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Bunky Green: Urgency and Continuity
by Anil Prasad
Saxophonist Bunky Green bristles at the idea of playing by the rules. On more than one occasion, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin native was on his way to jazz stardom, but each time his principles guided him elsewhere. This is a significant reason why the highly influential musician has mostly remained unsung and out of the spotlight for ...
Randy Brecker with DR Big Band: The Jazz Ballad Song Book
by Andrew J. Sammut
Randy Brecker with DR Big Band The Jazz Ballad Song Book HalfNote Records 2011 On The Jazz Ballad Song Book, trumpeter Randy Brecker, the Danish Radio Big Band and Danish National Chamber Orchestra approach the slow, wistful side of this repertoire as one dimension among others. They expand their view ...
Eliane Elias: Light My Fire
by Bruce Lindsay
In a career that spans around 30 years and over 20 albums, singer and pianist Eliane Elias has come to epitomize a cool, sophisticated jazz sensibility, especially on the bossa nova songs of her native Brazil. On Light My Fire, she set out to extend the range of styles and grooves in her music and, in ...
Half Note Records Announces Harrison, Mela, Werner Releases, Brecker Events
Half Note Records Announces Three New Recordings: Kenny Werner & Brussels Jazz Orchestra: Institute of Higher Learning available August 26 Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham: This Is Jazz available September 6 Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari with Special Guest Esperanza Spalding: Tree Of Life available September 6 The Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO), led by founder ...
Stve Slagle "Scenes, Songs & Solos"
Scenes, Songs & Solos: A Composition and Improvisation Workbook for the Creative Musician by Steve Slagle “Steve Slagle speaks of things that need to be heard."—Joe Lovano “Full of fresh, original, and inspirational ideas about music and life."— Randy Brecker “I loved this book! And I'm not even a professional musician."—Sue Mingus Master jazz saxophonist, educator ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 1-4
by Martin Longley
Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 7-10, 2011 There has been a radical change to the Gent Jazz Festival site since last year. The historic Bijloke zone remains historic, but it now has a new concrete 'n' ...
Mingus Big Band: Live at the Jazz Standard
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'indispensabile repertorio mingusiano, com'è noto, vive soprattutto grazie agli sforzi della vedova Sue e a un paio di formazioni che ad esso si sono dedicate mani e piedi dopo la morte del grande bassista (nello specifico prima ancora compositore). La Mingus Big Band in particolare dà alle energetiche, vociferanti pagine mingusiane quell'atavico respiro orchestrale che di ...
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival: June 25-26, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NYJune 25-26, 2011This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 34th edition of the upstate New York event, featured a great touch when famed jazz impresario George Wein was awarded a star on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame. Wein created the ...
Christian Jacob: On Respect and Knowledge of Jazz in Japan
by Wayne Zade
Christian Jacob was born in Lorraine, France, and began classical piano studies at the age of four. His early musical influences included Debussy and Ravel, as well as Oscar Peterson, whose approaches to improvisation impressed him the most. Having won First Prize in a piano competition at the Paris Conservatory, Jacob studied and then later ...
Laszlo Gardony - Signature Time (2011)
Hungarian-born pianist Laszlo Gardony is an accomplished musician and composer, having graduated from Berklee and serving as a professor there for a number of years. He's mingled with many of the best jazz has to offer: Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous, David “Fathead" Newman, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman and John Blake are all name artists he's worked ...
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