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Julia Dollison and Kerry Marsh: Raising Their Voices
by R.J. DeLuke
It's nice when people of similar interest and ambitions come together. Nicer still, when those things form the basis of a personal relationship; a partnership that results in the ultimate collaboration--marriage. For Julia Dollison and Kerry Marsh--singers who are also heavily involved in education, heightened by their successful operation of the jazz vocal program at California ...
VV.AA.: Jazz for Amnesty International 2010
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quando un CD ha come obiettivo la sensibilizzazione sul problema dei diritti umani e diventa uno strumento di sostegno, seppur infinitesimale, ad una giusta causa, l'aspetto artistico passa decisamente in secondo piano. Ben vengano iniziative come questo Jazz for Amnesty International 2010, reso possibile grazie all'impegno e all'abnegazione dell'Associazione Culturale Fo(u)r e dell'omonima etichetta indipendente associata. ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Mark Murphy
All About Jazz is celebrating Mark Murphy's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Mark MurphyMark Murphy is one of the world\'s greatest -- and hippest -- jazz vocalists performing today. His coterie of fans includes tap dancer Gregory Hines... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...
Mark Berman ("Sex and the City") Returns to NYC's "Top of the Rock" February 24
Mark Berman, jazz piano star notable for his hot montuno piano playing on HBO's “Sex and the City" theme song, as well as for his live playing with such stars as Aretha Franklin, Mark Murphy, and Wycliffe Gordon, to name but a few, brings his jazz trio to the 67th Floor Weather Room at the Top ...
Ian Shaw: From Free Jazz to Noel Coward
by Bruce Lindsay
Ian Shaw is a jazz singer. This simple description is accurate--it's how Shaw refers to himself--but it falls well short of doing the man justice. Ian Shaw is one of the most distinctive, original and creative jazz singers on the scene: he is a talented pianist and songwriter with a knack for working with top-quality musicians, ...
Take Five With Dan Barnett
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dan Barnett:Dan has worked and recorded with some of the greats in Australian and world music such as James Morrison, Will Calhoun, Tom Burlinson, Barbara Morrison, Mark Murphy, Bob Barnard, Dan Barrett, Tom Baker, Bob Montgomery, George Washingmachine, Emma Pask, Judy Carmichael, Janet Seidel, Don Burrows, George Golla, Evan Christopher, David Paquette, Judy ...
Big Awards Day in Gotham
by Dan Morgenstern
It's been a while since we last met in my Den, so I thought I'd share a very special summer doubleheader with you.June 16 was a big jazz day in New York. It began in mid-afternoon at the Jazz Standard, with the 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. Arriving not long after starting ...
Mark Murphy to be Celebrated at October 20 Concert, Yoshi's Oakland
As one of the most original and gifted male jazz vocalists to perform over the last 50 years, six-time Grammy Award nominee Mark Murphy has inspired generations of up-and-coming jazz singers. On Tuesday, October 20, at 8:00 pm, an eclectic coterie of renowned vocalists who “grew up” under the wing of Murphy’s mentorship will come together ...
Mark Murphy: Inside the Mystery
by Suzanne Lorge
Beyond its stylistic differentiators, jazz contains what vocalist Mark Murphy calls “a wonderful mystery," a mystery that was fostered in small, regional clubs around the US during the '30s-40s, when Murphy was developing the distinctive vocal style that launched his decades-long career. “I've seen this mysterious quality of jazz set rooms on fire," Murphy ...
Boris Savoldelli / Elliott Sharp: Protoplasmic
by John Kelman
In the realm of free improvisation and even more structured pursuits, the limits of the human voice are being tested and expanded more than ever before by artists including Norwegians Sidsel Endresen and her groundbreaking One (Sofa, 2007), and Maja Ratkje with her equally innovative River Mouth Echoes (Tzadik, 2008). Italian singer Boris Savoldelli may have ...
