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Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank
by Nic Jones
With the dubious benefit of hindsight, it could be argued that Frank Zappa's music could--and on the basis of this release can still be--defined by what it's not. Zappa was both astute and knowing enough to realize that both progressive and jazz rock could easily become stylistic straitjackets. His music was reflective of this knowledge as ...
Ed Palermo: We're Only In It For The Music
by Ian Patterson
It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa's tunes? For what other reason would someone dedicate himself for over 15 years to presenting his arrangements of Zappa's music in the setting of a 17-piece jazz big band, and at a loss to boot? Yes, ...
Goodbye Mr. Evans
Featuring the music of Phil Woods
Duration: 8:14
Cota Festival Orchestra Featuring Sax Legend Phil Woods to Perform on November 12th
East Stroudsburg, PA--Imagine a place where youngsters learn to play jazz at the feet of world-class professionals; a camp where kids have fun with other kids while developing mentoring relationships with nurturing jazz elders. Now, add a library where these budding musicians can immerse themselves in recordings, photographs, books, videos, sheet music and oral history interviews ...
Benny Reid: Escaping Shadows
by Woodrow Wilkins
To listen to Benny Reid's music is to hear a strong Pat Metheny influence. That's not a bad thing, but it is something the 28-year-old aims to move away from with Escaping Shadows, his second release as a leader. Reid graduated from the music program at Indiana University. In addition to Metheny, his influences ...
Phil Woods: The Children Suite
by AAJ Italy Staff
Winnie the Pooh e il bebop? Certo non è proprio un rapporto palese e intuitivo, ma il mondo anglofono ha un legame con le poesie per bambini di A.A. Milne ben diverso dal nostro, una realtà che apre possibilità espressive interessanti anche nel jazz. Phil Woods ha sempre amato i cicli poetici di Milne, tanto da ...
Deck the Halls with Big Band Carols
by Jack Bowers
With the holiday season on track and hastening toward us like a runaway locomotive, it's time once again to hunker down and prepare for the annual onslaught of “Rudolph," “Frosty the Snowman," “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," “Sleigh Ride," “Silver Bells," chestnuts roasting on an open fire and everyone's perennial favorite, “White Christmas." Not to ...
Baritone Saxophonist Gary Smulyan Interviewed at AAJ
A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists. AAJ Contributor Edward Bride spoke with Smulyan recently, and the saxophonist provides insight into his unique sound ...
Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High
by Edward Bride
A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists. To be fair, Smulyan has his own voice, but he cites Charlie Parker ...
Mark Colby: Reflections
by Jack Bowers
Reflections, the eighth CD as leader or co-leader by one of the Chicago area's most undervalued treasures, tenor saxophonist Mark Colby, is a tribute, he writes, to “the things that shaped and moved me when I was just a kid," as well as to friends, family and artists who nourished his growth and served as a ...
