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Introducing Trumpeter Kellin Hanas

by Sanford Josephson
As a four-year-old, growing up in Wheaton, IL, Kellin Hanas was a fan of the TV show, The Wiggles. There were four Australian guys in colorful shirts, and they would sing songs," she recalled. In one of their shows, they brought out this guy with a little trumpet. I guess, from watching that, I had a ...
Eddie Henderson At Magy's Farm

by Ian Patterson
Eddie Henderson Magy's Farm Dromara, N. Ireland December 2, 2023 Ireland is not short of venerable music venues, any one of which should have been proud to host trumpeter Eddie Henderson. Think Dublin's National Concert Hall or Vicar Street, Galway's Róisín Dubh, The Everyman in Cork, The MAC or The ...
Eddie Higgins: Elegance And Confidentiality

by Daniele Trucco
This article was translated into English and was first published on meer.com.The story of a refined pianist, feted as a sideman by the greats of international jazz and an authentic star of the Japanese record scene.The Ascent I met pianist Eddie Higgins on three separate occasions--the first time was in 2006 at ...
Eddie Henderson: Witness To History

by Dave Linn
Dr. Eddie Henderson, 82 years old at the time of writing in 2023, has one of the most interesting stories in modern jazz and is a true Renaissance man. His parents were entertainers; his mother was a dancer at the original Cotton Club while his father was a member of the popular singing group Billy Williams ...
Top Ten Lee Morgan Recordings

by Jason Innocent
These albums represent a diverse range of Lee Morgan's musical output and showcase his virtuosity, innovation, and contribution to jazz trumpet. The Sidewinder Blue Note Records 1963 Morgan's most famous and commercially successful release is this album. It features the catchy title track, which became a major hit and ...
Wayne Shorter: An Essential Top Ten Albums

by Chris May
At the start of September 2021, trumpeter Terence Blanchard released Absence (Blue Note), dedicated to saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, who for health reasons had recently been obliged to retire from performing, at least temporarily. Some people celebrating their eighty-eighth birthday, as Shorter did the previous month, might not welcome being the dedicatee of an album ...
Why Hard Bop?

by AAJ Staff
This article was first published on All About Jazz on January 1998.When trying to investigate jazz, all the classifications and categories can be a bit confusing. What do they mean when they say hard bop?" How is it different from other types of jazz? Although a definition of the music may not necessarily enhance ...
A Summer night of Soul Jazz, Hard Bop and Funk

by David Brown
It's hot. Its summer. Let's ease into the night with some hard bop & soul jazz from the classic era--Lee Morgan, Ray Bryant, Bunky Green, Leo Wright and the Freedom Sounds. We'll then electrify the sounds as we move into the '70s with Eddie Harris, Bobbi Humphrey, Sun Ra and Parliament. Eventually we'll end up in ...
Alan Ferber: Enneadic Endeavors

by Dan Bilawsky
When Alan Ferber was first finding his way as a Californian-turned-New Yorker near the dawn of the new millennium, he didn't know many people on his adopted scene. So logically, he used composing--for nonet, among other configurations--as a means for networking and fostering connections. I don't like cold calling people; I just like to put projects ...
John Coltrane: Evenings At The Village Gate

by Mike Jurkovic
All music is, as are all our greater gestures and pursuits--poetry, painting, literature, sculpture, dance--spiritual by nature. An outreach by the artist and thus, by extension, us, beyond the daily argot of the ordinary. But sometimes those instances are so far and in-between, so masked by the lawlessness of the present moment, that our higher selves ...