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Jazz in China: Part 1
by Nick Catalano
Some of us are lucky enough to receive interesting travel assignments and hopscotch thither and yond visiting exciting places, sampling exotic foods and exploring strange realities. I've been one of those fortunate folks who, because of my many careers, get to go abroad quite often. And when I'm away I naturally investigate what's happening in Jazz ...
Brazil, Brazil
by Nick Catalano
For many decades now the music of modern Brazil has flowed to our shores bringing rhythmic richness and exotic sounds. It seems like yesterday that Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd and Astrud Gilberto introduced Americans to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (and the lyrics of Gene Lees) but that happened almost 40 years ago. Many thought ...
Summer Festivals 2004
by Nick Catalano
Last week, as a guest on a talk show, I addressed the importance of understanding and appreciating the international scope that jazz has attained. It is fair to say that much of the best in jazz composition, recording and performance comes into the music from foreign shores and the dismissal of these contributions as “impure” is ...
Spring CD Sampler
by Nick Catalano
Each month it seems to get worse... The piles of new CD’s on my shelf grow bigger and bigger and, each month it becomes more and more impossible to make a dent in the pile for even cursory listening not to mention writing reviews. I hesitate to complain because jazz fans everywhere keep reminding me how ...
Small Labels, Big Talent and Dedicated Producers
by Nick Catalano
Mark Feldman is a practicing physician in Kingston N.Y. but several times a month he trots down to recording studios in Gotham to don his other hat- Jazz CD producer. For many years Dr. Feldman and his gifted wife Kayla have painstakingly chosen talent, hired engineers, analyzed master recordings marketed product and in many other capacities ...
A Texan, A Painter and a Dropout
by Nick Catalano
Since its opening a few years back, Feinstein’s has paraded the best known pop singers in the business into its posh surroundings and charged its patrons a hefty penny to rub elbows with the likes of Rosemary Clooney, John Pizzerelli, Michael Feinstein, Keely Smith, Jim Webb, etc. Recently, the producers have veered away from the household ...
Highlights in Jazz
by Nick Catalano
A while back at “Highlights in Jazz" the longest running jazz subscription series in Gotham, producer Jack Kleinsinger presented composer/musician/writer David Amram. At seventy, Amram is still producing, composing and playing marvelous musics that run the gamut from classical to folk to chamber to jazz and beyond that. A truly astounding eclectic, Amram has “hung out" ...
February Cornucopia
by Nick Catalano
It may be cold in the Big Apple but a great deal of steaming Jazz activity is on tap as the concert scene is in full bloom, the club scene is teeming with delicious music and important CD releases are pouring out. From February 19 to the 21st, Jazz at Lincoln Center will celebrate the music ...
Jazz in the New Year
by Nick Catalano
One of the most enduring and pleasant series that Gotham has enjoyed in recent years is Walker’s “Sundays with Peter Leitch and special guests.” Walker’s is one of the city’s ancient pubs down in Tribeca (16 N. Moore at Varick) and has a special atmosphere that can cheer you up and feed you well of a ...
Holiday Jazz in Gotham
by Nick Catalano
It’s that time of year again and The Apple will be serving up generous portions of interesting music for the hordes of tourists who choose to combine serious listening with their busy shopping and sightseeing schedules. For the ever increasing numbers of jazz fans who e-mail inquiries to this column I have included a sampling of ...
