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Roy Gaines and his Orchestra: Tuxedo Blues
by Dan Bilawsky
Blues singers and big bands used to go together like bread and butter, but somewhere along the way the singers must have become superfluous in the minds of the leaders or the public. Nowadays, large ensembles are still happy to play the blues--be they well-known warhorses or obscure gems--but husky-voiced singers are rarely seen delivering a ...
Take Five With Patty Cronheim
by AAJ Staff
Meet Patty Cronheim: Patty Cronheim performs her original jazz and blues tunes with a vivacious, soulful style and uncompromising vocals. Capturing the attention of critics, this New Jersey artist has just completed her first CD, Days Like These. Recently featured in Jazz Inside NY's “Women in Jazz" issue, and selected as a SKOPE magazine “artise 2 ...
Previously Unreleased Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters Features Never-Before-Heard Ray Charles / Johnny Cash duet
Concord Records is proud to announce the release of Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters, an incredible collection of newly discovered Ray Charles recordings. The tracks embody the remarkable breadth of musical styles that were synonymous with this classic American artist. In 2009, after six months of sifting and sorting through four decades worth of demos and ...
Elton John / Leon Russell: The Union
by C. Michael Bailey
Elton John and Leon Russell are not so unlikely musical colleagues. Russell is slightly the elder, at 68 to John's 63, and within the age difference of two brothers. Both emerged in the early '70s, that fertile period nurtured by Woodstock the year before, and the rise of album-oriented-rock FM radio after. Both are pianists and ...
Take Five With Andy Farber
by AAJ Staff
Meet Andy Farber:Andy Farber is an award-winning jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist and has spent years performing with the likes of Jon Hendricks and Wynton Marsalis. Since 1994, Farber has been part of the Jazz @ Lincoln Center stable of writers and performers. Through J@LC, Farber has toured with the J@LC ...
The Autobiography of Randy Weston: African Rhythms
by Ian Patterson
The Autobiography of Randy Weston: African RhythmsRandy Weston / Willard JenkinsHardcover; 344 pagesISBN: 978-0-8223-4784-2Duke University Press2010 It's hard to think of another jazz musician who has promoted the African roots of jazz with quite the missionary zeal of pianist Randy Weston. Weston's African ...
John Gilbreath: Within Earshot
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Over the past 90 years, a music scene has been developing in the northwest corner of the US that has provided a fertile imprint on jazz. It may not be as critically important within a historical context as that of New York and New Orleans, but Seattle has a landscape that has been developed and nurtured ...
Alexander McCabe: Quiz
by Bruce Lindsay
Quiz, alto saxophonist Alexander McCabe's second album as leader, appears five years after his previous release, The Round (Wamco Music, 2005). McCabe has been a member of Ray Charles' Orchestra and ska band Mephiskapheles, as well as working with jazz greats like Joe Henderson and Ray Brown. He cites tenor giants Ben Webster, John Coltrane and ...
Roy Gaines & His Orchestra: "Tuxedo Blues" Streets November 1
Jazz, blues, R&B and soul—legendary guitarist/vocalist/composer Roy Gaines, who has made a name for himself as a versatile master craftsmen playing music beyond category in a career spanning over seven decades, brings his vast wealth of experience all together on Tuxedo Blues. Fronting a full size jazz orchestra, the likes of which is seldom heard these ...
Christian Howes: Out of the Blue
by Ian Patterson
The violin is widely considered as the most expressive of instruments, closely approximating the human voice. It depends, however, to a large degree, on whose hands the instrument is in. Christian Howes is that rare breed of musician who makes the violin talk; using the idiom of the blues on Out of the Blue, Howes gives ...
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