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Steps Ahead, Live at the Blue Note
by David Adler
It appears that Steps Ahead is back, and possibly better than ever. The lineup is simply a dream: founder Mike Mainieri on vibes, Bob Berg on tenor and soprano saxophones, Joey Calderazzo on piano, Scott Colley on bass, and Jeff “Tain" Watts on drums. The new, improved Steps Ahead begins its first February 23 set with ...
That Night At Catalina's: The Ray Brown Trio
by Paula Edelstein
The Ray Brown Trio Catalina Bar & Grill The Ray Brown Trio received very high marks for their performance at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Los Angeles Friday night the 16th of February. The trio presented a compelling set complete with material ranging from an original piece composed by Ray for Phineas Newborn ...
Maceo Parker: Blowin' the Roof Off the House of Blues!
by Paula Edelstein
“If Maceo is not on the groove, then the groove is not on.” – Stevie WonderMaceo Parker has been on the groove all over the world and has played all of the House of Blues’ club venues except his hometown of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His extraordinary body of work stretches from the 60s to ...
Nicholas Payton's Louis Armstrong Centennial Celebration At U.C.L.A.
by Paula Edelstein
The Grammy-winning trumpeter, Nicholas Payton presented an exciting performance of Tin Pan Alley standards associated with Louis Armstrong, Thursday February 15, 2001 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The celebration is Payton’s tribute to one of the world's most important jazz masters and has been extended into the 21st Century by popular demand! This concert, part of a ...
Brad Mehldau Trio
by Craig Jolley
Cal State Northridge University The band is everything with Brad Mehldau's trio. Beyond that the musicians play with a sense of openness and immediacy that allows the pieces to evolve as they're played. The tunes--mostly Mehldau originals from his recent Places CD--are generally abstractions that act as starting points. Mehldau generally leads melodically and harmonically, but ...
Charles McPherson Quartet
by Craig Jolley
Charles McPherson Quartet Westin Airport Hotel One of the best-known Charlie Parker disciples Charles McPherson occasionally ventures out from San Diego under favorable circumstances such when he gets the opportunity to play with a crackerjack trio. (He'll be back in LA in March to play a “Bird with Strings" concert.)McPherson's “Manhattan Nocturne" with ...
James Carney Trio
by Craig Jolley
Skirball Cultural Center, LA James Carney's piano style fits his compositional approach: percussive, eccentric, unpredictable, concise. After his theme statement he'll parse his way through a piece one segment at a time, working on that segment until he's ready to move on. Choruses are of indefinite length. The trio is very much of a group concept ...
Ray Drummond - Celebrating Mingus
by Craig Jolley
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Among Charles Mingus' legacies are any number of tribute bands. Celebrating Mingus is at least the fifth I've heard. Mingus Dynasty sprang up soon after Mingus died--a sextet of ex-Mingus sidemen including Danny Richmond and Jimmy Knepper authentically soloing on his music. With the music expanded to a bigger ...
Steve Turre Celebrates The Music Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
by AAJ Staff
Weigel Hall The Ohio State University The music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk came full circle on February 24. Steve Turre, a former associate of one of jazz' true geniuses, brought his Kirk tribute to the city of the blind reedman's birth.In fact, during the introduction to Steve Turre Celebrates The Music Of Rahsaan ...
Dave Douglas New Quintet
by David Adler
Village Vanguard New York City Take Dave Douglas's Magic Triangle and Leap of Faith quartet, swap Ben Perowsky for Clarence Penn on drums, keep Chris Potter on tenor and James Genus on bass, and add Uri Caine on Fender Rhodes. What have we got? The new Dave Douglas Quintet, which the chameleonic trumpeter/composer featured ...
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