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Take Five With Willerm Delisfort
by AAJ Staff
Meet Willerm Delisfort:Pianist and composer Willerm Delisfort is a messenger of life using music as his tool. His career extends the continuum of musical styles that ranges from jazz, gospel, R&B and many more. Because of this, Willerm's versatility has created a high demand for him with prominent jazz, rap, soul, and fusion artists ...
Abram Wilson: Life Paintings
by Chris May
Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas but brought up in New Orleans, where he studied at the Center for Creative Artists--alma mater of fellow trumpeters Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Nicholas Payton--Abram Wilson relocated to London in 2002. In 2003 he signed to Dune Records, the recording and management home for a number of significant, London-based, black ...
Jon Irabagon: The Observer
by Troy Collins
Best known as the volatile saxophonist in bassist Moppa Elliott's self proclaimed terrorist be-bop band Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Jon Irabagon has only just begun his career as a solo artist. His bristling duet with drummer Mike Pride, I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues (Loyal Label, 2009) was preceded by Outright! (Innova, 2008), ...
The Freddie Hubbard Tribute Band at the Indianapolis Jazz Festival
by AAJ Staff
The Freddie Hubbard Tribute BandIndianapolis Jazz FestivalIndianapolis, IndianaSept 25, 2009When losing a trumpeter of such sterling agility, originality and influence as Freddie Hubbard, it's only natural to pay tribute to his passing. So it was at the Madame Walker Theater in Indianapolis on September 25th under the direction of jazz educator ...
Dan Tepfer, Cole Porter Fellow 2009, Added to IndyJazzFest
The Indy Jazz Festival, presented by Marsh, in Indianapolis announces that current Cole Porter Fellow, Dan Tepfer, has been added to the lineup of this prestigious festival presented yearly. Dan will appear in the opening music spot all week. This year the festival, which runs 9/19 - 9/27, presents legendary musicians such as The Joshua Redman ...
"Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead" Performance at the Hollywood Bowl
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Josh Groban and other celebrities were in attendance for the recent “Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead" performance at the Hollywood Bowl, which featured Miles Evans (son of Gil Evans) as both Musical Director and soloist, along with jazz heavy weights Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Jimmy Cobb (soloist), Christian McBride (soloist), Peter Erskine ...
Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 1
by Nick Catalano
Part 1 | Part 2 A host of visionary producers in Seattle have produced an extraordinary TV documentary on the state of contemporary jazz art and artists. Dubbed Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense, the four-part program features a virtual who's who of young jazz performers talking about their creative struggles and ...
Guitarist Mike Moreno Interviewed at AAJ
A native of Houston Texas, Mike Moreno has been making waves. The guitarist first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been able to perform with some of the biggest names in jazz, including the Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Lizz Wright, Nicholas Payton, Greg Osby and Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at ...
Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music
by Matthew Warnock
A native of Houston Texas, guitarist Mike Moreno has been making waves. After graduating from the famed Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Moreno received a scholarship to study jazz at the New School in New York. Moreno first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been ...
Strippers and Be-Boppers in Postwar New Orleans Jazz
by Charles Suhor
The article below was adapted by the author, a native Orleanian, from Jazz in New Orleans: the Postwar Years Through 1970 (Scarecrow Press/Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, 2001). New Orleans was a hotbed of jazz activity in many styles during the years after World War II, but it has been largely unrecognized by critics ...
