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The Sophisticated Ladies: The Sophisticated Ladies Play Ellington
by John Patten
To successfully play a set of standards by Duke Ellington--such as pianist Marie Louise Schmidt, bassist Helle Marstrand, drummer Benita Haastrup and horn player Christina Dahl do on The Sophisticated Ladies play Ellington--requires musicians to become arrangers. After all, many people are familiar with “Caravan," “In A Sentimental Mood," and Ellington's other master works. ...
World's Top Jazz Website Teams with Jazz Video Guy
16 JULY 2009 -- AllAboutJazz.com has joined forces with Bret Jazz Video Guy Primack to bring his popular jazz videos to a wider audience. “I've admired Bret Primack, a master storyteller, from afar for many years," said All About Jazz founder and publisher Michael Ricci. “Like everyone else who has seen the development of his videos ...
Peter Nero: Fabled Pianist and Philly POPS Maestro
by Victor L. Schermer
Living legend Peter Nero is that rare musician equally at home with classical music, jazz, the American Songbook, the Broadway musical, movie themes and popular songs. Moreover, he is a masterful pianist, seasoned conductor, composer and arranger in all these genres. Just as exceptionally, he has become a cultural emblem, known to statesmen, entertainers, students, housewives ...
The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out
by Alan Bryson
So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...
New Video Podcast Series, Ray Charles, Genius, Illuminates His Musical Life
Ray Charles, Genius, a sixteen episode video podcast series produced by Bret Primack for Concord Records, is now showing on YouTube and is available for download on iTunes. The debut episode is entitled: There is Only One Ray Charles. A comprehensive examination of the musical life of Ray Charles, each episode is devoted to a specific ...
Faith Gibson: Shooting for the Big Moon
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Jazz vocalists have struggled through the years to make room for their contributions to the art of improvisation that appear effortless. Their voices are their instrument, an instrument that has to compete with tenor saxophones, drum kits or trumpets; an instrument whose strength rests in the necessity humanity has to communicate with others. To ...
Ray Charles' "Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music" Reissued by Concord Music Group
Million-selling Volume 1 joins Volume 2 in one expanded 24-song CD. The albums reflected Charles’ lifelong love for country, containing “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “You Don’t Know Me” and “Take These Chains from My Heart.” LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Although it may have shocked some people at the time, Ray Charles’ fascination with country and ...
J.D. Walter: Being a Verb
by Victor L. Schermer
J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, ...
Saxophonist David Sanborn Interviewed at AAJ
Saxophonist David Sanborn is one of the most recognizable instrumentalists in modern music. From his many television appearances--on his own show, Night Moves, and with David Letterman's band--to his popular records and tours, Sanborn is among the few names in jazz that non-jazzheads can recognize. In 2008, Sanborn released Here & Gone (Decca, 2008), an album ...
David Sanborn: Sound and Silence
by Jason Crane
Saxophonist David Sanborn is one of the most recognizable instrumentalists in modern music. From his many television appearances--on his own show, Night Music, and with David Letterman's band--to his popular records and tours, Sanborn is among the few names in jazz that non-jazzheads can recognize. In 2008, Sanborn released Here & Gone (Decca, 2008), ...
