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Why New Orleans Matters
by Sandy Ingham
Why New Orleans Matters Tom Piazza Regan Books/HarperCollins Hardcover; 192 pages ISBN: 0061124834 2005 It's not strictly about jazz. It's all about the city that gave birth to the music. And just as happens in that magical, mysterious place, Tom Piazza's lyrical love song to, and ...
IAJE 2006: Three Legends Offer Insight Into Music
by Sandy Ingham
The International Association for Jazz Education's annual conference January 11-14 offered ample opportunities to not only hear great music, but to hear the stories behind it from some true music masters. Billy Taylor I managed to catch interviews with Billy Taylor, Clark Terry and writer Dan Morgenstern, but missed out on a rare chance to hear ...
Various Artists: Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert
by Sandy Ingham
An extraordinary hurricane benefit concert took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on September 17, just two weeks after Katrina washed away much of New Orleans. The five-hour show brought together a dazzling array of jazz and pop stars, and notables from stage and screen who recited tributes to the birthplace of jazz ...
Cape May Jazz Festival: November 2005
by Sandy Ingham
Having heard flutist Herbie Mann perform a number of times over his long career, culminating in his final performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival--while he was hooked up to oxygen--I was happy to learn that the Cape May (New Jersey) Jazz Festival was dedicating its Nov. 11-13 festival to his music. And ...
Happy 104th birthday, Satchmo!
by Sandy Ingham
Louis Armstrong brought the joy of jazz to millions around the world during his more than 50-year career. Now, the world comes to his home town, New Orleans, every August 4th to celebrate his birthday and recapture some of that rapture. At Satchmo Summerfest V (Aug. 4-7) I encountered visitors from France, Germany, Britain and ...
Chicago Blues Festival: June 9-12, 2005
by Sandy Ingham
The blues are alive and well in Chicago. The 22nd annual Chicago Blues Festival testified to that, presenting four days and nights of superb music in Grant Park. And the estimated 750,000 visitors - a record turnout - showed that the blues remain a powerful draw. Photo Credit Chicago Blues Festival
Cape May Jazz Fest: November 2004
by Sandy Ingham
Count Basie's Centennial celebration is 2004 is slipping into history, but not before the Cape May Jazz Festival got to blow out the candles. The semiannual bash November 12-14 was nominally in honor of The Kid from Red Bank, although only the opening act of the 20-event weekend gave the great bandleader and pianist his ...
Chicago Jazz Festival 2004
by Sandy Ingham
Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller...Three giants of jazz, names you can build an entire jazz festival around ... even if they've all long passed on to that Great Big Band in the Sky.All three were born in 1904, prompting the Jazz Institute of Chicago to schedule centennial tributes to them at the annual, ...
Satchmo Summerfest Reaches Ripe Old Age of 4
by Sandy Ingham
Going back to New Orleans is like visiting a dear friend after a too-long separation. She greets you with a warm embrace, serves up drinks and good food, then takes you out and shows you a great time. In midsummer, make that a very warm embrace. There's good reason to spend the first weekend ...
2004 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
by Sandy Ingham
A cornucopia is a horn of plenty, and would make an apt emblem for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. There are horns a-plenty in the vast pool of local talent, and an unbelievably rich musical legacy, and the annual festival offers the world an opportunity to enjoy it all. From April 23 to May ...
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