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Gary Husband's Drive: Hotwired
by John Kelman
Gary Husband's Drive Hotwired Abstract Logix 2009 Keeping one foot in the jazz tradition and the other on a path to where the music not just can go, but must go is a dicey challenge, even for the most forward-thinking. In many respects, it's the musicians who have spread themselves well ...
Daring to Take a Chisel to Two Monuments of Jazz
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and John Coltrane's Giant Steps may be the most fetishized jazz records in the last 50 years, and this year they both turn exactly 50. The saxophonists, George Garzone, Ted Nash, Sherman Irby and Walter Blanding Jr. Backing them, bassist Ivan Taylor, and the drummers Rodney Green and Jimmy Cobb. A ...
Blue Note at 70
by Joel Roberts
No label in jazz can match the history and legacy of Blue Note Records. Since its founding in New York in 1939 by German emigre Alfred Lion, Blue Note has been associated with an amazing assortment of jazz luminaries including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, ...
Don't Call Me A Jazz Musician: Gary Bartz on Miles Davis
Bret Primack, the Jazz Video Guy, has just posted “Don't Call Me A Jazz Musician" featuring Gary Bartz discussing his tenure with Miles Davis. The episode also includes some rare video of the 1971 incarnation of the Miles Davis band that includes Mr. Bartz, Keith Jarrett and Grammy winner Jack DeJohnette. “Trying to answer the age-old ...
Miles Davis: Miles Ahead (+19)
My posts last week on Helen Merrill got me thinking about Miles Davis. Like all great jazz musicians, Miles was a fascinating adapter of other artists' playing styles, moods and techniques. His choice of songs, his phrasing and his attack were a synthesis of his own genius and what he enjoyed and thought he could improve ...
The Blue and the Great Miles Davis
Fifty years ago, Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue. If you own one jazz album, this is probably the one. At 2:30 on March 2, 1959, the 32-year-old trumpet player and bandleader Miles Davis took six sidemen into a New York City studio, where they spent the afternoon and early evening recording three songs. On April ...
Randy Brecker Quintet Honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" at the Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Randy BreckerPerelman TheaterThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 7, 2009 Around the time that Miles Davis was recording the iconic album Kind of Blue in 1959, a kid from Philadelphia named Randy Brecker was learning to play trumpet, and not long after that, he entered the firmament ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Records and Terence Blanchard Win Grammy
Monterey Jazz Festival Records Wins Grammy Terence Blanchards Win For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo From Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival Is Historic First For Label February 10, 2009 - The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that Terence Blanchard, the Festivals 2007 Artist-In-Residence, has won his fourth Grammy, winning Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ...
Jon Hassell 2009 Tour
by Mark Corroto
Jon Hassell The Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH February 5, 2009 Jon Hassell and his band Maarifa Street entered the stage of The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio a few minutes before their scheduled 8pm start. The house lights were still up, and the ...
Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz
= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...
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