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Tommaso Cappellato: Spiritual Jazz, Club Culture, Harry Whitaker e molte cose ancora
by Angelo Leonardi
Batterista, produttore e compositore, Tommaso Cappellato è tra i pochi musicisti italiani in piena sintonia con le ultime tendenze del jazz, dove contenuti e spirito di questa musica si legano ad afrobeat, soul, hip-hop, house, elettronica e vari generi della Club Culture. Una scena musicale che ha il suo fulcro a Londra e pubblica le sue ...
Drummers As Leaders
by Jerome Wilson
Drummers are not necessarily the first musicians you think of as bandleaders but there is a long tradition of drummer-leaders in jazz from Chick Webb and Gene Krupa to Art Blakey and Paul Motian. Here are two current, lesser-known drummers who keep that lineage going in different formats. Enrique Haneine The Mind's Mural ...
The Politics of Dancing: Jazz and Protest, Part 2
by Karl Ackermann
Part 1 of Jazz and Protest took an in-depth look at two landmark artists and the songs that laid the groundwork for protest within the jazz community. Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit" took a circuitous route from its origins as a poem to its successful recording on a small label that was not afraid to lend a ...
As Dizzy's World Turns
by Michael Bourne
Master raconteur, award winning jazz broadcaster and Downbeat contributor, Michael Bourne recounts a series of remarkable stories about Dizzy Gillespie based on experiences that stretch over a couple of decades. Embodying Bobop I happened to be at home in jny: St. Louis when Dizzy Gillespie was playing at this new jazz joint ...
Flash Forward
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: So What; Sayonara Blues; In Walked Bud; Same Shame; Night In Tunisia; You Go To
My Head; You Stepped Out Of A Dream; Autumn Leaves.
Enter the "Michael Carvin Experience - Flash Forward" Giveaway!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Motema Music Michael Carvin Experience - Flash Forward giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 29th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Michael Carvin at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your ...
Michael Carvin Experience: Flash Forward
by Dan Bilawsky
In 2006, oft-unsung drummer Michael Carvin broke a decade-long silence as a leader on record, releasing one of the strongest dates of his career through Marsalis Music's Honor Series. Fast-forward eight years and you have Flash Forward, another quartet-based album that stands as a testament to Carvin's skills as drummer, bandleader, and musical catalyst.
Mickey Bass Manhattan Burn Unit
Legendary Bassist & Bandleader Mickey Bass is a Hard-bop veteran. As a “Jazz Messenger” he Recorded, Composed & Arranged for Art Blakey. Also worked as a Bassist with Billy Eckstine, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard and Sonny Rollins, to name but a few, and Gloria Lynne, for whom he also served as Musical Director. Recordings include stints ...
Ralph Peterson: Music Teaches You Life
by George Colligan
[Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I was recently in Athens, as part of my tour with Jack DeJohnette. Shortly after arriving, I'm sitting in my hotel room, and I get an unexpected call. Colligan!" Uh...yes?" And then I hear one of my obscure compositions, Reaction," being sung ...
Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2013 Schedule
Jazz Connect 2013 is free to all attendees. Register here. LOCATION: Hilton New York 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 54th St. New York, NY 10019 THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 9:00 am Workshops 1. Full Stream Ahead: Music Streaming Rights & Issues As music makes continues to make its bumpy transition ...