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Kenny Burrell: Prime - Live at the Downtown Room
by AAJ Italy Staff
Kenny Burrell è uno dei grandi maestri della chitarra elettrica jazz emersa definitivamente sulla scena musicale negli anni cinquanta, dopo l'esplosione improvvisa di Charlie Christian negli anni quaranta. Con Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney e Tal Farlow ha costituito un quintetto di leader innovativi e capaci, che si sono suddivisi abbastanza equamente la scena negli ...
Summertime Jazz: Still Alive and Swingin' in Los Angeles
by Chuck Koton
When the news hit that the Jazz Bakery's last shows (at least at its Culver City location) would take place at the end of May, I feared that a bleak summer lay ahead for Angeleno jazz lovers. Even the reassurances and optimism of the Bakery's long-time director, Ruth Price, about reopening at a new site, did ...
Kenny Dorham: 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia
by Matt Marshall
There's a thickness to the sound of this 1956 Kenny Dorham set as reissued by Music Matters on two 45-rpm records--a density that blows from the speakers and settles in the room like smoke. Which is to say the fidelity of the Music Matters product proves itself as strong on live recordings as it has on ...
Mark Mosley: Mark's Mood
by Matthew Warnock
Mark's Mood is a blues-driven, bop-based release from Washington, D.C. based guitarist Mark Mosley. The disc, released as a six-song EP, provides an anticipatory glimpse into the musical musings of the bebop-oriented guitarist. Laced in blues-based vocabulary, reminiscent of the late, great Wes Montgomery, Mosley and company are never afraid to take chances, often stepping out ...
Bern Nix: A History In Harmolodics
by AAJ Staff
New York-based free jazz guitarist Bern Nix is one of the few people who are well-versed in Ornette Coleman's “harmolodics" style. He played with Coleman from 1975-1987, and now leads the Bern Nix Trio in New York City. In his compositions and his intriguing covers of standards, he is always looking in the corners of the ...
Ray Barretto: Jazz
by Graham L. Flanagan
Although both of his parents were full-blooded Puerto Ricans, Ray Barretto was as American as they come. Born in Brooklyn, by the age of seven he had already resided in that borough, as well as Spanish Harlem and the Bronx. His biological lineage, combined with the place he was born and raised, gives new meaning to ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 1-3 July 1-3, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009 It's the 30th Anniversary for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) and, based on the stellar line-up, it promises to surpass its 25th Anniversary celebration from ...
Bobby Broom: Plays For Monk
by Mark Corroto
Monk lives! Perhaps it can be said that Thelonious Monk has had many lives. Ever since the unique pianist established his repertoire in the 1940s and '50s musicians have, probably beginning with saxophonist Steve Lacy, taken up the task of covering the now infamous music. With Plays for Monk, guitarist Bobby Broom delivers one of the ...
Take Five With Dennis Moss
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dennis Moss: Dennis Moss is a Seattle-based jazz guitarist. He has performed for many private events and has performed in venues such as McCaw Hall at the Seattle Center, Soundbridge Music Discovery Center at Benaroya Hall, Legion Hall, VIRGINIA V Historic Ship and PONCHO Hall. Dennis currently leads his own groups, performs as a solo ...
Pianist John Di Martino Interviewed at AAJ
John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...
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