Results for "Mingus"

484

Article: Live Review

Into the Fire: Winter Jazzfest 2010

by Gordon Marshall
January 15, 2010

Winter Jazzfest New York, New York January 8-9, 2010 Fast-forward 30 years from the days in the late 1970s and early '80s when the world-weary wisdom that jazz wasn't a living force anymore was whispered to us--maybe you are getting out of jail, maybe waking from a cryogenic sleep. Before this happened, ...

1,147

Article: Live Review

Buenos Aires Jazz Festival 2009: Growing Into a Tradition

by R.J. DeLuke
January 14, 2010

Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival '09, Part 1 December 3-8, 2009In the land of the tango, Argentina--specifically the stylish city of Buenos Aires--there is a movement afoot to bring great jazz to the land, expand the audience for the music, and increase public exposure for the growing number of outstanding jazz musicians in ...

490

Article: Album Review

Anthony Braxton: Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978

Read "Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
December 26, 2009

The 1970s were an exceedingly fertile time period for composer Anthony Braxton, whose considerable output was primarily documented by Arista Records, including his Creative Orchestra Music, which encapsulated the entire history of jazz--from Scott Joplin to Albert Ayler. One of these albums, the seminal Creative Orchestra Music 1976, was recently reissued as part of Mosaic Records' ...

342

Article: Album Review

Dave Douglas: A Single Sky

Read "A Single Sky" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 30, 2009

On his first big band recording, award winning trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Greenleaf Music label founder Dave Douglas is joined by the Frankfurt Radio Bigband, conducted by composer/arranger Jim McNeely, with whom Douglas studied in the mid-1980s. Presenting a previously unheard facet of Douglas' artistry, A Single Sky features new compositions written expressly for big band, ...

404

Article: Album Review

Warren Smith: Old News Borrowed Blues

Read "Old News Borrowed Blues" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
July 8, 2009

A record by Warren Smith--any record really--is cause for great celebration and Old News Borrowed Blues is no exception. Smith is not only one of the most stylish master percussionists and a truly accomplished musician. Why a musician of his caliber and standing, with over 300 compositions to his name, should have--after four decades in music--only ...

101

News: Performance / Tour

Mingus Big Band Tonight Tuesday, January 22nd at the Iridium Jazz Club Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM

January 22, 2008

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM This Tuesday, January 22, 2008 MINGUS BIG BAND The Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of the composer and bassist, Charles Mingus, who died in 1979. Under ...

Album