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Ted Nash: Portrait in Seven Shades
by David Adler
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) is often derided as a bastion of conservatism, although it's not clear what is conservative about an epic like trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' Congo Square (Blue Note, 2007), with its volleys of Ghanaian percussion and ensemble-singing in the Ga and Fante dialects. For that matter, the JLCO accommodates boundary-pushing musicians ...
Margeaux Lampley in Paris
by Guy Zinger
Margeaux Lampley Café Universel, Paris January 16th, 2010 As a treat for my 40th birthday, I went for a weekend in Paris to hear Margeaux Lampley. And a treat it was... Margeaux Lampley, born in New York, raised in California and, after practicing law in the U.S., starting her second ...
Bill Henderson: Beautiful Memory: Bill Henderson Live at the Vic
by Ken Dryden
Bill Henderson debuted during the 1950s, one of many ways in which he can be compared to the late Johnny Hartman. Both jazz vocalists showed plenty of promise early on, appearing with various bands during the decade and recording for prominent labels with major musicians. While each of them had their respective heydays during the 1960s, ...
Sonny Rollins: Vol. 1
by Matt Marshall
Sonny Rollins Vol. 1 Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 (1956) Often lost and forgotten in the mix of spectacular albums saxophonist Sonny Rollins made for the Prestige label in 1956 (including “all-time" sets Saxophone Colossus and Tenor Madness) and his second Blue Note effort, Sonny Rollins Vol. 2 (1957), ...
"Birth of the Cool:" Bob Perkins Lectures and the Don Wilson Trio Performs
by Victor L. Schermer
Birth of the CoolPerformed by The Don Wilson TrioLecture by Bob PerkinsOctober 25, 2009The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA This writer could think of no better way to spend an autumn Sunday afternoon than to stroll over to the fabled Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ...
Indianapolis Jazz Festival: Day 2, September 27, 2009
by AAJ Staff
Day 1 | Day 2 The Indianapolis Jazz FestivalIndianapolis, IndianaSept. 27, 2009Day Two of the Indy Jazz Fest at the White River State Park dawned with anticipation, everyone looking forward again to be pulled into the flow of the music. Cooler than Saturday, the weather still held against the vagaries ...
Roberta Gambarini: Making Listeners Fall 'So In Love'
by R.J. DeLuke
It's been an out-of-the-ordinary career trip for Roberta Gambarini--a trip that's seen her go from a young girl in Italy, scatting along with records by American singers Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, to struggling to get singing gigs in her native land, to grabbing an opportunity to come to the United States, to gaining recognition by ...
Mary Ellen Desmond and Her Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Mary Ellen Desmond and QuartetChris' Jazz CafePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAugust 22, 2009 A late August thunderstorm and drenching rain didn't keep the faithful from coming out to hear Philly favorite vocalist Mary Ellen Desmond and her group perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Center City, for which they were rewarded with a lively ...
Impulse Records: The Vocal Sides
Impulse Records gained renown in the 1960s for its progressive-vanguard and cutting-edge releases by artists such as John Coltrane and Archie Shepp, but the label also released a handful of albums by singers such as Johnny Hartman, Jackie Paris and Lorez Alexandria. Impulse had been started at the dawn of the 1960s by producer Creed Taylor, ...
Singer Kurt Elling Interviewed at AAJ
When Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane recorded their one and only album together they created a moment that shaped the art of vocal jazz. An instant of beauty transformed into history. Despite a bias towards the original recording, after listening to Kurt Elling's lustrous and drawn butter version, it was clear the past could be silenced ...
