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Emily Remler: Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988
by Jack Kenny
"And death shall have no dominion," wrote Dylan Thomas. To prove the truth of the poet's assertion, Zev Feldman has found and promoted this beautiful album, bringing the talent and creativity of Emily Remler back to life. It is easy to see why Feldman says that for him this is an important project. All of Feldman's ...
The Label Head: Nils Winther
by B.D. Lenz
Talk to anyone from around the jazz business and they'll all tell you the same thing, there is no shortage of it. There is plenty of great music being made by plenty of great musicians. In fact, the supply is probably outpacing the demand. And yet independent jazz labels are having a tough time. Do they ...
Perfection: Chet Baker, Estate (1985)
In November 1985, three years before his death at age 58, Baker performed at the Moonlight Club in Macerata, on Italy's east coast, halfway between Florence and Rome. Baker had been touring in Europe that year with a range of different European musicians, and he extended the tour by a month in Italy, hiring Michel Graillier ...
Jazz on Soul, Pop, Rock, Folk, and other intangible territories - Part 2
by Artur Moral
Part 1 | Part 2 James Carter soloing on a song by Sting? A prolific French guitarist and producer, approaching his thousandth album, deconstructing one of Billy Joel's most candid love songs? A Spanish trumpeter translating the Bee Gees into the jazz language? Yes, all this will happen in this second installment of a ...
Carmen McRae, Bobby McFerrin, Saje, and More
by Jua Howard
Welcome Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! As usual, I've got a great show in store for you including new music from MeShell NdegeOcello, Raul Midon, Kristin Korb, Luis Giraldo; and timeless music from Carmen McRae, Bobby McFerrin, Saje, Peter Eldridge, Somi; and many more. Come get lost in ...
Paolo Fresu: Kind of Miles
by Giuseppe Segala
Paolo Fresu: Kind of Miles Teatro Comunale Bolzano 24-27 ottore 2024 La storia del jazz si alimenta di grandi passioni, di scoperte e di profonda stima. Tutti i musicisti hanno avuto una folgorazione, o meglio una serie continua di folgorazioni. Ci limitiamo a citare come esempio quella di Duke Ellington ...
Tadd Dameron: Fontainebleau & Magic Touch Revisited
by Chris May
There is much that is tragic about Tadd Dameron's story. The composer, arranger and pianist fell prey to the heroin epidemic that gripped New York's jazz world in the 1940s and 1950s. He did jail time for his addiction in 1959-60. He died at the woefully young age of 48 years in 1965. But there is ...
Rahsaan Barber: Six Words
by Chris May
Six Words is saxophonist Rahsaan Barber's fourth album on his Nashville-based label Jazz Music City, and the first to be conceived as a suite. The titular six words are something Wynton Marsalis said in a conversation with Barber: “There is power in this music." With that thought in mind, Barber composed a series of pieces focused ...
The Timeless Sounds of Chet Baker: A Look at the Trumpeter and Vocalist’s Top Ten Songs
by AAJ Staff
Chet Baker, a name synonymous with cool jazz, left an indelible mark on the world of music with his evocative trumpet playing and hauntingly beautiful vocals. His career, spanning from the early 1950s until his untimely death in 1988, produced a wealth of recordings that continue to resonate with audiences today. In celebrating Baker's legacy, it's ...
Alan Barnes & David Newton: 'Tis Autumn
by Neil Duggan
You may have heard of the 10,000-hour rule, perhaps from Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers, where he describes how it takes around 10,000 hours of intensive practice to master complex skills like playing the saxophone or the piano. That amounts to around 20 hours a week for a decade. Imagine, then, the calibre of performance that saxophonist ...
