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Swing on Down to New York Town! Capital of Jazz!
New York City's place in the history of Jazz is second to none. Just look at the length of the list provided by the New York Times of this week's jazz offerings; HOWARD ALDEN AND WARREN VACH (Thursday) Mr. Alden, a nimble guitarist, teams up here with Mr. Vach, a soulful cornetist. Both musicians are trustworthy ...
George Wein: Back to Doing His Thing
by R.J. DeLuke
Not many people stand in shoes similar to the ones in which jazz impresario George Wein now finds himself. Having invented the jazz festival more than half a century ago, his name is synonymous with the Newport Jazz Festival, his first and most well-known child of that genus. He led a company that expanded on the ...
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2009
by Gary Firstenberg
If you want to experience music as wide and as deep as the mighty Mississippi River, it is best to go right to the source. In the lush surroundings of the oldest horse racing track in The Big Easy, the 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated a diverse assortment of music, and provided ...
Daryl Sherman Jazz Tribute to Johnny Mercer June 1, 8 and 15
In celebration of her new Arbors CD Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman will be appearing three Mondays, June 1, 8, 15 (one 8pm show) at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, NYC. Guest musicians sharing in this salute to one of America's greatest songwriters include James Chirillo, Boots Maleson, Wycliffe Gordon, Howard Alden and ...
Norwich Jazz Party 2009
by Bruce Lindsay
Norwich Jazz PartyNorwich, UKMay 2-4, 2009 The third Norwich Jazz Party, held over a 3-day holiday weekend in the airport Holiday Inn, gathered together over 30 jazz musicians from the USA, Britain and Europe who grouped together in 37 different performance combinations from solo piano to big band swing. They delighted the ...
March Jazz at Charlie O's
March jazz performances a birthday celebration for Bill Henderson on the 27th and a birthday celebration for Madeline Vergari Neumann on the 16th. The official release of Brandinos Melodies and Songbook and the Brandino and Friends Live at Charlie Os CD (if you purchased the original CD, please bring it back and you will receive the ...
Pow-Wow
By Howard Alden
Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Pow-Wow; Dream Dancing; Did I Remember?; Very Early; Who Knows; After All; Bossango; I See Your Face Before Me; Tempus Fugit; The Land of the Loon; The Things We Did Last Summer; Panama; Lucky To Be Me.
Howard Alden / Ken Peplowski: Pow-Wow
by Andrew Velez
Whether you were fortunate enough or not to have caught Howard Alden and Ken Peplowski's 2007 reunion art New York's Bargemusic, Pow-Wow will do very nicely to dig these longtime musical good companions. Much of the Barge evening drew upon Pow-Wow, offering a perfect, quietly spectacular skyline setting for these two, both who eschew pyrotechnics. Their ...
In a Mellow Tone
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By Howard Alden
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. In a Mellow Tone (7:32)
2. Do Nothing 'Till You Hear from Me (7:04)
3. Tangerine (4:59)
4. Snow Fall (5:23)
5. Cherokee (5:11)
6. In the Dark (3:03)
7. The Very Thought of You (4:09)
8. Three Little Words (3:53)
9. What's New? (6:07)
10. Moon Glow (4:58)
11. Jitterbug Waltz (6:15)
12. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (1:22)
13. Blues for Emmett (5:23)
Howard Alden/Bucky Pizzarelli: In a Mellow Tone
by Mitchell Seidel
Good taste never goes out of style and knows no demographic, as this delicate album by two masters of the seven-string demonstrates. The 45-year old Alden and the 77-year old Pizzarelli may be a generation apart, but they are certainly cut from the same cloth. A great example of how their comping and strumming styles mesh ...
