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Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Charles Lloyd QuartetMirrorECM Records2010 Saxophonist Charles Lloyd's current artistic output is often depicted as a heartwarming comeback after years of silence. It is certainly true that his recent string of albums for ECM has brought him commercial and critical success even greater than the plaudits that attended his ...
Pete Malinverni Trio: A Beautiful Thing
by Dan McClenaghan
The great tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins once said: “[music]...if you don't make mistakes you're not really trying." Pianist Pete Maliverni seems to have taken this statement to heart, going into the studio with his working trio--bassist Lee Hudson and drummer Eliot Zigmund--to record A Beautiful Thing, producing a music full of inspired flexibility, much like what ...
Jazz Is For The Birds: An Aviary In Song
by Dan Bilawsky
In jazz--as in all else in life--different words mean different things to different people. The way we associate words or sounds with meaning is unique to the individual, but certain words tend to draw similar thoughts from within the jazz community. “Bird" is one such word. Whether you're an avant-garde aficionado, a “moldy fig," a modernist ...
Teddy Wilson: Solo / Big Band
by David Rickert
Teddy WilsonSolo / Big BandStoryville Records2010 Teddy Wilson will always be primarily known for his work with the Benny Goodman band and the reliable piano accompaniment he provided for it on many classic records. After the big band era, although he teamed up with Goodman again from ...
Retrieval Records: Treasures Lost and Found
by Nathan Holaway
“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago."-- Louis Armstrong “You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was ...
New Classes Forming Now At New York Jazz Workshop
From the Village Vanguard to Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York is the world's jazz capital, attracting musicians who come to listen, play, and also to learn. New York Jazz Workshop (NYJW) is their school of music, a magnet for musicians of every level, from beginner to advanced. New classes are forming now. NYJW provides: ...
Oleg Kireyev and Keith Javors: Rhyme and Reason
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Rhyme and Reason is a spare collection of just six charts that swing with both familiar and unfamiliar time. All four members of this vibrant quartet, fronted by pianist Keith Javors and saxophonist Oleg Kireyev, seem prepared to let the music flow from the most commonly known musical focal point out into the sea of surprise, ...
NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston To Release A New CD With His African Rhythms Sextet, "The Storyteller: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola"
For over five decades, pianist, composer, bandleader and NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston has enjoyed a distinguished career in music. With over 46 CDs as a leader, Weston has continued to perform his Africa-inspired jazz throughout the world and has been the recipient of many international awards and honors. This fall, Weston is set to release ...
Roy Gaines & His Orchestra: "Tuxedo Blues" Streets November 1
Jazz, blues, R&B and soul—legendary guitarist/vocalist/composer Roy Gaines, who has made a name for himself as a versatile master craftsmen playing music beyond category in a career spanning over seven decades, brings his vast wealth of experience all together on Tuxedo Blues. Fronting a full size jazz orchestra, the likes of which is seldom heard these ...
"Class of '39" This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
Riverwalk Jazz this week offers a musical snapshot of 1939, a year that produced some of the greatest motion pictures, jazz recordings, and songwriting of the 20th century. Stream this hour-long show now in its entirety in Windows Media. Musical guests for this show (in encore appearances) include piano legend Dick Hyman, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, the ...
