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Article: Album Review

Tommy Smith/Brian Kellock: Whispering of the Stars

Read "Whispering of the Stars" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 30, 2014

Tommy Smith is known best for his directorship of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. The group has emerged as one of the finest of big bands with offerings like the classic In the Spirit of Duke (Spartacus records, 2013), a tribute to Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue (Spartacus Records, 2006), an extended and stunning remake of ...

Article: Live Review

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion at Yoshi's

by Harry S. Pariser
June 27, 2014

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion Yoshis Oakland , CA June 15, 2014 Dedicated. Stubborn. Outspoken. Perspicacious. These are some of the descriptions which come to mind when considering the personality and legacy of legendary drummer Ginger Baker. Baker first came to prominence as a member of the rock power ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz Liège Festival 2014

by Jean-Pierre Goffin
June 26, 2014

Jazz Liège Festival Brussels, Belgium May 8-10, 2014 The International Jazz Festival in Liège was created twenty-four years ago. The city was known for decades as the Belgian capital of jazz, with musicians such as Bobby Jaspar ( who played with Miles Davis,J.J. Johnson, Donald Byrd and many others), René ...

Article: Album Review

Cindy Bradley: Bliss

by Jeff Winbush
June 26, 2014

Everything you need to know about Cindy Bradley's new album Bliss is right there on the CD jacket photo. Her blonde hair is coiffed, she strikes a stern, yet accommodating stance with no smile, but a hint of cleavage, her right thumb hooked around a belt loop and her left grasping her trumpet. Looks ...

News: Radio

Class Of '29 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

June 26, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, to Hollywood movies and jazz recordings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. In 1929, jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Horace Silver: The Hard Bop Grandpop

Read "The Hard Bop Grandpop" reviewed by Marc Davis

by Marc Davis
June 25, 2014

With musicians, and artists generally, there's a tendency to think the best work is the earliest. It's usually true. Paul McCartney was never better than when he recorded with the Beatles. Chuck Berry's best work was the early hits like “Johnny B. Goode" and “Roll Over Beethoven." Tom Wolfe hasn't written anything as good ...

Article: Live Review

Chick Corea al Parco della Musica, Roma

by Mario Calvitti
June 24, 2014

Parco della Musica Roma 10.05.2014 In occasione della recentissima pubblicazione del suo nuovo CD di solo piano, Portraits, il pianista Chick Corea ha intrapreso un tour mondiale che lo ha portato anche dalle nostre parti. Il suo concerto solistico è strutturato analogamente al CD, registrato dal vivo, con una prima ...

Article: Live Review

Moers Festival 2014

by Henning Bolte
June 23, 2014

Moers Festival Moers , GermanyJune, 6-9, 2014 Moers is a small city of about 100,000 inhabitants at the periphery of the former mining and industrial Ruhrpott area in Germany, about 40 km from the Dutch border and near the cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. Moers Festival, a four-day annual event always ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta June

by C. Michael Bailey
June 23, 2014

Francy Boland Playing With the Trio Schema 2013 Duke Ellington's rare trio recordings are always a treat. Money Jungle (United Artist, 1963) a trio session Ellington made with bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach is readily memorable. The big band leader Ellington was clearly able to hold ...

Article: Interview

Bobby Sanabria Spreads The Latin Jazz Gospel

by Steve Bryant
June 20, 2014

Drummer, percussionist, composer, educator, Bobby Sanabria has gained renown and respect from fans and musicians alike as one of the foremost proponents of what is labeled Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz. Born and raised in the South Bronx, Sanabria performed with a veritable Who's Who in the world of jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own ...