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Florian Arbenz, Michael Arbenz, Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter
by Neil Duggan
1937 was a landmark year: the Golden Gate Bridge opened and Edward VIII abdicated the British throne. In jazz, Billie Holiday made her debut with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie began his recording career. It was also the year Ron Carter, the most-recorded jazz bassist in history, was born. With over 2000 recording sessions to his ...
Harlem School Of The Arts To Launch New Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy Honoring The Trumpet Virtuoso And Celebrating His Lasting Contributions
On February 20th, as part of the month-long Black History celebration, the Harlem School of the Arts will launch an important new, FREE music program, the Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy, made possible by the Herb Alpert Foundation. Mr. Alpert considered Dizzy Gillespie a good friend whose musicianship he respected and admired. In the 1990s, to preserve ...
Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon
by Arthur R George
Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius expatriate who was not unlike himself in the movie Round Midnight; his dressed-up persona “Society Red;" the laconic elder statesman of his later years. Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. Those who trace their lineages through ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025
by Katchie Cartwright
Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025 New York, NYJanuary 8-9, 2025 In Frederick P. Rose Hall, the gorgeous home of Jazz at Lincoln Center overlooking Columbus Circle in New York City, the JALC Jazz Congress brought artists and industry professionals together for two days of panels and ...
Mal Waldron, John Hollenbeck, and Daniel Hersog
by Jerome Wilson
This program, from May 11, 2021, features music from diverse sources, such as Mal Waldron with Jeanne Lee. Dizzy Gillespie, John Hollenbeck, Daniel Hersog, and Mark Murphy. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 John Hollenbeck ...
Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977
by Rob Rosenblum
This interview took place in 1975 when Baker was making frequent trips to the Albany, New York area. At the time of this interview Baker, was playing with saxophonist Nick Brignola at Shaker's Steak House in Troy, N.Y. Back in the early 1950's, a young trumpet player whose personal appearance and demeanor was more ...
Umbria Jazz Winter 2024
by Libero Farnè
Umbria Jazz Winter 2024 Orvieto, varie sedi 28 dicembre 2024--1° gennaio 2025 Come avviene ormai da 31 anni, Umbria Jazz Winter si svolge nel raccolto, accogliente e suggestivo centro storico di Orvieto nel clima festoso di fine anno, distribuendo i concerti in sedi storiche di grande prestigio. La serata inaugurale si è ...
Soundless Footage From Norman Granz Sessions
Wow, what a find! Loren Schoenberg is senior scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and on the faculty at Juilliard. He has taught at the Manhattan School of Music and the New School and played tenor saxophone in Benny Goodman's band in the 1980s. Last week, he posted to YouTube two silent black-and-white clips ...
Soul & Salvation
Label: Liberation Hall
Released: 2024
Track listing: Stomped And Wasterd; Pot Licka; Blue Cuchifrito; Turnip Tops; The Fly Flox; Chicken Giblets; Casabah Melon; Clabber Biscuits; Rutabaga Pie; Turkey Fan.
Dizzy, Eri Yamamoto, Cecil Payne
by David Brown
This week, we'll check in with some late '60s, early '70s Dizzy Gillespie, then a set of new quartet and solo works from pianist Eri Yamamoto. Two new works from Blue Note records follow with an archival release pairing McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson live at Slugs Saloon 1966 followed new music by the all-star collective ...
