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Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait Of A Legend
by Edward Blanco
Woody HermanBlue Flame--Portrait Of A LegandJazzed Media 2012Born on May 16, 1913, Woodrow Charles “Woody" Herman is the subject of this feature-length documentary, produced by Jazzed Media's Graham Carter in association with Al Julian's The Woody Herman Society in recognition of the clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, bandleader and American ...
Phil Woods: Right To Swing
by Edward Blanco
Alto saxophonist great Phil Woods and trumpeter/educator Dr. Bob Lark have a long history of recording together producing notable outings like Live at the Jazz Showcase (Jazzed Media, 2009) and In Her Eyes (Jazzed Media, 2006)--both with The Bob Lark / Phil Woods Quintet. The saxophonist association with Lark and the DePaul University bands has also ...
Meet Edward Blanco
by AAJ Staff
I currently live in: Miami, FL. I joined All About Jazz in: 2005 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? The desire to participate in some small way, in helping to promote and become a part of the jazz music I love. AAJ is the top jazz resource on ...
Tierney Sutton Trio: Half Moon Bay, California, February 27, 2013
by Bill Leikam
Tierney Sutton TrioDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaFebruary 23, 2013On that late afternoon at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, February 27, 2013, Tierney Sutton brought with her pianist and keyboardist Mitchel Forman, and guitarist and bassist Kevin Axt to put on an exhilarating concert for a full house. The afternoon ...
Lakeland Jazz Festival 2013: Kirtland, Ohio, February 22-24
by Matt Marshall
41st Annual Lakeland Jazz FestivalKirtland, OhioFebruary 22-24, 2013 Scanning the list of guest artists who have appeared at the Lakeland Jazz Festival since its inception in 1973 reveals a history of acts with connections to the Northeast Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/Western New York area, with an internationally recognized name--Clark Terry, Donald Byrd, Kenny ...
Grace Kelly: Grace Kelly: Live at Scullers
by Larry Taylor
Grace Kelly is indeed a prodigy on alto sax, having made her first recording at 12. Two years ago, at 18, her sixth album was released The Man with the Hat (Pazz Productions), a collaboration with the renowned Phil Woods on alto. That CD turned up the spotlight on her genius, bringing her increased ...
Buddy Rich: In a Zone of His Own
by Jack Bowers
One of the channels that came with my Dish Network package is Classic Arts Showcase, which is a treasure trove of film clips documenting classical, ballet, folk, pop and other forms of music that one is unlikely to see anywhere else (although some footage is presumably available on YouTube, which more and more seems to encompass ...
Madeline Eastman + Randy Porter: A Quiet Thing
by Dan Bilawsky
When Bay Area vocalist Madeline Eastman released Bare: A Collection Of Ballads (Mad-Kat, 2001), it was a bit of a departure from her previous recorded work. By that point, she was a decade into a critically acclaimed recording career and she had established herself as an adventurous, risk-taking, creative artist with albums like Point Of Departure ...
MIT Jazz Program Celebrates 50 Years With A Corea Premiere
MIT Music and Theater Arts is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its jazz program. From the 1920s up until 1963, student-led jazz groups and student-produced concerts abounded on the MIT Campus. Over the years, the jazz groups included the MIT Dance Orchestra, the MIT Techtonians, and the MIT Jazz Society. On campus performances were presented by ...
A "Sweet Sweet" Valentine From Grace Kelly
Crossover single from the jazz prodigy bodes to be her first mainstream hit Gainesville, FL: After wowing the straight-ahead jazz world and garnering worldwide acclaim, 20-year-old wunderkind Grace Kelly has set her sights upon winning hearts in the mainstream with an infectious crossover confection that will be delivered on Valentine’s Day. Putting the saxophone aside to ...
