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Al Jarreau: Christmas Time At Last
by R.J. DeLuke
For someone for whom singing has been a part of their life since childhood and who comes from a church-going family, it's a natural thing each year to periodically croon the popular and traditional melodies of the Christmas holiday season. If that person is a professional--perhaps, one who's been singing for decades and has seven Grammys ...
Darcy James Argue: His Secret Society
by R.J. DeLuke
Ahhhh, to be young and in New York and have an 18-piece band of superb musicians at your disposal.OK. Now open your eyes and come to your senses. To operate a big band these days is a fiscal and organizational nightmare. But thankfully, there are people out there running fabulous organizations, like Sue Mingus ...
Randy Brecker: Zelig Goes Brazilian
by R.J. DeLuke
“My father told me when I was five or six years old--he grabbed me and said, 'the trumpet is the greatest jazz instrument.' And I think he was right," says Randy Brecker, a trumpeter known the world over, it seems, regardless of the style of music he plays, inside and out of the jazz world.
Tanglewood Jazz Fest: Casteneda, Elias, McPartland, and Freelon Headline Labor Day Show
by R.J. DeLuke
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Tanglewood Lennox, Massachusetts August 29-31, 2008 Tanglewood, the venerable Lenox, Massachusetts, music facility, is renowned for classical music and has been the home for many of the great composers and conductors over the years. But the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival has carved out its own reputation ...
Terence Blanchard at Tanglewood Jazz Fest: A Requiem for Katrina
by R.J. DeLuke
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Tanglewood Lennox, Massachusetts August 31, 2008 Hurricane Gustav was one day away from striking the Gulf Coast, with warnings that it might be worse than the devastating hurricane that struck New Orleans in 2005 as Terence Blanchard took his quintet to the stage at the Tanglewood ...
Cassandra Wilson: Creating Loverly Sound
by R.J. DeLuke
The deep, rich voice of Cassandra Wilson, now among the most exalted of jazz vocalists, is something to savor. She has an adventurous spirit when it comes to her music, and whether playing with original melodies, or turning others songs--of jazz, folk, blues or pop origin--inside out, it's always something to relish, like a fine brandy ...
Geoffrey Keezer: Making, And Controlling, His New Music
by R.J. DeLuke
Pianist/composer Geoffrey Keezer has been playing piano since age three and has been on the road since 1989 when he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers after a year at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Over the years, he's recorded steadily and played with numerous jazz luminaries including Ray Brown, Diana Krall, Joshua Redman, Christian ...
Freihofer Jazz Fest: Return to Forever and More
by R.J. DeLuke
One thing seems certain at the annual Freihofer Jazz festival in Saratoga Springs, New York, each summer. Regardless of the quality of the lineup--too much pop or smooth incursion for some, too much straight-ahead jazz for others, not enough blues representation--there is always a degree of great music. There are always very good bands on the ...
George Schuller: Like Before, But Fresh
by R.J. DeLuke
Throughout musical history, the influences of substantial artists, recorded works, or certain epochal periods, have their effect on contemporaries and ensuing generations. For those that make music, it shows up in their playing or composing. Tracking those influences, whether well-known sources or those under the radar, is not as important as the end result of an ...
Steve Wilson: Consummate Pro
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Steve Wilson, one of the bright talents on the New York City--or any--scene, understands the value of music education. He's very involved in it. He also understands the importance of mentorship, which comes from his days hanging out with some jazz giants at his days as student at Virginia Commonwealth University, and later doing the ...
