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Charles Lloyd New Quartet Plays National Concert Hall, Dublin, 18 November
TEDDY D PROMOTIONS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE CHARLES LLOYD NEW QUARTET: NATIONAL CONCERTY HALL DUBLIN, 18 NOVEMBER, 2014 Charles Lloyd - Sax / Flute, Gerald Clayton – Piano, Joe Sanders – Bass, Eric Harland – Drums The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. As he enters his 75th year, the depth ...
Charles Lloyd: Manhattan Stories
by Vic Albani
È sempre più raro che il mercato discografico possa riesca a mettere le mani su, e poi pubblicare, gemme di particolare bellezza magari dimenticate in qualche cassetto oppure mai pubblicate prima per i più svariati motivi. Con l'incredibile meticolosità di sempre, la Resonance di Zev Feldman e George Klabin recupera oggi due scintillanti concerti di sua ...
Charles Lloyd: Manhattan Stories
by Mark Corroto
In most cases, the folklore of a happening is much stronger than the actual event. The “older I get, the better it was" credo applies to so much of the remembered past. Not so for the only documented recordings by Charles Lloyd's Quartet of guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Pete La Roca.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Chico Hamilton
All About Jazz is celebrating Chico Hamilton's birthday today! Legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Foreststorn ‘Chico’ Hamilton, born September 21st, 1921 in Los Angeles, had a fast track musical education in a band with his schoolmates Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso. Engagements with Lionel Hampton, Slim & Slam, ...
Jazz on the Screen: A Jazz and Blues Filmography
by AAJ Staff
This article appears courtesy of David Meeker and the Library of Congress. Learn more about Jazz on Screen. Overview of Jazz on the Screen By David Meeker The cultural, sociological and technical histories of jazz and motion pictures have run in parallel, sometimes intersecting, lines ever since both forms emerged ...
Lenny Pickett: Equal Opportunity Explorer
by R.J. DeLuke
Lenny Pickett is one of those tenor saxophonists who people have heard over and over and, if they're not paying attention, they don't realize it. If they are listening, they will probably pick up on his wailing altissimo phrases and his ballsy, funky sound. He's one of those players, like David Sanborn, who has ...
First Take Trio: Recollections
by Jack Bowers
When Michael Anthony left home in the late 1950s for the bright lights of Hollywood, one of the resident artists who took him under his wing was fellow guitarist Howard Roberts, already established as one of the film and television industry's top studio musicians as well as an esteemed jazz virtuoso whose work with the Chico ...
Chico Hamilton: The Inquiring Mind
by Angelo Leonardi
Chico Hamilton ci ha lasciato un affascinante testamento musicale, realizzato lo scorso anno all'età di 92 anni, qualche mese prima di morire. Il titolo del disco sottolinea la caratteristica saliente della mente del batterista e compositore: quella vivace curiosità che l'ha mantenuto spiritualmente giovane ed ha alimentato l'eclettismo del suo stile. Chico non ...
Red Norvo: Four Classic Albums
by David Rickert
Red Norvo played the vibes while leading his own band during the swing era and grew into smaller groups in the forties and fifites once the practicality of leading a large ensemble became too much. He was one of the first to specialize of what has always been somewhat of an unusual instrument for jazz, but ...
Live From Old York: Gavin Bryars, Craig Vear, Matt Quinn & The Chimera Ensemble
by Martin Longley
Gavin Bryars/Craig Vear York Unitarian Chapel March 1, 2014 This gig opened up the 2014 season of Late Music concerts, a series that's dedicated to newer developments in modern composition, at least when viewed in the context of centuries-old classical tradition. This two-part evening combined the works of Gavin ...
