Results for "Ray Charles"

Article: Interview

Christine Tobin and Liam Noble: Unraveling Tapestry

by Bruce Lindsay
July 20, 2010

Christine Tobin is an uncompromising singer whose distinctive voice has graced the British jazz scene since the mid-1990s. Whether singing her own songs or interpreting the work of others, Tobin brings a unique sensibility to each number; creating atmospheric and, at times, emotionally intense performances. Liam Noble, one of the UK's most original jazz pianists, has ...

Article: Album Review

David Leonhardt Trio: Bach to the Blues

by Ian Patterson
July 7, 2010

Pianist David Leonhardt's sideman credentials are impeccable, with ten years supporting the great jazz singer Jon Hendricks and twenty with Ray Charles' longstanding saxophonist, David “Fathead" Newman. Bach to the Blues, his twentieth album as a leader, may not radically alter his status as a respected but lesser known veteran, but the subtle pleasures it provides ...

Article: Big Band Report

Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Rekindles Cuban Fire Suite

by Jack Bowers
July 4, 2010

On June 5, 2010, with the temperature in Albuquerque hovering around 100 degrees, the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra couldn't have wished for a better time to perform Johnny Richards' incendiary Cuban Fire suite, first recorded in 1956 by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The sold-out concert was the opening event in the city's annual Jazz and Blues Under ...

Article: Live Review

The 2010 West Oak Lane Jazz Festival: How Jazz Helped Change a Community

by Wade Luquet
June 30, 2010

Can jazz revitalize an urban neighborhood? In the northwest Philadelphia neighborhood of West Oak Lane it certainly has played a large part. For the seventh year, the neighborhood residents, along with the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation (OARC) and the office of State Representative Dwight Evans, have joined together, closing the main avenue for a weekend and ...

Video

Some Enchanted Evening

Featuring the music of Ray Charles
Duration: 5:35
June 9, 2010

From 1979. Personnel: Saxes: Dan Wilensky, Clifford Solomon, Rudolf Johnson, Ricky Woodard, Jim Sharp. Trombones: Dan Marcus, Gerard Carelli, John Boyce, Bob Braun. Trumpets: Buddy Gordon, Greg Ruvolo, Tim Ouimette, Johnny Coles. Rhythm: Pete Turre (d), Eugene Ross (g), Curtis Ohlson (b), Dr. James Polk (Hammond, p)

Article: Talkin' Blues

Susan Tedeschi: Dreams and Legends

by Alan Bryson
June 7, 2010

A string of Grammy-nominated albums, along with a critically acclaimed and commercially successful DVD of her appearance on the American television program Austin City Limits, have helped to establish Susan Tedeschi as one of today's premiere blues artists. On top of that, she's performed in front of millions of music lovers by headlining numerous festivals and ...

Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note

by Dan Bilawsky
May 31, 2010

With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...

Article: Live Review

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 27, 2010

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...

Article: Live Review

Beale Street Music Festival 2010

by C. Michael Bailey
May 22, 2010

Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis in May 2010 Tom Lee Park, FedEx Blues Tent, Memphis, Tennessee May 2, 2010 April, indeed, may be the cruelest of months, but I doubt that a blue-blood like Thomas Sterns Eliot ever spent the sweaty seasons in Hell that are Spring and Summer in the cultural ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jeff Antoniuk

by AAJ Staff
May 20, 2010

Meet Jeff Antoniuk: Saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk is an internationally respected jazz composer and musician whose concerts and recordings are consistently well received by critics. His latest CD, Brotherhood, is out in May of 2010. Antoniuk has shared the stage with U.S. hitmakers Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Freddie Hubbard, Najee and Marcus Miller. He's worked with Canadian ...