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Matt Wilson: Have Drums, Will Travel
by Lawrence Peryer
Drummer Matt Wilson must surely be in the running for the title of hardest-working man in jazz. Wilson is a composer, bandleader, producer and teacher. As a leader, his projects include the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Christmas Tree-O and the Carl Sandburg Project. He has been in bands with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, ...
Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves
by Jack Bowers
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 ...
The New Song and Dance
By Jeff Clayton
Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2011
Track listing:
1. Cha Cha Charleston; 2. Soul Tango; 3. Battle Circle; 4. Terell’s Song; 5. Smarty Pants Dants;
6. The New Song and Dance; 7. They Won’t Go When I do; 8. Chicago Bop Steppin’; 9. Street Dance.
Clayton Brothers: The New Song and Dance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nei nove brani di The New Song and Dance i Clayton Brothers mettono in mostra la loro voglia di esplorare - e rielaborare, facendole proprie - le atmosfere degli anni in cui il jazz richiamava folle danzanti. Le intenzioni sono chiare fin dai due temi d'apertura: “Cha Cha Charleston," un brano ancheggiante dove la tromba di ...
The Clayton Brothers: The New Song And Dance
by Dan Bilawsky
There was a time when jazz and dance were linked in the minds of the general public. As each evolved, this all changed: nobody was getting up to dance for bop--save, perhaps, Thelonious Monk cutting a rug mid-performance--and big bands focused on their music more than making a danceable product. The literal act ...
Soul And The Abstract Proof: Searching For Soul And Its Meaning In Jazz
by Dan Bilawsky
What, exactly, is “soul?" This word is used so often in discussions and writings about music, but I wonder if anybody can actually define its very essence and place in the musical universe? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists no less than eight different definitions for soul and, while some of them have a decent grasp on what ...
Cynthia Felton: Come Sunday: The Music Of Duke Ellington
by Dan Bilawsky
Vocalist Cynthia Felton turned a lot of heads with her debut, Afro Blue: The Music Of Oscar Brown Jr. (Self Produced, 2009), and her sophomore effort is bound to gain even more attention. While Brown is an important, if often overlooked figure, Felton ups the ante with her honoree of choice here. Duke ...
An Interview with Jeff Clayton
Now available on The Clayton Brother's “The New Song and Dance" project experience page is the second part of a recent interview with ArtistShare. In this interview, Jeff Clayton speaks about his influences and compositional process for “The New Song and Dance". This interview with Jeff offers an amazing insight into the creative process of The ...
Brother to Brother
By Jeff Clayton
Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2009
Track listing:
01. Wild Man; 02. Still More Work; 03. Jive Samba; 04. Big Daddy Adderleys; 05. Bass Face; 06. Walking Blues; 07. Where Is
Love; 08. The Jones Brothers.
Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands
by Jack Bowers
The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...
