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NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman's Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman “On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of 2012 NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman. An extraordinary saxophonist with a sound all his own, Von Freeman's contributions to jazz – and ...
Louis Sclavis: Maps of the Mind
by Ian Patterson
"My music? I know what it is, and I don't know what it is. It's a paradox." Now entering his fifth decade as a recording artist, multi-reedist/composer Louis Sclavis may not have a clear handle on the music he makes, but he has absorbed the lessons of all the music he has turned his hand to, ...
Budman-Levy Orchestra / Jens Wendelboe Big Band / DiMartino-Osland Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Budman / Levy OrchestraFrom There to HereOA2 Records2012 If this splendid album, recorded two years ago (2010), is in any way emblematic of what lies ahead, the long-range outlook for big band jazz is indeed bright and auspicious. Saxophonist Alex Budman and trombonist Jeremy Levy have assembled ...
Pori Jazz Festival: Pori, Finland, July 19-21, 2012
by Anthony Shaw
Pori Jazz Festival uLTRA mUSIC nIGHTSPori, FinlandJuly 19-21, 2012 On a scale of 1-10, summertime activity in the capital of this northerly European nation barely registers a “1," whilst in the normally sleepy western coastal town of Pori it is topping out for the penultimate week of July. It's the ...
Connie Evingson & The Hot Club of Sweden: Stockholm Sweetnin’
by C. Michael Bailey
After the release of the top-drawer Sweet Happy Life (Minnehhaha Music, 2012), it was worth pursuing the All About Jazz review archives to see if there were any recent Connie Evingson releases we neglected to consider. Imagine our luck that a significant recording has been overlooked, one that appeals directly to Evingson's Scandinavian heritage: 2006's Stockholm ...
Derrick Bang: Vince Guaraldi at the Piano
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Vince Guaraldi at the Piano Derrick Bang 390 pages ISBN: 978-0-7864-5902-5 McFarland Books 2012 Based on Derrick Bang's encyclopedic biography of pianist Vince Guaraldi, you can draw two perhaps surprising conclusions about the subject's contribution to jazz. First, Guaraldi arguably hipped more listeners to this musical form ...
Michael Carvin: The Making of a Master
by Bob Kenselaar
With a career that spans half a century, master drummer Michael Carvin has plenty to look back on, although he's mostly a forward-looking man. To say he's been prolific puts it mildly. By his own count, he's made some 250 recordings and toured the world five times. He has worked with such major jazz luminaries as ...
Roberto Magris’ Journey to the Heart of Hard Bop
by C. Michael Bailey
Italian pianist and composer Roberto Magris has carved his name in jazz stone over the past decade with recordings like Check-In (Black Saint, 2005), Il Bello Del Jazz (Black Saint, 2006) and Current Views (Black Saint, 2010) with his ensemble Europlane, and Kansas City Bound (Pami, 2009) and Mating Call (JMood, 2010) (which foreshadows the hard ...
Ruben Blades: Valencia, Spain, July 15, 2012
by Josep Pedro
Rubén BladesViveros ParkValencia, SpainJuly 15, 2012Year after year, the iconic Viveros Park hosts a series of varied shows that combine international stars with successful national bands of different styles. The prices remain high, even as the socioeconomic and political situation in Spain becomes increasingly dramatic. Along with guitarist George Benson, Rubén ...
Virginia Mayhew Quartet: Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years
by Edward Blanco
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth date of pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams, the Virginia Mayhew Quartet pays homage to one of the most unheralded, yet most important jazz figures of all time on Mary Lou Williams--The Next 100 Years. Presenting new arrangements of eight Williams compositions and two original blues charts, Mayhew ...
