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Race and Jazz Criticism
by Greg Thomas
When I began this Race and Jazz series several months ago, I knew the topics I wanted to touch upon, and the general culture vs. race point-of-view I intended to pursue. With those chord changes (topics) and that melodic perspective (pro-culture, anti-race) in mind and at play, I figured I'd proceed with the rest by ear. ...
7th Annual Pittsfield City Jazz Festival Taking Place October 7-20 in Western Massachusetts
Grace Kelly, Phil Woods, Armen Donelian, Greg Caputo, and the BerkshiresJazz Youth Ensemble are among the performers at the 7th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, October 7-20, 2011. The festival gets under way on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 7-9 with Jazz About Town, when several restaurants and lounges in downtown Pittsfield offer a variety of instrumental and ...
Jazz Radio Returns a Second Time! Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back!
'Reeds & Deeds II' is returning for a second full year on WECB! The jazz radio program that made a big splash on the internet airwaves is back with more exclusive content, brand new tracks and exciting interviews. Lydia Liebman's radio program ran from September to May last year on Emerson College's internet radio station, WECB. ...
Tickets now on sale for Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, Oct. 7-20 Concerts Featuring Grace Kelly, Phil Woods, Armen Donelian
Free events include annual jazz crawl, new jazz prodigy series PITTSFIELD, Mass.—BerkshiresJazz.org today announced that Grace Kelly, Phil Woods, Armen Donelian, Greg Caputo, and the BerkshiresJazz Youth Ensemble will be among the performers at the 2011 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, October 7-20. Now in its seventh year, the festival comprises some two dozen concerts and events throughout ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Natixis Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6, 2011 On a hazy Saturday that started hot and grew more humid, violin and accordion walked a melody as Regina Carter's Reverse Thread opened the main stage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. Will Holshouser's accordion puffed sounds inspired by zydeco ...
Bill Goodwin One Year Anniversary at Deer Head Inn on August 25th
JAZZ ROAD WARRIOR AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PHIL WOODS QUARTET, BILL GOODWIN, CELEBRATES ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LEADING JAM SESSIONS AT THE DEER HEAD INN. With a career that spans over 50 years, Bill Goodwin has played every major jazz festival and hundreds of venues in the United States and abroad. This jazz road warrior ...
Blues For Lopes
Album: Phil & Bill
By Phil Woods
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 0
Duration: 5:57
Ryan Truesdell: The Gil Evans Project
by Victor L. Schermer
Imagine the commotion when previously unknown manuscripts of Beethoven or Bach were discovered. In the jazz world, the equivalent of such an event might occur with regard to the music of innovators like Duke Ellington or Gil Evans. Indeed, that is exactly what composer-arranger-conductor-producer Ryan Truesdell has uncovered with Evans' music. He researched and found a ...
Recent Listening: Woods and Mays
Phil Woods, Bill Mays, Phil & Bill (Palmetto). A couple of years ago, Mays succeeded Bill Charlap as the pianist in Woods' quintet. He had melded nicely with the alto saxophonist in casual playing encounters over the years. Regular exposure to one another in the working band deepened their empathy, as this collection of nine duets ...
Toots Thielemans Honored at San Sebastian Jazz Festival
Since 1994, the San Sebastian Jazz Festival (now Heineken Jazzaldia) has honored an outstanding musician or impresario for his or her contribution to jazz. This year, Toots Thielemans joins previous award winners: Doc Cheatham (1994), Phil Woods (1995), Hank Jones (1996), Steve Lacy (1997), Chick Corea (1998), Max Roach and Clark Terry (1999), Kenny Barron (2000), ...
