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Bud Shank: A Voice for the Ages
by Jack Bowers
I'll always have fond memories of the 2007 Prescott (Arizona) Jazz Summit, as it was the last time I had the great pleasure of seeing and hearing the phenomenal alto saxophonist Bud Shank doing what he did best: enfolding an entire audience in the palm of his hand with a seemingly endless stream of irrepressible notes ...
Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio
by Mark Corroto
To use a rock 'n' roll analogy, saxophonist Tony Malaby is the Mick Jagger to Joe Lovano's Paul McCartney. It's not that anyone has to choose sides, but if the classic Paul Motian band (featuring Lovano) was The Beatles, then Malaby's Paloma Recio quartet is the Rolling Stones. Without having to choose sides, Paloma ...
Joe Lovano the Man Who Improvises with the Tenor Sax
SPONTANEOUS The saxophonist Joe Lovano in a performance earlier this month at Birdland in Manhattan. LAST October, acting on a whim, the saxophonist Joe Lovano showed up uninvited at the trumpeter Wynton Marsaliss show at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill. Horn in hand, he came ready to play and play he did, adding ...
Ravi Coltrane: Changing and Blending Times
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, he of the inescapable surname, is continuing to grow both as a musician and a person. His playing these days contains more maturity; a sense of exploration, combined with a sureness of attack and a brawny sound.The growing musical proficiency is documented on Blending Times (Savoy Jazz, 2009). Coltrane and his ...
Fly: Sky & Country
by Mark Corroto
Oh, the modesty of the members of the trio known as Fly. They might just as well have called themselves Super Fly--their initial release for ECM Records is indeed special. Saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Jeff Ballard all contribute compositions to Sky & Country, which follows their debut, FLY (Savoy, 2004), ...
April 2009
by AAJ Staff
Edward SimonEd Simon TrioVillage VanguardNew York City March 1, 2009In any circumstance, it would be worth hitting the Village Vanguard to hear Edward Simon (Mar. 1st), one of the most gifted pianists of our day. But the presence of guest saxophonist Mark Turner--back in undiminished form after a ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Announce 2009 Schedule
The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival for three days will celebrate the joy of jazz with a variety of legendary performers and visionary new artists in a weekend of jazz, blues, folk, and American song with performances on multiple stages at the Monterey Fairgrounds in bucolic Monterey, California. The Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage will be the focal point ...
Pianist John Di Martino Interviewed at AAJ
John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...
John di Martino: Piano Man In/On Demand
by Marcia Hillman
John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...
Stanford Lively Arts Tribute to Miles Davis Culminates with “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory,” April 18
To commemorate the half-century anniversary of Miles Davis’ legendary 1959 album Kind of Blue, Stanford Lively Arts—in a collaboration with Stanford Jazz Workshop and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH)—will present “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory” on Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium. This unique concert will ...
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