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Brubeck's Newport Magic
Every time Dave Brubeck plays the Newport Jazz Festival, he breaks his own record. The pianist, who will turn 90 this December 6, has performed at Newport more than any other jazz artist in the festival's storied, sometimes roller coaster history. He was there for the first festival in 1954--and has been back more than 30 ...
Postcards from Montreal
Here are a few visual treats from my coverage of the 31st annual Montreal International Jazz Festival. The musical choices were bountiful and at times painful--with as many as three or four significant offerings simultaneously during peak evening hours. As the outdoor Quartier de Spectacles continues to evolve, there was a noticeable increase in the number ...
A Special Award Among Many (Updated)
This afternoon preceding his 14th Montreal International Jazz Festival concert appearance, pianist Dave Brubeck was honored with a special issue of the festival's Miles Davis Award, which honors a jazz musician of international stature for a lifetime body of great work.Brubeck, who turns 90 in December, received the weighty bronze statuette from festival president ...
A Spectacular Night - Marred by One Idiot
Guitarist John Scofield was a great choice to open the New Orleans portion/final phase of the 2010 Montreal International Jazz Festival. His Piety Street Band released an exceptional funky New Orleans-gospel and blues-based CD under the Piety Street name earlier this year. The band was even better in person last night at the Theatre Maisonneuve. Pianist/B3 ...
Musical Musings from Montreal
Two and a half days into my Montreal International Jazz Festival stay, or even minutes into it for that matter, one thing is apparent. This is a jazz festival that never gets tired - and keeps evolving and improving year after year after year. This 31st edition, which began June 25 and runs through July 6, ...
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2010
Taking note of newcomers, up-and-comers The Saratoga Performing Arts Center's annual jazz festival in bucolic Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is many different things to the thousands of attendees, some of whom seem to be there every single year. It's a chance for summer weekend reunions of families, extended families and groups of friends - ...
2010 JJA Awards Kudos
Congratulations to all of this year's winners at the 14th annual Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards, which many consider the jazz industry's version of the Grammys, Oscars and Tonys.It is a wonderful jazz hang as well as a tribute. Sadly, this is one of those years when the day job kept me from attending ...
The Heft of Miles
How much musical weight do you give to trumpeter Miles Davis's 30 years of recordings for Columbia? Everyone may have a different answer, depending on the stylistic preferences of the listener, since Davis was always a groundbreaker in pushing style and sound. While it clearly doesn't include everything he recorded ...
Seeking Fresh Talent - And Honoring Dr. Fast Hands
This is the 16th consecutive year that faculty members from Boston's Berklee College of Music will jet to San Juan for one of its (now global) outreach programs. Berklee in Puerto Rico will provide classes and award $300,000 in scholarships for young musicians to attend Berklee. Saxophonist Miguel Zenon, a participant in Berklee in Puerto Rico's ...
Metheny's Starry Homecoming
Two nights before concluding phase one of his Orchestrion tour, Pat Metheny stopped by Boston to provide a glimpse of his project to make ambitious, multi-layered music in which he is responsible for every note.There's Metheny and a few of his custom guitars and an Orpheum Theatre stage filled with four levels of instruments ...
