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Esperanza Spalding's Champer Music Society
Centuries ago, long before the advent of radio or recording technology, chamber music was the music for the masses--the music in which people from nearly every segment of society could find meaning and relevance. A decade into the 21st century, Esperanza Spalding--the bassist, vocalist and composer who first appeared on the jazz scene in 2008--takes a ...
McCoy Tyner Quartet / Stanley Clarke Quartet Featuring Hiromi
by Ernest Barteldes
McCoy Tyner Quarter / Stanley Clarke Band Featuring Hiromi CareFusion Jazz Festival, Central Park Summerstage New York, NY June 23, 2010 Contrary to what had been announced, pianist McCoy Tyner's all-star Quartet took to the stage with a very syncopated number, led by tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. Bassist Esperanza ...
The 2010 West Oak Lane Jazz Festival: How Jazz Helped Change a Community
by Wade Luquet
Can jazz revitalize an urban neighborhood? In the northwest Philadelphia neighborhood of West Oak Lane it certainly has played a large part. For the seventh year, the neighborhood residents, along with the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation (OARC) and the office of State Representative Dwight Evans, have joined together, closing the main avenue for a weekend and ...
Blue Note Records Signs Ambrose Akinmusire
JAZZ TRUMPETER & MONK COMPETITION WINNER “DESTINED FOR MUCH WIDER RECOGNITION" (NEW YORK TIMES) EMI's Blue Note Records has signed jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Ambrose Akinmusire. The 28 year-old winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition will head into the studio this Fall to record his major label debut with labelmate Jason Moran as ...
Mary Lou Williams Festival 2010
by Franz A. Matzner
Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz FestivalKennedy CenterWashington, DCMay 20-22, 2010 In celebration of the 100th anniversary of her birth, this year's Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival was dedicated to the music of its namesake. This focus lent the festival's 15th year at the Kennedy ...
Esperanza Spalding, Liberation Fighter for Jazz
If you really want to hear Esperanza Spalding get excited talking about jazz, ask her about its effect on 5-year-olds she introduces to free jazz. Speaking by phone from her home in Portland, Ore., the effervescent young bassist's conversational tempo shifts into another gear as she talks about leading a jazz workshop at an elementary school. ...
The 'It' Girl of Jazz, Spalding Returns to Playboy Jazz Fest
At age 25, it might feel like a bit too much pressure to be considered the “future of jazz," but Esperanza Spalding, who is part of the Sunday lineup at this weekend's Playboy Jazz Festival, carries herself with the kind of grace and poise that belies her years. The native Oregonian (she's from Portland) is back ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense DVD & VOD Release Due May 11
Pre-order it now at shop.allaboutjazz.com BUY IT AT shop.allaboutjazz.com Theatrical Length Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Bill Frisell “[Icons] depicts jazz as a living, breathing and ever-evolving musical art form, and ...
Take Five with Erik Telford
by AAJ Staff
Meet Erik Telford: A native of Pacific Grove (CA), Telford has performed as a sideman or leader at the Monterey, Montreux, North Sea, Melbourne, and Yokohama Honmoku jazz festivals. He's shared the stage with Bill Berry, George Bohannan, Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman, James Williams, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, and Louie Bellson, among other artists. Telford currently ...
