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Wynton Marsalis Remembering the Duke
In Duke Ellington's world, people are smiling, they are dancing and they are making love. They're having a good time because his music's most basic concern is uplift of the human spirit. It's a music that celebrates freedom of expression, freedom of choice. That's why we love it. It wants us to love being ourselves and ...
Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Project: Nocturne for Ava
by Dan McClenaghan
Nocturne for Ava slips into noir territory--under night's cover, fedora pulled down low, trench coat collar up, immersed in a night of blurry neon glowing through a low misty fog, much in the fashion of its predecessor, Fallen Angel (Sons of Sound, 2006). Both sets celebrate noir classics and movie tunes written for or inspired by ...
Ben Webster: Centennial Celebration
by Martin Gladu
Remembered for his seminal solos on such classics as “Cotton Tail" and “All Too Soon" as much as for his historic clashes with boss Duke Ellington, hot-tempered saxophonist Ben Webster's legacy truly stands the test of time. The year 2009, being the centennial of the tenor titan's birth, Concord Records marks the occasion with this 9-track ...
Take Five With Ray George
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ray George:Mixing... musical talent; acting bbility and audience participation. Ray George presents a uniquely different approach to the music and club scene. Standards, oldies, vintage music. Songs ff Gershwin, Porter and Berlin. Oldies from Carol King, The Everly Brothers And Elvis. Mellow, vocal styling, with backings of light jazz combo group, pop arrangements ...
Duke Ellington Festival at UCLA Has Got That Swing
Two days of music events are lined up to celebrate the jazz great's 110th birthday. When it comes to describing Duke Ellington, it's easy to run out of superlatives. One of the defining figures of American music? Sure, with a 50-year career that includes standards such as “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got ...
Louie Bellson: Tasteful Drummer, Sweeter Guy
by Jack Bowers
To say that drummer extraordinaire Louie Bellson, who left us on February 14, 2009 at age eighty-four, had a remarkable career would be to explicitly understate the record. Bellson's success at age 17 in a nationwide contest sponsored by one of his idols, Gene Krupa, and Slingerland Drums set the talented wunderkind on a path that ...
Duke Ellington: Symphony of the Body and Soul
by Raul d'Gama Rose
A study in sepia It was the package that arrived, which prompted me to open an album of memories in the first place. Looking at the photograph, I recall some--not all--of the many details of the evening it was taken. The boy in the photograph is I, and I am in a black mood. ...
Woodlawn Cemetery Honors Jazz Appreciation with Concert
A free concert celebrating the jazz greats memorialized at Woodlawn, hosted by saxophonist Victor Goines. In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month (April), The Woodlawn Cemetery is hosting weekend concerts and tours to celebrate in style and pay tribute to some of history's great American jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Illinois Jacquet, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Max ...
Abdullah Ibrahim: Senzo
by Reid Jagger
On the solo piano Senzo, South African-born pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is heard in fine form on 21 compositions, with Duke Ellington's “In a Sentimental Mood" the only standard in the bunch. Though each track bears a different title, Ibrahim allows the pieces to flow together using creative modulations and segues. On the whole, Senzo further solidifies ...
John Bunch: The John Bunch Trio Plays the Music of Irving Berlin (except one)
by John Fidler
If it takes a while to notice that there's no drummer on The John Bunch Trio Plays the Music of Irving Berlin (except one), that's OK. Recalling the classic Nat King Cole Trio, Bunch's music embraces the same combination of tradition and freshness, of rock-solid technique and flight-of-fancy exploration. Tradition might be the ...
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