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The Sweet Sound of Robert Gambarini
by R.J. DeLuke
At last – Confirmation! No, not the Charlie Parker tune. Confirmation that songstress Roberta Gambarini is truly a devotee of Anita O'Day. This new singer continues to dazzle as she tours the country this summer and did so again at the Berkshire Jazz Festival on Aug. 25 and 26 in Great Barrington, Mass., with ...
Lake George Jazz Festival
by R.J. DeLuke
September 15 and 16, 2001 Music is embedded in each culture, but it's universal in its nature. It takes on many forms and has many uses. It can be a friend and it can be a force. Problems in the romance department? Music is there. Feeling lost? Music. Introspective? Music. Celebratory? Music. Many ...
Jazz on the Lake
by R.J. DeLuke
The sounds of jazz can fit anywhere. Smoky nightclub, expansive concert hall or around the various outdoor festivals now held across the globe. They fit anywhere, because the music lives and breathes – created on the spot and in the moment. And they sound great on the shores of a grand lake amid sunshine and mountains, ...
All the Flavors of Herbie Hancock
by R.J. DeLuke
True to his word, Herbie Hancock is not content to play it straight. He likes expressing music in a different way, even his classic music. He doesn't like to be bored by sameness and stale musical concepts, and that was exemplified in his October 29 concert at The Egg in Albany, NY. Hancock came with ...
David Chesky: Making Music in the Moment
by R.J. DeLuke
David Chesky has enjoyed success at the helm of Chesky Records , the fine audiophile record label he formed with his brother, Norman, in the mid 1980s. The brothers built the company from the ground up and now have Grammys and an outstanding list of artists — not performers, artists — that have graced its Manhattan ...
Miles: Ever Changing, Ever Perplexing
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles Davis and American Culture Gerald Early (Editor) Univ of Missouri Press ISBN: 1883982375 Miles Davis is such a dominating figure that he will probably be analyzed forever. His importance in music is obvious. As a performer, conceptualist, bandleader, trumpeter, guru – whatever – he stands as one ...
Electric Miles: Danger, High Voltage
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991 Paul Tingen Watson-Guptill Pub ISBN: 0823083462 The new book by Paul Tingen on the music of Miles Davis is a long time in coming. How did a book like this take so long to come around? Let's not go there. The author ...
The Future of Jazz; Critics Weigh In
by R.J. DeLuke
The Future of Jazz Yuval Taylor, et al. A Cappella Books ISBN 1556524463 A new book, The Future of Jazz, (A Cappella Books, 219 pages), brings 10 critics together to discuss various aspects of the music, all with an eye toward the future. Vocal music, the impact of ...
Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James
by R.J. DeLuke
Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James by Peter Levinson Oxford Univ Press 384pp. ISBN 0195110307 Miles Davis thought he was wonderful. Clark Terry said he could do it all. That’s a couple of pretty fair trumpet players talking about another.About Louis Armstrong?No.His name ...
Sonny Fortune at the VanDyck
by R.J. DeLuke
Sometimes is seems that artists like Sonny Fortune get lost. Not lost in his creative mission. But lost in the public eye.Fortune has that problem of being caught in between. He’s middle aged. Not young enough to be among the darling “young lion” musicians so in vogue with jazz critics these days. And he’s too ...
