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Bill Taylor Remembered Thomas "Fats" Waller
By Daniel Kassell Billy Taylor was a generous man. His enthusiasm relating his memories of seeing Fats and how that influenced his piano style was contagious. To me “Billy was it! He cut it, man!" I offer this in tribute to our greatest jazz media personality. At the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention publicist Arnold ...
An Appreciation of Billy Taylor, Jazz Renaissance Man
Dr. Billy Taylor exited the stage of life on Dec. 28, but his legacy as a jazz Renaissance man will most certainly live on. He was perhaps the foremost jazz educator of the past 50 years, sharing the gospel of jazz not only in books and classrooms, but also with millions of people as a radio ...
Paois Records: The Little Label That Could
What do a radio promoter in Livingston, Texas, an entertainment lawyer in Berkeley, California, a publicist in Lincoln, Massachusetts, a sales rep who is a grandfather, and an operations & marketing director balancing her laptop in one hand and young child in the other have in common? They are all on the team of San Francisco-based ...
Saxophonist David Liebman, Named NEA Jazz Master, Pays Homage to Trane, Ornette
David Liebman got his start in the early '70s as a sideman on saxophone for such esteemed leaders as John McLaughlin, Elvin Jones and Miles Davis. Like so many others, he was initially inspired by John Coltrane, which is one of the reasons Liebman pursued and is best known for his soprano sax work, creating a ...
Anil Prasad: Inner Views, Borderless Perspectives
by Joe Lang
He may not be a household name and you likely won't hear him mentioned in music journalism classes alongside Robert Christgau, Lester Bangs and Anthony DeCurtis. But for those familiar with his work, Anil Prasad is considered among the most knowledgeable, provocative and forward-thinking music journalists in the world today. In 1994, Prasad ...
Kellylee Evans: A Nod to Nina, Then Onward
by R.J. DeLuke
In a sense, singer Kellylee Evans was fast-tracked into her career in music, deciding relatively late in her still-young life that she would plunge into show business waters; waters that can sometimes be murky and beset with storms.When the Toronto, Canada-area woman made a decision to drop pursuit of a master's degree to pursue ...
Vince Guaraldi Is More Than "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
Every year, I bust out the soundtrack to 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' and it gets me in the holiday spirit. I've done different stories about the anniversary of the album's release and I've even written some about others like David Benoit and George Winston tackling Vince Guaraldi's work. But instead of just celebrating this Christmas and ...
Railroad Earth: Take My Hand
By : Dennis Cook “Tell me have you heard the story going down the line? Say the name Railroad Earth and instantly images of steam engines, high crested mountains and open plains spring to mind. There's a rooted romance to this band, a sonic cousin to Terrence Mallick's Days of Heaven, the lingering Wild West imagination, ...
The New Orleans Party Asylum give Santa Claus a taste of swinging Dixieland jazz
The New Orleans Party Asylum have unveiled their own brand of lunacy on Yuletide Aphrodisiac, a collection of Christmas covers made over in the style of Dixieland jazz. Featuring vocalist/pianist Dave Kosmyna, clarinetist/saxophonist Ray Heitger, drummer Tad Dickerson, and bassist Riley Kloos, the New Orleans Party Asylum formed in 2009 but its roster of top-shelf jazz ...
Singer Kellylee Evans Interviewed at All About Jazz
In a sense, singer Kellylee Evans was fast-tracked into her career in music, deciding relatively late in her still-young life that she would plunge into show business waters; waters that can sometimes be murky and beset with storms. When the Toronto, Canada-area woman made a decision to drop pursuit of a master's degree to pursue singing—a ...
