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Art Blakey - Il tamburo e l'estasi
by Angelo Leonardi
Art Blakey--Il tamburo e l'estasi Vincenzo Martorella 190 pagine ISBN: # 978-8862319461 Arcana 2017 Euro 16,50 Torna in libreria un volume indispensabile per seguire il percorso artistico di Art Blakey grande protagonista del jazz moderno tanto nel ruolo di batterista che in quello di bandleader e talent scout. ...
Pittsburgh Jazz: A Brief History
by Steve Rowland
This article was first published at the Explore PA History website. At first glance, Pittsburgh might not seem the most likely place to produce great jazz musicians. Situated on the western edge of the state, “Smoketown" was a gritty industrial city, better known for being the center of the nation's steel industry, than for ...
Yoko Miwa Trio: Pathways
by Jerome Wilson
Yoko Miwa is a pianist operating in the Boston area whose stylistic reach touches on funky gospel, bluesy bebop and dramatic pomp. She and her long time trio jump out nicely from the first track, the surging gospel rhythms of Marc Johnson's “Log O'Rhythm," drummer Scott Goulding providing a solid shuffle foundation to Miwa's pounding. They ...
Maryland Events Highlight Women Jazz Artists: Concerts And Panel Discussion Celebrate Women's History Month
From its earliest days, women have played key roles in jazz. Vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday are legendary singers who exhibited a high level of musicianship. They mastered the technique of their instrument (the voice), learned their music thoroughly and were skilled improvisers like any other band member. Many more talented women have ...
Meet Luis Torregrosa
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Dr. Luis Torregrosa has been a Super Fan for as long as he can remember; you could even say his love of music is no less than a calling. Based in Trenton, MI (our first Super Fan outside of New York!), Luis has spent the last 45 years of his life not only enjoying the music ...
Eli Yamin: Message From Saturn
by James Nadal
The Jazz Drama Program was founded in 2003, in New York City, by pianist and composer Eli Yamin, and educator Clifford Carlson, to stimulate youth by offering diverse and imaginative jazz, theater, and dance programs with active participation of those enrolled. Message From Saturn takes its title from a famous Sun Ra comment: “I just got ...
SFJAZZ Unveils Jim Marshall Photography Installation in San Francisco Unified School District Building Windows Across Street From SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco
Photographs will be exhibited from September 8, 2016 to May 2017 SFJAZZ announces the unveiling of a new photography installation from legendary photographer and longtime San Francisco resident Jim Marshall in the windows of the vacant San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) building across the street from the SFJAZZ Center on Franklin Street at Fell Street ...
Meet Don Shire
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Don Shire's club-hopping habit started in Pittsburgh, but his introduction to the capital of jazz was a 1971 Freddie Hubbard gig at New York jazz institution, the Village Vanguard. And he's still going strong 45 years later. One concert particularly stands out. “When it was over, the people just looked at each other. The feeling was, ...
Danish Radio Big Band: A Good Time Was Had By All
by Jack Bowers
To mark its fiftieth anniversary in 2014, the Danish Radio Big Band produced a wide-ranging six-CD set encompassing highlights from the years 1964-2014 while spotlighting a number of well-known guest artists from the U.S. and elsewhere. The band is heard in studio and in concert, at home and abroad, and is sometimes referred to as the ...
Lou Caputo Not So Big Band: Uh Oh!
by Jack Bowers
Uh Oh! is the third recording by multi-instrumentalist Lou Caputo's Not So Big Band, which has been performing in New York City for more than a decade. The band's name epitomizes its relatively spare front line: two trumpets, three saxophones, trombone and tuba. There is, on the other hand, nothing spare about the band's ability to ...
