Results for "Russ Ferrante"

ARTICLE: SOCAL JAZZ April 9, 2020

George Garzone: Sax In The City

George Garzone is not the mayor of the city of Boston. If he was appointed to a position it would more likely be king. He is, at the very least, the toast of the town. This isn't news. King George has reigned with a firm grasp of his mighty tenor saxophone for close to half a ...

ARTICLE: SOCAL JAZZ February 24, 2020

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond the BASSics, Part 2

By JIM WORSLEY

In case you missed it, Part One of my conversation with Jimmy Haslip covered a lot of ground and had a few good laughs along the way. Although we talked about the Yellowjackets, we delved more deeply into why and how he parted ways with the band some eight years ago. Haslip has been producing records ...

ARTICLE: SOCAL JAZZ February 5, 2020

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond The BASSics, Part 1

By JIM WORSLEY

The name Jimmy Haslip needs no introduction. So, he doesn't get one. Seriously, we had a lot of ground to cover and he had so many great stories and interesting asides to share that we are breaking the interview into two parts as it is. So, without further ado... All About Jazz: I ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW July 4, 2016

Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band

By JACK BOWERS

Even though saxophonist Bob Mintzer's name rests alone atop the marquee, the All L.A. Band is actually a mutual collaboration with acclaimed drummer Peter Erskine, one of Mintzer's colleagues in the Jazz Studies department at the University of Southern California. Besides occupying the drum chair, Erskine produced the album, while Mintzer composed and arranged its ten ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW August 24, 2015

Lorraine Feather: Flirting with Disaster

By NICHOLAS F. MONDELLO

The release of a new Lorraine Feather recording consistently brings a sense of excitement and delicious anticipation. What does this gifted singer-lyricist who, like a figure-ground illustration simultaneously brilliant at both, have in store for us? More than likely, if she's true to her own Muse, I'd suppose it's going to be a sublime rendering of ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW October 13, 2013

Ilaiyaraja: Soundtrack: Neethane En Ponvasantham

By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI

In India, the 2012 film Neethane En Ponvasantham and its companion soundtrack proved to be quite the cultural event. Movie scenes were shot in three Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi). The soundtrack was collaboratively written by the film's director, Gautham Menon, with lyricist Na. Muthakumar and Ilaiyaraaja, the composer globally known as “The Maestro" because ...

ARTICLE: FROM THE INSIDE OUT October 3, 2013

Six Stops Around the Whirled

By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI

Fort Knox Five 10 Years of The Fort Knox Five Fort Knox Recordings 2013 “All good things come in five, baby...You can't get around no prime number, you dig?" Some music just makes you feel good. You can't explain it but some music makes you feel like life's a ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW May 2, 2013

Dave Haskell Group: Pivot Point

By GLENN ASTARITA

A one-time highly respected sideman and improviser in the San Francisco area, guitarist Dave Haskell put most of these activities on hold after becoming a commercial airline pilot. After hanging up his wings, the artist re-enters the scene with his tight-knit core band and garners the expertise of prominent West Coast musicians, guitarist Robben Ford, keyboardist ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW May 30, 2012

Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions of Curtis Mayfield

By EDWARD BLANCO

Paying homage to one of the most influential and important artists in the past century, the Jazz Soul Seven collective tips its hat to Curtis Mayfield on Impressions of Curtis Mayfield, an instrumental re-imagining of twelve of the R&B, funk and soul singer's most popular compositions. A voice of African-American pride, Mayfield was a socially-conscious artist ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW May 2, 2012

Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield

By DAN BILAWSKY

Curtis Mayfield's music has always possessed a certain cachet in soul, funk, R&B, pop and rock circles, but it never fully took hold in jazz until now. Pianist Herbie Hancock had some fun with Mayfield's “Future Shock" on the decades-old album of the same name (Columbia 1983), while other jazz musicians may have occasionally taken a ...