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Wolfgang Schalk: Word of Ear
by Mark F. Turner
As if to quietly utter “enough with talking about the music...," guitarist Wolfgang Schalk gets to the heart of the matter with Word of Ear and lets his playing speak loud and clear. This is his sixth recording as a leader and he continues to reveal expressive phrasing and piercing solos on hollow body electric and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Pat Martino
All About Jazz is celebrating Pat Martino's birthday today! When the anesthesia wore off, Pat Martino looked up hazily at his parents and his doctors and tried to piece together any memory of his life. One of the greatest guitarists in jazz. Martino had suffered a severe brain aneurysm and underwent surgery after being told that ...
Trudy Pitts: Extraordinary Pianist & Master of the Hammond B-3
by Pheralyn Dove
[The following is an excerpt from Pheralyn Dove's forthcoming memoir, No Time for Tears: A Book of True Life Stories, and the chapter titled “Today I Cried."]The Student Meets the MasterTalking to keyboardist Trudy Pitts is like going on an adventure. It's the type of escapade where wanderlust, laughter and discovery are ...
Jakob Bro: Searching for Beauty Through Sound
by Jakob Baekgaard
Beauty is perhaps one of the most common words used in association with music, but it is also one of the vaguest terms in musical criticism, and it rarely says something substantial about the work that is described. And yet, despite its intangible character, it would be almost impossible to characterize Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's music ...
Former All About Jazz Contributor Martin Gladu Publishes Biographical Essay On Calvin Lampley
Pianist Teddy Wilson’s concert appearances with Benny Goodman in 1935 and Quincy Jones’ employment as a corporate executive at a major label in 1964 appear to be foremost references in the popular music literature on the integration of African Americans. Yet the pioneering accomplishments of lesser known figures are often neglected in favour of the more ...
The Grammy Awards: To Be or Not To Be?
by Dom Minasi
I very rarely watch award shows. I feel like the entertainment industry is constantly patting one another on the back. I don't understand the need to have so many of the same types of award shows. Artisans seem to have an irresistible need to be consistently told how wonderful they are and so very often. Why ...
Vangthanousone Bouaphanh: Lao Jazznova
by Ian Patterson
Cradling his Epiphone Emperor Regent as he stands against the backdrop of a Buddhist temple, guitarist Vangthanousone Bouaphanh cuts a dashing figure. Vangthanousone comes from the “Land of a Million Elephants," better known these days as Laos--a small, Buddhist/animist country sandwiched between Vietnam, China, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. Vangthanousone may look like a star, but he's ...
Bobby Broom: Building a Legacy
by R.J. DeLuke
Guitarist Bobby Broom had a feel for music at a very young age. He was exposed first to clarinet and violin as a child, but they didn't have an impact on him. Eventually, an old guitar came through the household. It had four strings across an instrument with a small neck.“I didn't know it ...
The Alex Goodman Quintet: Bridges
by Glenn Astarita
Canadian guitarist Alex Goodman builds bridges between mainstream and modern jazz. On Bridges, the artist shuns convention while merging disparate forces into a harmonious union. Unlike similar ventures that wind up in the dreaded oil and water milieu, Goodman produces an au naturel feel.A superb technician, Goodman fuses difficult time signatures into bop and ...
Pat Martino Quartet Featuring Eric Alexander @ Chris' Jazz Cafe On April 13 & 14, 2012
Pat Martino & His Organ Quartet featuring saxophonist, Eric Alexander, will perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 13 and 14, 2012. Martino whose recent CD on HighNote, Undeniable, also features Alexanber. One of the most original of the jazz-based guitarists to emerge in the '60s, Philadelphia's own Pat Martino has been recognized as one of ...
