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News: Special Offers

ESP - Disk' Offers Entire Catalog of CD's for $9.98

October 27, 2010

Independent record label ESP—Disk' is pleased to announce its retail price for all single compact disks will be reduced from $12.98 to $9.98 effective Monday, October 25th for items purchased online at www.espdisk.com. Select double CD's, including the November reissue of “The Complete ESP—Disk' Recordings of Pearls Before Swine" , will be reduced to a $12.98 ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Andy Farber

by AAJ Staff
October 25, 2010

Meet Andy Farber:Andy Farber is an award-winning jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist and has spent years performing with the likes of Jon Hendricks and Wynton Marsalis. Since 1994, Farber has been part of the Jazz @ Lincoln Center stable of writers and performers. Through J@LC, Farber has toured with the J@LC ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Konitz

October 13, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Konitz's birthday today! Lee KonitzKonitz 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)... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott Lee: Leaving

by Mark Corroto
October 4, 2010

Maybe te annual jazz awards need to add a new category for musicians like Scott Lee. It could be titled “master musicians deserving of wider recognition." The veteran bassist has been on the New York scene since the 1970s, and a member of numerous bands including those led by titans Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, and, Kenny ...

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News: Education

New Classes Forming Now At New York Jazz Workshop

October 1, 2010

From the Village Vanguard to Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York is the world's jazz capital, attracting musicians who come to listen, play, and also to learn. New York Jazz Workshop (NYJW) is their school of music, a magnet for musicians of every level, from beginner to advanced. New classes are forming now. NYJW provides: ...

News: Performance / Tour

Lee Konitz New Quartet at the Triple Door

September 27, 2010

Earshot Jazz presents: Lee Konitz New Quartet with Florian Weber + Jeff Denson + Ziv Ravitz Tuesday, October 5, 7:30pm Triple Door, 216 Union Street, Seattle $22 general; $20 Earshot members and seniors; $10 students with valid student ID Contact the Triple Door for tickets at 206-838-4333 or online. Earshot ...

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Article: Album Review

Martial Solal: Live at the Village Vanguard: I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Read "Live at the Village Vanguard: I Can't Give You Anything But Love" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
September 23, 2010

"Tonight is a very important night because we recording the show. I have to be good and you have to be good too," Solal jokes to his Village Vanguard audience in New York, but it would not be surprising if the pianist felt some pressure. The few appearances that Solal has made in the US are ...

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News: Event

Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO) to play with Kenny Werner at New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in October

September 19, 2010

The BJO is coming back to New York! From October 26-31, the prestigious Brussels Jazz Orchestra plays at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola with award winning pianist and composer, Kenny Werner. After a long absence in the States, the European orchestra from—you guessed it!—Brussels, capital of Belgium and Europe, will unleash its virtuosity in New ...

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Article: Interview

Nobu Stowe: Beyond Free

by Glenn Astarita
August 25, 2010

The music of NS (Nobu) Stowe is synonymous with the musical storytelling characterized with spontaneity and melodic romanticism--a true rarity in the field of fully improvised music. Stowe has not only mastered the art of total improvisation--a method of fully improvised music that embraces song-like melody, tonal harmony and rhythmic propulsion as well as more commonly ...

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Article: Interview

Pete Robbins: Balance Dream

by Gordon Marshall
August 24, 2010

Pete Robbins is all about balance, in temperament and as an artist. He produces a polished sound on his alto saxophone, with a light tone betraying corners of darkness and complexity. Already an accomplished leader at 31, he grafts his sound onto ensembles of varying sizes with aplomb and equanimity. His style as a leader is ...