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Animation: Asiento
by C. Michael Bailey
Jam bands Phish and Gov't Mule have been making a cottage industry of covering a famous LP for their respective Halloween concerts (the bands' “costumes," so to speak). In 2010, we were treated to Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus (Warner Brothers, 1978) and The Who's Who's Next (MCA, 1975), respectively. It is not ...
Jazz vs Racism
by Greg Thomas
Jazz saved me from becoming a racist. Back in the early to mid-1980s, while attending Hamilton College in central New York, I learned details about the transatlantic slave trade that sickened and angered me. I read about the history of the abolitionist movement in the 1800s, and the civil rights movements of last ...
Phil Woods – Jesse Green: Songs for COTA
by AAJ Italy Staff
Registrato lo scorso 26 maggio, questo album vede l'ormai quasi ottuagenario sassofonista del Massachussets duettare col pianista (di quarant'anni esatti più giovane) Jesse Green in ambito COTA (Celebration of the Arts), organismo/evento fondato anni fa in Pennsylvania dallo stesso Woods. Il materiale comprende tutti standard, tranne il conclusivo (e molto ampio: oltre sedici minuti, e ben ...
Let's Give Thanks for the DVD
by Jack Bowers
As there isn't much to report--well, nothing, actually--about big bands this month, I'll use the space to say a few words in praise of the DVD. Yes, I know there aren't a whole lot of jazz DVDs on the market, especially big band videos, but there are a few, and I'm grateful for every one of ...
Speak Jazz Presents the Dave Sterner Quintet, "Sidetracked"
Introducing The Dave Sterner Quintets Speak Jazz Debut CD Sidetrack, featuring ten original compositions that showcase talented writing and stellar playing. The collection includes a variety of styles, from straight ahead jazz to funky groove tunes. Sidetracked lets you hear a fabulous improviser, band leader and composer, surrounded by imaginative veterans, in a setting they all ...
Grace Kelly / Phil Woods: Man With the Hat
by Larry Taylor
Jazz veteran Phil Woods carries the alto sax torch from Charlie Parker, following in the footsteps of Art Pepper, Cannonball Adderley and Lee Konitz. Now he bestows the honor on 18-year-old altoist/vocalist Grace Kelly, its light shining on Man With A Hat. Woods, 80, with over a half-century of playing, first met Kelly ...
Daniel Humair in the Lions' Dens
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Drummer Paul Motian is well-known for his “melodic" percussion, in which he skits and dodges arrhythmically, letting the guitars and saxophones mark the pulse of the composition. But for all the praise breathlessly--and deservedly--heaped upon Motian for this approach, the number of drummers who follow his example somewhere on this side of the free-jazz frontier, is ...
Jazz Radio Returns: Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back for a second season!
REEDS & DEEDS II RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON ON WECB After an outstanding debut, Lydia Liebman's “Reeds & Deeds II" is returning for a second season on January 23rd, 2011. “Reeds & Deeds II" is broadcast on WECB Online Radio from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Bringing jazz beyond the college campus, Liebman's weekly Sunday ...
Paris Jazz Diary 2010
by Patricia Myers
Travelers who stay in Paris for more than three days without hearing live jazz will miss a vital element of Parisian life. Jazz is as easily available as French wine and crusty baguettes, with performances seven nights a week throughout the City of Light. It's been this way since jazz first entered Paris in the 1920s, ...
Tops in '10: The Best Big Band Albums of the Year
by Jack Bowers
The holiday season is upon us, which means it's a perfect time to name my choices for the best big band albums of 2010. Looking back, this was a better year for large ensembles than memory envisaged, and narrowing the list of candidates to 10 wasn't as easy as I thought it might be. Nevertheless, the ...
