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Live in Schauburg, Bremen, Germany, 1983
by Jakob Baekgaard
The history of jazz is not only a story of great individuals, but also a narrative of partnerships that have shaped the development of the music. Just think of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines and Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. There's also a proud tradition of combining saxophone and piano with ...
How Do We Keep The Music Playing?
by La-Faithia White
While most of us across the country and overseas have been confined to our homes due to COVID-19, normal life as we once knew, has changed. Typically in April we are celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month outdoors with friends, and attending jazz concerts. Now more than ever, this is a time where we must appreciate and support ...
Jazz musicians silenced by coronavirus (updated)
Here's a listing of jazz-related deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), updated as we receive them. Our profound sympathies to their families, friends and fans as we remember the musical legacies they have given us. Argentina-born jazz saxophonist Marcelo Peralta, died in Madrid on March 10. He was 59. Peralta moved to Spain in 1996. Congolese ...
Lee Konitz, 1927-2020
Lee Konitz died today in a New York City hospital. He was 92. Known primarily for the individualism of his alto saxophone work, Konitz in his later years also played soprano saxophone. Using aspects of phrasing, rhythm and tonal quality adapted from the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Konitz in the 1940s developed into one of ...
Lee Konitz (1927-2020)
Lee Konitz, an alto saxophonist who helped develop an East Coast jazz style in the late 1940s that writers labeled “cool jazz" and went on to establish a sound in Stan Kenton's early 1950s orchestra while exploring free jazz in small groups throughout his career, died on April 15. He was 92. Lee's cool jazz was ...
How to Play a Tin Whistle Like Michael Brecker
by Peter Rubie
I was talking to a musician friend of mine the other day, asking her how her move from Brooklyn to Forrest Hills was going. She said, “I love it! I love the neighborhood and best of all, musically, I'm not running any more jam sessions at the moment, just doing gigs—and practicing! It's great."
Danilo Rea: Jazz, Mina e altri incontri
by Paolo Marra
Tra i primi giovani jazzisti a Roma a metà degli anni '70, il pianista e compositore Danilo Rea nella sua intensa e lunga carriera ha tracciato, insieme ai suoi illustri colleghi Roberto Gatto, Enzo Pietropaoli e Fabrizio Sferra, le linee guida per le nuove generazioni di musicisti del panorama jazz italiano. Diverse le sue ...
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: A Kenton Trilogy, Part 1: Dance Time
by Jack Bowers
Better late than never. Having already appraised Part 2 of Sounds of Yesteryear's three-part salute to the Stan Kenton Orchestra, it seemed only proper that the same should be done (albeit out of order) for Part 1 (and Part 3 as well, whenever it is released). Unlike Part 2, which is devoted to the artistry of ...
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Lee Konitz
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Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool
jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded
with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano (both often cited as
important cool jazz proponents of the mid 1940s), and
with Miles Davis on his epochal Birth of the Cool, which
gave the form its name.
Konitz has also been repeatedly noted as one of the few
jazz saxophonists of the late 1940s and 1950s who did
not seem imitative of the massively influential Charlie
Parker.
In the early 1950s, Konitz recorded and toured with Stan
Kenton's orchestra.
In 1961, he recorded Motion with Elvin Jones on drums
and Sonny Dallas on bass
Bill Dixon e Cecil Taylor: iniziò a Verona
by Angelo Leonardi
La pubblicazione di quest'inedita incisione in studio documenta un momento storico: il magistrale e fugace confronto artistico tra Bill Dixon e Cecil Taylor dell'estate 1992. I due protagonisti del free dettero il 25 giugno di quell'anno un concerto a Verona Jazz, nei giorni seguenti s'esibirono a Vienne (Francia) e subito dopo entrarono in studio ...
