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Kuala Lumpur International Jazz Festival: 19-20 May, 2012
by Ian Patterson
KL International Jazz Festival Kuala Lumpur Convention CenterKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMay 19-20, 2012The 19th and 20th of May, 2012 will long be remembered by jazz lovers in Kuala Lumpur as the day jazz came to town. The 13 acts that performed on the stage of the KL Convention Center made history by ...
A Delightful Twofer from University of Arts in Philadelphia
by Hrayr Attarian
University of Arts in Philadelphia boasts a premier school of music that is devoted to educating the next generation of innovators in jazz and other modern musical styles. Its dual 2010 releases show that it is indeed succeeding at its mission. UARTS Z BandUniversity of the Arts Big BandSelf ...
Marching to a Jazz Tempo
by Jack Bowers
March came in like a lion in Albuquerque with no less than four blue-chip jazz concerts in the first five days, three of which I attended, passing on the first (the Charlie Christian Project featuring guitarist Michael Anthony and trumpeter Bobby Shew at The Outpost Performance Space) because Betty and I had seen basically the same ...
Tommy Vig: Welcome to Hungary
by Hrayr Attarian
Although not as well-known in the US as his compatriots Attila Zoller and Gábor Szabó, percussionist Tommy Vig is every bit as talented as the two guitarists with a unique vision and unrelenting quest for perfection. Born in Budapest, Vig was a child prodigy, having recorded on drums at the tender age of ...
APAP JazzConnect Session: NEA Jazz Masters & Jazz Futures: Paying It Forward @ Hilton New York: January 9
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Topic NEA Jazz Masters & Jazz Futures: Paying It Forward Where Hilton New York Mercury Ballroom New York, NY 212-586-7000 When Mon, January ...
APAP | NYC 2012 Hosts JazzConnect: January 6-10
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Friday Jan. 6, 2012 9 AM-Noon PRE-CONFERENCE FORUM: FREE Building Jazz Culture—Local to Global Hilton, Sutton South How do you build and support a thriving cultural community? What are ...
Legacy
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Variation on a Theme by Igor Stravinsky; Virgo; Variations on Clair de Lune; Variation on a Theme by Giacomo Puccini; September Sky; Yes Chicago Is... (Suite): A Jazz Mecca; A Night at the El Grotto; Riffin' at the Regal; Cubs, Bears, Bulls and White Sox; 47th Street Blues; Blowin' in The Windy City; A Great Place To Be.
Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Legacy
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sei trombe, sei sax, quattro tromboni più la ritmica. È la formula di un ensemble di all stars, guidato dal magnifico compositore ed arrangiatore Gerald Wilson. Oggi novantatreeene, Wilson rimane il classico “musician's musician," amato da diverse generazioni di colleghi e addetti ai lavori ma poco noto al grande pubblico. Un autentico fuoriclasse che ha già ...
"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor
by Jack Bowers
From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...
Gerald Wilson: New York, NY, September 30, 2011
by Louis Heckheimer
Gerald Wilson, Anthony Wilson, Eric Otis and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, New York, NY September 30, 2011 There are jazz players who've had extended careers, and then there's Gerald Wilson. The veteran composer, arranger and big band leader might well be able to claim the longest major recording ...
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