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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 ...
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. ...
