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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

Jazz Lovers Series: Hugh Hefner

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
September 28, 2017

If, for some reason, one were to make a list of the most famous and influential lovers of Our Music, one would find it a Sisyphean task. Jazz lovers come in all shapes and sizes, and from all walks of life. One would find us well represented across the entire spectrum of society, from sports to ...

Article: Book Review

Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In And Out Of Jazz

by Mark Corroto
September 13, 2017

Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In And Out Of Jazz Fred Hersch 307 Pages ISBN: #9781101904343 Crown Archetype Press 2017 Disclaimer #1: Like the author, I harbor a blood pathogen (he HIV, me Leukemia) that is intent on killing me. Disclaimer #2: Being of similar ...

Article: In Pictures

Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony 2017

by Gregory Savage
August 22, 2017

The Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony is hosted by the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. This year's program ran from August 6th to August 11th. In keeping with the global vision Dave and Iola Brubeck brought to the art form, the Colony features five international students attending through the Brubeck Institute's ...

Article: Interview

Roberto Gatto: vivere sbagliando è una gran perdita di tempo

by Daniele Vogrig
June 26, 2017

Tra una lezione e l'altra, abbiamo incontrato Roberto Gatto nel suo studio presso il Conservatorio di Latina, dove è titolare della cattedra di batteria e percussioni jazz. Ripercorrendo la carriera di uno tra i più illustri batteristi del panorama jazz italiano e internazionale, ne è scaturita una lunga e piacevole chiacchierata fra aneddoti, ricordi e progetti ...

Article: Album Review

Sonny Rollins: Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 40 - Zurich 1959

Read "Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 40 - Zurich 1959" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 7, 2017

The quantity and quality of music released in 1959 have led many to call it a watershed year for modern jazz. Even just cursory research calls up such landmark titles as John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atlantic), Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic), Dave Brubeck's Time Out (Columbia) and Miles Davis's Kind of Blue ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Jazz in Its Present Tents

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 1, 2017

Jazz sets up camp throughout different geographies--and centuries. Bossacucanova The Best of Bossacucanova Six Degrees Records 2016 Few bands have built upon the legacy of their chosen field the way that Bossacucanova has advanced the music of their native Brazil. Their story begins about two ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Sergio Pamies

by AAJ Staff
May 31, 2017

About Sergio Pamies Born in Granada, Spain in 1983, Pamies has published three albums under his name; Entre Amigos (PSM, 2008), Borrachito (Bebyne Records, 2011), and What Brought You Here? (Bebyne Records, 2017). Critics have acknowledged his talent for composition, the lyrical qualities of his playing, and his natural and spontaneous ability to fuse ...

Article: Under the Radar

The Politics of Dancing: Jazz and Protest, Part 2

by Karl Ackermann
May 5, 2017

Part 1 of Jazz and Protest took an in-depth look at two landmark artists and the songs that laid the groundwork for protest within the jazz community. Billie Holiday's “Strange Fruit" took a circuitous route from its origins as a poem to its successful recording on a small label that was not afraid to lend a ...

News: Recording

Dave Brubeck: Zurich '64

February 28, 2017

In September 1964, the Dave Brubeck Quartet was in Zurich, Switzerland, on one of its countless tours of Europe. The group—Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass and Joe Morello on drums—appeared at the city's Kongresshaus concert hall. Desmond's Take Five had become a massive hit for the group, and Dave ...

Article: Profile

Rolling in Rhythm: Philly Joe Jones and Charles Wilcoxon

by Dustin Mallory
February 17, 2017

Drummer “Philly" Joe Jones is known as one of the most recorded drummers in jazz history, appearing on more than 200 albums. His legacy as a studio drummer appears on seminal classics like John Coltrane's Blue Train, Thelonious Monk's Blues at the Five Spot, Miles Davis's Milestones, and Bud Powell's Time Waits. Beside these recordings, Jones ...