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Retrieval Records: Treasures Lost and Found
by Nathan Holaway
“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago."-- Louis Armstrong “You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was ...
Jazz Oracle: Portal to Antiquity
by Nathan Holaway
“Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been."--George Eliot The world will never be able to hear exactly how Beethoven or Bach played their instruments, but it can hear how artists such as clarinetist Wilbur Sweatman and clarinetist and ...
The Future of Jazz
by Nathan Holaway
I believe it was Thelonious Monk that was once asked: “Where do you see jazz going from here?" and his response was telling: “Wherever we take it!" With that being said, I thought it would be a scintillating idea to report on some current jazz artists whom many have said are “paving the way towards the ...
Volition & Vocalese
by Nathan Holaway
For those that do not understand what “vocalese jazz is, it is when a jazz vocalist takes a jazz composition or an important jazz solo from the vast jazz repertoire, and they write words to perform to it. Vocalese jazz is truly an underrated art form. It requires real thought and attention. Granted, it's not for ...
Jazz Saxo-Flautists
by Nathan Holaway
Saxophonists in jazz are about as common as guitarists in rock. Some, on the other hand, possess a very different quality. They are accomplished jazz flautists as well. Despite Will Ferrell's efforts to poke fun at jazz flautists in the movies, it really is a serious commitment by any saxophonist to handle the chops and technique ...
The Tzadik Factor
by Nathan Holaway
A record company was born in NYC in 1995 that was the start of something extremely special for all kinds of music: Tzadik. Started by John Zorn, the label is gaining ground and seems uninterested in looking back to see who or what music is left behind to choke on its dust. The label's motto, posted ...
Euro Jazz Innovators
by Nathan Holaway
We are in one of the most conservative musical times in the history of jazz, at least in the US, where most of this wonderful, genius music was created. With the return of Dexter Gordon from Europe and arrival of Wynton Marsalis, jazz was ushered into its first real Neo-Classic Era. Now multitudes of Jazz Orchestras, ...
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