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Eddie Harvey

Born: November 15, 1925

Take Five with Vasilis Xenopoulos

by AAJ Staff
May 27, 2019

About Vasilis Xenopoulos Saxophonist, composer and educator Vasilis Xenopoulos is one of the most accomplished Greek jazz musicians of his generation and a genuine representative of straight ahead jazz. London became his permanent home after graduating with honors from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and gradually established himself as one of London's ...

Marching Song Volumes 1 & 2 Plus Bonus Tracks

By Mike Westbrook Concert Band

Label: Turtle Records
Released: 2017
Track listing:
CD 1:
Hooray!; Landscape; Waltz (for Joanna); Landscape (II); Other World; Marching Song.
CD 2:
Transition; Home; Rosie; Prelude; Tension; Introduction; Ballad; Conflict; Requiem; Tarnished; Memorial.
CD 3:
Marching Song; When Young; But It Must Get Better, And It Will Get Better; Original Peter; Magic Garden.

John Butcher: So Far

by Sammy Stein
November 7, 2014

Saxophonist John Butcher's career could have taken an academic path. He completed a Ph.D in theoretical physics--Charmed Quarks to be precise--but left the academic world behind shortly thereafter. As a saxophonist, Butcher has played with and collaborated with many musicians. He is not afraid to try completely off the wall musical experimentation.

Losen Records: New Norwegian Sounds

by Jakob Baekgaard
September 3, 2013

Mention the phrase “the Norwegian sound" and many listeners will get an image in their head. An image of a natural, deep echoing sound influenced by the mountains and hills of the Norwegian landscape. Such an image is, of course, a cliché, but to some critics it has stuck and distorted the rich fertility of the ...

John Surman: The Rainbow Band Sessions

by John Kelman
December 27, 2011

It's been nearly two decades since British saxophonist/clarinetist John Surman last did a large ensemble disc, with the exception of Free and Equal (ECM, 2003), which teamed the duo of Surman and drummer/pianist Jack DeJohnette with the London Brass ensemble. But the last time Surman did a swinging session beyond a quartet was The Brass Project ...

Farewell, Sir John

by Jack Bowers
March 4, 2010

Some of us are old enough to remember when Sir John Dankworth was simply Johnny Dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians Great Britain has ever produced. Johnny became Sir John in 2006 when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, nine years after his wife, the marvelous singer Cleo Laine, was made a ...