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Kind of Purple: Jazz Musicians On Prince
by Kurt Gottschalk
"Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a pianist? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking."--Miles Davis The tops of the pop charts isn't where we often expect to find genius. Brilliant performers sometimes, expert attention grabbers maybe more often, but it's not ...
Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio Announces 2016 Spring Tour
"A rising star of the Spanish guitar form."—Boston Globe Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio will launch a tour of 17 U.S. cities that includes the East and West Coasts and points in between such as Austin, Minneapolis, Madison, and Chicago. The group creates a unique world music experience, fusing traditional Spanish flamenco with elements of jazz, ...
Trumpetology: This Is Trumpetology
by Jack Bowers
Southern California-based Trumpetology is an octet comprised of five sure-handed trumpeters and rhythm. For comparison's sake, think SuperSax for trumpets. Even though leader / arranger Walter Simonsen doesn't transcribe solos by well-known horn players to unsettle his mates, several of his charts demand the same kind of snug digital dexterity employed by SuperSax, and the group ...
ECM Records Releases Jack DeJohnette's "In Movement"
Jack DeJohnette (drums, piano, electronic percussion) Ravi Coltrane (tenor, soprano and sopranino saxophones ) Matthew Garrison (electric bass, electronics) “A trio of compatible ideals. Featuring Ravi Coltrane on saxophones and Matt Garrison on electric bass, it’s both earthy and elastic, capable of sneaking in and out of song form, disinclined to rush toward resolution.” –Nate Chinen, ...
Roberto Cecchetto e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Roberto Cecchetto: È quello di lasciarsi semplicemente ascoltare. Non amo definire la mia musica da un punto di vista stilistico ma se dovessi farlo la metterei sicuramente in una galassia jazz. AAJI: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me.
Miles Davis: Musings of Miles
Admittedly, I'm a Miles Davis purist when it comes to his mid-1950s recordings. This means I'm not especially big on Davis in crowds. I find his sessions with vibes, trombones and saxophones unnecessarily choked and distracting from the essential beauty and lyricism of his horn. I even feel that John Coltrane's tenor saxophone is often overwrought ...
The Virtues of Jazz
by Douglas Groothuis
Any jazz aficionado knows the musical virtues of jazz, whether they are a musician, a jazz writer, or simply a committed jazz listener. In classical Western thought (that is, in the musings of cats like as Aristotle and Plato), a virtue is a kind of excellence in performance that flows from a settled habit. One who ...
Miles Davis: 1951-54
After Miles Davis's bebop years with Charlie Parker (1945-1949) and his cool dalliances with his nonet (1948-1950), the trumpeter began leading small potent hard-bop bands. His recordings made between 1951 and '54 are particularly exciting for listeners eager to explore his development prior to 1955, when he signed with Columbia Records. During this 10-inch LP era, ...
Swingin' In The Rain: Portland Jazz Festival 2016
by Chuck Koton
Sonny Fortune and Azar Lawrence Jimmy Mak'sPDX Jazz FestivalPortland, OR February 18-19, 2016 Any American burg that aspires to “great city" status has got to have a solid jazz scene. Sorry, but hipster hat shops, artisanal juiceries, and $6 coffee from beans grown on sustainable farms in Africa and Latin ...
Miles Davis: Milan, 1964
On Oct. 11, 1964, the Miles Davis Quintet was in Milan performing at the Teatro Dell'Arte. The quintet at that time consisted of Davis (tp), Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b) and Tony Williams (d). The last full song they played was Victor Feldman's Joshua, which Feldman had written for Miles Davis's Seven ...
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