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Yard Byard - The Jaki Byard Project: Inch by Inch
by Angelo Leonardi
A quindici anni dalla morte di Jaki Byard la sua statura di compositore viene celebrata da un quintetto nato quattro anni fa proprio con quest'intento. Com'è noto, Byard è stato il pianista di importanti gruppi degli anni sessanta: il sestetto di Charles Mingus in primo luogo, ma anche alcuni organici di Eric Dolphy, Sam Rivers, Herb ...
Roland Kirk: Four Classic Albums
by David Rickert
Roland Kirk was arguably the most exciting soloist the jazz world has ever seen. Blind since childhood, Kirk developed a unique sensitivity to sound that he parlayed into all sorts of interesting ideas, most notably the ability to play two or three instruments simultaneously. For a while the vaudeville nature of this trick overshadowed his prodigious ...
Sligo Jazz Project 2013: Days 4-6
by Ian Patterson
Sligo Jazz ProjectVarious VenuesSligo, Ireland July 16-21, 2013 After three action-packed days at Sligo Jazz Project, with SJP founder/bassist Eddie Lee and drummer David Lyttle's world premiere of The Barinthus Suite providing an unforgettable highlight, the first signs of attrition amongst the students were beginning to show. The non-stop nature of ...
Davey Payne: Ready To Play
by Sammy Stein
Davey Payne is known best for the time when he was saxophonist with British group, The Blockheads. His solo on the 1978 number 1 hit, “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was the first time a double sax solo had appeared on a hit record. Before he joined forces with Dury, who fronted The ...
Spirits Up Above: The Atlantic Years 1965-1976 - The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology
Label: Collectables
Released: 2012
Spirits Up Above: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology - The Atlantic Years 1965-1976
Label: Warner Jazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: Making Love After Hours; Roots; The Black And Crazy Blues; The Inflated Tear; Lovellevelliloqui; Lady's Blues; Volunteered Slavery; Spirits Up Above; A Tribute To John Coltrane: Lush Life / Afro-Blue / Bessie's Blues; Medley: Going Home / Sentimental Journey / In Monument / Lover; Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said; Ain't No Sunshine; Blacknuss; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Carney And Begard Place; Seasons (One Mind Winter / Summer / Ninth Ghost); Pedal Up; Anysha; Three For The Festival; Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies; Freaks For The Festival; Serenade To A Cuckoo;
Gareth Lockrane: Doing That Grooveyard Thing
by Duncan Heining
Few musicians have developed successful careers in jazz playing just flute. You might think of Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws and Bobbi Humphrey, but only Jeremy Steig, Paul Horn and James Newton spring immediately to mind as artists who have achieved credibility with both fans and critics in their work. We can now add 36 year-old British ...
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