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Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists
Impulse!/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) recently introduced the second batch of its 2-On-1 series. Each CD features two classic albums from some of Impulse! Records' legendary jazz and blues artists. Included in this first batch are releases from Alice Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Howard Roberts, John Handy, Keith Jarrett, Marion ...
Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves
by Jack Bowers
Bob Brookmeyer, a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15, 2011, four days before his eighty-second birthday, will be remembered as many things: composer, arranger, musician, educator, outspoken arbiter who brooked no nonsense and wasn't shy about letting others know when he believed they were not giving the music he loved the best they ...
Songs for COTA
By Phil Woods
Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing:
01. Candy; 02. These Foolish Things; 03. Django's Castle; 04. Goodbye; 05. Nobody Else But Me; 06. Every Time We Say Goodbye; 07. I Wish I Knew; 08. My Foolish Heart;
09. You've Changed; 10. Keep It Simple.
Woods & Mays
By Phil Woods
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: All This And Heaven Too; Blues For Lopes; Danielle; Do I Love You?; Hank Jones; I'm All Smiles; How Long Has This Been Going On?; The Best Thing For You Would Be Me; Our Waltz.
Jazz Education Pioneer Clem DeRosa Dies, At Age 86
A drummer, leader, composer, educator, and author, DeRosa was co-founder of the International Association for Jazz Education Clem DeRosa, a major figure in jazz performance and education, died peacefully in his sleep, December 20. Succumbing after a long struggle with cancer, he was surrounded by family at his home near Denton, Texas, where he had moved ...
Francesco Cafiso: Moody'n
by Nicholas F. Mondello
"Youth will be served." That is a saying appropriately describing the meteoric rise to success that Sicilian alto saxophonist Francesco Cafiso has achieved since he turned “professional" at nine years old. With Moody 'n, Cafiso plunges deeply into the BeBop canon performing a handful of classics and, in doing so demonstrates both the bravado of a ...
Jazz Sax Stars Grace Kelly and Phil Woods Perform in Rockport on December 11
Star jazz saxophonists Grace Kelly and Phil Woods are performing together in concert for two shows at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $39-$49 and can purchased online or by calling 978 546-7391. Kelly is an 18 year old rising jazz star ...
Hal Galper Trio: Trip the Light Fantastic
by Dan McClenaghan
About eighty percent of the jazz piano players out there can fit into one of two schools: that of the introspective, harmonically rich Bill Evans mode; or the more percussive and gregarious Bud Powell bebop approach. There's also a small slice of the that pie that draws it primary inspiration from bright and splashy Art Tatum/Oscar ...
Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's Off To Jazz We Go . . .
by Jack Bowers
Just west of Albuquerque, across the Rio Grande River, lies the picturesque village of Corrales (population around 7,500). Among its residents (and natural resources) is world-renowned jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew. With a musician of his caliber within arm's reach, it would have been imprudent not to call upon him to take part in the village's Music ...
