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Lew Tabackin
by Ken Dryden
Lew Tabackin needs no introduction to serious jazz fans. The tenor saxophonist and flutist worked with Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones and The Tonight Show Band; was a star soloist with the Danish Radio Orchestra in the late '60s; and joined alto saxophonist Phil Woods for a ...
Scott LaFaro: Pieces of Jade
by Stuart Broomer
In his brief career between 1959 and 1961, Scott LaFaro may have done as much to revolutionize the way the bass is played in jazz as Jimmy Blanton, another gifted and tragic figure, had with Duke Ellington 20 years before him. Like Blanton, LaFaro only took up the bass when he entered college and also died ...
Peter Bernstein
by A. Henkin
Last month, Peter Bernstein arrived at Smalls, armed with his guitar and a small amp, to play an intimate solo gig. The crowd was a good one for an early evening set on a Wednesday and was bolstered by the presence of legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd. As the Yankees were winning the World Series a borough ...
Scott LaFaro: Pieces of Jade
by David Rickert
In the six years that he was active in the music industry, Scott LaFaro had a more notable career than many other bassists have in a much larger lifetime. He was a member of the Bill Evans Trio, one of the greatest piano trios of all time, and participated in Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1960), ...
Interview: Don Friedman (Part 2)
Don Friedman was born and raised on the West Coast but in the late 1950s he became one of a handful of California jazz musicians who relocated to the East Coast. When he arrived in New York in 1957, Don found an apartment and roomed with bassist Scott LaFaro, whom he already had known from the ...
Interview: Don Friedman (Part 1)
Pianist Don Friedman arrived on the New York scene just as Bill Evans was making his mark as a solo player. Both were classically trained, both had similar sounds, and both played and recorded with bassist Scott LaFaro. But where Bill was Euro-centric, influenced primarily by George Russell and relatively conservative in his approach, Don was ...
Scott LaFaro: Pieces of Jade
by Larry Taylor
Bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in an auto accident in 1961 at only 25, cutting off a career in which he was destined for greatness. Before his death he had already made a name for himself in pianist Bill Evans' groundbreaking trio, which also included drummer Paul Motian. This group was immortalized by its 1961 recording ...
Take Five With Jon Crowley
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jon Crowley: Forward-thinking trumpeter and composer, Jon Crowley was born in Malvern PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, in 1982. He began studying the trumpet at age six with Elin Frazier, a student of Carmine Caruso. While in high school he developed an interest in Jazz and began attending local jam sessions and sitting in with ...
Jazz Legend Scott Lafaro Celebrated with Previously Unreleased Performances and Interviews: "Pieces of Jade" on Resonance Records' Heirloom Series
Jazz Legend Scott LaFaro Celebrated with Previously Unreleased Performances, Rehearsal Tape and Bill Evans Interview on Resonance Records - Heirloom Series' Pieces of Jade Pieces of Jade to be released with new LaFaro Biography: Jade Visions “His approach to the bass... it was a beautiful thing to see... He was a constant inspiration." --Bill Evans In ...
Don Friedman: Waltz For Marilyn
By Don Friedman
Label: Jazz Excursion Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Theme for Gee Tee; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Summer's End; Autumn Colors; Waltz for Marilyn; Voc
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