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Spike Wilner: La Tendresse
by Dan Bilawsky
There are few greater champions of the old and new in jazz than pianist/club owner/musical antiquarian Spike Wilner. His role in resuscitating and running one of the most important night spots for jazz in New York--Smalls Jazz Club--has made him a hero to those who frequent that bastion of musical integrity, but he's also revered as ...
Bridges vs. Walls
by J. Scott Fugate
If you ask ten Americans “what does it mean to be an American?" you might well get 10 different answers.So it goes with America's only original, indigenous art form.Wait... we have one of those?Yes indeed--although it's rarely given the National respect or attention it deserves.Thus, if you ask ...
Dick Hyman's Life In Music This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
In a recent edition of “A Blog Supreme" on NPR Jazz, Dick Hyman was referred to as “A Living, Breathing Encyclopedia Of Jazz." This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the music of Dick Hyman. Hyman discusses the musical influences that shaped his career, and he joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on pieces by his favorite composers, ...
Grand Union Orchestra: Music and Movement
by Duncan Heining
In March, 2012, The Grand Union Orchestra, one of the jazz world's finest and most ambitious ensembles, celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Maybe you haven't heard of the band yet but if you have the chances are you'll revel in its kaleidoscopic blending of jazz and music from across the planet. Though based in the East End ...
Louis Armstrong: Satchmo - Ambassador of Jazz
by Chris May
Louis ArmstrongSatchmo: Ambassador Of JazzVerve/Universal2012 “You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played," trumpeter Miles Davis said. And while pianist Jelly Roll Morton may have claimed to have invented jazz, if any one artist could be said to have done that, it would be ...
Dave Burrell: Philadelphia, PA, January 18, 21 and 30, 2012
by Kurt Gottschalk
Dave BurrellThe Rosenbach Museum & Library and Philadelphia Arts Alliance Philadelphia, PAJanuary 18, 21 and 30, 2012 Dave Burrell is something of a renaissance jazzman. He recorded with drummer Sunny Murray and saxophonist Archie Shepp during the halcyon free jazz days of Paris in the late 1960s, and over the ...
What is Jazz? Good Question...
by Jason West
What is jazz? According to Wynton Marsalis jazz is music that swings. According to Pat Metheny jazz is not the music of Kenny G. According to Webster's jazz is characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. Personally, I prefer the definition found in ...
Wizard of Oz With Vernel Bagneris This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes to life as Broadway actor Vernel Bagneris portrays all the characters in a new script for radio based on the original L. Frank Baum book. Harold Arlen's songs from the 1939 movie score are heard in new jazz arrangements by John Sheridan. The program is ...
Joey Calderazzo: Improviser in Top Form
by R.J. DeLuke
Creative musicians are generally an insightful lot: people that have curious minds but also have a sense of direction--a sense of purpose, if not a search for it. They express what they see, what they experience. Pianist Joey Calderazzo is among those. A man of extraordinary talent at the keyboard, he's held the piano ...
Dave Burrell Trio: New York, NY, September 10, 2011
by Garrison Fewell
Dave Burrell TrioCrosscurrent 3 Festival Poisson RougeNew York, NYSeptember 10, 2011For its third annual edition, Crosscurrent moved the festival from its home in Botticino, Italy to New York City. Following the sonic delights of the Vision Festival in June, Crosscurrent 3 offered an additional array of creative music ensembles ...
