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Article: Journey into Jazz

Stretch, BAM and the Future of Jazz

by John Beaty
December 22, 2011

A few months ago Felix Pastorius, Chris Ward, Zaccai Curtis and I started something called The Stretch Movement. We started quietly amongst our friends and launched our website, mymomthinksimgreat.com on November 2, 2011. Why quietly? I was worried; it was the uneasiness of being the first to do something. In our mission statement we were acknowledging ...

News: Opinion

On Why Jazz Isn't Cool Anymore...

December 4, 2011

By Nicholas Payton Jazz died in 1959. There maybe cool individuals who say they play Jazz, but ain't shit cool about Jazz as a whole. Jazz died when cool stopped being hip. Jazz was a limited idea to begin with. Jazz is a label that was forced upon the musicians. The musicians should've never accepted that ...

News: Event

Duane Eubanks at Society Hill Playhouse on Nov. 17th

November 9, 2011

Appearing at the new Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concerts series Jazz at the Playhouse at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia on November 17th will be trumpeter Duane Eubanks and his band . One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914. Parking is right across the street. ...

News: Interview

Something Else! Interview: Jazz Trumpeter Nicholas Payton

October 29, 2011

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton may have begun his journey as part of the traditionalists in the early-1990s Young Lions movement, but he couldn't have emerged any further afield. In fact, Payton's upcoming R&B-infused project Bitches is only just now seeing the light of day, in a completely remixed format, after being rejected last fall by the stalwart ...

News: Radio

Ellington's 3-minute Masterpieces This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

October 27, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and special guest Dick Hyman present a program of jewel-like short jazz pieces from the Duke Ellington repertoire. Broadway actor Vernel Bagneris brings to life scenes from Ellington's legendary life in first-person accounts. Other guests include New Orleans singer Topsy Chapman, trumpeters Nicholas Payton and Clark ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Traditional New Orleans Jazz, Conversations with the Men Who Make the Music

by Thomas W. Jacobsen
October 24, 2011

This article, adapted by the author, appears in Chapter 5 of Traditional New Orleans Jazz, Conversations with the Men Who Make the Music by Thomas W. Jacobsen (LSU Press, 2011). Irvin Mayfield: Boy Wonder Sometimes people live long enough to fulfill the promise of their youth, and sometimes they don't. ...

News: Education

Anatomy of a Unique Jazz Camp

October 14, 2011

Last July I had the distinct pleasure of traveling down to New Orleans on a JazzTimes assignment for their annual jazz education issue (published October 2011). The occasion was the Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, held typically the first 3 weeks of July on the campus of Loyola University. For those not familiar with the ...

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Article: Interview

Miguel Zenon: Jazz Sherpa

by Lawrence Peryer
October 10, 2011

At the dawn of the second decade of his career, saxophonist Miguel Zenón has established himself as one of the most sophisticated and stylish players of the new millennium. In a very short time, Zenón has made his mark as a composer, band leader, educator, and jazz advocate. He has performed and recorded with scores of ...

Article: Big Band Report

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's Off To Jazz We Go . . .

by Jack Bowers
October 9, 2011

Just west of Albuquerque, across the Rio Grande River, lies the picturesque village of Corrales (population around 7,500). Among its residents (and natural resources) is world-renowned jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew. With a musician of his caliber within arm's reach, it would have been imprudent not to call upon him to take part in the village's Music ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Nicholas Payton

September 26, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Nicholas Payton's birthday today! Since 1994 when Nicholas Payton made his recording debut as a leader with From This Moment, the trumpeter has been lauded as a significant, top-tier voice in jazz. Even though he started out as a “young lion of jazz,” heralded as one of the new-generation guardians of ...