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Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz
by Joel Roberts
Foreword by Clark Terry Afterword by Milt Hinton Chronicle Books, 1997 0-8118-1732-6 Jazz has always been about more than just music. It is an attitude. A spirit. A lifestyle. And probably more than any other musical genre, it has inspired artistic creativity in non-musical forms. Many of the twentieth century's ...
Free Jazz in New York
by Joel Roberts
There are two kinds of free jazz: one was pioneered by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane and dispenses with traditional rhythmic and harmonic structures in favor of swirling, adventurous explorations of sound and spontaneity; the other is the kind that doesn't cost any money. This month there is an almost overwhelming assortment ...
New York Love-In For Billy Higgins
by Joel Roberts
On April 22, less than two weeks before he died in Los Angeles while awaiting a liver transplant, the great drummer Billy Higgins was the subject of a “Love-In" in New York intended to raise funds to help cover his medical expenses. And there certainly was love - and hope - in the air, as well ...
Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years
by Joel Roberts
By William Minor and Bill Wishner Angel City Press, 1997 0-883318-40-8 The opening night of the first Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958 featured performances by Gerry Mulligan, Max Roach, Dave Brubeck, Cal Tjader, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Harry James, and, just nine months before her death, Billie Holiday. The evening's highlight, however, ...
A Century of Jazz
by Joel Roberts
A Century of Jazz Roy Carr Da Capo Press, 1997 0-883318-40-8 1997 is probably as good a year as any to celebrate the centenary of jazz. Using the earliest known reference to legendary New Orleans trumpeter Buddy Bolden as a starting point, Roy Carr and a team of British writers and editors ...
Michel Camilo: Live at the Blue Note
by Joel Roberts
It's easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer virtuosity Michel Camilo displays at the piano. His level of playing is so high, his technique so flawless, his musical vocabulary so broad, that you can lose sight of what truly sets him apart from the pack of simply proficient pianists; namely his ability to transcend mere notes ...
Basic Traneing: Yoron Israel
by Joel Roberts
First-call drummer Yoron Israel, who’s been featured over the years with the likes of Ahmad Jamal, Abbey Lincoln, Kenny Burrell and Art Farmer, is making a name for himself as a leader these days with his group Organic. On his new album of Coltrane and Coltrane-inspired material, Israel expands his regular organ-guitar trio (Kyle Koehler on ...
Jay Hoggard: The Right Place
by Joel Roberts
Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard has appeared with everyone from Cecil Taylor to Luther Vandross in an eclectic career that's included forays into avant-garde, mainstream and pop jazz. His new release comfortably combines elements of all of the above while adding a healthy dose of his passion for Afro-Caribbean music. The Right Place , which ...
Pat Martino: Think Tank
by Joel Roberts
It's been nearly twenty years since Pat Martino's comeback from a near-fatal brain aneurysm. In that time he's re-established himself as one of the jazz world's premier guitarists, a technically advanced post bop player who combines forward-thinking musical ideas with native Philly grit; think Pat Metheny with more soul. Think Tank , as ...
Monty Alexander: Impressions in Blue
by Joel Roberts
Monty Alexander covers a wide swath of musical territory on Impressions in Blue. The Jamaican-born pianist leads his fine trio (with Hassan Shakur on bass and Mark Taylor on drums) from the Caribbean to Spain to the American West, with stops in the land of Duke and the kingdom of Cole, over the course of the ...
