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Article: Liner Notes

Mike DiRubbo: Human Spirit

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 26, 2023

In an era that seems to more fully embrace the idea of the 'tough young tenor,' alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo puts forth a singular voice that stands apart from the crowd. With exceptions such as Kenny Garrett, Steve Wilson, and Vincent Herring, DiRubbo is one of the few musicians of this generation to choose the alto ...

Article: The Big Question

How Do You Rate Miles Davis’ Music, On Record and Live, In The 1980s?

by Ian Patterson
January 26, 2023

The release of The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: That's What Happened 1982-1985 invites renewed reflection on Miles Davis' music in the 1980s. A few tracks aside, these studio outtakes from the recording sessions that produced Star People (Columbia, 1983), Decoy (Columbia, 1984) and You're Under Arrest (Columbia, 1985) don't amount to a whole heap of beans, ...

Album

The Montreux Years

By Chick Corea

Label: BMG
Released: 2022
Track listing: Fingerprints; Bud Powell; Quartet No. 2 (Pt. 1); Interlude; Who’s Inside the Piano; Dignity; America (Continents Pt. 4); New Waltz.

Article: Year in Review

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kenny Garrett, George Colligan & Tim Lin

by Joe Dimino
November 20, 2022

To commemorate our 777th Episode of Neon Jazz, we profile up and coming saxophonist in Tim Lin with music from his debut release Romance in Formosa. We follow that up with another musician with Taiwanese roots in pianist Jo-Yu Chen. From there, we explore a host of new music from Jakob Dreyer, Gentiane MG, Aimee Allen ...

News: Event

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. To Present Very Special 'Elden Ring' Jazz Music Streaming Event

October 19, 2022

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. will present a very special Jazz music streaming event – broadcast live from Hollywood and featuring Grammy Award-winning musician Kenny Garrett in collaboration with up-and-coming talent Takuya Kuroda—on December 3, 2022. The “Elden Ring: A Night in the Lands Between” music event will be held at Hollywood, California’s famed Bourbon Room ...

Article: Album Review

Chick Corea: The Montreux Years

Read "The Montreux Years" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
October 18, 2022

Did Chick Corea ever disappoint? Did he ever fail to cast a sense of wonderment and community on any live performance? Did his mischievous hands ever land on a bad note? If so, it seems never happened at the Montreux Jazz Festival, where Corea spun his spell twenty-three times over the years, and certainly not on ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kenny Garrett

October 9, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Kenny Garrett's birthday today! Kenny Garrett is a jazz saxophonist. He was born in Detroit, MI in 1960. His father was a tenor saxophonist. Kenny's career took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978, then led by Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. Three years later he played in the ...

Article: Rising Stars

Meet Saxophonist Zoe Obadia

by Sanford Josephson
September 1, 2022

In April 2019, alto saxophonist Zoe Obadia sat in with the Bill Charlap Trio to play Dave Brubeck's “Time Out" at International Jazz Day. “I was definitely very nervous to sit in with such an established and refined trio," she said," but I had fun and felt very supported on stage and off." Said Charlap: “She ...

Article: Interview

Joey DeFrancesco: From Musical Prodigy to Jazz Icon

by Victor L. Schermer
May 29, 2019

Joey DeFrancesco is a true master of the jazz organ, the one others look up to as the standard bearer, as was his inspirational hero, Jimmy Smith. Arguably, he could be dubbed the Mozart of the jazz organ, since like Mozart, he seemed to have been born with all the music already in him. By four, ...