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Jazz Bridge Presents Saxophonist Lynn Riley at the Collingswood Community Center on March 3rd
Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 W. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on March 3rd, 2011 will be saxophonist and flutist Lynn Riley with her band, featuring pianist Aaron Graves, bassist Rubin Edwards, and Butch Reed on drums. Born in Washington, D.C., Lynn Riley has been called the “Superwoman of the Sax" more than once ...
Oasis Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Awards Announced
Keyboardist George Duke will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards in San Diego. Posthumous awards will also be handed out to Saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. and Bassist Wayman Tisdale for its Hall of Fame. A multi-talented musician, Duke has worked with numerous acclaimed artists, spanning numerous genres as a ...
George Duke: Facing the Music
by Jeff Winbush
In jazz, there are two seminal figures called “Duke." For Edward Kennedy Ellington, “Duke" was a nickname. For George Duke, it is his surname, but the similarities with Duke Ellington don't end there. As a pianist, arranger, songwriter, bandleader and composer, George Duke has solidified his reputation as one of jazz's most important figures. Also a ...
Bologna Jazz Festival - The Italian Autumn Jazz Event
Bologna has been loving jazz since 1958. All the greatest musicians played at its Jazz Festival, the most ancient one in Italy: Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis... After a few occasional editions, the Bologna Jazz Festival (previously Festival Internazionale del Jazz) was born again for good in 2006, keeping ...
Live In Montreux 91-97
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Claude Nobs Intro; You Send Me; You Don't Know What Love Is; Don't Waste Your Time; My Funny Valentine; I Can Explain; I'm Special; Bye-Bye Blackbird; Prayer Dance; With Every Breath I Take; Me Voila Seul; On Se Reveillera
Rachelle Ferrell: Live in Montreux 91-97
by Dave Nathan
The title of this album is somewhat misleading. This is not a collection of songs covering appearances by Rachelle Ferrell during the period 1991-1997. They are from just two visits to Montreux, mostly in 1991. If you didn't know that Ferrell is supposedly possessed of a range of more than six octaves...which exceeds the four or ...
Individually (Can I Be Me?)
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Individuality (Can I Be Me?); Sista; Will You Remember Me?; I Forgive You; I Gotta Go; Why You Wanna Mess It All Up?; Gaia; Run To Me; Reflections of My Heart; Satisfied; I Can Explain.
Rachelle Ferrell: Individually (Can I Be Me?)
by Jim Santella
While her album entertains with a pleasant groove and a variety of electronic textures, Rachelle Ferrell shares only about half her true talent with the audience. Preferring instead to cover the session with background vocals, droning hip-hop rhythms and movie soundtrack effects, she weaves an acrobatic voice around originals that offer stories of romance and other ...
Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:
Individuality (Can I Be Me?), Sista, Will You Remember Me?, I Forgive You, I Gotta Go, Why You Wanna Mess It All Up?, Gaia, Run To Me, Reflections Of My Heart, Satisfied, I Can Explain
Rachelle Ferrell: Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
by AAJ Staff
Rachelle Ferrell is back, if not with a vengeance, at least with an attitude. An attitude of confidence, perseverance and hope.Jazz enthusiasts couldn't help but be bowled over by Ferrell's extraordinary technique on her 1995 Blue Note album, First Instrument. And then, nothing. Reports of occasional performances here, irregular publicity there. What happened to ...
