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Article: Live Review

All That Jazz Month: Phoenix, AZ, November 9-30, 2012

by Patricia Myers
December 24, 2012

All That Jazz MonthMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZNovember 9-30, 2012All That Jazz Month, in November 2012 at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), featured a star-studded concert series that included the saxophonist Branford Marsalis Quartet, vocalese masters Manhattan Transfer, DIVA Jazz Trio with saxophonist Grace Kelly, and a Django Reinhardt Tribute, all staged ...

Article: Live Review

2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition

by Franz A. Matzner
October 23, 2012

It can never be said that the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz does anything halfway. Held annually at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, this year's competition and gala concert was ambitious and extravagant--equal parts a celebration of jazz drumming, a salute to women's past and present contributions to the art form, and a promotion for ...

Article: From Far and Wide

Record-Busting 100+ Bassists Serenade Tivoli

by Fradley Garner
September 29, 2012

Record-Busting 100+ Bassists Serenade TivoliThe seeds were planted by Oscar Pettiford, the seminal American cellist and bassist who put down roots in Copenhagen in 1958, and by the homegrown virtuoso Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who played his vintage Italian bass like the nimblest-fingered guitarist when he wasn't bowing like Giovanni Bottesini. In August, 2012, the ...

Article: Big Band Report

Ladder Is High, Women Keep Climbing

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2012

Unlike college sports, there is no Title IX program for women in jazz. Those who wish to pursue that line of endeavor have to elbow their way into what remains essentially a male-dominated profession (or art) and keep climbing the ladder one rung at a time. True, women have made notable inroads in recent years and ...

Article: Interview

Ron Miles: Jazz Gentleman

by Florence Wetzel
July 16, 2012

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [Editor's note: Last month, All About Jazz contributor Florence Wetzel conducted a two-hour interview with Ron Miles. The result is the most extensive interview piece ever written about the Colorado-based trumpeter. Part 1 covers his early years and education; Parts 2 and 3, bringing Miles up ...

Article: Big Band Report

Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves

by Jack Bowers
February 5, 2012

Bob Brookmeyer, a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15, 2011, four days before his eighty-second birthday, will be remembered as many things: composer, arranger, musician, educator, outspoken arbiter who brooked no nonsense and wasn't shy about letting others know when he believed they were not giving the music he loved the best they ...

Album

Wingwalker

By Jane Ira Bloom

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Her Exacting Light; Life On Cloud 8; Ending Red Songs; Freud's Convertible; Airspace; Frontiers In Science; Rooftops Speak Dreams; Rookie; Adjusting To Midnight; Live Sports; Wingwalker; I Could Have Danced All Night.

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Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2011

by Dan Bilawsky
December 18, 2011

Another year is in the books, but the music created and/or released during these twelve months is still around, continuing to serve as a reminder of jazz's majesty. While some continue to complain that jazz is stagnant or at death's door, the finest albums released in 2011 say otherwise. I had the distinct pleasure of reviewing ...

Article: Album Review

Jane Ira Bloom: Wingwalker

Read "Wingwalker" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 18, 2011

Nell'arte ci sono i geni che illuminano il proprio secolo, ma anche i grandi artisti che vivono una vita appartata lontani dai riflettori, in attesa che il grande pubblico gli riservi l'attenzione che meritano. A questa ristretta schiera appartiene Jane Ira Bloom, protagonista magnifica ma trascurata del jazz contemporaneo sia pur con ben quattordici dischi alle ...

News: Event

June 5-6: First Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings presented by The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and American Composers Orchestra

May 31, 2011

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University will present the first-ever Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) Readings at Columbia University's Miller Theatre (Broadway at 116th St.) on June 5 at 2pm (working rehearsal) and June 6 at 7:30pm (run-through). Both events are free and open to the public, giving audiences ...