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All Hail the Jazz Prodigy
Oy. Why do jazz writers love prodigies so? Can this be a deeply-seated musical inferiority complex rearing its ugly head? We stole one from the classical boyos"? You see! Our music is so great that even the prodigies dig it!"Shoot. If ever a genre did not have to prove that the genius of its ...
Manhattan Jazz
J. D. ALLEN QUARTET (Tuesday through Thursday) The tenor saxophonist J. D. Allen with Gregg August on bass, Rudy Royston on drums, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, and a more aggressive drummer, Rodney Green. (Through July 4.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard 178 Seventh ...
Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Performs at New York City's Jazz Standard, July 7, 2010
Jazz Standard Performance is Finale of 10-Day Tri-C to NYC North American Tour Tour Includes Shows in Cleveland, and at the Toronto and Montreal Jazz Festivals 21 High School Musicians from California, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Comprise MJF's Renowned National Big Band Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to ...
Moja Radio/Weekly Features ( June 28 - July 4, 2010)
This Monday, June 28th, we'll present another Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on the great bassist, composer, Grammy-winner and MOJA Master, STANLEY CLARKE. You'll hear of his career beginnings growing up in Philadelphia, his work with the seminal fusion supergroup Return To ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Elmo Hope
All About Jazz is celebrating Elmo Hope's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Elmo HopeThis profile was inspired by an exceptional article here on All About Jazz by Derek Taylor called “St. Elmo’s Fire” where he focuses and expands on Elmo Hope’s music and recordings. St... more
Paul Slaughter Jazz Photographs: 1969 - 2010
Paul Slaughter / Jazz Photographs 1969-2010, with a Foreword by the renowned jazz musician Charles Lloyd, is now published. Go to blurb.com to take a sneak preview of the book. Order a copy if you are so inclined. The hard cover book with dust jacket is 12x12 inches (larger than the preview), 80 pages, with 81 ...
Dave Pell with Med Flory Band Play the Backroom at Henri's
DAVE PELL - MED FLORY BAND SUNDAY, JULY 11 SHOWS 8 PM & 10 PM Dave Pell tenor Med Flory alto Frank Capp drums Richard Simon bass Frank Strazerri piano Featuring young tenor star Chloe Feoranzo Henri's Back Room 21601 ...
Honoring Heroes of Jazz, with Words, Silence and Improvisation
Jazz has a long tradition of heroism, both in practice and reception, in the acts of musicians and how they are understood. For the last few generations, hard-core jazz audiences have spent a lot of time worrying that the academic might be riding up on the intuitive, and that the sense of heroism might be slipping ...
Fred Anderson, Saxophonist and Club Owner, Dies at 81
Fred Anderson, a tenor saxophonist who tied the bebop innovations of Charlie Parker to the explorations of later avant-garde musicians and who owned the Velvet Lounge, a South Side Chicago club known for fostering the careers of emerging players, died on Thursday. He was 81. The Associated Press and The Chicago Tribune reported that Mr. Anderson's ...
Chicago Live Jazz Music (June 25-July 2, 2010) Schedule
Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates June 25th thru July 2nd, 2010...(image: drummer Isaac Redd Holt-of Ramsey Lewis Trio fame, with JAZZzology Editor Rick Watters and Joe Hurt Trio bassist Ken Haebich at the East Bank Club's restaurant Maxwell's at the Club gig in June of ...

