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Various Artists: Miles Espanol: New Sketches of Spain
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
In the days of the so-called Young Lions jazz wave--which lasted roughly, from 1981 to 1992--instrumentalists and singers were all the rage. At the tail end of that period, South Carolina-born saxophonist Bob Belden was making waves for his comprehensive and compelling arranging chops. Over the last two decades, Belden has brilliantly re-imagined the music of ...
George Russell: The Story of an American Composer
by Duncan Heining
This article, adapted by the author, appears in Chapter 4 of George Russell: The Story of an American Composer, by Duncan Heining (Scarecrow Press, 2010). New York, NY It was May 1945, the war was still on, Bebop was at its height in New York and George Russell and his two ...
Maria Schneider Orchestra en el 43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona
by Enrique Turpin
Maria Schneider Orchestra43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música CatalanaJueves, 20 de octubre de 2011Quienes conocían la leyenda contaban que una chica de Windom, en las profundidades agrarias de Minesota, había conquistado territorios vetados a su condición humana. Pregonaban que Maria Schneider, nombre por el que todavía ...
Take Five With Tommy Vig
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tommy Vig: Born to a musical family in Budapest, Tommy Vig was internationally recognized as a child prodigy by the age of six, playing drums with his father, clarinetist Gyorgy Vig. His sense of improvisation, rhythm and energy at that young age made him unique, and he performed live concerts on radio, at ...
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 ...
Jaco Pastorius: The 60th Anniversary Collection
by John Kelman
Jaco Pastorius The 60th Anniversary Collection Warner Music Japan 2011 It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a quarter century since Jaco Pastorius died at the outrageously young age of 35. At a time when other electric bassists like Stanley Clarke were redefining the role of the instrument--no longer ...
Tom Everett: Jazz at Harvard
by Andrew J. Sammut
It's no accident that forty years of jazz at Harvard coincides with forty years of Tom Everett at the esteemed university. Everett founded Harvard University's first student jazz band, taught its first jazz history course and welcomed the campus' first visiting jazz artist. He now leads two jazz bands at the prestigious university, continues to teach ...
Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey, CA, September 16-18, 2011
by Larry Taylor
54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey Fairgrounds Monterey, CA September 16-18, 2011 The Monterey Jazz Festival--still going strong after 54 years. What's more, this year, Sept. 16-18, it was better than ever: the music was great; weather warm yet crisp and the atmosphere bucolic at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Northern ...
Billy Harper Quintet to appear at Montgomery County Community College (Bluebell, PA) on October 15
Blue Bell, PA: Montgomery County Community College's Lively Arts Series will present the Billy Harper Quintet, Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 8PM at Science Center Theatre. Billy Harper is one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists who actually built upon the master's work, rather than simply copy it. His 1973 album Capra Black “remains one ...
Guitarist John Scofield Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!
Sometimes a recording comes together easily, with a minimum of muss or fuss. Other times, life seems to conspire against it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't get done, or that it suffers as a result. Sometimes, in fact, it can make the end result even better. For John Scofield—one-third of a power trifecta of ...
