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Latin Jazz All-Stars Take Blues Alley by Storm
by Matt Merewitz
Every year Blues Alley brings some of the hippest cats to town of whom very few are in the know. Saturday August 2nd, around 10:15 PM, drenched in sweat and anxiously awaiting the beginning of the second set at the storied DC nightspot, I began my notes on “The Latin Jazz All-Stars,” which consists of a ...
Little Feat Live at the Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts
by C. Michael Bailey
Little Rock, Saturday, September 20, 2003. About halfway through their fundraising concert for Little Rock, Arkansas's Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, veteran West Coast band Little Feat launched into the perennial Feat favorite “Willin'." As an inclusion in the Little Feat 2003 set list, “Willin'" was a vehicle for what have become the band's ...
Dave Weckl Band Kicks Off Tour in D.C.
by Matt Merewitz
Fresh off a summer reunion tour through Europe with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band, master drummer-percussionist Dave Weckl is not resting on his laurels. The busy Yamaha clinician kicked off an East Coast tour September 29 and 30 to plug his latest live album at Washington D.C.’s Blues Alley Supper Club. Fronting a band of ...
Marcus Belgrave and the Louis Armstrong Tradition
by C. Andrew Hovan
Marcus Belgrave Octet Cain Park Cleveland Height, Ohio July 22, 2003 Following the torrential downpours of the previous day that hit a good part of Ohio, the Cain Park grounds were definitely soaked, but fortunately a repeat performance was not in the offing and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave was unhampered in ...
Buster Williams and Something More
by C. Andrew Hovan
Buster Williams and Something More May 8, 2003 Night Town Cleveland, Ohio There’s no denying the power of working jazz groups and when the individuals involved are some of New York’s finest the sparks are sure to fly. As such, it would have been good enough to have bass ...
Henry Grimes Band at Rocco
by Rex Butters
The latest chapter in the Henry Grimes re-entry saga found the obituaried bassist playing with recent veterans of Grimes units, plus a notable newcomer. Multi-reed master Vinny Golia brought his impressive abilities to join the Cline brothers, trumpet firebrand Dan Clucas, and youth brigade Joey Dosik on alto and Nick Rosen on bass. With a towel ...
Eisenstadt Electrifies Rocco's
by Rex Butters
Harris Eisenstadt tried out a new configuration on a warm Sunday night at Rocco’s. With a dismal turn out made up of a few friends and three sleeping Germans, the quartet blazed through three pieces of focused yet far-reaching improvisations. The versatile and imaginative Eisenstadt possesses enough eclectic background and technique to excel in any unit. ...
Jimmy Smith Funks Up the Catalina
by Rex Butters
Jazz community appeared with Jimmy Smith opening night at the Catalina in the person of Kenny Burrell. The former LA club owner apparently fighting a cold caught during his recent tour, which included Italy and Israel, Smith still delivered knuckle busting runs and uptown barbecue funk that could have hurt a healthy man. His association with ...
Hamiett Blueitt Improvises Song for
by Rex Butters
The Jazz Bakery hosted a belated Father’s Day weekend staging E.L. James’ “original theadio Production.” Nobody Walks Like My Daddy, explored a wide range of fathering issues and styles over four generations from all members’ perspectives. The production effectively blended spoken word, acapella singing, and improvised music. James and Roscoe Freeman portrayed the fathers and sons. ...
The Vandermark 5 Take LA
by Rex Butters
LA turned out in enthusiastic numbers to welcome the Vandermark 5 back after a two-year absence. Only at Rocco’s, where volunteers hurriedly set up chairs wherever they could to accommodate the overflow crowd. Performing weekly at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, the 5 were a testament to what a residency can do for a band. Not ...
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