Results for "Red Norvo"

NEA Jazz Masters Program Morphs into Museum of Jazz Masters

August 1, 2011

By Fradley Garner It's happened every year since 1982, but it won't again after 2012, when the honors- loaded gravy train arrives at its 30th and last stop. The National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Master Awards, America's highest honor in its own music genre, then goes the way of the space shuttle. For three decades, ...

Live 1983

Featuring the music of Red Norvo

March 31, 2011

The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Meets Fred Sturm

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2010

The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra was onstage January 23, 2010 at the University of New Mexico's Woodward Hall for a concert featuring the compositions and arrangements of Fred Sturm, director of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. The concert was a part of the New Mexico All-State Band Competition, which was being held at the ...

Mike Mainieri: Man Behind Bars

by John Kelman
January 11, 2010

It's hard to imagine vibraphonist Mike Mainieri in his seventies. Not only does he look and sound like a man 10 years (or more) his junior, but a quick look at the projects he's been involved in over the past few years sound like anything but a septuagenarian resting on his not inconsiderable laurels.

Ella Fitzgerald / Mildred Bailey: Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Bailey Legendary Radio Broadcasts

by Andrew Velez
August 2, 2009

Two vocalists supreme, Ella Fitzgerald and Mildred Bailey, can be heard in some rare sides on Legendary Radio Broadcasts. The former's broadcasts are from January 1940, only months after she had taken over leadership of her mentor Chick Webb's band. The intro is from her early signature novelty hit, “A Tisket A Tasket," and she is ...

Take Five With Mike Mainieri

by AAJ Staff
July 30, 2009

Meet Mike Mainieri: Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music. During '50s and early '60s, he performed with such legendary artists as Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wes Montgomery. ...

Gary Burton: Forging Ahead

by R.J. DeLuke
May 25, 2009

"I got started in Nashville and knew a lot of the country musicians. I got my first record contract from Chet Atkins who saw me playing in a local club in Nashville and who decided to talk to RCA and get them to offer me a long-term contract," says this renowned musician born in a small ...

Naturally!

By Red Norvo

Label: VSOP Records
Released: 2005

Social Skills

by AAJ Staff
February 3, 2003

We, as a society, are rapidly losing all of our important social skills. I'm not talking about etiquette things, like which one is the salad fork. I'm talking about the skills needed to have any type of meaningful interaction with our fellow human beings. Things seem to be conspiring to keep us more and more isolated. ...

The Modern Red Norvo

By Red Norvo

Label: Savoy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Disc One 1. Congo Blues - Take C (master) 2. Congo Blues - Take B (alt) 3. Hallelujah - Take F (master) 4. Hallelujah - Take E (alt) 5. Slam Slam Blues - Take B (master) 6. Slam Slam Blues (alt) 7. Get Happy - Take D (master) 8. Get Happy - Take B (alt) 9. Swedish Pastry 10. Swedish Pastry - alt 11. Cheek to Cheek 12. Cheek to Cheek - alt. 13. Cheek to Cheek - Take 5 - alt., unissued 14. Night and Day 15. Night and Day - alt. 16. Time and Tide 17. Prelude to a Kiss 18. 'Deed I Do 19. Mood Indigo 20. Mood Indigo - alt, unissued Disc two 1. September Song 2. Move 3. I've Got You Under My Skin 4. I'll Remember April 5. I'll Remember April - LP master 6. I Get a Kick Out of You 7. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 8. Little White Lies 9. Have You Met Miss Jones? 10. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart 11. If I Had You - Take 4 12. If I had You - Take 2 13. This Can't Be Love - Take 3 14. This Can't Be Love - Take 1 15. This Can't Be Love - Take 2 16-19. God Child 20-21. I'm Yours