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Katie Thiroux Quartet at Birdland
by Dan Bilawsky
Katie Thiroux Quartet Birdland New York, NY November 6, 2016 Joy swings eternal in the music of bassist-vocalist Katie Thiroux. And that's just one of the many gifts that spring forth from this skyrocketing talent. Over the past eighteen months, Thiroux has had one deserved success after another. It started ...
Recent Reading: Books About Jazz In Four US Regions
After jazz emerged—or coalesced—as a distinct form of music in New Orleans in the early twentieth century, it quickly took hold throughout the world. Jazz musicians developed on every continent, even in countries where the spirit of jazz goes against the grain of politics and culture; a jazz community is emerging in China, not an eventuality ...
Jazz Near You Collaborates with Blue Note Jazz Club (NYC)
Jazz Near You, the world's leading jazz event aggregator, has collaborated with Blue Note New York to collect and distribute all jazz events presented at New York's premier jazz club and one of the most recognized jazz venues in the world. Jazz Near You continues to build on what is already the most comprehensive New York ...
Joshua Breakstone/The Cello Quartet: 88
by Mark Sullivan
Veteran guitarist Joshua Breakstone pays tribute to some of his favorite pianist/composers here. He tells a story about a fellow Berklee student (a saxophonist) who asked legendary saxophonist Sonny Stitt if he could sit in. Stitt shut him down with the question “how many keys on a saxophone?" The novice couldn't answer--there are 23--but everyone knows ...
Take Five with Chuck Redd
by AAJ Staff
About Chuck Redd Chuck Redd is an internationally well-known performer on both drums and vibraphone. He began his career when he joined the Charlie Byrd Trio at the age of 21. He also became a member of the Great Guitars (Barney Kessel, Byrd, and Herb Ellis.) To his credit are 25 European tours and six ...
Stan Getz
by Mark Barnett
The story of Stan Getz (1927-1991) has to begin with Lester Young. Before Young, tenor sax players seemed awash in testosterone. Their sound was full, rich, deep, blown hard out of the instrument's lower registers, with emotion pouring out in lavish swoops and honks. Then along came Lester. In the post-war 1940s, he invented a new ...
JD Allen Trio al Verona Jazz Winter 2016
by Angelo Leonardi
Verona Jazz Winter Teatro Ristori 03.02.2016 Sulla scia dei numerosi riconoscimenti ricevuti (il più importante è stato quello di Sonny Rollins) e delle superlative accoglienze per l'ultimo disco, JD Allen ha toccato Verona nell'ambito del suo tour europeo. Era uno degli appuntamenti più attesi di Verona Jazz Winter, assieme al concerto ...
Exclusively For My Friends
Label: MPS
Released: 2015
Track listing: CD1: Action. At Long Last Love; Easy Walker; Tin Tin Daeo; I've Got A Crush On You; A Foggy Day.
CD2: Girl Talk. On A Clear Day; I'm In The Mood For Love; Girl Talk; Medley: I Concentrate On You/Moon River; Robbins Nest.
CD3: The Way I Really Play. Waltzing Is Hip; Satin Doll; Love Is Here To Stay; Sandy's Blues; Alice In Wonderland; Noreen's Nocturne.
CD4: My Favorite Instrument. Someone To Watch Over Me; Perdido; Body And Soul; Who Can I Turn To; Bye, Bye Blackbird; I Should Care; Lulu's Back In Town; Little Girl Blue; Take The A-Train.
CD5: Mellow Mood. In A Mellotone; Nica's Dream; Green Dolphin Street; Summertime; Sometimes I'm Happy; Who Can I Turn To.
CD6: Travelin' On. Travelin' On; Emily; Quiet Nights; Sax No End; When Lights Are Low.
CD7: The Lost Tapes 1. Gravy Waltz; Three O'Clock In The Morning; Squeaky's Blues; Tenderly; I Will Wait For You; Let's Fall In Love; Put On A Happy Face; Stella By Starlight; Moanin'; Never Say Yes; It's Impossible; My Romance.
CD8: The Lost Tapes 2. Autumn Leaves; The Folks Who Live On The Hill; Body And Soul; Misty; Hymn To Freedom; Goodbye; Li'l Darlin'; Satin Doll; All Of Me; A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening.
Larry Fuller Trio at Jazz at Kitano
by Dan Bilawsky
Larry Fuller Trio Jazz at Kitano New York, NY November 22, 2015 While jazz is a music founded and fed on innovation, it's also an art form steeped in tradition, forwarded through the passing of the torch to the next generation(s) in order to keep the life force of the ...
Oscar Peterson: Exclusively For My Friends
by Bruce Lindsay
An 8-CD set of recordings from the great Oscar Peterson, beautifully recorded, sumptuously packaged and accompanied by a 60-page booklet full of informative writing: Exclusively For My Friends is a treat for ears and eyes. All of the recordings on this set were made between 1963 and 1971. The sessions took place in the home of ...
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