Results for "Duke Jordan"

No Problem

Featuring the music of Duke Jordan
Duration: 6:26
April 1, 2011

Niels Lan Doky: Return to Denmark

by Chris Mosey
October 21, 2010

The trouble with Niels Lan Doky is that, like Saint Paul, he seeks to be all things to all men. He's a pianist, basically in the Bill Evans tradition when it comes to jazz, but says he's equally at home with classical, world, pop, soul, rhythm and blues and electronic music. He lays claim to being ...

Nobu Stowe: Beyond Free

by Glenn Astarita
August 25, 2010

The music of NS (Nobu) Stowe is synonymous with the musical storytelling characterized with spontaneity and melodic romanticism--a true rarity in the field of fully improvised music. Stowe has not only mastered the art of total improvisation--a method of fully improvised music that embraces song-like melody, tonal harmony and rhythmic propulsion as well as more commonly ...

Bill Carrothers: Joy Spring

by Dan Bilawsky
May 11, 2010

Tribute albums often come in the form of imitative musical gestures from musicians of a like-instrument--such as a saxophonist paying tribute to John Coltrane by trying to copy his style or specific mannerisms. But pianist Bill Carrothers has crafted a different type of homage with Joy Spring, using the piano trio format to flesh out some ...

Bill Carrothers: Joy Spring

by Dan McClenaghan
April 30, 2010

Pianist Bill Carrothers has narrowed his often expansive focus. Where the marvelous and career-defining Armistice 1918 (Sketch Records, 2004) concerned itself with the scope of World War I, and I Love Paris (Pirouet Records, 2005) explored popular songs from the twenties through the forties, Joy Spring zeros in on a smaller slice of a more recent ...

Copenhagen JazzHouse: The Evolution of a Jazz Club

by Nick Catalano
February 5, 2010

On a recent visit to Denmark I was able to spend a couple of evenings at the Copenhagen JazzHouse and digest some of the cutting edge ideas of the club's artistic director composer/ bassist Lennart Ginman. Years ago I had initially encountered the Danish jazz scene at Cafe Monmartre and found it thriving as Thad Jones ...

In Copenhagen

By Duke Jordan

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: No Problem; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Lush Life; Everything Happens To Me; All The Things You Are; The Way You Look Tonight; Jor-Du; Tea For Two/Star Dust; Yesterdays; Flight To Jordan; Misty; It's Only A Paper Moon; Don't Blame Me; Parisian Hop; Two Loves; Night Walk; How Deep Is The Ocean?; Three Little Words.

Duke Jordan: In Copenhagen

by Chris Mosey
August 28, 2009

Irving Stanley “Duke" Jordan, pianist in legendary altoist Charlie Parker's classic quintet, recorded this solo album late in life. It shows he had lost none of the qualities that led Bird to pick him to take part--along with trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Tommy Potter and drummer Max Roach--in such landmark recordings as “Bird of Paradise," “Dewey ...

Toshiko Akiyoshi: Fine Wine

by Ken Dryden
May 2, 2009

Toshiko Akiyoshi's reputation as a brilliant composer/arranger is widely heralded. She was the first woman to lead a big band for an extended period of time, while she was also the first Japanese jazz artist to achieve international acclaim. A pianist of incredible talent, Akiyoshi's abilities were somewhat hidden within her orchestra, though she made a ...

Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall

by Greg Thomas
May 1, 2009

When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...