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Nicky's Jazz Christmas
by J. Robert Bragonier
Nicky's Jazz Christmas Carol Friedman Hardcover; 24 pages ISBN: 1576873412 PowerHouse Books 2006 The question “Where will the next generation of jazz fans come from? is never far beneath the surface at Jazz Forums and lists I frequent. To address this issue, many musicians, such as ...
Roger Kellaway: I Was There: Roger Kellaway Plays from the Bobby Darin Songbook
by J. Robert Bragonier
I must confess that I have never cultivated much knowledge about or particular interest in the singing of Bobby Darin. On the other hand, I am most interested in Roger Kellaway, the mention of whose name instantly pricks up my ears. Kellaway is a pianist and composer as phenomenally talented as he is under-recognized. After playing ...
Various Artists: Jazz for Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle, and Shake
by J. Robert Bragonier
On various lists and forums across the jazz landscape, a lot of virtual ink is devoted to debating the future of jazz: fussing over the predominance of gray heads at jazz festivals, concerts, and venues, and pondering the issue of attendance after these seniors, in the words of Shakespeare, “shuffle off this mortal coil"; lamenting the ...
Fr: Tap Bass
by J. Robert Bragonier
My exposure to Effendi Records has been a felicitous one. Time after time, the label has exposed me to unfamiliar names, primarily those of Montréal-based musicians, only to reveal that these names belong to jazz musicians of the highest caliber. This CD is no exception. Frédéric Alarie is a Montréal-born bassist whose 15-year ...
Lalo Schifrin's "Gillespiana" Thrills Yet Again
by J. Robert Bragonier
Wednesday evening, October 27th, a moderately filled Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood (and about eight members of Alfredo Cruz's UCLA Extension Latin Jazz class, including yours truly) attended the opening first show of Lalo Schifrin's dramatic “Gillespiana," featuring the colorful, stratospheric Gillespie disciple John Faddis on trumpet and the impeccable Tom Scott on alto sax ...
Bob Florence and the Limited Edition: Bigger and Better Than Ever
by J. Robert Bragonier
The Bob Florence Limited Edition appeared at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City, California on big band night, Monday evening, October 25, 2004. Although the venue is not ideal for listening to big bands (its small size causes some loud passages to be rather muddy and indistinct), Florence's arranging, and the band's excellence, make them worth ...
Young Singers Keep Jazz Alive and Well in Iowa
by J. Robert Bragonier
Periodically, many of us with “snow on the roof" get caught up in bemoaning the present and future of jazz: the paucity of jazz recordings on the nation's airwaves; the persistent languishing of jazz sales at approximately four per cent of total CD sales; and the lack of young people at jazz concerts and venues, despite ...
James Silberstein: Song for Micaela
by J. Robert Bragonier
It takes some folks a little longer than others to develop the confidence to record an album as leader; still others never decide to do it at all. James Silberstein falls in the former group. He's been a working pro on the Georgia, Miami, and New York jazz scenes for nearly 25 years, but he's spent ...
James Love: Invitations
by J. Robert Bragonier
Compared to the number of new female jazz singers recording today, males are definitely underrepresented. For that reason, I tend to keep my ears peeled for new male talent. James Love clearly qualifies: although he has sung for twenty years informally in his hometown of St. Louis and in Boston, where he used to jam with ...
Tribute to Peggy Lee: Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl 2004
by J. Robert Bragonier
Wednesday evening, July 14th, marked the opening concert of the 2004 Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl season, and there we were, in a box right down front, as we have been for nearly 20 years. Again, as has increasingly been the case over the past several years, however, the experience was a decidedly bittersweet one.
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