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Music Education Monday: Jazz theory with Barry Harris
Today for Music Education Monday, here are some lessons in piano and jazz theory from the veteran pianist Barry Harris, via a series of short videos produced by the Jazz Academy program of Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC. The first of these four clips was part of a previous post here with some other piano-related ...
Abullah Ibrahim at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Abdullah Ibrahim SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA April 29-30, 2016 At 81, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, is still going strong, something he proved during a remarkable tour-de-force performance which spanned four nights at SFJAZZ in San Francisco. For the first two evenings (Thursday and Friday), Ibrahim appeared in the company of ...
James Hughes & Jimmy Smith Quintet: Ever Up & Onward
by Mark Sullivan
Detroit was once a vital jazz center, contributing some of the major hard bop artists of the 1960s: Hank, Thad, and Elvin Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, and Ron Carter, just to name a few. The James Hughes & Jimmy Smith Quintet honors that tradition by playing mostly original hard bop with ...
Ecuador Jazz 2016
by Mark Holston
Ecuador Jazz 2016 Quito, Ecuador February 10-21, 2016 When jazz cognoscente discuss their favorite festival destinations, it's understandable if Quito, Ecuador is seldom, if ever, mentioned. Geographically isolated in the mountainous reaches of South America's second smallest Spanish- speaking nation, this hilly, equator-hugging capital city of some two million souls is surrounded ...
Pianist Joel Holmes and The Green House Expansion Fuse Jazz and Hip-Hop with "Take One"
The Green House Expansion was founded ONE year ago in Neukölln, Berlin. Their name comes from the multi-disciplinary artist studio/residence known as The Green House where the band rehearses and creates its compositions. Lead by Grammy-Nominated pianist, Joel Holmes, the band features the award winning jazz bassist Martin Buhl, critically acclaimed Polish drummer, Kuba Gudz and ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: James Carter's Organ Trio and more
This week, let's check out some videos featuring the versatile saxophonist James Carter, who will be back in St. Louis with his organ trio to perform starting Wednesday, March 2 through Saturday, March 5 at Jazz at the Bistro. Carter, who was here most recently in 2013 for a week with organist Dr. Lonnie Smith at ...
Various Artists: Detroit Jazz City
by Mark E. Gallo
Blue Note president Don Was is a metro Detroit native. He grew up exposed to the rich musical legacy of the city, as well as to the economic struggles of many of the city's residents. This celebrates both. As the press release states, “All proceeds from the album will be donated to Focus: HOPE to aid ...
Aguanko: Invisible
by Chris M. Slawecki
In 2012, conguero and composer Alberto Nacif, a Mexican native transplanted in Michigan, brought together some of the area's most skilled Afro-Cuban and Latin musicians to form Aguankó. Their small ensemble with a large Latin jazz sound herewith follows up their self-produced 2013 debut Elemental with a sparkling new set entirely written by Nacif, featuring Aguankó ...
Scott Colley: Staying In The Moment
by Mark Sullivan
Bassist Scott Colley was involved in three of the most well attended performances at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival: the Pat Metheny Trio with guest Kenny Garrett on opening night; the Pat Metheny/Gary Burton Quartet Reunion on Saturday night; and the grand closing performance featuring the North American premiere of Pat Metheny's “Hommage" to Eberhard Weber ...
Sax Gordon: In the Wee Small Hours
by Angelo Leonardi
Le esibizioni spettacolari da honker anni '40 lo hanno reso famoso al pubblico del blues ma gli amanti del jazz hanno gusti raffinati e non gli prestano molta attenzione. In questo disco, inciso in Italia con Alberto Marsico e Alessandro Minetto, Sax Gordon si mostra però ligio alla tradizione jazzistica del tenore, ampliando il suo campo ...
