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"'Tis Autumn, the Search for Jackie Paris" Set for March 31 DVD Release
Tis Autumn - The Search For Jackie Paris is not just a documentary about a great but unheralded jazz singer, it explores the very nature of what it is to live the life of any artist--too many of whom share the same fate--the explosive debut, followed by the years of ups and downs, and the constant ...
Ray Brown, Jr. Sets All-Star Charity Tribute
Shelly Liebowitz, President of SRI Jazz Records, has announced that Ray Brown, Jr. will headline a special concert during New Orleans’ Jazz and Heritage Festival week, on Saturday, April 25, at historic Generations Hall, a city landmark since 1821. Entitled “Friends and Family Celebrate Ella’s Birthday,” the event will take place on Ella Fitzgerald’s (Brown, Jr.’s ...
Times Square Ball Drop? Who Needs It? Cookin' at the Jazz Bakery on New Year's Eve.
by Kim Vinson
Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Benny Green, Clayton Cameron, Trevor Ware New Year's Eve Jazz CelebrationThe Jazz BakeryLos Angeles, California December 31, 2008 Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Benny Green, Clayton Cameron, and Trevor Ware sparked a jazz-infused fireworks display bringing in 2009. Thousands may have watched with festive flair in ...
L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'
by Chuck Koton
The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...
2008 Contributor Picks
by AAJ Staff
We solicited opinions from all active All About Jazz contributors, and out of more than 1,000 nominations, the following 2008 releases garnered the most votes. New Releases Charles Lloyd Rabe de Nube (ECM Records) Reviews ...
The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet: Our Delight
by AAJ Italy Staff
A distinguere questo disco rispetto ad altre proposte mainstream di oggi sono i nomi e la personalità di chi lo ha realizzato. Un binomio (Moody-Jones) d’assoluta eccellenza, che ha contribuito a rendere classici stili e brani ormai divenuti pietre miliari del jazz. Dalla loro parte una più che quarantennale ricerca poetica lungo le rotte del bop, ...
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars
By James Moody
Label: Monterey Jazz Festival Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Be-Bop; Romance (Winter Love); Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me); Monterey Mist; Misty; Benny's Tune; Time After Time.
Our Delight
By James Moody
Label: IPO Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Our Delight; Birk's Works; Con Alma; Ladybird; Eternal Triangle; Body & Soul; Good Bait; Darben the Red Foxx;
Soul Trane; Woody' N You; Old Folks; Moody's Groove.
The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet: Our Delight
by Woodrow Wilkins
James Moody and Hank Jones have had limited contact with each other, insofar as performing and recording music is concerned. However, they seem to be quite familiar as they perform twelve songs that are either standards or compositions closely associated with them as musicians.Moody, on tenor saxophone and flute, and pianist Jones, are joined ...
Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger
by Russ Musto
The most recorded jazz trombonist of his lifetime, Curtis Fuller's illustrious career spans six decades and includes tenures with many of the greatest names in this music. Born Dec. 15th, 1934 in Detroit, Fuller was orphaned at an early age, but found family in the close-knit jazz community of the musically fertile Motor City. He first ...


