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Large Ensembles: Is There a Place in This Large Music World?

by R.J. DeLuke
August 17, 2009

The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. It gave rise to iconic band leaders like Fletcher Henderson, ...

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George Wein: Back to Doing His Thing

by R.J. DeLuke
July 20, 2009

Not many people stand in shoes similar to the ones in which jazz impresario George Wein now finds himself. Having invented the jazz festival more than half a century ago, his name is synonymous with the Newport Jazz Festival, his first and most well-known child of that genus. He led a company that expanded on the ...

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Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend

by R.J. DeLuke
July 7, 2009

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009Freihofer's Jazz Festival, in its 32nd year, provided an outstanding array of music and musicians and added to its legacy--started by George Wein in 1978--in fine fettle on June 27 and 28 in the upstate New York community of Saratoga Springs. For producer Danny ...

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Dave Holland: Consistently Exceptional

by R.J. DeLuke
July 6, 2009

This interview, originally published on September 29, 2008, is being reprinted to coincide with the summer 2009 tour of The Monterey Quartet featuring bassist Dave Holland, saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and drummer Eric Harland. The group's live album, Live at the 2007 Jazz Festival (Concord, 2009), will be released on August 25.

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Chris Potter: Way Above Ground with Underground

by R.J. DeLuke
June 29, 2009

Saxophonist Chris Potter, at age 38, has long been fast-tracked to the head of his class to become regarded as one of the strongest players on the scene. It doesn't seem that long ago that he was first making waves on recordings, and then became part of the superb Dave Holland quintet, where his strengths were ...

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Arturo O'Farrill: Upholding the Latin Tinge

by R.J. DeLuke
June 22, 2009

Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father—the great Chico O'Farrill—in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only ...

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Kenny Rankin: From the Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
June 9, 2009

Kenny Rankin died of lung cancer on June 7th, 2009. This interview was conducted in July 2002. He sings with a fluid ease, whether it's a standard like “The Very Thought of You," the Beatles “Blackbird," a Latin-flavored “Berimbau," or his own “In the Name of Love." His soft voice caresses the most ...

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Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Live in Saratoga Springs, NY

by R.J. DeLuke
June 9, 2009

Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz OrchestraSpa Little TheaterSaratoga Springs, New YorkMay 30, 2009 An array of Latin influences in music was presented by the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, led by pianist/composer/arranger Arturo O'Farrill, on May 30 at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Springs, NY. Some Latin bands pretty ...

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Singer Rachael Price in Saratoga Springs, NY, May 29, 2009

by R.J. DeLuke
June 7, 2009

Rachael PriceSpa Little TheaterSaratoga Springs, New YorkMay 29,2009 Vocalist Rachael Price is creating a stir in the jazz world and with good reason. She's a follower of the tradition and at age 23 has tremendous potential. In addition to her rich, strong voice and adept jazz phrasing, she has poise and ...

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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 ...