Beyond the Hubs While New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City and New York City were the incubators of modern jazz, they were by no means the only locations with an appetite for live music. Jazz artists whose point of origin could not sustain multiple venues ventured to locations near and far to practice their trade. ...

Album

Born To Be Blue: The Music Of His Life

By Chet Baker

Label: American Jazz Classics
Released: 2017
Track listing: My Funny Valentine; Over The Rainbow; Let's Get Lost; I've Never Been In Love Before; There Will Never Be Another You; Go Down Sunshine; The Thrill Is Gone; Everything Happens To Me; There's A Small Hotel; Born To Be Blue; Ballata In Forma Di Blues; Someone To Watch Over Me; Haitian Fight Song; Deep In A Dream; Grey December; My Funny Valentine #2; Born To Be Blue;