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J Hunter's Best Jazz Discs of 2009
by J Hunter
It's that time again--the season for relentless bell-ringers, wild-eyed consumers, and end-of-year countdown lists. The latter category can actually be helpful for last-minute shoppers who want to give someone “the best of everything." However, a little background info never hurts the buying process. As such, here's one more countdown for Best Jazz Discs of 2009. #10 ...
The Jazz Session #118: Luis Bonilla
Luis Bonilla blends humor, adventurousness and a passion for his family on his new CD, I Talking Now (Planet Arts, 2009). In this interview, the in-demand trombonist talks about the use of humor in music; the effect of his time with Lester Bowie; and how thinking beginning brass was a shop class led to his life ...
Bruce Barth's Suite Live
Pianist Bruce Barth has long been one of my favorite musicians. He's worked with a slew of great musicians, from James Moody to Branford Marsalis, Phil Woods to Andy Statman (his work on Statman's The Hidden Light is simply gorgeous.) In the early 1990's, Barth toured and recorded with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and his time with ...
The State of the Trombone 2009: Steve Davis and Luis Bonilla
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz offers ample opportunity to hear diametrically opposed ideas and approaches coming from similar ensembles (and sometimes the same ensemble, as with saxophonist John Coltrane). Consider, on one side, the middle-of-the-road, mainstream, standards jazz made early on by trumpeter Miles Davis and the free jazz of saxophonist Ornette Coleman. The trombone has had players in both ...
Latin Jazz Trombonist Luis Bonilla at South Orange Performing Arts Center
South Orange Peforming Arts Center (SOPAC) Welcomes Luis Bonilla, Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz. Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, $15, $8 Contact SOPAC 973.313.ARTS Jazz 'n the Hall Presented by Seton Hall Arts Council, Grammy-winning Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader, Luis Bonilla, explodes the usual musical structures of both ...
Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now!
by J Hunter
The cover art for I Talking Now gives a visual demonstration of how trombonist Luis Bonilla's father took control of conversations at the family dinner table. When things got a little too animated for him, Bonilla's dad would bark out his signature admonishment, “You Chuttup! I talking now!" Both Doctors Phil and Spock would probably take ...
New CD Release from Luis Bonilla "I Talking Now"
The trombonist Luis Bonilla hears jazz as playful, rough, cathartic, chaotic, tender, swinging, funky and inherently, demonstrably Latin. At any point in I Talking Now! his quintet usually satisfies at least three of those descriptions at once. Mr. Bonilla, who wrote all the music here and plays in strong percussive blasts and fully articulated bebop phrases, ...
Trombonist/Composer Luis Bonilla Releases New CD Titled “I Talking Now!”
Trombonist/Composer Luis Bonilla releases new CD titled I Talking Now! on NJCO/Planet Arts Recordings Luis Bonilla calls his new album I Talking Now!, but that title neglects to mention that when Bonilla really wants to speak his mind, he only needs to put his lips to the mouthpiece of his trombone. One of the most prolific ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2009: Days 1-3, June 25-27, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 John Stetch TV Trio / Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy / Roberta Gambarini Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio / Jimmy Cobb's So What Band; S.M.V. The Botos Brother / Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue / Al GreenTD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ...
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy: Spirit Moves
by Martin Longley
Dave Douglas' combo, Brass Ecstasy, follows the spirit-trail of Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, at once looking way back to the old New Orleans street traditions then picking up moves from the Rebirth and Dirty Dozen Brass Bands. Douglas is joined by Luis Bonilla (trombone), Vincent Chancey (French horn) and Marcus Rojas (tuba) with Nasheet Waits manning ...
