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Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed
by Dave Wayne
So many jazz piano trios, so little time! With Wide Eyed, the Danny Fox Trio proves very definitively that they are worthy of your attention. Fox' wickedly humorous, tightly-conceived, multi- stylistic compositions and his trio's remarkably sensitive interplay are completely attention-grabbing. One listen was enough to make me a believer. Like a lot of the more ...
Tommy Smith/Brian Kellock: Whispering of the Stars
by Dan McClenaghan
Tommy Smith is known best for his directorship of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. The group has emerged as one of the finest of big bands with offerings like the classic In the Spirit of Duke (Spartacus records, 2013), a tribute to Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue (Spartacus Records, 2006), an extended and stunning remake of ...
Bill Charlap-Renee Rosnes at Musical Instrument Museum
by Patricia Myers
Bill Charlap-Renee Rosnes Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona June 4, 2014 Facing each other at a nestled pair of nine-foot concert grand pianos, Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes combined their 20 fingers for a compelling concert that didn't rely solely on the Great American Songbook. While there was a bit of ...
Marcus Roberts: Portraits in Blue
by Marc Davis
This has to be the most raucous, the most bluesy, the most improvisational “Rhapsody in Blue" ever recorded. And not all of the best improvisation is by Marcus Roberts. Wailing clarinets and wandering trumpets abound. And it is all in a spirit of the original, so much so that I believe jazz-loving George Gershwin would have ...
George Gershwin: Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Of Rhythm and Constipation
by Marc Davis
Insert your favorite toilet joke here.I tried. I considered dozens of poop puns, then finally decided nothing could top reality. So here it is:In the 1930s, George Gershwin--already a huge star--hosted a radio show on which he played piano between laxative commercials.It's funny, really, when you hear it. And yet ...
"The Whiteman Years" This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band teams up with Vince Giordano and Andy Stein, specialists in the music of Paul Whiteman in the 1920s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded ...
Harold Arlen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, in rare archival interview clips, Harold Arlen speaks about his career and how he wrote some of his most enduring songs, performed by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests: Nina Ferro, Dick Hyman, Rebecca Kilgore and Carol Woods. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. ...
Andy Kahn's "Music By Intention" Show--A Tribute To The Great Amerian Songwriters--Comes To Philadelphia Ethical Society On June 22
Pianist, vocalist, composer and archivist Andy Kahn brings his critically acclaimed “Music by Intention” show—a tribute to America’s greatest composers and lyricists—to the Philadelphia Ethical Society on Sunday, June 22 for a 3 p.m. show. Tickets are $25 and are available only at the door. The Ethical Society is located at 1906 Rittenhouse Square. For directions ...
Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme
by Karl Ackermann
Composer/saxophonist Steve Lehman's credentials are as unique as his music. A Fulbright scholar with a PhD in composition, his on the job training has been at the hands of a diverse group of teachers including saxophone legends Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton. A New York native, Lehman garnered widespread praise with the groundbreaking Travail, Transformation and ...
20th Anniversary Revisited This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
On Memorial Day Weekend 1989, Riverwalk Jazz made its national debut. This week, to celebrate over twenty years on the air, we revisit our first national broadcast, a program with piano legend Dick Hyman devoted to Fats Waller. Since that first national broadcast, Dick Hyman has joined us for so many radio shows that we sometimes ...
