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Grady Tate: The Art of the Singing Drummer
by Greg Thomas
Grady Tate, 76, is best known as one of the most beloved, consistently dependable session drummers since the 1960s. He's the steady pulse on the famous version of Benny Golson's “Killer Joe," from Quincy Jones' Walking in Space (Verve, 1969), where his hi-hat groove and snare drum rim shots on the four, in tandem with bassist ...
Jazz for Obama: A Concert for America's Future
by Greg Thomas
Jazz for Obama 92nd Street Y New York, NY October 1, 2008 Jazz, to some, is apolitical, a refuge of artistic purity in the midst of a cultural and commercial wasteland. To these persons, art is hermetically sealed from world affairs. Yet there comes a time in the affairs of men ...
Kenny Garrett: Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium
by Greg Thomas
Kenny Garrett continues his mélange of modal exploration with Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium. The recording is a sequel to Beyond the Wall, Garrett’s early collaboration with Pharoah Sanders, and is a snapshot of his progression.The opening number, “The Ring,” starts with a dramatic theme stated by the alto-tenor front ...
Benny Golson: Along Came Benny
by Greg Thomas
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone stylist and jazz composer of first rank, refuses to rest on his laurels. At almost 80, he's an elder statesman of jazz who could easily cruise and live off the royalties of “I Remember Clifford," “Whisper Not," “Along Came Betty" and others among his 300 compositions. But such a notion is anathema ...
Monterey at 50: Five Concerts by Masters Released
by Greg Thomas
In August 2007, Monterey Jazz Festival Records (in collaboration with the Concord Records Group) released five new CDs from its vast archives of live dates from the 50-year history of the Monterey Jazz Festival. The magical, natural setting of this coastal city south of San Francisco is a favorite of musicians, fans and critics alike. That ...
Jazz Vibes: Terry Gibbs vs. Roy Ayers
by Greg Thomas
On the surface, vibraphonists Terry Gibbs and Roy Ayers seem quite different. Throughout his long career Gibbs has remained faithful to the Swing and bop traditions of his youth while Ayers is best known for his blend of funk and R&B as well as “acid jazz . Roy Ayers ...
An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey: A Jazz Alternative
by Greg Thomas
After watching your two-part town hall meeting: “After Imus: Now What?“ I'm compelled to reach out to you.I'm a native New Yorker with southern black American roots and an abiding devotion to the greatest music produced in the U.S.A--jazz. As a teen in the late '70s, when hearing the scratching of LPs in the ...
Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz
by Greg Thomas
Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz Stanley Crouch Hardcover; 339 pages ISBN: 9780465015177 Perseus Books Group 2006 Stanley Crouch's Considering Genius solidifies his place as one of the most insightful authors on jazz. Certain themes echo throughout, such as the uniquely American identity of jazz as opposed ...
Grady Tate: From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note
by Greg Thomas
Grady Tate, likely the most recorded trap drummer in history, has played with many a great singer: Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Peggy Lee and Sarah Vaughan--and that's just a few. But Tate himself has been one of the best jazz vocalists on the scene since his 1968 recording Windmills of My Mind. ...
Hard Chesky Boppin': Mysterious Shorter & New York Time
by Greg Thomas
Payton/Belden/Yahel/ Hart/Drummond Mysterious Shorter Chesky 2006 McBride/Jackson/Cobb/Walton New York Time Chesky 2006 “To me, music has a sense of velocity," Wayne Shorter once said. “There's also a ...
