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Ronnie Scott's and the London Scene
by Nick Catalano
Historically, the London jazz scene has played an important part in the growth of the music and its appreciation although most of that importance has to do with English performers and writers and less with jazz venues. For decades, when you went to London, you thought of only one club--Ronnie Scott's. And even though there are ...
Jaap van de Klomp: The Dutch Master of Jazz
by Nick Catalano
JazzLives Jaap van de Klomp Hardcover; 223 pages ISBN: 9789022993538 A.W. Bruna Publishing 2008Perhaps the greatest irony in jazz music is that it so often more appreciated by listeners outside of America--its country of origin. Countless times in this column and other writings, I ...
John Pizzarelli and The Hot Club Of Detroit
by Nick Catalano
As he continues his prolific recording career John Pizzarelli faces greater challenges in searching for material that can result in successful, fresh performances. He has covered most of the legends of the American Songbook and, in his latest session for Telarc, he examines the music of Richard Rodgers. This composer's music has, of course, been gleaned ...
Aaron Parks' Invisible Cinema
by Nick Catalano
Some ten years ago when I was speaking at the annual Clifford Brown Festival in Wilmington Delaware, I ran across a remarkable family. The “Parkses" (a family of four represented at the festival by mother & son) were there, excited by the prospect that young Aaron, age 14 or so, and his young compatriots (winners of ...
Minton's Playhouse Redux
by Nick Catalano
Rarely in art history can a major revolution be exactly pinpointed in time and place. But few will dispute that the premier revolution in jazz history occurred on the bandstands of Minton's Playhouse (210 West 118th St.) and Monroe's Uptown House (198 West 134th St. & 52nd St. from 1943) during the days of World War ...
Jazz In Brooklyn
by Nick Catalano
There used to be a sign at the exit of the Verrazano Bridge that read “Welcome to Brooklyn--The fourth largest city in America." Actually, if each borough in Gotham were a standalone city, Brooklyn, with the present population of 2.5 million would now be the third largest city in the country. Most visitors to New York ...
The Florida Jazz Doctor: South Florida Jazz 2008
by Nick Catalano
A few weeks ago I traveled to Florida to set up radio-TV appearances and signings for my latest book New York Nights. While there I had the opportunity to attend a performance in the South Florida Jazz series--an outgrowth of older area societies such as Gold Coast Jazz. The present series utilizes the Miniaci Performing Arts ...
David Finck: Music Spoken Here
by Nick Catalano
In my 20 years of music journalism I have covered many genres: opera, cabaret, jazz, pop, chamber music, symphonic concerts and recitals. Never in my outings have I encountered a musician who has greater generic scope than bassist extraordinaire David Finck. He is totally at home in every setting imaginable. He has been coveted by every ...
Jazz and The New York Times
by Nick Catalano
As most readers know, some of the great newspapers in America have undergone serious corporate challenges in the past few years. The family ownership of the L.A. Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal has always been recognized as the principal reason for the high standard of journalism that such papers have. New bottom-line ...
Jazz: The State of the Art - A New York Perspective. Part 1
by Nick Catalano
A much heralded new book has arrived in the last mail drop of 2007. Its title Modernism: The Lure of Heresy From Baudelaire To Beckett And Beyond is a good indication of the scope which writer Peter Gay (National Book Award winner and author of some twenty-five books; Professor Emeritus at Yale) has undertaken. He includes ...
