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Alexander Hawkins: Retaining The Sense of Discovery

by John Sharpe
One of the fastest-rising stars of the UK jazz scene, pianist Alexander Hawkins is remarkable in that he shines equally in both the further reaches of free improvisation and the creation of ingeniously crafted charts. Indeed, Hawkins' particular talent might be in bringing the two so close that it's hard to distinguish between them. At times ...
Catherine Russell: A Swing-Jazz Singer Emerges

By Daniel Kassell Catherine Russell Singers Over Manhattan The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City, NY March 30, 2012 At the start of singer Catherine Russell's Jazz at Lincoln Center performance, MC Todd Barkan (Dizzy's Jazz Club Manager), roused the crowd with, Thank you for ...
Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol. 1

by Skip Heller
Author's note: Michael Ricci has ordained me with the power to come to you once a month and throw a little information your way. A lot of great music falls through the cracks, often enough because the people who make it don't live comfortably in some nice categorical box. If you're someone who prefers music to ...
Catherine Russell at Jazz at Lincoln Center

New York native vocalist Catherine Russell, will be the final performance of the 2011-12 season Jazz at Lincoln Center's Singers Over Manhattan series in The Allen Room, March 30-31, 2012 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. Born of music royalty, her father, Luis Russell, was Louis Armstrong's long time musical director and her mother, Carline Ray, performed with ...
Catherine Russell, Dick Hyman This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Catherine Russell joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with frequent guest artist Dick Hyman on piano, at the historic Pearl Stable in San Antonio. They present a selection of songs from Catherine's recent CDs. Catherine talks about her beginnings as the daughter of a pioneering woman of jazz, to what she ...
The Luis Russell Story This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week, Riverwalk Jazz tells the story of Luis Russell, the renowned pianist, arranger, songwriter and bandleader who backed Louis Armstrong on his rise to stardom and helped pioneer the modern jazz rhythm section. To help pay tribute to his father's legacy, Russell's daughterthe magnificent vocalist Catherine Russell joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with Dick ...
Tribute to Red Allen This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to Henry 'Red' Allen, one of the last great trumpeters to come out of New Orleans in the 1920s. Joining the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand at The Landing in San Antonio are Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Clint Baker, New Orleans clarinetist Evan Christopher, New York clarinet legend Kenny ...
Bass Pioneer Pops Foster This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, New Orleans bass pioneer George “Pops" Foster tells his own story in rare archival interviews. Actor Vernel Bagneris portrays Pops in scenes from his autobiography. The show can be heard beginning today on public radio stations nationwide, distributed by Public Radio International; on Sirius/XM sattelite radio; and streamed on demand from ...
Retrieval Records: Treasures Lost and Found

by Nathan Holaway
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago."-- Louis Armstrong You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was ...
Danilo Pérez: la aventura del momento

by Joan A. Cararach
Al otro lado de la pantalla (gracias, Skype), aparece Danilo Pérez (Pueblo Nuevo, Monte Oscuro, 1965). Sonriente, comunicativo, afable, interrumpe de vez en cuando la conversación para ir presentando a las personas que pasan por su despacho en el Berklee College of Music. El pianista panameño acaba de regresar a los escenarios tras una lesión en ...