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30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival
by Matt Marshall
Hank Jones / Corea, Clarke & White Sean Jones / Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Alfredo Rodriguez / Dennis Coffey / Wayne Shorter Quartet Chuchito Valdes / Stefon Harris & Blackout 30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan ...
Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet: Live At Jazz Standard NYC
by Mark Corroto
This date is drummer Dafnis Prieto's fourth as leader and second on his own label, Dafnison Music. Following the 2008 studio date Taking The Soul For A Walk, Prieto reenlisted saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum (Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Steven Bernstein's Millennial Orchestra, Kamikaze Ground Crew) and pianist Manuel Valera (John Patitucci, Paquito D'Rivera, Seamus Blake) for this live session ...
Beantown Sings the Blues
By Timothy J. O'Keefe The Blues may have been spawned within the African-American communities of the Deep South in the late 19th century, but its influence still permeates our society today. While this music often acknowledges sadness, embraces loss, and speaks of impending dread, buried deep within its core you can sometimes find hope and resolve. ...
I Remember Len Dobbin
by Steve Holt
Len Dobbin was a cool jazz voice on the radio when I was a teenager just getting into playing jazz. In fact, my love affair with jazz began in the 1970s when I discovered the album Headhunters by Herbie Hancock in 1973. Up to that point I had been playing pop and folk music, like most ...
Magos Herrera: Distancia
by Holly Holmes
Mexican jazz vocalist Magos Herrera may not be a household name among jazz audiences, but she certainly deserves to be. With the release of her seventh album as a leader, Distancia (Sunnyside, 2009) shows off not only her rich contralto voice but also an artist with expressive depth. Distancia is an extraordinarily diverse ...
John Beasley: Positootly!
by Larry Taylor
On Positootly!, pianist John Beasley explores a variety of styles for a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating experience. Each track benefits immensely from the indelible touch of drumming great Jeff “Tain" Watts, in alliance here with percussionist Munyungo Jackson. Hailing from Louisiana, Beasley started playing in the late seventies, getting his seasoning with such jazz greats as ...
Bassist John Patitucci Interviewed at AAJ
As sayings go, “One man's trash is another man's treasure" is pretty straightforward, especially for those enamored with garage sales. For lovers of jazz music, it may hold a bit more significance, for it played a fateful role in the life of one of today's superlative artists in the genre. John Patitucci is one of the ...
John Patitucci: Celebrating Jazz Heroes
by R.J. DeLuke
As sayings go, “One man's trash is another man's treasure" is pretty straightforward, especially for those enamored with garage sales. For lovers of jazz music, it may hold a bit more significance, for it played a fateful role in the life of one of today's superlative artists in the genre. John Patitucci is one ...
Jack Cortner: Sound Check
by Robert J. Robbins
Back in 2007, veteran composer/arranger Jack Cortner (a longtime ghost for the late arranger and orchestrator Billy Byers) released Fast Track, his illustrious debut as a bandleader for the Jazzed Media label, with ex-Kenton and Herman trumpeter Marvin Stamm and his erstwhile sidekick, pianist Bill Mays, as the principal soloists. With Sound Check, Cortner, Stamm, and ...
Jack Cortner Big Band / Peter Hand Big Band / Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
by Jack Bowers
Jack Cortner Big Band Sound Check Jazzed Media 2009 For someone who waited so long before taking his first swings as leader of his own big band, Jack Cortner shows again on Sound Check, the band's second impressive recording in as many years, that he's got game. He's ...
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