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Lorraine Feather: Dooji Wooji
by Ken Dryden
Lorraine FeatherDooji WoojiSanctuary Records2005 Lorraine Feather's latest CD stands out from the swarm of new releases by singers because of her captivating, swinging vocals and witty lyrics, but there's a lot more to her appeal. Dooji Wooji blends many of her musical interests, starting with several instrumentals by ...
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
by Ken Dryden
Doug Ramsey Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond Parkside Publications ISBN: 0961726679 2005 Paul Desmond was an integral part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet for seventeen years and a brilliant lyrical alto saxophonist who sought a personal sound on his instrument, one of a ...
Dave Brubeck at the Chicago Jazz Festival August 31, 2001
by Ken Dryden
Over the past half century, the Dave Brubeck Quartet has undoubtedly been featured on numerous broadcasts on several continents, few of which have ever been issued by legitimate record labels. But this Labor Day weekend set from the 2001 Chicago Jazz Festival is rather special, as it not only includes his current quartet but also revisits ...
Michael Bolton: Michael Bolton Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
by Ken Dryden
Michael Bolton, with his overwrought remakes of soul and R&B hits, has been the laughing stock of critics for years, though his CD sales have always given him the last laugh. But his surprising change in direction to a straight-ahead jazz session of music from the vast repertoire of Duke Ellington shows him in a completely ...
Yanni: A Tribute to Art Tatum
by Ken Dryden
Popular New Age keyboardist Yanni is almost impossible to avoid on television, whether performing soundtracks for various sports broadcasts or one of countless concerts that seem to be broadcast repeatedly on public TV stations. Though jazz fans have long ridiculed this best-selling artist's work, which has a tendency to be simultaneously showy, bombastic and vapid, the ...
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with Clark Terry
by Ken Dryden
The NPR series Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center only aired for 26 weeks out of the year for a few years, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a terrific program. Taylor is not only a masterful pianist who brought out the best in his guests, but a terrific interviewer as well. Of the relatively ...
Mel Torm
by Ken Dryden
When I first conceived this column, one of the first programs that I intended to cover was one of my favorite concert broadcasts, a joint appearance by Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan and George Shearing on stage at Carnegie Hall in 1982. Impresario George Wein was responsible for encouraging the three men to perform together for the ...
Eubie Blake at the 1977 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival aboard the S. S. President
by Ken Dryden
One of my great regrets is not having the opportunity to hear Eubie Blake in person. The closest I ever came was when he appeared at the Palm Beach Jazz Festival during the late 1970s; I had tickets to see classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz in Miami Beach on the very same day. My mother said something ...
Jaki Byard at the Chicago Jazz Festival - September 6, 1992
by Ken Dryden
I was introduced to the work of pianist Jaki Byard through his work as a sideman with Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus. Both his eclectic style and sense of humor appealed to me, so I soon found myself snapping up every record and CD in which he took part, even getting an opportunity to do liner ...
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with "Stephane Grappelly"
by Ken Dryden
From the time I first heard Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio in 1979, I was hooked, although my work schedule (and later, my city of residence) didn't always permit me to enjoy the program. On October 5, 1989, Marian welcomed the extraordinary swing violinist Stephane Grappelly ( see note at the bottom about ...
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