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Concert Review: First Annual Boston String Improvisors' Festival
by AAJ Staff
First Annual Boston String Improvisors' Festival First Parish Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Sunday, October 22, 2000 Lineup: Saturnalia String Trio +1: Jonathan LaMaster, violin Vic Rawlings, cello Mike Bullock, bass Jane Wang, bass www.sublingual.com Jon Rose, violin and ...
Lee Konitz duo at the Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles
by Craig Jolley
One of the great jazz mavericks Lee Konitz has led a huge variety of bands and musicians, but he seems to gravitate toward intimate, two-way conversations. Martial Solal, Red Mitchell, and Dick Katz are among his duet recording partners. His week with pianist Alan Broadbent at the Jazz Bakery is intended to produce his next CD, ...
Tahoe Jazz 2000 Festival
by AAJ Staff
If you were looking for an ideal outdoor jazz festival to attend in September, what would you like most to see? First, you would want to go to an idyllic setting. How about Lake Tahoe in the early fall? The leaves are just beginning to turn golden, winter has not yet come, and the ...
A Love Affair: Tribute to Ivan Lins
by David Adler
Carnegie Hall New York, NY October 2000 Telarc Records recently put out a compilation disc honoring the Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins. Titled A Love Affair, it features some of America’s biggest pop and jazz names, including Sting, Dianne Reeves, Vanessa Williams, and Chaka Khan. Producing and directing the affair is ...
Jimmy Heath Big Band Birthday Bash
by AAJ Staff
Submitted on behalf of Irene Javors October 20, 2000 Flushing Town Hall Flushing, NY Jimmy Heath has been around for a long time. He's played sax with so many jazz greats over the last 50 years that to list them all would be an article unto itself. However, here is a sample: ...
Carrie Smith Elevates Winard Harper Ensemble
by Daniel Kassell
Novenber 7, 2000 Jazz Standard New York City An unaccompanied bass solo by Zachary Pride precedes Winard Harper showing off on his drums wearing an unusual Ghanian vest jacket with primitive markings and a gold and black prayer cap on the opening number of the first set at the Jazz Standard on ...
8th Capital Jazz Festival
by AAJ Staff
In its 8th year, Capital Jazz Fest admirably held up its reputation for having a performance schedule that reads like a Who's Who of contemporary jazz. In 2000, as in prior years, this included some of the hottest up-and-coming artists (Nestor Torres, Gabriela Anders, Norman Brown, Marc Antoine, Walter Beasley, Maysa), a heavy portion of the ...
Old Pasadena Jazz Fest
by AAJ Staff
I've always been a fan of Rich Sherman's Omega Events Productions; he has earned a reputation as a promoter who delivers consistently great music weekends whether it is blues, jazz or rock, and Old Pasadena Jazz Fest in mid-July is no exception.It starts with Location, location, location! Old Pasadena Jazz Fest enjoys an ideal ...
Rodney Jones' Soul Manifesto
by Jim Santella
Rodney Jones, Arthur Blythe, Fred Wesley, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Idris Muhammad The Knitting Factory Hollywood, California October 12, 2001 Soul Manifesto's performance began a little stiff and tedious. At first, the music just didn't click the way it was supposed to. The young crowd was standing around flat-footed, ...
The Music of Muhal Richard Abrams
by A. Henkin
New York Society for Ethical Culture Featuring the Muhal Richard Abrams Double Trio Trio One: Leroy Jenkins (vln); Min Xiao-Fen (pipa); Muhal Richard Abrams (ap, synth) Trio Two: George Lewis (trom); Thurman Barker (perc); Muhal Richard Abrams (ap, synth) October 13, 2001 The fall of 2001 ...

