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Joe Pass: Virtuoso
by C. Michael Bailey
Joe Pass was born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Pass was born into a blue-collar non-musical family and began to play the guitar when he was 9. The guitarist's father, a steel mill worker, realized early that his son was musically talented and encouraged him to listen to all music ...
David Murray: Circles Live in Cracow & We Is
by Kurt Gottschalk
In the years since his exile to Paris, David Murray has positioned himself as a champion of jazz history and music of the African diaspora, a sort of Wynton Marsalis of the avant-garde. His projects - from arranging John Coltrane and Duke Ellington to working with musicians from Cuba and Guadaloupe - have been professional and ...
Vinny Golia: Birdology & On The Cusp Of Fire And Water
by Clifford Allen
Reedman Vinny Golia is to the Los Angeles new music scene today what clarinetist John Carter was in the 30 years following Ornette's West Coast debut. Golia was co-conspirator in one of the most invigorating and versatile reeds-bass-percussion trios on the modern music map, with bassist Roberto Miguel Miranda and California “Sun Percussionist"? Alex Cline. He ...
George Cables: Looking for the Light & Portal
by Andrew Rowan
George Cables is a personal pianist. His harmonic sense, as well as the way he touches the keyboard, the way he comps and the way he phrases, raises him above the pack of competent yet generic players. In his own words, impressed by Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, but influenced by John Coltrane and Miles Davis, ...
Alleluia, Handel!
by C. Michael Bailey
George Frideric Handel (1685-1721) was born in Halle, Saxony to Georg and Dorothea Handel on February 23rd. He was christened the next day at Marktkirche , St Mark's Church in Halle. Saxon by birth, cosmopolitan by reputation and appeal, Handel stood the musical world on its ear during his career, prompting one critic to say,
Jay Leonhart & John Sheridan: Trios
by Brian P. Lonergan
Jay Leonhart Trio Cool Sons of Sound 2004 In the liner notes to his new trio album, Cool , bassist Jay Leonhart writes, “I'm afraid 'Cool' isn't nearly as laid back as the title might imply," and he's right. Rather than the style of jazz, the name refers to the ...
East Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra & Wesley College
by Jack Bowers
Each year, high school and college jazz ensembles from overseas perform during the IAJE conference, and this year's 32nd annual event in Long Beach, California, was no exception. Often, these groups bring CDs, sometimes professionally produced, others no more than demos that give some indication of their overall level of proficiency, as is the case with ...
New Orleans: Then and Now
by Joel Roberts
The Putumayo catalog generally focuses on the rather amorphous genre of world music, with titles like Brazilian Groove, Women of Africa and Greece: A Musical Odyssey. Two new Putumayo collections, however, cover somewhat less exotic, though no less musically fertile territory: New Orleans. The first disc is devoted to Kermit Ruffins, the trumpeter, ...
More Great Music From Clean Feed
by Mark Corroto
The Clean Feed record label is as eclectic a label as it is an authentic jazz voice. Based in Lisbon Portugal, yes you heard me Lisbon, Clean Feed presents American, European, and world jazz voices separately and, many times, in collaboration. Below is a taste of their latest offerings. Bernardo Sassetti Indigo ...
Dueling Clarinets: Goodman and Shaw Centennial Collections
by David Rickert
In the Swing Era people were either Goodman fans or Shaw fans. Continuing with their excellent Centennial Collections, Bluebird presents a sampling of each artists' work along with a DVD of material that present the artist in a different light. Benny Goodman The Centennial Collection 2004 Back in the thirties, ...
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