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Francesca Han: Right Music, Right Time
by Ian Patterson
Korea has never been more fashionable, leading the way in technological advances and dictating hair styles, television viewing, eye shape and pop music trends across Asia and beyond. The mindboggling response to singer PSY's song “Gangnam Style," with over a billion hits on You Tube, epitomizes the phenomena of the so-called “Korean Wave." Fewer people, inevitably, ...
The Clayton Brothers: The Gathering
by Larry Taylor
The Clayton Brothers--John on bass and Jeff on reeds--have been playing together for over 30 years, either in their small groups or in the large Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, formed in 1985 in partnership with drummer Jeff Hamilton. In small contexts, they have specialized in post-bop swing with a touch of funk, while the critically acclaimed big ...
Listen Here
By Jackie Ryan
Label: OpenArt Productions
Released: 2012
Track listing: Comin' Home Baby; The Gypsy In My Soul; Throw It Away; Accentuate The Positive;
Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere; I Loves You Porgy; How Little We Know (How Little It
Matters); La Puerta; Rip Van Winkle; A Time For Love; No One Ever Tells You; Before
We Fall In Love; To The Ends Of The Earth; Listen Here.
The Clayton Brothers: The Gathering
by Dan Bilawsky
The Clayton Brothers' prior ArtistShare albums were high quality, thematically driven outings that highlighted their respect for notable jazz siblings on Brother To Brother (ArtistShare, 2008), and honored the relationship between the art forms of dance and jazz with The New Song And Dance (ArtistShare, 2010). For the group's third effort on this fan-funded imprint, The ...
Singer Jackie Ryan Returns; "Listen Here" Also Features John Clayton & Friends
Jackie Ryan teams with Grammy Award winner John Clayton to deliver a tour de force through a myriad of jazz idioms ─ from blues & gospel flavored jazz gems, to luscious love songs, a soaring Spanish ballad, a Gershwin classic, pulsating samba rhythms ─ and culminates with the title track: a duet with three-time Grammy nominee ...
Columbus Jazz Orchestra Opens 2012-13 Swingin' With The CJO Season With Come Together: From Gershwin To The Beatles Featuring Gerald Clayton
Columbus, OH – Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, now in its 40th year, continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America's classical music – jazz. The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) kicks off the 2012-13 Swingin' with the CJO season ...
Ben Williams: The Effect of Sound
by Daniel Lehner
It's continuously perplexing that Ben Williams did not set out on playing the bass first. Forced to pick the most attractive string instrument amongst the cellos and violins, the 7th grade aspiring guitarist ended up picking the instrument that he, now in his upper twenties, is in massively high demand for and is unsettlingly proficient in. ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 7, 2012
by Greg Thomas
Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2012From the time of the airplane's descent to the airport in Montréal, I knew something was different and perhaps special about this place. Instead of a square or rectangular grid style of suburban housing plots, from my window I saw circular formations of housing, ...
Take Five With Dan Meinhardt
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dan Meinhardt: Dan Meinhardt is a young saxophonist quickly making a name for himself. He has made appearances with some of the Northwest's finest musicians and has been a first-call player for touring groups and pits.In June 2012, Dan released his first album, Gone West. It contains eight original compositions and ...
Ljubljana Jazz Festival: Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 20–29, 2012
by Henning Bolte
Ljubljana Jazz FestivalLjubljana, SloveniaJune 20-29, 2012Ljubljana, with its 53rd edition, truly hosts the oldest jazz festival in Europe. Norway's Molde, also a candidate, started one year later, in 1960. The capital of the now-independent Republic of Slovenia, neighbored by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy, Ljubljana is situated one hour from Trieste, two hours ...
