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C. Andrew Hovan's Top 10 for 2014
by C. Andrew Hovan
This will be a first in some time. For a variety of reasons, I had to curtail my writing activities about five years ago. As a result, my limited work for All About Jazz consisted mainly of photography and live reviews. As a result, I felt less then prepared in previous years to present any kind ...
Bella Napoli
By Gary Smulyan
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Funiculi Funicula; Anema e Core; Fenestra Che Lucive; Marechiare; Peque;
O Sole Mio; O Saracino; A Vucchella: Dicitencello Vuie!; Tre Veglia e
Sonno; Santa Lucia Lontana.
OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer
Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Big Time; Suite for Three: Oatts / Scott / Rich; XYZ; Skylark; At the Corner of Ralph and
Gary; Sad Song.
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer
by John Ephland
There's a richness, a depth, a density to his varied charts. And the soloists and ensemble passages inside those charts! Such has always been the case with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, then, and now. For real, gliding from the spirit of Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, this edition of the VJO now embraces another one of ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer
by Jack Bowers
While it may be hard to believe, the reality is that the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is nearing the end of its first half-century together. Formed in 1966 as the Thad Jones -Mel Lewis Orchestra, it continued on after Jones' departure as the Mel Lewis Orchestra, then as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra after Lewis' death in February ...
Bimhuis at 40: Older, Better, Business as Usual
by Joan Gannij
The Bimhuis is turning 40 and is still very much in its prime. Beginning October 1, Amsterdam's venerable jazz club will celebrate this milestone with a variety of concerts, activities and special events. The Bimhuis opened in 1974 after a lengthy search for a suitable venue for improvising musicians. Over the next decades it would become ...
Steve Heckman Quintet: Search for Peace
by Jack Bowers
Steve Heckman says he was inspired to play the tenor saxophone after hearing John Coltrane, especially Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Luckily, Heckman did not follow his mentor completely off the deep end but remained instead true to his bop-bred roots while developing a singular voice of his own on the tenor. On Search for Peace (a ...
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer
by Dan Bilawsky
Trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer extraordinaire Mel Lewis may have given birth to the band that's now known as The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, but the late Bob Brookmeyer gave the group artistic independence at a time when it was sorely needed. When Jones left the fold and departed for Europe at the tail ...
Gary Smulyan, Dominic Chianese: Bella Napoli
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il CD (nel senso del dischetto) è esattamente una pizza in miniatura, né più né meno (cambia ovviamente la materia prima...). Già questo--e magari anche il titolo--ci dice non poco sulla natura del “progetto," che vede un attore, Dominic Chianese, noto per essere tra i protagonisti della fortunata serie I Soprano (il disco è fra l'altro ...
Gary Smulyan with Dominic Chianese at Jazz At Kitano
by Dan Bilawsky
Gary Smulyan with Dominic Chianese Jazz At Kitano New York, NY April 5, 2014 Shortly before this show began, on a beautiful Saturday evening that truly marked the start of spring, a small crew of musicians and concert-goers, including this writer, were seated around the bar at Jazz At Kitano. ...
