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News: Recording

The Best Albums Of 2016 — Exciting, Eclectic, Dope, Diverse, Funky Music From Around The World

January 5, 2017

Another year has just come to a close, it’s time to review the best albums & singles of 2016. These records were chosen to be the best albums in terms of jazzy, soulful, distinctive, funky music of various styles and genres from around the world. The criteria is that it must be made with heart & ...

Article: Year in Review

2016: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 2, 2017

The year 2016 bubbled with events and initiatives to strengthen jazz's place in American and world culture, as well as a variety of venue openings, closings and cancellations. Jazz hit the silver screen in many ways throughout the year, and International Jazz Day continued to thrive--complete with a major all-star concert at the White House. Pop ...

Article: Year in Review

Top 25 "Read" Album Reviews: 2016

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2017

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top twelve published in 2016. Evolution Dr. Lonnie Smith by Dan Bilawsky Published: January 4, 2016 Spark Hiromi by Jeff Winbush

Album

Evolution

By Dr. Lonnie Smith

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Play It Back' Afrodesia; For Heaven's Sake; Straight No Chaser; Talk About This; My Favorite Things; African Suite.

Article: Live Review

2016 Hope College Jazz Organ Summit

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 28, 2016

Jazz Organ Summit Hope College Holland, Michigan September 9-10, 2016 Located in Western Michigan along the banks of Lakes Michigan and Macatawa, the small college town of Holland is not the type of place you might imagine for a gathering of musicians, students and jazz organ aficionados. Nonetheless, this quaint spot ...

Article: Album Review

Bounce Trio: Contrasts

Read "Contrasts" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 30, 2016

At the heart of things, the Bounce Trio's Contrasts is a set of good time organ jazz, coming out of the tradition of Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Dr. Lonnie Smith, three organists who emerged in the 50s and 60s, riding a highly engaging urban soul jazz wave. But in a genre that seems more resistant to ...

Article: In the Studio

Leonieke Scheuble's Journey Into The Art Of Jazz

by David A. Orthmann
July 27, 2016

The setting is a living room in a suburban northern New Jersey home. For the most part, it's filled with things not necessarily available at the furniture outlets that line the local highways. An upright piano takes up most of the wall adjacent to the front door. A harpsichord spans the area between the entrances to ...

News: Video / DVD

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Eight jazz newsmakers of 2016

June 18, 2016

As regular readers know, this space frequently is used to preview shows from touring jazz and creative music performers coming to St. Louis. But with a relative paucity of acts visiting here in the next several weeks, today's video showcase offers something a little different: a look back at some of jazz performers who have been ...

News: Award / Grant

NEC Faculty Member Dave Holland Receives 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Award

June 17, 2016

Renowned Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Earns Nation’s Highest Honor in Jazz: 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Award Holland is an NEC Visiting Artist-in-Residence NEC visiting artist-in-residence, renowned jazz bassist/composer and bandleader Dave Holland has earned the nation’s highest honor in jazz: a 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Award. Holland is one of five individuals recognized for their lifetime ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Dr. Lonnie Smith: Then and Now – Think! (1968) vs Evolution (2016)

by Marc Davis
April 4, 2016

The “doctor" with the mysterious turban and manic Hammond B-3 fingers is back. And if you think the old man at 73 can't possibly match the passion and pyrotechnics of the young man at 26... well, surprise! Evolution is Dr. Lonnie Smith's triumphant return to Blue Note. I feared it might be like a ...