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Article: Big Band Report

Caution: Brief Column Ahead...

by Jack Bowers
June 4, 2012

This may be one of the shortest columns I've written in fourteen-plus years at All About Jazz. The fact is, not much has happened this month in our little corner of big band jazz, and there is almost nothing to report. About all we can do is look forward to events on the horizon: Jazz Under ...

Article: AAJ PRO

Indaba Music Women's Music Summit

by Teri Harllee King
May 24, 2012

In Texas you'll often hear someone who's being asked why they've been out of touch for a long time respond with an old saying. The conversation is this: “Where've you been?" “Oh, to Hell and back." Well, since my last column, my husband (guitarist Jackie King) and I have suffered the ...

Article: Profile

Sachal Vasandani: A Deep Thinking Jazz Singer

by Gregg Akkerman
May 22, 2012

Even with a few albums behind him, vocalist Sachal Vasandani is still considered a member of the younger generation of jazz musicians. What sets him apart from many of his contemporaries or predecessors is his keen intellectualism when it comes to his musicality and career aspirations. He does not just get by with a gorgeous tone ...

Article: Album Review

David Basse: Uptown

Read "Uptown" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 5, 2012

West Coast singer Mark Winkler (Sweet Spot [Cafe Pacific Records, 2011]) heard David Basse and immediately signed him to his Cafe Pacific Records. Uptown is the first product of this partnership and, for the sake of the male jazz singer, does not come a moment too soon. There exists a huge disparity between female and male ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Various Artists: The Leopard Lounge Box Set

by Chris May
April 6, 2012

Various ArtistsThe Leopard Lounge Box SetWarner Jazz2012If you enjoy the TV series Mad Men, you are going to love The Leopard Lounge Box Set. Probably.You need to go know what you are getting into. Should you be offended by the thought of guitarist Barney Kessel hanging ...

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Article: Interview

Nikki Iles: Meditation and Collaboration

by Bruce Lindsay
April 2, 2012

Pianist and composer Nikki Iles describes herself as one of the “not-so-young-anymore generation" of British jazz musicians--a fair comment, in chronological terms, from a musician born in the mid-'60s. But more importantly, she's a musician of experience, expertise and talent, viewed with great respect by players across the world. Iles' self-description does seem to be typical ...

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Article: Interview

Jon Hendricks: Still Creative, Still Outspoken

by Gregg Akkerman
March 27, 2012

Jon Hendricks is still swinging madly and looking forward to upcoming projects--not only in New York, but all over Europe. Having interviewed the creator of vocalese once before, he was the first name I thought of when considering the maiden edition of this Jazz on the 90th Floor column (the name comes from the lyric to ...

News: Website

Jazz on the 90th Floor Debuts at All About Jazz with Jon Hendricks Interview

March 27, 2012

A legend of vocal jazz and the creator of the vocalese style of putting words to classic jazz music, singer Jon Hendricks has always been unafraid to speak his mind, even when contradicting conventional thought. For the debut of his new AAJ column, Jazz on the 90th Floor, Dr. Gregg Akkerman speaks with the nonagenarian singer ...

Article: Opinion

Great Jazz Deserves To Be Heard And Seen At It's Best

by Toby Gleason
March 4, 2012

Why I'm filing a mass take-down notice on YouTubeFor several decades, my father committed himself to championing the popular emergence of jazz, and engendering proper respect for the musicians who devoted their careers and lives to the music that had long been dismissed to the sidelines of main stream American culture. Ralph J. Gleason ...

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Article: Book Review

David Kastin: Nica’s Dream - The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness

by Chris May
January 6, 2012

Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness David Kastin W.W.Norton SBN: 9780393069402 Hardcover, 336 pages 2012 Wonderful woman, wonderful book. David Kastin's assiduously researched biography of Baroness Kathleen Annie Panonnica Rothschild de Koenigswarter (1913-88) brilliantly relates the life of the London-born heiress and last great private ...