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Jazz Pianists: Russ Kassoff, John di Martino & Matt Savage
by Ken Dryden
The trio setting leaves no place for a pianist to hide. A strong rhythm section may make up for a weak left hand, but unless the leader chooses an interesting program and carries his improvisational weight, all is for naught. These three pianists challenge listeners with their song selection and arrangements. Russ Kassoff ...
Back to Back Live: Phil Woods & the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra
by Ken Dryden
Phil Woods may not have the lightening fast facility on the alto sax any more, but he still remains among its the top players. Two recent examples come from concert recordings with the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra made on back-to-back days in 2004. Phil Woods Groovin' to Marty Paich Jazzed Media
Three Piano Trios: From Swing to Post-Bop
by Ken Dryden
While major jazz labels are leaning heavily to signings of pop artists to beef up their bottom lines, several independent labels, including Origin, the newly formed Fabola and the established Arbors Records are sticking with jazz exclusively. On these three discs are pianists a generation apart in age and with very different approaches. ...
Dave Brubeck Quartet at the 1993 Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival
by Ken Dryden
Public radio listeners were frequently frustrated when the Chicago Jazz Festival and Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival offered live satellite feeds to stations on the identical weekend (Labor Day), causing program directors to typically air one or the other, unless they chose to archive and rebroadcast the alternate. Montreux-Detroit's lineup rivaled Chicago's, but the Motor City ...
From Ragtime to Rock-A History of American Music (1970 Today Show Special)
by Ken Dryden
When I attended the 2001 IAJE Conference in New York City, I made one of my first trips to Fred Cohen's Jazz Record Center, a mandatory stop for jazz collectors visiting the Big Apple. Within the LP bins I found an unusual record which was the soundtrack to a Today Special (broadcast January 13, 1970) that ...
Nilson Matta: Walking With My Bass
by Ken Dryden
Nilson Matta has long been considered one of the best bassists to emerge on the Brazilian music scene, primarily as a member of Trio de Paz. Although he has had few opportunities to record as a leader, he has been widely utilized as a sideman. On this collection of studio sessions, he repays the debt to ...
Bud Powell: In Europe
by Ken Dryden
Bud Powell In Europe: Paris 1959-Copenhagen 1962 Efor Films 2006 European television seems to have been more diligent than American networks about presenting and preserving jazz broadcasts from the late '50s and early '60s, as evidenced by this DVD compiling three separate performances by Bud Powell. On the ...
Jam Session Vol. 17 + Jam Session Vol. 18
by Ken Dryden
Studio jam sessions are still alive and well, though it sometimes takes a while for them to be issued due to economic reasons. But Steeplechase producer Nils Winther's interest in documenting spontaneous meetings of talented musicians deserves praise, demanding single takes and no rehearsals to keep the music fresh and the players on their toes. In ...
Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture
by Ken Dryden
Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture Tom Perchard Hardcover; 256 pages ISBN: 1845532058 Equinox 2006 This is the first biography of Lee Morgan (1938-1972), an influential trumpeter who made a major impact on the jazz scene during his rather brief life. Author Tom Perchard not ...
Bopping in New York: One For All and Steve Davis
by Ken Dryden
One For All The Lineup Sharp Nine 2006 Steve Davis Update Criss Cross 2006 The all-star hard bop sextet One For All combines a number of New ...
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