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Article: Future Jazz

Booking Jazz: A Subjective Guide

by Bruce Klauber
July 21, 2012

There is no rule book, reference work or formal set of regulations that club and restaurant owners can consult about how to book and present jazz.There was a quasi-model of sorts in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, given the proliferation of cafés, boites, bistros, bars, ballrooms, and all types of nightspots that used live ...

Article: Interview

Ron Miles: Jazz Gentleman, Part 2

by Florence Wetzel
July 17, 2012

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [Editor's Note: The second part of Florence Wetzel's extensive interview with Ron Miles covers the Colorado-based trumpeter's early performance years, and begins a chronological look at all of his solo releases, beginning with Distance for Safety (Prolific Records, 1987) and concluding with Heaven (Sterling Circle, 2002), ...

Article: Album Review

Steve Barta: Another Life Brazil

Read "Another Life Brazil" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2012

Pianist Steve Barta continues his musical travels through Brazil that started with Blue River (Source Music, 2001), a collaboration with flautist Herbie Mann. Mann joined Barta on Another Life Brazil, performing his valedictory on the title tune shortly before his death at 73, in 2003. None other than Hubert Laws rounds out the wind parts on ...

News: Recording

Mingus, Monk & Weather Report: From Legacy in July

June 12, 2012

The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz: Charles Mingus: The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection: 7 titles, 10 CDs The Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Complete Studio Albums Collection: ...

Article: Jazz in the Aquarian Age

Herbie Mann: An Amalgamation of Everything

by Bob Kenselaar
May 22, 2012

[Flauist Herbie Mann was often ahead of the trend with his wide explorations into sounds from everywhere. When I asked him in this 1978 interview where music in general was heading, he talked about a broad mix--"an amalgamation of everything"--which might be a good way to describe Mann's overall career, except that it doesn't account for ...

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Article: Talkin' Blues

Talkin' Blues with the Groovemaster, Jerry Jemmott

by Alan Bryson
April 9, 2012

Jerry Jemmott's groove is the bedrock of guitarist B.B. King's career defining hit, “The Thrill is Gone." He was in the studio with Duane Allman and singer Wilson Pickett recording “Hey Jude," a track that was instrumental in launching the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist's musical career; and they were together again for flautist Herbie Mann's ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Various Artists: The Leopard Lounge Box Set

by Chris May
April 6, 2012

Various ArtistsThe Leopard Lounge Box SetWarner Jazz2012If you enjoy the TV series Mad Men, you are going to love The Leopard Lounge Box Set. Probably.You need to go know what you are getting into. Should you be offended by the thought of guitarist Barney Kessel hanging ...

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News: Interview

All About Jazz Announces New Column Featuring Archival Intervews with Jazz Greats

February 19, 2012

All About Jazz is pleased to announce that Bob Kenselaar has joined our growing international team of contributing writers. In addition to new live coverage, and interviews like his recent Catching Up With Monty Alexander, Bob has obtained permission to reprint a series of interviews that he contributed to The Aquarian Weekly in the 1970s with ...

News: Obituary

MCG Jazz Remembers John Levy, Our Friend

January 23, 2012

John Levy, manager to countless jazz luminaries, dies at age 99. John Levy, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and renowned personal manager for many jazz greats, died on January 20th, less than three months shy of his 100th birthday. His wife, Devra Hall Levy said he was sleeping peacefully in her arms at ...

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