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Iola Brubeck Digs Disney
Following my post yesterday on Dave Brubeck's Dave Digs Disney (1957), I heard from Iola Brubeck, Dave's wife. The album has been newly remastered and reissued by Sony/Legacy in mono and stereo versions plus alternate takes. If you were ever a kid, you'll love the new release, which is brimming with childlike optimism and energy. [Pictured: ...
Dave Brubeck Digs Disney
In the summer of 1957, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond decided to record an album of well-known tunes from Walt Disney's animated films. Though Dave Digs Disney was first issued digitally in 1994, the album for years mysteriously remained on the back burner whenever Columbia producers reached into the vaults to remaster Dave's albums using the ...
"Dave Digs Disney" Legacy Edition
Following jazz icon Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday on December 6, 2010, Columbia/Legacy continues the celebration with a greatly-expanded reissue of the 1957 classic Dave Digs Disney. Originally issued as a six-track album recorded in mono, Dave Digs Disney: Legacy Edition will now feature the album in both mono and stereo mixes, as well as an abundance ...
George Wein To Get Star on SPAC Walk of Fame
Saratoga Springs, NY—Jazz impresario George Wein, often referred to as the “father" of modern music festivals, will be honored by Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 25 for his role in founding SPAC's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the longest-running and most celebrated jazz events in the world. Wein will be honored at the ...
Dave Brubeck Radio on Sirius XM
Sirius XM's latest limited-engagement channel is dedicated to a living legend and a national treasure, Dave Brubeck. In a grand conclude to Sirius XM's Jazz Appreciation Month celebration, “Dave Brubeck Radio" honors this jazz icon with a weekend of non-stop music from his over 6 decade career and music from the artists inspired by him. Hosted ...
Celebrating Time out with Dave Brubeck
In 2009, Dave Brubeck's musical masterpiece Time Out turned 50 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, I produced a podcast series celebrating this timeless work. Along with interviewing Dave Brubeck himself about the album, I also interviewed three additional musicians saxophonist David Sanborn, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Bill Bruford to discuss the influential work of ...
40 Years of Jazz at Harvard: Cambridge, April 9, 2011
by Andrew J. Sammut
Harvard All-Stars and the Harvard University Sunday and Monday Jazz Bands Harvard Sanders Theatre Cambridge, MA April 9, 2011 Ivy League universities are known for bringing together extraordinary individuals to do extraordinary things. Yet Saturday, April 9 was an even more extraordinary night at school for Harvard students, when an honor roll ...
54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 16 - 18
The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, three-time winner of the JazzTimes Readers poll for “World's Best Jazz Festival" takes place September 16 to September 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years. Described as “a cultural colossus" by the San Jose Mercury News and “a mecca for true jazz fans" by the ...
Blue Note Jazz Club Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival In New York City
Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, The Roots and Many More to Perform in June at this Year's Largest New York Jazz Festival June 1—June 30, 2011 New York, NY—In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Blue Note Jazz Club is opening its doors throughout New York City during the month of June for ...
Michael Bisio: Stepping Into the Limelight
by Gregory Applegate Edwards
Bassist Michael Bisio has become an increasingly visual and aural presence on the jazz/improvisation scene in the time since he moved from the west coast to New York. Yet he has been a significant contributor in jazz circles for years, and success was no overnight thing. Among other ongoing associations, Bisio is currently the bassist in ...
