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Clark Terry with Gwen Terry: Clark - The Autobiography of Clark Terry
by Florence Wetzel
Clark: The Autobiography of Clark TerryClark Terry with Gwen TerryHardcover; 344 pagesISBN: 9780520268463University of California Press2011There are many sad stories in jazz. Cornetist Joe Oliver lost his embouchure and ended up working as a janitor in a pool hall, singer Billie Holiday was arrested ...
Thad Jones: The Magnificent Thad Jones
by Greg Simmons
Trumpeter Thad Jones' greatest notoriety was as a member and leader of large ensembles, including the Count Basie Orchestra and later the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. But as great as his big band work was, it's a shame he didn't dedicate more time to small combos. He recorded a handful of really first-rate dates for Blue ...
2011: The Year In Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The ebb and flow of jazz in 2011 was marked by a Grammy Awards coup, a Grammy dustup, economic changes that consolidated the recording industry a bit, impacted clubs in various locales, and provided some new opportunities. The U.S. Postal Service literally put its stamp on jazz, even as the government wrestled with the future of ...
Cat Conner: Cat Tales
by C. Michael Bailey
Cat ConnerCat TailesSelf Produced2011 One of the greatest jazz performance challenges is playing and singing ballads slow...sometimes called “calendar slow." The trick is playing slowly without dragging or stalling. It is simple physics, the difference between velocity and momentum. Simple tempo may be understood in terms of ...
Ignasi Terraza Trio: ...Live at the Living Room, Bangkok
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Ignasi Terraza has led trios and quartets for twenty years, collaborating with Spain's finest jazz musicians along the way. He's also played with saxophone legends Teddy Edwards, Lou Donaldson and Frank Wess, singer Stacey Kent, and trumpeter Jon Faddis. ...Live at the Living Room, Bangkok documents his trio, over two nights in the Thai capital, ...
Wild Bill Davis: April in Paris
Count Basie's most famous and best-selling recording is April in Paris. Captured at New York's Fine Sound studios in July 1955, the song was arranged by organist Wild Bill Davis. Here's a passage from Chris Albertson's superb liner notes that accompany the Mosaic box, The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings: “Organist Wild Bill Davis ...
George Rabbai Quartet @ Collingswood Community Center on January 5th
Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave in Collingswood NJ, on January 5th will be trumpeter George Rabbai with his band, featuring guitarist Brian Betz, bassist Steve Varner and drummer Jim Miller. One Show: 7:30-9:00 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit ...
Jesper Thilo: Jesper Thilo & The American Stars
by Chris Mosey
Jesper Thilo was the Danish saxophonist of choice for nearly all the great US jazz musicians who played Copenhagen in the 1980s. Johnny Griffin, that most demanding of tenor players, pushed him to the limit and had no hesitation in naming him a “great Dane." Among those who included him on their recording ...
Wade Dean and his band at the Society Hill Playhouse in Philadelphia
Appearing at the new Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concerts series called Jazz at the Playhouse, will be saxophonist/composer Wade Dean and his band at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street in Philadelphia on December 15th, 2011. One Show: 7:30-9:00 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914. Parking is right ...
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