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The Heath Brothers Are Back Where It All Began
"THAT'S MY home, man." Asked what returning to Philadelphia means to him, Jimmy Heath is terse and direct. But it's clear from the finality with which he asserts those words that Heath sees the concept of home as universal and needing little elaboration. The implications of returning to the place that formed you are too numerous ...
Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall
by Greg Thomas
When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...
Jazz It Up! New Episode: Lewis Nash Quintet, the Caribbean Jazz Project, Stanley Jordan's Guitar Technique, Vintage Nina Simone, Chuck Stewart's Photography, and Duke Ellington News
New York, NY – Drummer Lewis Nash blazes his quintet with percussive drive and the Caribbean Jazz Project with vibraphonist Dave Samuels brings spicy swing to the headline features for episode 5 of the second season of Jazz it Up! In exclusive interviews (heard during the second of two songs featured by each) Samuels tells host ...
Jimmy Heath at 19th Annual North Carolina Central University Jazz Festival, April 17
By Larry Reni Thomas Jazz master, Jimmy Heath, 82 years old, has been performing for over six decades with jazz giants like John Coltrane and Miles Davis. He and Ira Wiggins, a 53 years old, music professor at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), have a great deal in common. They both play the tenor, soprano saxophones ...
Aaron J. Johnson: Songs of Our Fathers
by Woodrow Wilkins
Aaron J. Johnson serves as a reminder that the trombone is still a relevant member of the jazz family of instruments. In addition to being well-suited to larger ensembles, it can be a powerful lead instrument as well. A Washington, D.C. native, Johnson studied piano and drums before turning to the trombone. He performed ...
Terence Blanchard: Requiem for Katrina
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
During a brief period of four years, two events took place that could define how world history will view America during the early part of the 21st century. The first was 9/11 and the other, Hurricane Katrina. But perhaps most surprising from a global point of view, was how powerless America appeared to be in helping ...
David Weiss: Writin', Arrangin' and Playin'
by R.J. DeLuke
David Weiss has been on the New York scene for a while now, writing and arranging, producing albums, organizing an outstanding octet. He's known for all that. He also plays the trumpet. Quite well, in fact. Although he's played with the likes of Jaki Byard, Frank Foster, Craig Handy, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath and ...
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 ...
Jazz & Blues: A Tribute to B.B. King
by Jim Santella
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Jazz Saxophone Competition and concert Kodak Theater Los Angeles, California October 26, 2008 As Poncho Sanchez opened the concert alone on stage with a serious chant aloud over his conga drums, the audience was reminded that jazz is composed of parts ...
May 2008
by AAJ Staff
Lock 10 at Joe's Pub Kathy Hendrickson's play Lock 10 is the story of a white guitarist in the 1930s seeking to leave the family business to go on tour with an integrated band. Staged as a period radio play, with actors playing actors voicing roles, it makes for an odd telling. The actors aren't tethered ...
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