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Marsalis' Lincoln Center Orchestra in Cuba: More Politics Than Music?
By Greg Thomas The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's (JLCO) residency in Cuba last week at the invitation of the Cuban Institute of Music was significant for reasons historical, cultural and political. This was JLCO's first time in that country since forming in 1992. But Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and ...
Jazz Channel To Launch For Musicians And Fans
Attention: All Jazz Musicians and Fans From: Greg Thomas, Jazz Channel Producer, TheStage.tv Re: Launch of Jazz Channel and Invitation to Participate When: The Jazz Channel at TheStage.tv will officially launch in November 2010. You are invited to preview the Jazz Channel here. Since launching in January 2010, TheStage.tv Main Channel has had over 23,000 performances ...
Donal Fox: The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project
by Greg Thomas
The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project commences with a short aria in G minor by Domenico Scarlatti, the famed baroque composer of over 550 sonatas for harpsichord. Pianist Donal Fox evinces an elegant pianissimo touch, setting the stage for the title composition, which refracts another Scarlatti theme into a 3/4 romp, with repeating motifs that build tension. ...
Johnny Griffin: From Johnny Griffin With Love
by Greg Thomas
Johnny Griffin From Johnny Griffin With Love Storyville Records 2009 Chicago native Johnny Griffin was undoubtedly one of the greatest artists to ever play the tenor saxophone. His technical capacity at high velocity tempi was legendary, earning him the nicknames “fastest gun in the West" and “Little Giant." ...
Geri Allen: Journey to the Light
by Greg Thomas
Geri Allen's playing and compositional efforts manifest a stylistic flexibility grounded in her absorption of the lessons of the masters of the jazz idiom, and her desire to innovate upon that legacy. As an apprentice during high school and college, and then as a journeywoman, Allen has kept company with musical legends.
Freddie Hubbard: Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969
by Greg Thomas
Do you listen to the music of great jazz artists differently once they pass away? This newly-issued live date, with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Louis Hayes and the late pianist Sir Roland Hanna, may elicit nostalgia and sadness mixed with a spirit of wonder and startled appreciation of the recently departed trumpet master Freddie Hubbard.
Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall
by Greg Thomas
When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...
Phil Woods: Ballads & Blues, Live at the Jazz Showcase, The Children's Suite
by Greg Thomas
Phil Woods Quintet Ballads & Blues Venus Records 2009 The Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet Live at the Jazz Showcase Jazzed Media 2009 Phil Woods The Children's Suite Jazzed ...
James Moody and Hank Jones: Our Delight: Hank Jones and James Moody
by Greg Thomas
"Our Delight," penned by Tadd Dameron, is a fitting title for a quartet date fronted by two venerable elder statesmen of jazz, James Moody and Hank Jones. Close listening will surely enchant lovers of acoustic jazz interpretations of timeless songs by Dameron and Dizzy Gillespie, Moody's mentor, dear friend, boss and frontline partner over four decades. ...
Lisa Hearns: I Got it Bad & That Ain't Good
by Greg Thomas
A key aspect of the art of jazz singing is the ability to interpret lyrics with musical depth grounded in improvisation and blues resonance. I Got it Bad & That Ain't Good is a good example of traditional jazz singing, a genre few perform very well these days. Hearns is blessed with a ...
