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Mort Weiss: Raising the Bar: The Definitive Mort Weiss
by Samuel Chell
In late 2006, clarinetist Mort Weiss told his unusual story to R. J. Deluke in an exclusive interview for All About Jazz, appropriated titled “Mort Weiss: Sets Sail with Clarinet." His narrative is the timeless, archetypal journey of the hero's circular route to hell and back--much like that of Homer's legendary mariner, Ulysses, except that in ...
Bill Frisell At The Stone
by AAJ Staff
Bill FrisellThe StoneNew York CitySeptember 7, 2010 Bill Frisell has captured the imagination of music fans of many types, since his first records in the 1980s. He is the world's favorite alternative take on guitar. Yet, he may be, instead, the next step in guitar rather than another side of ...
George Cartwright: Barrier Islands Bird
by Gordon Marshall
George Cartwright can't be forgotten. The triple sax threat is part of the archaeology of modern New York. The downtown scene, just like New Orleans or 52 Street, has its mythology, and, as much as John Zorn, Cartwright figures in that, having come to the city fresh out of The Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New ...
Fay Victor At The Local 269 in New York
by AAJ Staff
Fay VictorThe Local 269New York, NYSeptember 6, 2010 New York jazz and avant-garde/free vocalist Fay Victor performed two sets with a new jazz ensemble at The Local 269 on September 6, 2010. The Local 269 is a jazz and rock club/bar on East Houston Street, on New York's Lower East ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: John Zorn
All About Jazz is celebrating John Zorn's birthday today! John ZornJohn Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in NYC, USA) is a Jewish American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. As a child, Zorn played piano, guitar and flute. He studied at Webster College (now Webster University) in St. Louis... more Website | ...
Nobu Stowe: Beyond Free
by Glenn Astarita
The music of NS (Nobu) Stowe is synonymous with the musical storytelling characterized with spontaneity and melodic romanticism--a true rarity in the field of fully improvised music. Stowe has not only mastered the art of total improvisation--a method of fully improvised music that embraces song-like melody, tonal harmony and rhythmic propulsion as well as more commonly ...
Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamers
by Troy Collins
Heralded as a sonic innovator since his seminal work for ECM Records in the mid-eighties, Grammy winning, perennial Best Jazz Guitarist award recipient Bill Frisell has developed a rich body of work over the past two decades, guaranteeing him a place in the history books alongside his heroes Jim Hall and Jimi Hendrix. Fastidiously documented by ...
Curlew Founder/Saxophonist George Cartwright Interviewed at All About Jazz
George Cartwright can't be forgotten. The triple sax threat is part of the archaeology of modern New York. The downtown scene, just like New Orleans or 52 Street, has its mythology, and, as much as John Zorn, Cartwright figures in that, having come to the city fresh out of The Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New ...
Jazz Middelheim Opens Exciting 29th Edition
The 29th season of Jazz Middelheim kicks off Thursday August 12th with another exceptional line-up at Antwerp's Park Den Brandt. Jazz Middelheim is not Belgium's longest festival or feature the most multiple musical genres, but it is definitely among the best of any region in regard to distinctive depth and quality. If you're primarily a jazz ...
Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 at Rockwood Music Hall, September 25 at Midnight
Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 Saturday, September 25, 2010 At Midnight Free Admission Rockwood Music Hall (Second Stage) 196 Allen Street New York, New York 10002 Trombonist and composer Josh Roseman brings his “Joshua 3" group to Rockwood Music Hall for the first time on Saturday, September 25 at midnight. He will ...
