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Racism in Jazz: Writing and Reporting
by Nick Catalano
For obvious reasons, writing about racism is a painful experience. Jazz is a complex art form and I have always felt that the primary responsibilities of a critic/writer are to educate the public by reporting on performances, recordings and artists, to promulgate an objective critical response to the musical evolution and to guard against the errors, ...
Rosa Passos: Brazilian Guitarist, Composer, Vocalist
by Nick Catalano
It has been forty years since the extraordinary samba jazz of Brazil was first introduced to mass audiences in the United States. Great composer/instrumentalists like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, and Milton Nascimento have given way to another generation of spectacular talents like Ivan Lins, Dori Caymmi, Ary Barroso and Elis Regina. Leading American performers from ...
A Harpist and a Harpy
by Nick Catalano
A few years ago, amid the reams of jazz press releases and publicity blurbs that I receive each month, I noticed a piece about South American Roberto Perera who was recording a group which featured his own playing of the Paraguyan harp. Immediately, I sought to discern the principal differences between this instrument and the traditional ...
Jazz Elder Statesmen
by Nick Catalano
This month we’re listening to recordings made by two jazzers who’ve been at it since the 1940’s. Everyone knows that jazz recordings account for less than 2% of the American market and anyone who can keep selling CD’s these days must be special. Dave Brubeck is eighty-two. His post-war recordings identified an era in jazz. The ...
Jazz in Florida, Part II
by Nick Catalano
One of the interesting tour challenges for small jazz groups involves creating increased musical dimensions for some of the large concert halls around the country. Often, headliners will invest in charts of their music that have been arranged for big bands and even symphony orchestras. Boca Raton’s Florida Atlantic University auditorium boasts a seating capacity of ...
Jazz in Florida
by Nick Catalano
On occasion my “New York Beat” column reaches outside Gotham to inspect jazz activities in various places. Last year, while in Paris, I wrote a two-part series on the music scene in the City of Light. Presently, I’m in Florida doing radio interviews and working on another jazz book. I’ve made dozen of such trips here ...
Blue Note 21st Anniversary
by Nick Catalano
The 21st Anniversary of The Blue Note – arguably the best known jazz club anywhere (there are sister clubs in Japan and Las Vegas and a new one on Milano) was celebrated last month and the usual all-star lineup provided a gala jazz evening. Indeed it seems only yesterday the club hosted a similar party during ...
