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Take Five With Glenn White
by AAJ Staff
Meet Glenn White:Described as “a brilliant gem," Glenn's modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called “a thoughtful, remarkable style," which “stems from a deeper understanding." A graduate of New England Conservatory, Glenn has performed alongside many notable musicians including Cuneiform artist Jamie Baum, Impulse! artist Greg Tardy, ECM Records artist Art ...
Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra: The Definitive Thad Jones
by George Kanzler
Recorded in 1988, over two decades after the creation of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and a decade after Jones left the band, this is also its last recording under Lewis' helm (he died two years later, 20 years ago in February, 2010). As such, it reflects Lewis' concept as well as his and the ...
Charlie Banacos: Recollections of a Legend
by Mike Brannon
"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" --Joni Mitchell “There are a dozen ways to hit a key." --Charlie Banacos How do you say goodbye to someone who truly changed you; someone who you know caused you to be a better person just for having known them? How do you say goodbye ...
A Time For Love
By Kenny Werner
Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: But Beautiful; 'Round Midnight; A Time For Love; Lover Man; Over The Rainbow; Willow Weep For Me; Darn That Dream; Everything Happens To Me.
Kenny Werner / Jens Sondergaard: A Time For Love
by Jakob Baekgaard
After many years of knowing each other, Danish saxophonist Jens Søndergaard and pianist Kenny Werner decided that it was the right time to translate years of friendship into music. The result is the enchanting A Time For Love, which digs deep into a program of classic ballads. Songs like Jimmy Van Heusen's “But Beautiful" and Ann ...
Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation
by Wayne Zade
Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like a veritable Who's Who of jazz. Barkan has managed many artists, including the Boys Choir of Harlem, Chico O'Farrill and Freddy ...
Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands
by Jack Bowers
The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...
Take Five With José Alberto Medina
by AAJ Staff
Sobre José Alberto Medina: Nací en 1979 en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Afincado en Cataluña desde hace 10 años, donde he forjado mi trío. He elaborado mi propia sonoridad durante estos años, partiendo de la gran influencia de Bill Evans y desarrollando un concepto vanguardista del trío de piano en el jazz. Mi ...
Kenny Werner Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe' on September 25 & 26, 2009
Chris Jazz Cafe presents pianist, Kenny Werner & his Trio. Kenny hails from New York and has been described as an astounding pianist with few restrictions. He will be joined by two very gifted musicians, Ari Hoenig on drums and Johannes Weidenmuller on bass. September 25 & 26, 2009 Sets @ 8 & 10 ...
Remembering Scott Sherwood
by Peter Cobb
What does one possibly say when a treasure is ripped from our lives? What can you say? The jazz world lost a great light recently with the passing of guitarist, composer and educator Scott Sherwood. The rest of the world lost an even greater human being.I don't know what the proper measure of a ...
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