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Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
The jazz world hasn't been the same ever since the twenty-something Esperanza Spalding--the Oregon-born, Texas-based bassist/singer/composer/educator--burst on the scene at the change of the century. Her story as a self-taught, home schooled prodigy who graduated from Berklee and became that institution's youngest instructor; who gigged with everybody from Patti Austin and Pat Metheny to Joe Lovano; ...
The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
"When I listen to these records now... when I listen to the Pershing, it's phenomenal, I must say. What they were doing, phenomenal, the lines and the purity. It's so pure ... It was sheer joy working with these two individuals. Master musicians," writes pianist/bandleader Ahmad Jamal in the liner notes to this collection.
Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Because of its huge range, the piano might be the most expressive and adaptable instrument in western music. And since jazz is a product of western culture, it's no surprise that jazz pianists have been the genre's foremost creators, interpreters and stylists. This has been true since the days of ragtime, New Orleans, stride and swing, ...
Masters of American Music Series: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
The Story of Jazz Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk: American Composer The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Naxos 2010 These four DVDs--separate broadcasts of the Masters of American Music TV series, originally released in eighties--seem by today's standards, like some ...
Jazz
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Jazz Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux Hardcover; 704 pages ISBN: 978-0-393-06861-0 W.W.Norton 2009 The only thing harder than playing jazz is writing about it. It is a music that is specific, yet hard to define. It is easy to understand, yet at times hard to comprehend, sometimes ...
Michael Olatuja: Speak
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
At its very best, pop music is supposed to be inclusive, and open to a wide variety of styles and genres; that's what makes it pop right? But what is heard on the Internet and the airwaves is at best formulaic, at worst uninspired and superficial. Along with that diagnosis there's the almost Apartheid-like exclusion of ...
Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes Dan Ouellette Paperback; 435 pages ISBN: 978-0-615-26526-1 ArtistShare 2009 Songwriter and vocalist Gil Scott-Heron said that his basslines “glowed in the dark." Trumpeter Miles Davis proclaimed him the “anchor" of his groundbreaking quintet of the 1960s. And he ...
Gumbo Nation: The World That Made New Orleans - From Spanish Silver To Congo Square
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Gumbo Nation: The World That Made New Orleans - From Spanish Silver To Congo Square Ned Sublette Hardcover; 368 pages ISBN: 1556527306 Chicago Review Press 2008 It is an African-American Atlantis, New Orleans: a crescent-shaped city six-feet under water at the mouth of the ...
Various Artists: Hommage A Nesuhi
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Various Artists Hommage A Nesuhi Rhino Handmade 2009 Of the various and sundry individuals involved in the making of a record, the producer is the most mysterious and ambiguous presence of them all. Many ill-equipped but ambitious people--including hangers-on, frustrated musicians, over-reaching critics, and record executive accountants--have attempted ...
Art of Jazz Celebration in Toronto
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
2nd Annual Art of Jazz CelebrationDistillery Historic District, Toronto, CanadaMay 30 - June 3, 2007 The second annual Art of Jazz Celebration was not the kind of festival where a musician's record sales, marketability, and high-powered publicity/management teams determine its lineup. The fifty diverse and dynamic headliners were selected by its ...
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