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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 10, 2010

May 18, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 2 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington (Telarc) 211 206 +5 2 47 1 10 2 2 24 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 194 273 -79 3 60 2 4 3 1 3 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Buddy Collette (Part 1)

May 18, 2010

Buddy Collette is famous for a bunch of things: The reed and woodwind player helped develop West Coast chamber jazz in the mid-1950s. He was one of first black musicians to work steadily in the Los Angeles studios and the first to perform on television. Buddy recorded playing upward of 10 instruments and appeared on more ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Swing Journal, Long-Standing Jazz Magazine, to be Suspended in June

May 18, 2010

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Swing Journal, a long-standing monthly magazine that has led the jazz culture of postwar Japan, is being suspended with its July edition that goes on sale on June 19, mainly due to dwindling advertisement revenues, its publisher said Monday. The magazine, first published in 1947, played a central role in expanding the musical ...

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News: Recording

Vocalist Gregory Porter's "Water" Now Available on Motema Music

May 18, 2010

With a voice that can caress or confront, embrace or exhort, Gregory Porter exhibits such an incredible degree of vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has gone on record to call him “a fantastic young singer," which makes the fact that Water (out now from Motema Music) is his recording debut ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music (May 14-May 21, 2010) Schedule

May 18, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates May 14th thru May 21st, 2010..Andy's Jazz Club11 East Hubbard St.Chicago, IL 60611312.642.6805ANDY'S WEEKENDSFRIDAY & SATURDAY HEADLINERS!$10 Admission until 8:30 pm; $15 Admission after 8:30 pmUpcoming performancesSundays - 5pm Jordan Baskin Trio / ...

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News: Obituary

Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, is Dead at 91

May 18, 2010

Hank Jones, whose self-effacing nature belied his stature as one of the most respected jazz pianists of the postwar era, died on Sunday in the Bronx. He was 91. His death, at Calvary Hospital Hospice, was announced by his longtime manager, Jean-Pierre Leduc. Mr. Jones lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and also had ...

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News: Obituary

Hank Jones, 1918-2010

May 18, 2010

The parade outward continues. Hank Jones died last night in a New York hospital following a brief illness. He was 91. For a thorough obituary, see this piece by Peter Keepnews in The New York Times. The last times I heard Mr. Jones, at the 2008 Lionel Hampton festival, his elegance, celebrated evenness of touch and ...

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News: Festival

Tanglewood Jazz Festival Holds Contest for Talented Musicians to Perform at This Year's Festival

May 18, 2010

Grace Kelly played the Jazz Cafe at TanglewoodTanglewood Jazz Festival - which presents some of the world's best jazz artists each year over Labor Day weekend, is hosting a video contest for four performance slots at this year's festival. The contest is open from May 6 through June 15. Contestants must submit a link to ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kai Winding

May 18, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Kai Winding's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Kai WindingKai Winding - trombone (1922 - 1983) Trombonist Kai Christen Winding (pronounced ki-win-ding) was one of the founding fathers of be-bop music and truly one of the finest-ever jazz trombonists... more Website ...

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News: Interview

Somethingelsetribute: Pianist Hank Jones

May 18, 2010

By Nick Deriso One of three jazz-legend siblings, Hank Jones was perhaps as unassuming as his brother Elvin (nine years younger, famously of the John Coltrane group) was the outsized extrovert. Feathery light, then concisely powerful at the piano, Hank concluded an intellectual, often overlooked eight-decade career on Sunday when he died at age ...