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Saratoga Jazz Fest Shines
by R.J. DeLuke
Big names can disappoint and lesser known musicians can become great discoveries at a large jazz festival. This year’s edition of the Freihofer Jazz Festival – a George Wein-produced event at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY – was the best of both. The big names came through with flying colors and those ...
Kenny Garrett @ Stanford
by Forrest Bryant
Every summer, the otherwise sleepy campus of Stanford University is overrun by the living masters of jazz. For six weeks, these players teach classes to teenage students by day and dazzle the general public at night. One of the headliners of this year's festival was Kenny Garrett, who was making not only his first appearance at ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2001
by A. Henkin
Jazz festivals can be an exercise in anticipation: Look forward to the first show, then the next, then the one after and then the festival ends. The hectic schedule means one concert is barely over by the time you are scrambling to find your seat at the next.The Montreal Jazz Festival alleviates this difficulty in ...
Bobby Hutcherson @ Yoshi's
by Forrest Bryant
Bobby Hutcherson isn't the flashiest vibraphonist around. He doesn't leap about the way someone like Stefon Harris does, putting on a show of physical gymnastics to match the musical cartwheels coming from his keys. That sort of thing is for the young. At age 60, what Hutcherson has is very different. He has authority. When he ...
Mobil Old Pasadena Jazzfest July 7, 2001
by AAJ Staff
Submitted on behalf of Gloria Ellis The City of Pasadena held its sixth annual Old Pasadena JazzFest July 7th and 8th 2001 on two beautiful sunny days at Pasadena Central Park. The park was filled with jazz lovers of all ages. There was plenty of good food as well as a variety of refreshing beverages. In ...
George Wein's Festival in Saratoga Turns 25 in Good Form
by R.J. DeLuke
The weather for this year's two-day outdoor jazz festival in Saratoga Springs, NY, matched a lot of the music that was played. Hot and inviting. The Freihofer Jazz Festival celebrated its 25th edition is pretty good fashion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) June 29 and 30. It was 1978 when George Wein first brought ...
NJ JazzFest 2002: Earl May - Big Smile, Big Bass Makes Jazz Swing
by Daniel Kassell
Behind the piano and alto saxophone is Earl May's big acoustic bass sound, most prominent along with Eddie Locke's light cymbal and stick work, propelling his own composition “Sunday Morning Blues" with verve and gusto, even though it's only just past noon on this Sunday, June 23rd under the tent at New Jersey Jazz Society's 30th ...
Peter Brotzmann Tentet at Kraftbrau Brewery
by Lazaro Vega
Peter Brotzmann Tentet Kraftbrau Brewery Kalamazoo, MI June 16, 2002 Not being a musician I can only surmise what musical challenges composing for and performing with a mid-sized jazz ensemble pose. Everyone knows how Miles Davis dealt with some of those musical issues in the nonet as he, ...
Klezmer Magic at the Tonic
by Elliott Simon
New York June 2, 2002 Not being a musician I can only surmise what musical challenges composing for and performing with a mid-sized jazz ensemble pose.Sunday morning, get there early around 10 am. Cruise the streets: Rivington, Orchard, Stanton, and Delancey. Peruse the vendors on Orchard and strike a bargain. Look ...
The "Von Trapps on Martinis" Swing Like Crazy! Feinstein's
by Ken Dryden
Feinstein's New York June 22, 2002 The Pizzarellis ended a long, successful run in New York City at Feinstein's at the Regency on Saturday, June 22nd. John Pizzarelli is at the top of his game, with a long string of successful recordings for Stash, Chesky, Novus and Telarc, and the ...
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