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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt Interviewed at AAJ
For the younger generation of jazz musicians, those in their thirties today, the path is not always as smooth and easy as we may think it is. Nobody likes to live in anybody's shadow. Jazz is populated with giants who left their mark and those who look up to them in order to be able to ...
Jeremy Pelt: A Man of Honor
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
For the younger generation of jazz musicians, those in their thirties today, the path is not always as smooth and easy as we may think it is. Nobody likes to live in anybody's shadow. Jazz is populated with giants who left their mark and those who look up to them in order to be able to ...
Dino e Franco Piana: il Jazz di padre in figlio
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nell'ambiente del jazz girano cognomi che indicano il tramandarsi di una tradizione, di un amore che passa di padre in figlio, vivendo l'evoluzione dei tempi, ma nel contatto profondo con una prassi professionale di artigiani-artisti appassionati. Così è ad esempio per i figli di Alberto Corvini, Mario e Claudio, che seguono la scuola di chi fu ...
Celebrating Sharkey Bonano
Sharkey Bonano was born on this day 98 years ago. He died in 1972. During my first residency in New Orleans, I was fortunate that Sharkey was still around and working. Late in his career, when Bonano was able to resist his cornball urges, he was capable of superb trumpet playing of the kind he did ...
Randy Weston's 84th
Last Tuesday, April 6, NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston celebrated his 84th birthday in royal fashion. The setting was The Jazz Standard, New Yorks finest jazz club/eatery (check George Weins latest blog entry and you'll understand that tag). Tuesday was opening night of Randy Westons African Rhythms weeklong Jazz Standard engagement, and more importantly the master ...
Bud Shank and Valve Trombones
In 1954 and 1955, Bud Shank recorded two 10-inch albums for the Pacific Jazz label that teamed him with valve trombones. The LPs were Bud Shank and Three Trombones and Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer. These recordings remain potent early examples of West Coast optimism, technical prowess and a sound that still raises hairs. What you ...
Q&A with Cuong Vu of Speak
Forward-thinking trumpeter Cuong Vu has performed with the likes of Pat Metheny, Laurie Anderson and David Bowie. He's toured the world and released four albums under his own name. After a stint in New York, Vu moved back to the Northwest, where he is now assistant professor of jazz studies at the University of Washington.
Pat Metheny Talks "Orchestrion": Extended Q&A
I recently connected with guitarist Pat Metheny about his new Orchestrion album and tour. My story, as published in the St. Petersburg Times, is available here. The lengthy extended version is below: Pat Metheny is nothing if not an inveterate musical explorer. The accomplished guitarist and composer, ...
Shirley Scott - "Queen of the Organ"
Jazz history is riddled with stories about the tragic consequences of drug use. But organist Shirley Scott was certainly the only jazz musician to succumb to the effects of a diet drug. Scott was born in Philadelphia in 1934. She played piano and trumpet before settling in at the Hammond B-3 organ. She was an admirer ...
Ger Van Leeuwen: A Forgotten Jazz Piano Player
A few weeks ago I found in a shop specialized in recycled goods in Middelburg, in the south west part of The Netherlands, a bunch of old 78rpm records - Parlophones, Deccas, Columbias, His Master's Voice, Polydors, Tempos and Omegas - most 1940s and 1950s stuff with US big bands and German Tanzorchester. I selected a ...
