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James Moody: 4A
by Edward Blanco
Saxophonist James Moody has been an important fixture in the jazz world since the late 1940s, when he emerged and gained notice as a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra. Now, a robust 84 years young, Moody offers 4A, the first release from a two-day recording session which took place in July of 2008 with the ...
Roni Ben-Hur: Fortuna
by J Hunter
The most famous lyric from Charlie Chaplin's bittersweet song “Smile" is, “Smile, though your heart is aching/Smile, even though it's breaking." Roni Ben-Hur knows that methodology, and how: Smile (Motema, 2008), Ben-Hur's benefit disc with fellow guitarist Gene Bertoncini, was originally conceived as a duet with Ben-Hur's longtime bassist Earl May, who died before recording began. ...
Emil Viklicky Releases New CD in Japan
Emil Viklicky and Venus Records are pleased to announce the release of Emil's latest CD, Sinfonietta~The Janacek of Jazz (VHCD 1034). Eleven of its dozen tracks were recorded at Avatar Studios in New York last year with George Mraz on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. The twelfth track, “Sinfonietta," recorded in Prague in 2007 with ...
Jazz Academy of Music Presents First Annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival at the Hilton Rockville (Maryland)
Saxophonist & Educator Paul Carr & The Jazz Academy of Music (501 c-3) Revives Former East Coast Jazz Festival Under New Name, MID-ATLANTIC JAZZ FESTIVAL Event To Be Held Over Three Days, FEBRUARY, 19-21 2010 at The Hilton Rockville in Rockville, MD Festival to Feature National and Local Talent Including Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Terell Stafford, ...
Bruce Lundvall, presidente de Blue Note
by Victor L. Schermer
Publicamos la traducción en castellano de esta entrevista, originalmente aparecida en All About Jazz el 15 de mayo del 2003. Bruce Lundvall viajará próximamente a Europa, a los festivales de jazz de Barcelona y Berlín, para conmemorar los 70 años de Blue Note. En Barcelona, Lundvall charlará con el crítico Bob Blumenthal (Institut d'Estudis Nord-americans, 3 ...
James Moody: 4A
by Graham L. Flanagan
In the late '40s, saxophonist/flutist James Moody staked his claim on the jazz landscape when he gained prominence as one of the key ingredients of Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra. Nearly six decades later, at the age of 84, Moody shows no signs of slowing down. He's in excellent form on his latest release 4A. ...
Dominick Farinacci: Lovers, Tales & Dances
by Hrayr Attarian
The mass appeal of a jazz recording does not necessarily compromise its value or its artistic integrity; it simply means that the artist has mastered the difficult task of balancing the creative and the commercial. Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has done just that on his debut album, Lovers, Tales & Dances. Farinacci sounds a ...
Litchfield Jazz Festival 2009
by Marcia Hillman
Litchfield Jazz FestivalKent, ConnecticutJuly 31-August 2, 2009 For two and a half days this past weekend, jazz invaded Connecticut with the arrival of the 14th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. This year, in a new home on the Kent School grounds in Kent, Connecticut, this major musical event, hosted by WBGO broadcaster and jazz ...
Lisa Hilton to Release "Twilight & Blues" on August 17th
Can jazz be green and blue, and still sunny? “I hope so,” responds critically-acclaimed composer, pianist and producer Lisa Hilton of her newest release, twilight & blues (1012 Ruby Slippers Productions). “As an artist I think it’s possible to play your passion as well as your conscious. There are so many concerns about our planet now ...
George Wein: Back to Doing His Thing
by R.J. DeLuke
Not many people stand in shoes similar to the ones in which jazz impresario George Wein now finds himself. Having invented the jazz festival more than half a century ago, his name is synonymous with the Newport Jazz Festival, his first and most well-known child of that genus. He led a company that expanded on the ...
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