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"Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead" Performance at the Hollywood Bowl
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Josh Groban and other celebrities were in attendance for the recent “Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead" performance at the Hollywood Bowl, which featured Miles Evans (son of Gil Evans) as both Musical Director and soloist, along with jazz heavy weights Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Jimmy Cobb (soloist), Christian McBride (soloist), Peter Erskine ...
George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 a Triumph
by R.J. DeLuke
There seemed to be a distinct feeling in the air at this year's jazz festival in Newport, R.I. It would be easy to imagine that there was something in the air, because the festival that was started by impresario George Wein way back in 1954 and became the model for all to follow had suffered an ...
Newport Jazz Festival 55: A Weekend to Savor
by Ken Franckling
George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55Newport, Rhode IslandAugust 7-9, 2009In this 40th anniversary summer of Woodstock, the musical love-in took place in Newport, not upstate New York. And it wasn't a matter of nostalgia. It was all about the Phoenix-like return of the jazz festival after a winter of uncertainty. Once ...
Take Five With Charmaine Clamor
by AAJ Staff
Meet Charmaine Clamor: The creator of Jazzipino, Charmaine Clamor is America's foremost Filipina jazz and world vocalist. With two consecutive albums in the JazzWeek World Music Top-10, Charmaine has been credited with introducing Filipino languages, melodies, and musical instruments to listeners around the globe. She records internationally for Viva Records and in the United States for ...
The Jazz Session #70: Carl Allen
Listen Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker have just released their second CD for Mack Avenue Records, titled Work To Do. Allen has been on the jazz scene since joining Freddie Hubbard's band in college, and hes served as the mentor for many jazz musicians, most notably Christian McBride. In this interview, Allen talks about why he ...
Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans
by Jack Bowers
Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...
Manhattan Transfer's "The Chick Corea Songbook" Coming On September 29th
In The Studio. MANHATTAN TRANSFER MAKE LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO THE STUDIO TO RECORD ALL, NEW ORIGINAL MATERIAL FOR “THE CHICK COREA SONGBOOK" IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY GRAMMY-Award winning jazz vocal group, MANHATTAN TRANSFER, are currently in the studio finalizing their new release The Chick Corea Songbook, a record inspired by the classic work of ...
The Jazz Session #69: Christian McBride
Listen Bassist Christian McBride returns to the acoustic realm with his new record, Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue Records, 2009). The album is a reunion of players from McBride's career--drummer Carl Allen, pianist Eric Reed, saxophonist Steve Wilson, and vibraphonist (and former student of McBride's) Warren Wolf, Jr. In this interview, McBride talks about Freddie Hubbard, ...
Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Kind of Brown
by Ken Dryden
Since arriving in New York City in the late 1980s, where he briefly studied at Juilliard, Christian McBride has been one of jazz's most in-demand bassists. In addition, he has become a valuable composer, arranger and jazz educator with a wide-open interest in many musical styles. The initial CD by McBride's Inside Straight quartet ...
Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Kind of Brown
by John Barron
Bassist/composer Christian McBride is one of the most in-demand sidemen in the music business, having toured and recorded with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Diana Krall and Sting. The Philadelphia-native has also made a name for himself as a daring leader, exploring both acoustic and electronic styles. For Kind of Brown, his premier date ...
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