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Brendan Lanighan Octet: A Little Optimism
by Jack Bowers
A Little Optimism, trombonist Brendan Lanighan believes, can often go a long way. That is the essential message of the Lanighan Octet's debut recording, a pleasurable pastiche of original compositions by the Buffalo, NY-born trombonist plus a pair of enduring standards that share a springtime theme and the name Richard Rodgers as composer. ...
Philadelphia Jazz
by Victor L. Schermer
Philadelphia Jazz Suzanne Cloud and Diane Turner 127 pages ISBN 978-1-4671-0784-6 Images of America Arcadia Publishing 2022 Philadelphia longs to be known as a jazz town, a city distinguished by its major contribution to the jazz legacy. There is a good ...
Jazz with Esbjorn Svensson, Damian Erskine, John Scofield and Steve Khan
by Len Davis
A jazzy start to the program this week with music from the late Esbjorn Svensson, Damian Erskine, the late Michael Brecker, John Scofield, Yellowjackets and Steve Khan. Playlist Esbjorn Svensson “Dodge The Dodo" from Esbjorn Svensson Trio (ACT Music) 00:00 Damian Erskine “Within Sight" from Within Sight (Nontek) 09:51 Michael Brecker “Night Jessamine" from ...
Vince Mendoza/Metropole Orkest: Olympians
by Jack Bowers
Eight-time Grammy-winning composer/arranger Vince Mendoza, born and raised in Norwalk, CT, has enjoyed great success overseas--in Europe, to be more precise--since releasing an album with Germany's WDR Big Band in 1994. The following year, Mendoza began collaborating with the Dutch Metropole Orkest and in 1998 was named its principal guest conductor. Olympians is Mendoza's third recording ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Brecker
All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Brecker's birthday today! Michael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical option, Brecker began studying clarinet, then ...
Steps Ahead, Michael Brecker Band -Live, Mike Stern, Yellow Jackets
by Len Davis
From Finland guitarist Ossi Maristo, Steps Ahead, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Yellow Jackets. Power trio Jing Chi, Elemental, Drift Lab and some Japanese fusion from Resonance Vox and Akira Jimbo.Playlist Ossi Maristo “Maldivian Multiball" from Arc (Eclipse Music) 00:00 Steps Ahead “Cajun" from Magnetic (Elektra) 05:34 Michael Brecker “Gossip" from Michael Brecker Band-Live (Jazz ...
A Life In Music
by Wulf Muller
The following is an excerpt from the Chapter “1996," from Wulf Müllers illustrated chronicle A Life In Music (Amazon Direct Publishing, 2022) Dee Dee Bridgewater performed three sold out nights at the glamorous and legendary Paris venue L'Olympia, with new signing to Verve France, singer Jeffery Smith, opening for her. Dee Dee's show ...
Hal Galper Quintet: Live at the Berlin Philharmonic 1977
by Paul Rauch
Sullivan County, New York, is a long way from the grind of the jazz scene in New York City. For iconic pianist Hal Galper, it has been home for some forty five years. The area has long drawn artists attracted to its rural lifestyle, and quick access to the city. For Galper, his move represented a ...
Blue Note Tokyo: Still Holds Praise From Jazz Musicians & Fans Alike
by Doug Hall
Opened in 1988, the Blue Note Tokyo nightclub has a long-established history of providing top-tier jazz performances and holds a special place in the veins of many renown jazz artists. Over several decades, the A-list of jazz performances include Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Tony Bennett, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe ...
ECM Records Touchstones: Part 2
by Dan McClenaghan
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 This second edition of “ECM Touchstones" explores more of the label's early recordings, repackaged and offered up as a way to present music that had perhaps slipped through time's cracks, into the hard-to-find category. Of these, four were re-released in 2019, one in 2008--32 to 43 ...
