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Brian Eaton’s 'Trail of Contrition' Brings Jazz Fusion to New Frontiers
Portland-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Brian Eaton has unveiled his sixth studio album, Trail of Contrition, available now on Eatin’ Records. This vibrant jazz fusion project stands at the crossroads of diverse American musical traditions, blending elements of jazz, country, bluegrass, folk, rock, rhythm and blues, gospel, and Americana into an adventurous, genre-bending sonic journey. The ...
Introducing Vocalist April May Webb
by Sanford Josephson
When April May Webb was attending William Paterson University more than 10 years ago, pianist Mulgrew Miller, who was Director of Jazz Studies, came to one of her ensemble classes and played a Sarah Vaughan record. “He kinda was trying to fool me," Webb said. “He didn't tell me who it was, and he asked me, ...
Doug MacDonald: Live at the Rancho Mirage Library
by Richard J Salvucci
"Another damn'd thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?" Well, maybe the Duke of Gloucester did (or did not say it) on the publication ofThe Rise and Fall of The Roman Empire, but something similar comes to mind when Doug McDonald's most recent recording comes to hand. “The SoCal guitarist has been at ...
Remembering Roy Haynes: Modern Jazz Giant
by Ian Patterson
When Roy Haynes sat down at the tiny kit on the stage of the Everyman Theatre, during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in 2005, he shook his head ruefully and said, “Man, I feel like a midget!" Rising above the audience laughter, somewhere in the depths of the theatre, a voice replied, “Roy, you're a giant!" ...
Ilya Osachuk: The Answer
by Neil Duggan
Canadian bassist Ilya Osachuk is positive proof that the jazz education system in Canada and the US is in fine shape. Born in Winnipeg, Osachuk graduated from the University of Manitoba's Desautels Faculty of Music in 2021 with a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance. He then moved to New York and gained a Master of Music ...
Roy Haynes: Still Lighting It Up
by Chris M. Slawecki
This article was first published on All About Jazz in June 1997. Drummer Roy Haynes isn't just cool--he's cooooolllll. In conversation, Roy Haynes is languid and relaxed yet full of fire, yet playful, mysterious and serious. Similarly, his music--and he's played alongside the best--is simultaneously passionate and precise, free-swinging and loose, but ...
Roy Haynes Revisited
by AAJ Staff
This article was first published on All About Jazz in January 1999. Roy Haynes is one of the few living legends remaining in jazz. He has been awarded the Danish Jazzpar prize, Grammys, and numerous other awards and polls. Haynes is the most versatile drummer in jazz history, do in most part to his ...
Remembering Quincy Jones: Music Is Like Water
by Ian Patterson
Quincy Jones, a giant of popular music culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, died in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 3, He was 91. Though he began his career in the '50s as a jazz trumpeter, Quincy Jones may be best remembered as a highly successful producer, arranger and conductor--hats he wore with ...
New And Old Voices
by Bob Osborne
This time around a bit of a change, with a raft of recent albums featuring female vocalists it seemed timely to feature a selection of new and old releases with the women of jazz.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Sudha “Nature Girl" from Her Nature (Zack's Talent) 00:21 Jocelyn Gould “I Haven't Managed To Forget You" ...
Take Five with Vocalist Teodora Brody
by AAJ Staff
Meet Teodora Brody Born in Romania, and now based in Switzerland, Teodora Brody initially trained in classical jazz and rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s singing with legendary jazz pianist Johnny Răducanu . Acclaimed for her extraordinary vocal power and creative vision, Teodora pioneered the fusion of jazz with Doina--Romania's ...
