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Ella and Basie!
by Thomas Carroll
In July 1963, singer Ella Fitzgerald and pianist Count Basie's orchestra entered the studio for their first full-length recording session as a collective. They produced a gem for both veteran jazz fans and novices. The album features both artists in top swinging form and it is concise enough to serve as an introduction to those just ...
Take Five With Joseph Patrick Moore
by AAJ Staff
Meet Joseph Patrick Moore: For more than a decade Joseph Patrick Moore has been touring, recording, and establishing himself as an artist with a unique voice and a diversity of talents. His skills as bassist; composer; arranger; producer; author; educator and founding partner of Blue Canoe Digital illustrate why he is a highly sought ...
Clark Terry with Gwen Terry: Clark - The Autobiography of Clark Terry
by Florence Wetzel
Clark: The Autobiography of Clark TerryClark Terry with Gwen TerryHardcover; 344 pagesISBN: 9780520268463University of California Press2011There are many sad stories in jazz. Cornetist Joe Oliver lost his embouchure and ended up working as a janitor in a pool hall, singer Billie Holiday was arrested ...
2011: The Year In Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The ebb and flow of jazz in 2011 was marked by a Grammy Awards coup, a Grammy dustup, economic changes that consolidated the recording industry a bit, impacted clubs in various locales, and provided some new opportunities. The U.S. Postal Service literally put its stamp on jazz, even as the government wrestled with the future of ...
Take Five With Edmund Sobczak
by AAJ Staff
Meet Edmund Sobczak: Edmund Sobczak--trumpeter, composer, originally from Poland where, he studied trumpet performance at the University of Music in Poznan, one of the best Universities in the country. For the last six years he's lived in Oxford (UK). After 18 years of playing the trumpet and being involved in countless music projects, in ...
Tri-Fi: A Tri-Fi Christmas
by Mark Corroto
Every Christmas there are volunteers sent to save us from the wrath of Burl Ives. They are called jazz musicians. Everyone loves a bit of schmaltzy music a few days before the holidays, but the only problem these days is that the holiday begins right after Halloween. Sixty days of grandma getting run over by a ...
43 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz de Barcelona: Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Alfredo Rodríguez solo piano y Tigran Hamasyan Trio
by Joan Fargas
Marcin Wasilewski Trio43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas15 de noviembre de 2011Uno de los tesoros en la completa programación de la 43 edición del Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona ha sido sin duda el ciclo Pianos, que protagonizaban seis artistas de primer nivel con sus ...
Take Five With Walter Clark
by AAJ Staff
Meet Walter Clark: It's in my DNA. Both of my grandparents on my mother's side were musicians. My grandmother had a degree in music from Spellman College and my grandfather, John McCoy, played multiple instruments and is the biological father of pianist McCoy Tyner. Music was a hobby, but after trying ...
