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The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Gets "Thrasched"
by Jack Bowers
The thirty-third annual Albuquerque Jazz Festival ended its two-day run on February 21, 2009. The event is devoted mainly to performances by high school and middle school bands, while the grand finale features the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with invited guests, this year the saxophone quartet Thrascher (Randy Hamm, soprano; Tim Ishii, alto; Ed Petersen, tenor; Glenn ...
Playboy Jazz Fest Announces Lineup
Quincy Jones had a twofold purpose in taking the podium at Wednesday's announcement of the 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival. First he continued his advocacy for a secretary of the arts Cabinet position; second he introduced 23-year-old Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, whom he has taken under his wing over the past few years. Rodriguez, who performed ...
Life and Times of Jack Sheldon Tonight on PBS Between the Lines
Very exciting news.....tonight The Life and Times of Jack Sheldon will be the topic on the PBS show Between The Lines as host, Barry Kibrick interviews Doug McIntyre and Penny Peyser. Tonight February 14, 2009 8:00p (PST) PBS That's channel 28 in L.A.(no cable)....and channel 6 for TimeWarner Cable in L.A. Check ...
Vic Lewis (1919-2009)
Vic Lewis, a British bandleader whose intensive admiration for Stan Kenton and other West Coast jazz artists led him to form one of Britain's most admired American-sounding jazz orchestras of the late 1940s and 1950s, died on Monday in the U.K. He was 89. Most American jazz fans are unfamiliar with Lewis, primarily because the bandleader ...
Las Vegas is One Long Happy Hour
I love martinis. I average about two a year, usually here in Las Vegas, where they are known to spawn. A cold glass of beer is a splendid sight, and a glass of Chardonnay has a lovely sort of moon glow. But a martini comes with that great stiletto heel. And after the first sip of ...
Celebrate Great Jazz Experienced in Local Hangs
Jack Sheldon was hot at Jax last Thursday. Jennifer Leitham swung the bassline like mad and plunged into these beautifully dense solos with great washes of chords or hanging, aching notes Drummer Dick Weller kicked it up crazily as Joe Bagg finessed coherent melodies (or chunks of Monk) from a piano last tuned during the Eisenhower ...
It's What I Do
By Jack Sheldon
Label: Butterfly Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Naima; Persuance; Seven Steps to Heaven; Four; Milestones; Well, You Needn't; Chelsea Bridge; Freddy the Freeloader; Steeple Chase; Yardbird Suite.
Charlie O the Jazz Man
by Randall Robinson
Charlie Ottaviano's biggest passion in life was jazz. He always dreamed of opening a jazz club and he did just that in August 2000, little by little converting the small neighborhood establishment into a real jazz venue. He started small with music one night a week with John Heard and Earl Palmer performing and soon it ...
Jack Sheldon Perfect Jazz Holiday Stocking Stuffer
TRYING TO GET GOOD: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon exposes Hollywoods best kept secret - when the stars come out to play, its Jack Sheldon who plays for them. Trying to Get Good takes a look deep inside the eternally tormented soul of an artist whos not just trying to get good on the trumpet, ...
Jack Sheldon's November Gigs and Birthday Bash
Jack Sheldon has announced he will no longer be playing The SmokeHouse, but plans a big Birthday bash. Sheldon is still at Jax in Glendale every Thursday night! (except Thanksgiving & Christmas). He is also at Charlie Os on the 2nd Wed and the 4th Wed of every month! They are having a birthday ...
