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Jazz Musician of the Day: Count Basie

August 21, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Count Basie's birthday today! Bill Basie studied music with his mother as a child and played piano in early childhood. He picked up the basics of early ragtime from some of the great Harlem pianists and studied organ informally with Fats Waller. He made his professional debut as an accompanist for ...

Article: Interview

Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 2

by Victor L. Schermer
August 14, 2019

Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, and Kenny Barron have greater celebrity, but Beirach easily qualifies alongside them as ...

Article: Live Review

NYOS Jazz Orchestra Featuring Yazz Ahmed @ The MAC

by Ian Patterson
July 30, 2019

NYOS Jazz Orchestra Featuring Yazz Ahmed The MAC Belfast, N. Ireland July 22 , 2019 It was a pretty decent crowd for a Monday night. An older crowd, drawn to big-band jazz. Few, it seemed, were Belfast jazz gig regulars, at least, not the usual suspects who pitch up to ...

Article: Live Review

A to JazZ Festival 2019

by Ian Patterson
July 26, 2019

A to JazZ Festival 2019 South Park II Sofia, Bulgaria July 5-7, 2019 Jazz on a summer's day. There's nothing quite like it. To see Sofia's South Park II packed with somewhere between fifteen and twenty thousand people for three days of jazz, where a veritable sea of good vibes ...

Article: Live Review

2019 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

by Mackenzie Horne
July 7, 2019

Gary Bartz Liberty Avenue Stage Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 2010 The 2019 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival featured a heavyweight lineup of world-renowned saxophone players, including Charles Lloyd, Nubya Garcia, and Gary Bartz. Bartz was scheduled to perform selections from Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way ...

Article: Interview

Rick Lawn: The Evolution of Big Band Sounds in America

by Victor L. Schermer
July 2, 2019

From the latter part of the Jazz Age through the Swing Era, big bands dominated the jazz scene and a large part of the entertainment industry. After World War II, their fortunes declined, but their music soared to new heights, spurred on by innovative leaders, instrumentalists, and very importantly, the composers/arrangers who worked behind the scenes ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Leon Redbone and Lawrence Leathers

by Joe Dimino
June 24, 2019

From the veteran vibes Chuck Redd we rocket into this week's episode of Neon Jazz. From there, we peer into the influences into Chuck's life with cats like Charlie Byrd and Count Basie. We take a good look into the life and music of Paul Serrato and Ashley Pezzotti and pay respects to a couple of ...

Article: Interview

Nico Gori e La Rinascita Dell'Orchestra da Ballo

by Neri Pollastri
June 17, 2019

Sono passati sette anni dalla nostra ultima conversazione con Nico Gori, clarinettista e sassofonista tra i più brillanti del nostro jazz, compositore e bandleader molto attivo. Torniamo a parlare con lui per approfondire i suoi ultimi progetti: il disco doppio realizzato con il suo quartetto e i due del Nico Gori Swing 10tet, vera e propria ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Big Bands of the 1950s (1950 - 1957)

by Russell Perry
June 9, 2019

Woody Herman disbanded the Second Herd in 1949 and, while Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington managed to keep a big band on the road through the 1950s, Count Basie disbanded his band at the start of the decade but assembled a new one in a few years. Generally this was a tough period for large ensembles. ...

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Take Five with Donna Singer

by AAJ Staff
June 6, 2019

About Donna Singer Raised in the lush Catskills, Donna Singer graduated from the New York Academy of Theatrical Arts, then studied at The Juilliard School. Her far reaching career includes European concerts in Paris, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Wales. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Recital Hall in Lincoln Center, Central Park's ...