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Joey Berkley: More 'n Four
by Mark F. Turner
A single listen to the pop/jazz standard “Nature Boy" is proof that saxophonist Joey Berkley's tenor is as robust and accomplished as they come. Living in New York since the late 1970s, the Canadian expat has survived and thrived in the “City That Never Sleeps"--performing with top musicians, running his own music company and teaching, while ...
Dexter Gordon Quartet - Complete Kenny Drew & Carl Perkins Sessions
Label: Lonehill Jazz
Released: 2009
Track listing:
1. Daddy Plays the Horn (Gordon) - 9:07; 2. Confirmation (Parker) -
7:51; 3. Darn That Dream (DeLange/Van Heusen) - 4:21; 4. Number Four
(Gordon) - 4:51; 5. Autumn in New York (Duke) - 6:30;
6. You Can Depend on Me (Carpenter/Dunlap/Hines) - 9:04; 7. Cry Me a
River (Hamilton) - 3:45; 8. Don't Worry About Me (Koehler/Bloom) -
3:51; 9. I Hear Music (Loesser/Lane) - 3:42; 10. I
Should Care (Stordhal/Weston) - 2:45; 11. Blowin' for Dootsie (Gordon)
- 5:31; 12. Tenderly (Lawrence/Groos) - 3:33; 13. Rhythm Mad (Gordon)
- 4:29; 14. Bonna Rue (Gordon) - 6:58.
Best Of 3CD
Label: EMI Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: I Was Doing All Right; You've Changed; Society Red; Landslide; Modal Mood; I Want More; The End Of A Love Affair; You Said It; Blue Gardenia; Soul Sister. CD2: Where Are You?; Cheese Cake; Love For Sale; The Backbone; Soy Califa; Our Love Is Here To Stay; Stairway To The Stars; A Night In Tunisia; Tanya. CD3: Kong Neptune; Hanky Panky; Devilette; Jodi; Lady Iris B; Le Coiffeur; Flick Of A Trick; Shiny Stockings; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me).
Tamir Hendelman: Living a Dream
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
One of those “overnight sensations" who's been working steadily for years, Israeli-born pianist and composer Tamir Hendelman has finally caught a rocket. A member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the Jeff Hamilton Trio, as well as leader of his own groups, Hendelman is also a first-call arranger and accompanist for some of the best vocalists ...
Stunt Records: Re/Defining Mainstream
by Jakob Baekgaard
In Denmark, Stunt Records is the jazz label which appeals to the widest audience. The music it releases could be characterised as mainstream jazz, but it doesn't have the negative connotations that sometimes go with the term. It simply means that the label knows how to combine adventurousness and accessibility. When it comes to genre, the ...
Composer/Pianist/Singer Amina Claudine Meyers Inteviewed at AAJ
Composer, pianist and singer Amina Claudine Myers is a part of the first generation of the famed Chicago collective the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Coming north from her native Blackwell, Arkansas, she was an unusual presence in the organization--not just as one of the few female members, but as a singer and ...
Amina Claudine Myers: From Mozart to Miles and Beyond
by Kurt Gottschalk
Composer, pianist and singer Amina Claudine Myers is a part of the first generation of the famed Chicago collective the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Coming north from her native Blackwell, Arkansas, she was an unusual presence in the organization--not just as one of the few female members, but as a singer and ...
"Birth of the Cool:" Bob Perkins Lectures and the Don Wilson Trio Performs
by Victor L. Schermer
Birth of the CoolPerformed by The Don Wilson TrioLecture by Bob PerkinsOctober 25, 2009The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA This writer could think of no better way to spend an autumn Sunday afternoon than to stroll over to the fabled Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ...
Dexter Gordon: Dexter Gordon Quartet - Complete Kenny Drew & Carl Perkins Sessions
by AAJ Italy Staff
Le due sedute d'incisione del 1955, qui raccolte sotto il titolo Complete Kenny Drew and Carl Perkins Sessions, segnarono il primo passo verso quella rinascita che, nel 1959, avrebbe portato Dexter Gordon a New York, disintossicato e sotto contratto per la Blue Note. Negli anni che vanno dal '52 al '55 il grande tenorista attraversò un ...
