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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV) 2004
by AAJ Staff
Driving up to Victoriaville (located 100 miles northwest of Montreal) with several other “respectable journalists", an approximate eight hour road trip from Manhattan to the Quebec city, I was introduced to an oasis and forum for unfettered improvisational music that annually visits this small town. It is known as the Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV). ...
Tierney Sutton Stuns at Montreal
by Ken Franckling
2004 is turning out to be Tierney Sutton's year. The California-based singer, who has been building her reputation and her musical art for more than a decade, resulting in a series of five albums with her band. She played a full month at the Algonquin Hotel's famed Oak Room in New York in late winter. She ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2004 Notebook, Part 1-3
by Ken Franckling
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Silver anniversary spectacle In addition to its 150 indoor ticketed concerts over 12 nights, downtown Montreal was bubbling with its usual crowd-pleasing mix of musical on 10 outdoor stages, street performers and people watching. If anything, the fact that it is the festival's 25th year, has intensified the ...
Matt, Martin, and William: The Other MMW
by Matt Merewitz
The title of a recent AAJ interview, “ When Mays Plays, Musicians Listen ,” doesn’t fully fully tell the whole story about torch pianist Bill Mays. Not only musicians dig Mays. Non-musician audiences around the world enjoy his shows too. Perhaps this can be attributed to his versatility as an artist. The flexible pianist who spent ...
A Choice of Openness: Michael Pronko on Jazz in Japan
by Wayne Zade
AAJ: How would you describe your background in jazz? How did you first get interested in the music?MP: My father loved jazz and had huge numbers of records. We went to every jazz show in Kansas City. He enjoyed going to the record store and filling up a grocery bag with records and bringing them ...
Art, Pop Coexist at Freihofer Jazz Fest/Party
by R.J. DeLuke
Sunshine and music of all forms highlighted the Freihofer Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, on June 26 and 27. It marked the 27 edition of the event that always has its share of great music and surprises, even during times when people — depending on their point of view ...
Vision Festival 9: Vision For A Just World
by Frank Rubolino
May 25-31, 2004 New York, NY Nine consecutive years of presenting cutting edge improvised music, poetry, dance, and visual arts –that’s the honor New York’s Vision Festival holds. This year’s seven-day event, overseen once again by bassist William Parker and dancer Patricia Nicholson Parker, offered 31 performances of consistently uplifting artistry. It all took ...
2004 Jazz Journalist Awards
by Ken Franckling
The 2004 edition of the Jazz Journalist Association’s 8th annual Jazz Awards was highlighted by poignancy and remembrance. The June 15 event at B.B. King’s in midtown Manhattan had several twists to its presentation of the traditional music and journalism category winners for the jazz industry. One winner (Steve Lacy) and one nominee (Elvin ...
Rickie Lee Jones: Alive in Albany, NY
by R.J. DeLuke
Rickie Lee Jones is a pure artist. She’s not a dyed-in-the-wool jazzer, though improvisation is an important part of what she does (more than many jazz singers I’ve heard). She’s part poet, part beatnik. She’s part coquette and part of her just tells what she observes in life. (Art... n’est pas?) What she really is, is ...
June-July 2004
by Miriam Zolin
In this edition: Simon Barker , drums Quick catch up with Mark Isaacs Reviews by Mick Paddon Reviews by Adrian Jackson Australian Jazz Korner : Read reviews, interviews, banter and news on this discussion thread started by Kenny Weir and maintaining momentum thanks to postings by musicians, fans and a box of beignet mix... ...
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