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Backgrounder: Count Basie's Have a Nice Day
Sammy Nestico arranged nine Count Basie studio albums, starting in 1969: Straight Ahead (1969) Standing Ovation (1969) Good Time Blues (1970) Have a Nice Day (1971) Bing 'n' Basie (1972) Basie Big Band (1975) Prime Time (1977) Warm Breeze (1981) 88 Basie Street (1983) One of his breeziest was Have a Nice Day (Daybreak). As with ...
Charles Mcpherson's Both Sides Now
It took two and a half-years, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic lull, but alto saxophonist Charles McPherson finally got back to Artis-Naples. He appeared with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra on Wednesday, November 9 in the quintet's All That Jazz series. His last visit to Naples was about 10 years ago. On this night, he treated ...
Backgrounder: Roberto Menescal - A Nova Bossa
Guitarist-composer Roberto Menescal is one of the bossa nova's pioneers. Though his songs were recorded by other artists years earlier, his first leadership album, A Nova Bossa, was released in 1964 and it was a stunner. The album featured Roberto Menescal (g), Henri Ackselrud (fl), Eumir Deodato (p), Ugo Marotta (vib), Sérgio Barrozo (b) and João ...
Doc: Dinah Washingon - Evil Gal Blues
Back in 2010, the BBC aired Evil Gal Blues, Jill Nichols's wonderful documentary on Dinah Washington. As we wait until TypePad's finishes revamping its functionality so I can resume posting with images, here's the film on the singer known as the “Queen of the Blues." At the end, catch a rare and exceptional video clip of ...
A Holiday Gift, Delivered 50 Years After Its Creation
A couple of months before his death on July 6, 1971, beloved jazz trumpeter and popular entertainer Louis Armstrong made what turned out to be his final recording. It's never been heard by the public until now Armstrong turned on the reel-to-reel tape recorded in his home in the Corona section of Queens NY recorded a ...
The Beatles: 'Revolver' Reissue
Revolver was recorded between April and June in 1966 and released that August 5th. I was 9 when Revolver came out but the album never wound up in my hands. I'm not sure why. The omission might have had to do with my gift-giving extended family's disapproval of an album named for a gun. Or maybe ...
Backgrounder: Milt Bucker's 'Block Chords Parade'
What are block chords? That's when a pianist (or guitarist) plays a melody with chords rather than individual notes. This is done with the top note of the chord playing the melody line with chord notes below creating the harmony. Block chords are often played on piano with a “locked hands" technique, when both hands play ...
Doc: Art Pepper - Notes From a Jazz Survivor
Loneliness on the road and the dread of performing live in the early 1950s drove Art Pepper to snort heroin. What followed was a lifelong addiction. As he said regarding his stage anxiety, “I'd get sick to my stomach, and the only way I could handle it was getting loaded." It's hard to believe when you ...
Jazzahead! 2023 - Register Now And Submit Your Showcase Application
The jazzahead! Trade Fair and Festival will take place from Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon, 27 to 30 April in Bremen, Germany. Register now and get the early-bird rate until 27 October! What to expect? Three full days of networking with artists, bookers, labels, agencies, festivals and clubs, and more Top-class jazz from Germany (the partner ...
The Unique 'Everlasting Cool' Mystique Of The Elusive Kathy Ingraham
As a session singer in New York City, millions have heard her voice on TV commercials and movie themes. She prefers singing behind the glass fortress of a recording studio, the happy place for this very private person. Getting her to talk about herself or credits and accomplishments in the past is nearly impossible. When asked, ...
