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Article: Interview

A Young Person's Guide to the Jazz Bastard Podcast

by Patrick Burnette
June 11, 2019

Dr. Michael Caldwell, a lecturer in humanities at San Diego State University, and Dr. Patrick Burnette, a lawyer's helper in central Indiana, or, as they are known on their podcast, “Mike and Pat," have been discussing jazz in public since December 5, 2012, when episode one of the Jazz Bastard Podcast went live. Since ...

Article: Catching Up With

Keith Fiala: From Maynard to the Maestro

by Nicholas F. Mondello
June 7, 2019

Keith Fiala, trumpeter, composer, producer, author, educator/clinician, video production guru, and currently personal assistant to 10-time Grammy winner, Arturo Sandoval. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa and later Austin, Texas, Fiala who also spent time starring on Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau Band, took a few moments from his busy schedule to chat. All About ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Dave Weckl: The Cymbal of Excellence

by Jim Worsley
May 15, 2019

Attention to details and impeccable standards coupled with a desirous curiosity and a wealth of talent have served Dave Weckl well. The savvy and astute musician has meticulously traversed the jazz and fusion world over the past few decades. Weckl is on a very short list when the topic of drumming icons is broached. Perhaps best ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Arturo Sandoval: Two Counties, Two Lives, One Trumpet de Oro

by Jim Worsley
May 13, 2019

Arturo Sandoval is widely considered the world's premier living trumpet player. You will get no argument from me. After a tumultuous life in Cuba, he and his family successfully sought political asylum in the United States. His story is well documented in For Love or Country (HBO, 2000). Andy Garcia portrays Sandoval in this movie that ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Peter Erskine: Up Front, In Time, and On Call, Part 1

by Jim Worsley
February 22, 2019

Part 1 | Part 2Peter Erskine is affable, engaging, and humorous. He, of course, is also one of the finest drummers of his generation. He has left his mark on the jazz and fusion world for nearly fifty years now. An icon, whose name is mentioned with the greats of all time, Erskine continues ...

News: Video / DVD

Perfect Album: Newport Message

January 24, 2019

Over three days in May 1958, Maynard Ferguson's band was in New York to record an album for Roulette. The result was A Message From Newport, one of the most powerful big band albums ever recorded. That July, the Ferguson band performed at Freebody Park in Newport, R.I., at the Newport Jazz Festival. The band played ...

Album

Memories of Maynard

By Maynard Ferguson

Label: Sleepy Night Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Chameleon; Primal Scream; Pagliacci; Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky"); Theme from Star Trek; Maria; Scherherazade; Over the Rainbow; Theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture;" Om Sai Ram; Hollywood; Portuguese Love; Shanti Mantra.

Article: Album Review

Dale Head and the MindWinder Orchestra: Swing On The Rocks

Read "Swing On The Rocks" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 21, 2018

No matter how ambitious the concept or scrupulous the plan, a musical enterprise can be no better than its material. For Swing on the Rocks, vocalist / trumpeter Dale Head's idea was to embed and amplify fourteen classic rock songs within the powerful framework of an eighteen-piece orchestra--an idea that no doubt looked awesome on paper. ...

Article: Album Review

Vinyl Hampdin: Red

by Nick Catalano
December 17, 2018

In the last half century popular American music has been dominated by groups comprised principally of electronic rhythm instruments, amplified lead guitars, augmented bass guitars, multi-unit percussion kits, and elaborate keyboard setups, which have borne the musical load alongside various vocal soloists and ensembles. Occasionally, we might hear an eight-bar solo from a tenor saxophonist, rarely ...

Article: Album Review

Thomas Marriott: Romance Language

Read "Romance Language" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 7, 2018

Trumpeter Thomas Marriott moved back to Seattle after the requisite New York stint, where he worked with Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau band, the Chico O'Farrill Orchestra, and vibraphonist Joe Locke. Back on west coast home ground, he connected with the Seattle-based Origin Records, where he released ten top-notch albums as a leader, including Individuation (2005), ...