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Stein Brothers Quintet in Montville, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Stein Brothers Quintet Montville Township Public Library Montville, NJ January 11, 2006 Alex and Asher Stein are saxophonists in their early 20s who regularly work in various venues throughout the greater New York City area. The sound of the Stein Brothers Quintet is firmly rooted in bebop, a stylistic ...
IAJE 2006: Three Legends Offer Insight Into Music
by Sandy Ingham
The International Association for Jazz Education's annual conference January 11-14 offered ample opportunities to not only hear great music, but to hear the stories behind it from some true music masters. Billy Taylor I managed to catch interviews with Billy Taylor, Clark Terry and writer Dan Morgenstern, but missed out on a rare chance to hear ...
David Aaron's Short Memory at 55 Bar, NYC
by Budd Kopman
David Aaron's Short Memory 55 Bar New York City January 19, 2006 Jazz is more than a musical language that can be learned in school. It is more than playing “this" scale over “that" chord when it is “this" part of a progression to get “that" sound. Jazz ...
The IAJE Convention January 11th-14th 2006
by AAJ Staff
In a recent Doonesbury strip, erstwhile country western singer, Jimmy Thudpucker, is talking to Zonker Harris, who has asked him about any upcoming gigs. Jimmy, wide-eyed and innocent but always on the hunt for new ways to degrade himself as a musician to make the “show, tells Zonker that he's giving up country music. “Oh? says ...
Hiromi Plays Blues Alley
by Franz A. Matzner
Celebrating the upcoming release of her third album, Spiral, international piano sensation Hiromi Uehara, together with British bassist Tony Grey and Slovakian drummer Martin Valihola, took command of Washington, D.C.'s Blues Alley this weekend for a three night pre-release party. Bringing to the stage an awesome display of ingenuity, enthusiasm, and power, all three musicians proved ...
Post-Katrina Jazz in New Orleans
by Glenn Astarita
Like scattered remnants of a defeated Roman army, New Orleans musicians can be found far and wide, surfacing like bobbing corks in a pond. Houston, Atlanta, Little Rock, Michigan, Oregon and Scandinavia are now home for the musicians who played the jazz clubs of New Orleans. For many, their return is problematic and some may ...
Daryl Sherman's Park Avenue Whirl
by Daniel Kassell
Daryl Sherman's Park Avenue Whirl, 59 East 59th Theater, New York, New York December 17, 2005 “The greatest songs ever written, cabaret vocalist and jazz pianist Daryl Sherman concluded after the first weekend's performance of The Park Avenue Whirl on Saturday, December 17, 2005. Billed by Executive Producer Peter ...
Jane Monheit: Costa Mesa, December 16, 2005
by Jim Santella
Jane Monheit Founders Hall Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa, California December 16, 2005 The allure of Jane Monheit isn't about flash and dazzle and publicity and her good looks. It's about her music and the way that she communicates with her audience so naturally. She's ...
Meg Clifton CD Release Event at Chris' Jazz Caf
by Victor L. Schermer
Meg Clifton Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA December 17, 2005 Meg Clifton's new CD, You're a Sweetheart (independent), is a rich compendium of jazz standards sung with uncommon grace, resilence, and interpretive richness. On December 17th, 2005, this reviewer attended two sets of her CD Release event at Chris' in ...
Wynton Marsalis / LCJO at the Kimmel Center: December 11, 2005
by Victor L. Schermer
Wynton Marsalis / Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA December 11, 2005 On this wintry Sunday evening, three musical phenomena converged at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia: Wynton Marsalis, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (hereinafter “LCJO ), and “The Harlem Nutcracker, a composition of Duke Ellington and Billy ...
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