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J.D. Walter: Being a Verb
by Victor L. Schermer
J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, ...
Jazz It Up! Episode 4 Features Phil Woods, Stanley Jordan, Oscar Peterson and More
New York, NY -- The fourth episode of Season 2 of Jazz it Up! features alto sax legend Phil Woods in performance with the William Paterson Jazz Orchestra (conducted by David Dempsey), as well as a powerful trio led by the innovative guitarist Stanley Jordan, who plays piano and guitar simultaneously on a song. As with ...
Scott Hamilton: Is Expatriatism on the Rise?
by Nick Catalano
During my years as a jazz writer I have spent considerable time interviewing and writing about musicians who, for one reason or another, decided to pack up and establish permanent residency outside the United States. Many of the old beboppers (Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen and others) whom I had encountered through the years were ...
Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...
by Ian Patterson
Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...
Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)
by Samuel Chell
How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...
Ed Thigpen: In Copenhagen 1973-74
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da poco ristampati in un unico CD, i due dischi non rendono giustizia alla sopraffina cifra tecnica del batterista Ed Thigpen, storico componente dell’Oscar Peterson Trio. Anzi il suo impeccabile drumming, che diviene eccelso nell’uso delle spazzole, è svilito da queste incisioni risalenti agli inizi degli anni ’70, quando ebbe inizio il suo soggiorno scandinavo. Nella ...
A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: You Make Me Feel So Young / Come Dance With Me /
Learnin' the Blues / Witchcraft / The Tender Trap / Saturday Night / Just in
Time / It Happened in Monterrey / I Get a Kick Out of You / All of Me /
Birth of the Blues / How About You?
The Element of Swing
By Ed Thigpen
Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: Sweet Mama; ETP; Hello Joe; Emperor Jones; Lonnie’s Lament; Chelsea Bridge; Impressionistic; Like Blues; Street Freak (63:22).
