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Craig Handy: The Busiest Man In Jazz
by Robert Dugan
Saxophonist Craig Handy is a musician's musician. Those “in the know" know about him, which is why he's been a first call player in New York for over two decades. He is a careful, thoughtful improviser—expansive and precise. His solos build on a rich knowledge of the tradition at the same time as they often set ...
John Geggie: Ottawa, Canada, March 6, 2010
by John Kelman
John Geggie Geggie Concert Series NAC Fourth Stage, Ottawa, Canada March 6, 2010 Following up his CD release party for Across the Sky (Plunge, 2010)--a quartet show that, featuring the effervescent saxophonist Donny McCaslin, burned up the stage at Ottawa's Fourth Stage in the National Arts Centre, bassist John ...
Dave Holland Octet: Pathways
by John Kelman
Dave Holland Octet Pathways Dare2 Records 2010 It's been nearly four years since bassist Dave Holland has delivered an album based around his enduring quintet of over a decade. Since 2006's Critical Mass (Dare2), he's released Pass It On (Dare2, 2008) and The Monterey Quartet: Live at the ...
Jazz and Cultural Relevance
The idea of the cultural relevance of art is not new. In fact, I'd argue that all art springs from the need of the artist to say something about his or her relationship to the world. Its this relationship that makes us all unique, as no two people interact with or see the world in the ...
Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Continues to Find New "Pathways"
By Tad Hendrickson If you look around the scene, you'll find that Dave Holland has few peers. He came into the jazz public's consciousness as a bassist for Miles Davis from the late '60s to the early '70s, making his debut as a leader in 1972. He's currently at the very top of the game, leading ...
Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran: Lost In A Dream
by John Kelman
Though he's led larger ensembles, drummer Paul Motian seems to be most comfortable--or, at the very least, most interested--in working within the particular confines and freedoms of the trio. Whether it's his quarter century old group with guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, or the early saxophone/bass/drums trio of Dance (ECM, 1978) and Le Voyage ...
Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC
by Marcia Hillman
New England Conservatory (NEC) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of being America's first fully-accredited Jazz Studies Program at a music conservatory. The merriment kicked off in NEC's home of Boston with a week of events in October 2009, culminating in a performance by the Wayne Shorter Quartet accompanied by the school's Philharmonia, a merger between jazz ...
Dave Holland Goes Digital, Offers $1 Concert Download
Influential and still-going-strong bassist Dave Holland is embracing the Web in a big way with his new Topspin-enabled site, and to celebrate its many bells and whistles, Holland is kicking off a new downloadable Archive Series of live performances. The first installment is an hour-long, four-song recording from a 2007 European tour with his water-tight quintet, ...
Bill Royston: The History of a Festival
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
It is a passion and responsibility that no one takes as serious as they do; and they do it knowing that little, if any acknowledgment will come their way. They are the festival promoters and artistic directors of this music we call Jazz.And though it's a music that has always had its up and ...
Buenos Aires Jazz Festival 2009: Growing Into a Tradition
by R.J. DeLuke
Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival '09, Part 1 December 3-8, 2009In the land of the tango, Argentina--specifically the stylish city of Buenos Aires--there is a movement afoot to bring great jazz to the land, expand the audience for the music, and increase public exposure for the growing number of outstanding jazz musicians in ...
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