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2005 Caramoor Jazz Festival
by David Adler
While Bird & Diz were revolutionizing jazz in 1945, Caramoor, a leafy estate in Katonah, was on its way to becoming Westchester's haven for the arts. And so this year, as Caramoor celebrated its 60th anniversary, producer Jim Luce and artistic director Joe Lovano chose “Modern Jazz at 60 as the festival's theme, seeking to highlight ...
2005 Newport Jazz Festival
by Ken Franckling
The 51st anniversary of edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, known for the past 22 years as the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, saved the best for last during its August 12-14 run overlooking fog-shrouded Newport Harbor.The highlight, in a weekend filled with terrific music, was a 90-minute tribute to the great drummer Roy Haynes. The ...
Wallace Roney Sextet at the Green Mill
by Paul Olson
Wallace Roney Sextet Green Mill, Chicago August 27, 2005On the second night of a two-day stand at Chicago's Green Mill, trumpeter Wallace Roney blended acoustic post-bop and electronic groove over three deeply satisfying sets. It's not as if this sort of stylistic synthesis is unheard of these days, but it was ...
Sampling Umbria Jazz
by Joanne Lane
The Algiers Brass Band from New Orleans is marching down Corso Vannucci, the main street of Perugia in Italy, led by a grand marshall with purple feathers. They're marching and blowing trumpets. A drum beats and diners look up from their seats in the street still munching on plates of pasta and sipping wine. ...
Vision Festival X, - Day Six, June 19, 2005
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra opened the final evening of the tenth Vision Festival in resounding fashion. An active unit now for over 11 years, many of the Orchestra's core members ...
Vision Festival X - Day Five, June 18, 2005 (Part 2)
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6Billy Bang Quartet Bang's quartet this penultimate evening of the tenth Vision Festival was part of an ongoing strand of his work exorcising the ghosts of his experiences as a combat veteran in the Vietnam war. To this end ...
Vision Festival X - Day Five, June 18, 2005 (Part 1)
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6Saturday afternoon at the Vision Festival, was given over to emerging artists. First off there was a session of readings by local poets Brian Boyles, Chavisa Woods, James Hoff and Cat Tyc, which I missed. But I did arrive ...
Vision Festival X - Day Four, June 17, 2005
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6The Friday night crowd brought an eager buzz to the fourth night of the Vision Festival, though there was still room for more. The intimate atmosphere meant that it was possible for fans to rub shoulders with their heroes ...
Jazz In Marciac Festival: Days 14-15 and "Best Of" Awards
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10-11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14-15 It turns out the “bodily death" of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, has never been “dogmatically defined...and ...
Caramoor Jazz Festival 2005: Day 2
by R.J. DeLuke
Day Two of the Caramoor Jazz Festival, the finale for the 2005 edition, featured a tribute to Francis Albert Sinatra, who would be turning 90 on Dec. 12. And who better to do it in the luxurious Westchester County, NY, setting than the festival's musical director, paesano and longtime Sinatra fan Joe Lovano.The saxman brought ...
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