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The Tierney Sutton Band: New York City, July 24, 2011
by Nick Catalano
Tierney Sutton Band Dizzy's Club Coca Cola New York City, NY July 24, 2011 Fresh from conquests in Geneva, The Tierney Sutton Band roared into town in the midst of a record New York heat wave and revealed more of its unique trademark arrangements. The band's continuing pattern of standard ...
Big Band Jazz: It's Not Just for Guys Anymore
by Jack Bowers
Back in the early '90s, Stanley Kay, one-time back-up drummer for the incomparable Buddy Rich, later a manager of such artists as Maurice Hines, Michelle Lee and Paul Burke and the entertainment director for the New York Yankees, had a good idea: the time had come, he reasoned, to assemble an all-woman big band that would ...
Christian Jacob: On Respect and Knowledge of Jazz in Japan
by Wayne Zade
Christian Jacob was born in Lorraine, France, and began classical piano studies at the age of four. His early musical influences included Debussy and Ravel, as well as Oscar Peterson, whose approaches to improvisation impressed him the most. Having won First Prize in a piano competition at the Paris Conservatory, Jacob studied and then later ...
Gold Medalists Abound at Big Band Olympics
by Jack Bowers
As this is being written, Betty and I are just back from a ten-day visit to California, the first six days of which would be of absolutely no interest to readers of this column. The last four, however, were spent at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel attending the L.A. Jazz Institute's “Big Band Olympics," which ...
Are You Sure, Bobby?
by Jack Bowers
In late March, I received an e-mail from trumpeter Bobby Shew. He said he'd performed a gig in West Palm Beach, FL, and had met my brothers, whom he described as “nice guys." My first impulse was to write back and ask if he could have been mistaken. My brothers? Nice guys? Well, the fact is ...
A Memorable Evening with Andy Martin
by Jack Bowers
After several months of inactivity, big-band jazz in Albuquerque sprang vibrantly to life for one memorable evening February 19 as Andy Martin, one of the world's most accomplished trombonists, flew in from Los Angeles to team with the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra for an electrifying concert at the Eldorado High School Performing Arts Center, crowning the city's ...
These Are a Few of My Favorite....Charts
by Jack Bowers
Whenever the topic of desert islands arises among jazz fans, the focus is invariably on which albums (discs) one would choose to cram into a suitcase if one were ever stranded on an otherwise barren island. While the consideration of particular arrangements seldom governs the debate, I really think it should. After all, few albums, however ...
Tierney Sutton and her group Sunday, Sept 12th. at The Hilton Harrisburg in Harrisburg PA
The Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz are proud to present Tierney Sutton and her group Sunday, Sept 12th. Beginning at 6 p.m. A Youth band from an area high school or college will open the Concert's with 5 pm performances.The concert will take place at The Hilton Harrisburg located at 1 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg PA ...
Allen Carter Big Band / Lucerne Jazz Orchestra / Joris Teepe Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Allen Carter Big BandGiftsAC Muzik2010 If there were any integrity or enlightenment in the music business as we know it in 2010--not to mention among listeners--drummer Allen Carter's debut big-band album, Gifts, would surely go platinum or at least earn a well-deserved Grammy Award. As not much of ...
Live in Japan
Label: WilderJazz
Released: 2009
Track listing: Too Close for Comfort; It Never Entered My Mind; Little Eyes; Hana (Spring); Natsuno Omoide (Summer); Akatonbo (Autumn); Yukino Furu Machio (Winter); State of Mind; All or Nothing at All; At Last.
