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Pointing Fingers... And Naming Names

by Jack Bowers
As the countdown continues toward the last Big Band Report in June, the time has come to point fingers and name names--in other words, to compile a short list of contemporary jazz musicians who have risen above the norm to help make life more pleasurable for one devoted listener. These are, mind you, personal choices, and ...
Ray Brown's Great Big Band / NYJO / Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
Ray Brown's Great Big BandKayakBrown Cats Productions2010 Sixteen years have passed since Ray Brown's Great Big Band (love that name!) recorded Impressions of Point Lobos, one of the stellar albums of 1994. Brown has ended that prolonged hiatus with Kayak, which should brighten many a listener's catalog ...
British Jazz
by Graham L. Flanagan
Stan TraceySenior MomentReSteamed2009 Stan TraceyThe Later WorksReSteamed2010 Various ArtistsThe Flamingo Connection: Great British Modern JazzEmber-Future Noise2009 The United Kingdom's recent political crisis ...
Claire Martin: A Modern Art

by Bruce Lindsay
Is jazz still a modern art? It's a hundred years old, after all, and some performers and fans seem to ignore everything written after 1940. But as far as the work of Claire Martin is concerned the question has only one answer. Apart from being one of the finest singers on the current scene, Martin is ...