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Montreal Jazz Festival 2004: Week 1
by Riel Lazarus
Coverage: Week 1 | Week 2 Amid the soothing July sun and a program befitting of a silver anniversary, this year's edition of the Montréal International Jazz Festival proved to be among the most memorable in recent history. As always, the streets were teaming with a heady blend of veteran jazzniks, thirsting first-timers, ambivalent teenagers, and ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2004: Week 2
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Coverage: Week 1 | Week 2 July 7 | July 8 | July 9 | July 10 | July 11 Although the center of the Montréal Jazz Festival was situated in a specially bordered downtown area, it was clear that the spirit of jazz had permeated the entire city. The music was everywhere, whether it ...
The O'Jays Funked Up My Summer
by AAJ Staff
The O'Jays began in 1957 at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. But then they were called The Triumphs. It was Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey and Bill Isles.They became The Mascots in 1960 and that name was changed in 1963 to The O'Jays, after legendary radio DJ Eddie O'Jay. They had ...
Tribute to Peggy Lee: Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl 2004
by J. Robert Bragonier
Wednesday evening, July 14th, marked the opening concert of the 2004 Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl season, and there we were, in a box right down front, as we have been for nearly 20 years. Again, as has increasingly been the case over the past several years, however, the experience was a decidedly bittersweet one.
2004 Ottawa International Jazz Festival
by John Kelman
For eleven days in late June, the traditionally conservative government capital of Ottawa, Canada became a place where risk was de rigeur and chances were liberally taken. With arguably the best line- up in their twenty-four year history, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival delivered a wide range of music. From the West African fusion of Roswell ...
Montreal
by Ken Franckling
Several blocks from the fuss and hype of the headlining acts at the Montreal International Jazz Festival resides one of the festival's great developments through the years. Club Soda, a rather intimate shoebox of a room holding 550 people on three seating levels, is home to an early evening singers' series appropriately called “Voix du Monde" ...
TD Canada Trust Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival 2004
by Jerry D'Souza
The 18th edition of the jazz festival rolled into Toronto on June 25 and stayed until July 4. It was as big as it ever was with over 1500 musicians and over 30 venues. There was one difference. Federal legislation smoked out du Maurier with a ban on sponsorship by tobacco companies. TD Canada Trust stepped ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2004 Notebook, Part 3-3
by Ken Franckling
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Haden winds down Invitation series Bassist Charlie Haden concluded his four-night “Invitation" series of concerts Friday night at Montreal's Monument-National featuring his Quartet West band with pianist Alan Broadbent, tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts and drummer Rodney Green. There was no doubt why Haden considers this unit his favorite ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2004 Notebook, Part 2-3
by Ken Franckling
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 World Music honors Buena Vista Social Club icon Ibrahim Ferrer was honored July 8 with the Montreal International Jazz Festival's first “Antonio Carlos Jobim Award" for world music excellence. It was the fourth significant lifetime achievement award the festival has created to mark its own milestone anniversaries. The ...
Kurt Elling Group Brilliant in Saratoga Springs, NY
by R.J. DeLuke
Kurt Elling continues to show, on an extraordinarily consistent basis, that he is one of the most remarkable musicians to appear on the scene in the last decade. It's easy, and understandable, to call him a singer, or vocalist. He is that, for sure. But the instrument he carries is comprised of more than vocal chords ...
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