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Stefon Harris: Authenticity and Audacity
by R.J. DeLuke
Authenticity is a special word for vibraphone wizard Stefon Harris when it comes to his art, which springs from the tradition of jazz music, but is approached through a modern lens that takes into account the sounds and perspective of 2009. He has enough audacity--also a special word for Harris--to say it clearly, to ...
Mose Allison at Nighttown
by Matt Marshall
Nighttown Cleveland Heights, Ohio August 29, 2009 Mose Allison sings for survivors. He always has. He sings easy, buoyant blues in a lackadaisical style. His voice, while rubbed at the edges from more than 50 years on the road, is still crisp with vaudevillian nonchalance. He accompanies himself with confident, insistent ...
A Question of Time
by Alan Bryson
Imagine you were given the chance to go back in time and witness four musical events (one each from jazz, blues, classical, and rock history.) What would they be? That's an after-dinner topic friends might discuss by candlelight. If your inner-child has completely matured, perhaps you could approach it as a potential film: if you were ...
Amadou & Mariam: The Magic Couple
by Chris May
Amadou & Mariam The Magic Couple Wrasse Records 2009 For most people outside Mali, and maybe France, Amadou & Mariam came out of nowhere in 2005 with Dimanche a Bamako (Nonesuch). But the duo had released three other, Paris-recorded CDs before their Manu Chao-produced breakthrough, which were themselves ...
Ronnie Boykins: The Will Come, Is Now
by Jerry D'Souza
Ronnie Boykins is probably best known for being a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra. During that time, the Arkestra made some of its best recordings and Boykins was an integral part of the equation. He integrated his relationship with Sun Ra to gear the forward movement of the music. In his individual contributions on the ...
30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
by Matt Marshall
30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 23-May 3, 2009 Now in its 30th year, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has always prided itself as much on its educational offerings as its concerts. The festival's Web site touts it as “the largest educational jazz festival in the country." This emphasis on ...
Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
by Dan McClenaghan
Bob Dylan Together Through Life Columbia 2009 Let's put it out here right up front and not pussyfoot around: Together Through Life is one of the finest discs in singer/guitarist Bob Dylan's 40-plus album discography. It's up there with other benchmark Columbia releases like the groundbreaking Highway 61 ...
Billy Jones: The Urbanization of Delta Blues
by David King
It's a long way from the rich, fertile delta lands of North Little Rock, Ark., to the Netherlands, where Billy Jones records for Dutch blues label Black and Tan Records, but it was a route of which he never lost sight. Born into the segregated south, he was exposed to the driving beat of the blues ...
April 2009: From Sarah Vaughan to Little Richard
by Charlie B. Dahan
After a short hiatus, The Vault has reopened to review the latest in jazz and blues reissues, DVDs, books and other irresistible items. This month, we have books on the jazz age and Atlantic Records, CDs from Sarah Vaughan and Buddy Guy, and DVDs of Little Richard and Muddy Waters. Hazen Schumacher and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Muddy Waters
All About Jazz is celebrating Muddy Waters' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Muddy WatersEarly life Waters was born McKinley Morganfield in Issaquena County, Mississippi in 1913 (He later told people that he was born in 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi; the reason for this remains unknown)... more ...
