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Line Space Line Festival of Improvised Music 2004: Making It Up As They Go Along
by Rex Butters
Day 1 With an auspicious starting date of Friday the 13th, the first night of Line Space Line Festival of Improvised Music 2004 got underway. This year, the LSL masterminds brought improvising musicians together from around the continent and had them play together for the first time the night of the show. Several introduced themselves to ...
John Geggie/Sunna Gunnlaugs/Justin Haynes Ottawa, Canada May 22, 2004
by John Kelman
With a season has seen everything from duets with pianist Marilyn Crispell to trios with saxophonist Mike Murley and drummer Jim Doxas, bassist John Geggie chose, on May 22, 2004, to close off this year’s “No Boundaries” series in a quiet and intimate chamber jazz setting, featuring Icelandic ex-pat, pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, and Canadian guitarist Justin ...
Pianist James Williams Re-Opens Defunct Jazz Dive
by Matt Merewitz
Audience rapport is the true key for pianist James Williams. The Memphis-born Jazz Messenger alum has an urbane aura in his voice and his mannerisms that translate to his playing. He is a torch pianist much in the Ellingtonian tradition and fittingly has a special penchant for Strayhorn’s main d’oeuvre. What strikes me about Williams is ...
2004 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
by Sandy Ingham
A cornucopia is a horn of plenty, and would make an apt emblem for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. There are horns a-plenty in the vast pool of local talent, and an unbelievably rich musical legacy, and the annual festival offers the world an opportunity to enjoy it all. From April 23 to May ...
The 2004 St. Lucia Jazz Festival
by Scott H. Thompson
From JFK to a brief stopover in Barbados, then our Air Jamaica jet smoothly lands on the exotic, beautiful West Indies island of St. Lucia. Paradise. Lush green volcanic mountains lunge out from the clear blue Caribbean Sea on one side and the rougher Atlantic Ocean on the other coast. I am a happy man.
Jazz in Shanghai, China: A Study in Contrasts
by J. Robert Bragonier
China in 2004 is a land of contrasts: rural vs. urban; ancient vs. ultra-modern; flowering fruit trees and resplendent spring flowers vs. omnipresent, eye-burning smog; profound poverty vs. promise and plenty. The contrast between East and West is particularly evident in musical traditions. The Chinese have been using music in court and religious ceremonies for more ...
Monty Alexander Brings Reggae Jazz to Blue's Alley
by Franz A. Matzner
Monty Alexander is a profoundly entertaining storyteller. It might be better to state that still more precisely. Monty Alexander is a profound and entertaining story teller, and the truly distinctive quality of his performances is that it becomes impossible to discern the one from the other. This highly potent, heterogeneous concoction is just ...
The Frank & Joe Show Hatches at The Egg in Albany, NY
by R.J. DeLuke
Bands that stay together for a while develop a style and a certain sound. When it goes good, it’s replete with a special rapport, with a sense of empathy and even a sense of humor. So get ready for the Frank & Joe Show, because it has all those things. As well as a veiled sense ...
Rain or Shine Jazz Fest 2004 a Success
by Tod Smith
Two words can describe the 35th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: “It rained.” That said, in between the showers, thunderstorms and even one completely washed-out Friday, this year’s fest managed to provide the same high level of musical magic that seasoned festival-goers have come to expect. With performances ranging from African to Zydeco, there was ...
Stormy Weather Doesn't Dampen Jacksonville Jazz Festival
by Michael Fortuna
Jazz is unpredictable. So is Mother Nature. During the 2004 Jacksonville Jazz Festival, the two joined forces for an extended jam session along the banks of the St. Johns River. Sometimes it was musical bliss, other times it was a soaking mess. But the music still swung like crazy. For ...
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