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Caramoor Jazz Festival 2006: Day 1
by R.J. DeLuke
Caramoor Jazz Festival Katonah, NY July 29, 2006 The atmosphere at the Caramoor Jazz Festival in its wonderful facility nestled in Katonah, NY, is special. Laid back; not hectic. And the groups that artistic director Joe Lovano has been putting together, along with producer Jim Luce, are also special. They present some ...
Friehofer Jazz Fest 2006
by R.J. DeLuke
The annual Freihofer Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY--a 2-day event at the venerable Saratoga Performing Arts Center, was tinged with elements of music other than jazz in its 29th edition, perhaps most notably R&B. While some opined it was music that fell under a broadening jazz definition, clearly this was not the case for many ...
John Ellis: Emerging
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist John Ellis was known as one of the voices of the Charlie Hunter Trio, having toured with the eight-string guitarist in recent years. His searching sound can be heard on Hunter recordings like the recently released Copperopolis. Good years for Ellis, who was able to tour steadily and still work on building a solo career ...
Peter Madsen: Comfortable Inside and Out
by R.J. DeLuke
Pianist Peter Madsen is well rounded in his jazz foundation, having played inside the mainstream and outside. He has the knowledge, musicianship and technique for both, and in fact says he comes by it honestly, being attracted to both sides as a youngster. “I can tell you the first two records I bought. Maybe ...
Glamour Profession: The Ongoing Skip Heller
by R.J. DeLuke
Glamour Profession: The Ongoing Skip Heller Skip Heller 74 pages; DVD included SkipHeller.com 2006 Skip Heller, a gifted guitarist and one of the more intriguing figures flying under the radar of the American music scene he loves so well, has been up to many things. Writing music for ...
Pat Martino: At One with His Favorite Toy
by R.J. DeLuke
Pat Martino, he of the quicksilver fingers, the intuitive genius, the beauty of tone, is the type of artist that makes other guitarists shake their heads. But there are other things at work in the magical process. We're not talking about whether the piano is in tune. Not the sound of the drummer. Not the quality ...
James Carter Bows to Lady Day in Albany
by R.J. DeLuke
James Carter The Egg Albany, NY March 5, 2006 James Carter came into The Egg, Albany NY's hippest concert venue, on March 5. It's a venue he's played before, and again it seemed, at times, as though he would blow the lid of the unique egg-shaped structure that adorns New ...
Terje Rypdal: In A Miles Mood
by R.J. DeLuke
Norwegian guitar icon Terje Rypdal surfaced more than three decades ago as a new guitar voice, but he strode out of the fields of rock music, not jazz. He was influenced a great deal by the electronic jazz/fusion of the late 1960s and early 1970s and his early work with the likes of saxophonist Jan Garbarek ...
Jenny Scheinman: Touching Many Strings
by R.J. DeLuke
Jenny Scheinman, a violinist of eclectic style and taste, has been coming into her own in the music world; the jazz music world, if you will. This young woman, raised in an ultra rural section of California, now imbedded in the Big Apple, is full of music. She's also down to earth, and so are the ...
Larry Goldings: Versatility of Keyboards... And Music
by R.J. DeLuke
Pianist/organist Larry Goldings is a player whose name has turned up more and more over the years on projects with some of the top names in the music business. His own projects, largely his organ trio, have always been artistic successes. He continues to stretch, exploring opportunities to grow and explore his varied ...
