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Conrad Herwig: There's Nothing Else
by Bob Kenselaar
Talking about some of his great influences in jazz, Conrad Herwig points out that it's important to look beyond their achievements on their instruments. “Sometimes during a musician's lifetime, people put so much emphasis on their virtuosity as a player that they don't really think about the vehicle of their expression—their compositions." Herwig was speaking of ...
David Weiss & Point Of Departure: Venture Inward
by Mark Corroto
If music can be described as either masculine or feminine, then recordings by trumpeter David Weiss and his Point of Departure quintet are simply testosteronic. Built upon the legacy of trumpeter Miles Davis' second great quintet and saxophonist Billy Harper's Black Saint inheritance, Weiss presents dexterous arrangements of muscular, second wave hard bop music.This ...
The Cookers, Acclaimed Jazz Veterans, Unite To Ignite The Bride In Philly Debut Painted Bride Continues To Present World-Class Jazz First
Saturday, February 16th at 8:00pm Billy Harper Tenor Sax Eddie Henderson Trumpet David Weiss Trumpet Craig Handy Alto Sax Orrin Evans Piano Cecil McBee Bass Billy Hart Drums Philadelphia, PA: Painted Bride Art Center is pleased to present The Cookers in their Philadelphia debut on February 16th at 8 p.m., continuing its longstanding tradition to showcase ...
Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
By Joe Chambers
Label: Savant Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Moving Pictures Suite: 1st Movement, Prelude, 2nd Movement, Irina, 3rd Movement, Ruth; Lonesome Lover; Power to the People; Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way; Theme from "M" Squad; Mendacity; Moving Pictures Suite: 4th Movement, Clave de Bembe, 4th Movement, Clave de Bembe II.
Sounds of Brasil
By Craig Handy
Label:
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. 2nd Line/Partido Alto; 02. SOB; 03. Song for My Mom; 04. Mr. Hindemith; 05. Brasilian Carnaval (Take 1); 06. Baby's VIbe; 07. Samba in 4th; 08. Brasilian Carnaval (Take 2); 09. Batacuda.
Bob Mintzer Big Band / Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band / Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Bob Mintzer Big BandFor the MomentMCG Jazz2012 Anyone who has followed Bob Mintzer's career knows that the multi-talented saxophonist / educator has always had a special place in his heart for music from south of the border (he even recorded a big-band album, Latin from Manhattan, back in ...
Caramoor Festival 2012
by Richard Conde
Caramoor Jazz Festival 2012Katonah, New YorkJuly 28-29 and August 4, 2012Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year's Caramoor Jazz festival in Katonah, New York, produced by Jim Luce, was a three-day celebration not to be missed. Stormy and thunderous days set the stage for the first two days of the festival. This year's lineup ...
Ljubljana Jazz Festival: Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 20–29, 2012
by Henning Bolte
Ljubljana Jazz FestivalLjubljana, SloveniaJune 20-29, 2012Ljubljana, with its 53rd edition, truly hosts the oldest jazz festival in Europe. Norway's Molde, also a candidate, started one year later, in 1960. The capital of the now-independent Republic of Slovenia, neighbored by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy, Ljubljana is situated one hour from Trieste, two hours ...
Towner Galaher: Uptown!
by Dan Bilawsky
Uptown!, like drummer Towner Galaher's two previous releases, relies on multiple horns to flesh out the leader's melodies and some choice covers, but it's still a departure from his earlier work. Piano, bass and drums with some added percussion was served as the rhythmic nucleus at the center of Panorama (Self Produced, 2007) and Courageous Hearts ...
The Cookers: Believe
by Troy Collins
Believe is The Cooker's third release in as many years, celebrating the all-star septet's fifth anniversary as a working group. More than just a collective of high-profile scene veterans (named after Freddie Hubbard's live 1965 Blue Note recording Night of the Cookers), the lineup's impressive credentials collectively span from the acoustic hard bop of Art Blakey's ...
