Results for "Hoagy Carmichael"

Am I Blue?

Featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael
Duration: 1:41
January 1, 2011

dOeK Festival #9: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 4, 2010

by John Kelman
December 18, 2010

dOeK Festival #9BimhuisAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 4, 2010 While the majority of the 200 international delegates who attended Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010, in Amsterdam, struggled with flight delays due to an early and tremendously severe arrival of winter and, for some, the impact of an air traffic controller strike in ...

Riverwalk Jazz Interviews Nat Hentoff

November 27, 2010

Author and columnist Nat Hentoff is one of America's most revered commentators on jazz. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, host David Holt caught up with the 85-year-old at his home in Greenwich Village to talk about the people and personalities covered in his new book, At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene. ...

Nnenna Freelon Live At The Saville Theater, San Diego

by Robert Bush
November 22, 2010

Nnenna Freelon Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego, CA November 9, 2010 Vocalist Nnenna Freelon has enjoyed her share of commercial success over the years (she's been nominated for six Grammy Awards), but not enough to damage her artistic integrity. She's got one hell of a voice, which ...

Riverwalk Jazz Johnny Mercer tribute this week

November 7, 2010

Johnny Mercer liked to say, “Writing music takes more talent, but writing lyrics takes more courage." If this is true, then Johnny Mercer's body of work—some 1,000 songs—is pure heroism. This week, vocalists Carol Woods, Stephanie Nakasian and Rebecca Kilgore join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on stage at The Landing in San Antonio to salute ...

Junko Onishi: Baroque

by Keith Henry Brown
October 29, 2010

The world has been a slightly less happy place since Junko Onishi's last record. After establishing herself as one of the finest young jazz pianists around with her debut, Wow (EMI, 1993), Onishi released a string of fine Blue Note recordings: Live At The Village Vanguard Volume 1 and Volume 2 (both 1994); the ...

Sarah Partridge: Perspective

by C. Michael Bailey
October 12, 2010

Sarah Partridge's recital, Perspective, follows three previous vocal recordings that mark the second half of her dual career as actor and singer. On her current offering, Partridge performs a collection of standards, with pianist Daniel May. that is as fresh and solid as Partridge's perfectly refined voice. The true beauty in Partridge's vocal delivery is her ...

Jared Gold: Out Of Line

by Bruce Lindsay
September 17, 2010

If a single word is needed to describe Out Of Line, organist Jared Gold's third album as leader, then that word is cool. If two words are required, they're laid back, for this is a late-night groove sort of a record, where the band seldom tries to break sweat--with the notable exception of Hank Mobley's “An ...

James Zollar: Zollar System

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 17, 2010

It is an unfortunate fact that trumpeter James Zollar is nowhere near as well-known as he should be. But that may be about to change. Zollar Systems may be about to put Zollar in an orbit all his own. A genuine renaissance man of the horn, Zollar is a singular voice on the instrument that is ...

Joyce Cobb with the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio: Joyce Cobb with the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio

by C. Michael Bailey
August 13, 2010

If New York City is the cultural center of the universe, then Memphis, Tennessee is its crossroads, with the cutting edge and the traditional mingling in Memphis like two best friends. Jazz vocalist Joyce Cobb hails from Memphis, and that city's myriad of influences are evident in her singing. Certainly sophisticated as a jazz singer, Cobb's ...