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Giacomo Gates: An Unconventional Backstory
by Sean Dietrich
Giacomo Gates brings a rich, full-bodied timbre to the vocal jazz table. His pure vocalese approach has earned him lauds among critics, who hail him a champion artist in the modern jazz genre. He's been performing alongside the most recognized artists in the industry, using only his voice to produce a broad range of spectral color. ...
"Tickler's Town" Spirit of Jazz Returns to Newark, New Jersey
The 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival “Afternoon of Jazz" Celebrates Newark's Influence on the Genre Newark, N.J., July 20, 2010--The Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra hosted by Amiri Baraka will open the 5th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival with an afternoon concert on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 12pm--2pm. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will invoke the ...
A Triple Bill of Keys & Drums
by Robert Iannapollo
Three albums by keyboards and drums duos--two of them recorded in the early 1990s, the third in the noughties--demonstrate the wide and varied territory this pared down instrumentation can inhabit. Andrew Hill / Chico HamiltonDreams Come TrueJoyous Shout!2008 On paper, the duet of late pianist Andrew Hill and drummer Chico ...
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Jimmy Heath: The Endless Search
by Dan McClenaghan
Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath is highly respected by his peers and by serious listeners, but he isn't well known outside the jazz world in the way that Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane are. He played with those legends and many more. He formed The Heath Brothers in 1975 with his siblings, drummer Albert “Tootie Heath ...
Lorraine Feather: The Girl With the Lazy Eye
by Carl L. Hager
While writing the tune “Scrabble" for her recently released CD Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010), lyricist and singer Lorraine Feather's songwriting partner, Dick Hyman, had an unusual request that bordered on a dare: could she work the name of the venerable pianist/composer's family friend Dushka into the lyrics? After all, the middle section of his stride composition ...
Juilliard Jazz, Celebrating its 10th Year, Announces its 2010-2011 Season
Season Opens with its Faculty Ensemble, Juilliard Jazz Quintet, on September 21 Guest Artists During 2010-2011 Season Include: Trumpeter Jon Faddis as Soloist with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra in the Miles Davis/Gil Evans Arrangement of Porgy and Bess on February 25, Plus Bassist John Clayton Performing with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra on October 19, and Trombonist ...
Coleman Hawkins: The High and Mighty Hawk
by Samuel Chell
Recorded in England in 1958, this little-known session, originally released on the obscure Felsted label, is an inarguable gem. Perhaps even the word “masterpiece" is not too much of a stretch. It's doubtful that the putative “father of the tenor saxophone," Coleman Hawkins, made a better recording in the age of long-playing records, and it's just ...
Sirius XM Radio to Broadcast Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival
SIRIUS XM's Real Jazz channel will broadcast live from the 31st annual Montreal Jazz Festival, the world's largest jazz gathering. Listeners will hear Real Jazz host Mark Ruffin give a preview of the event's performances including music and interviews with artists including Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Houston Person, Robert Glasper, Gretchen Parlato and others. The live ...
At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene
by Ian Patterson
At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene Nat Hentoff Hardcover; 246 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-26113-6 University California Press 2010 The photograph which adorns the jacket of Nat Hentoff's At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene--a collection ...
Stockholm Jazz Festival 2010
by James Pearse
Stockholm Jazz Festival 2010 Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden June 10-12, 2010 The central island of Skeppsholmen was, once again, the ideal location for the Stockholm Jazz Festival (SJF). Running since the early 1980s, the event has attracted some of the biggest names in not only jazz but also pop, rock, soul and hip ...
