Results for "Scott Hamilton"

Scott Hamilton: Live at Nefertiti

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 29, 2010

Jazz isn't always about breaking new ground in terms of sound and genre. It's just as important to preserve the music of the masters, and nobody carries the torch of tradition more elegantly than tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton. His heroes include Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young--in short, the founding fathers of swing saxophone playing. ...

Dedicated To…

By Scott Hamilton

Label: Drum
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. The Song Is You (Hammerstein/Kern); 02. The Very Thought of You (Noble); 03. Laura (Raskin/Mercer); 04. Little Girl Blue (Rodgers/Lorenz); 05. I Remember You (Schertzinger/Mercer); 06. Emily (Mandel/Mercer); 07. My One and Only Love (Mellin/Wood); 08. You’re Getting to Be a Habit (Dubin/Harry); 09. Lela (Higgins).

Patty Wicks: Dedicated To…

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 11, 2009

In Dedicated To... Patti Wick è impeccabile; come pure i compagni di viaggio, che hanno tuttavia il torto di lesinare soluzioni personali, sicuri di far leva su un repertorio eterogeneo e di sicura presa. Prevale un modo impeccabile quanto scarno nell'andamento solistico, poco graffiante ed incisivo e la relativa brevità di molti brani conferma la sensazione ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott Hamilton

September 12, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott Hamilton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Scott HamiltonScott Hamilton is the premier \'mainstream\' saxophonist of today. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1954... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Scott Hamilton Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

Skylark

Featuring the music of Scott Hamilton
Duration: 5:19
September 12, 2009

Take Five With Peter Cobb

by AAJ Staff
September 5, 2009

Meet Peter Cobb:Saxophonist Peter Cobb hails from Boston, and grew up studying with the likes of Joe Viola and Jerry Bergonzi, and later went to Berklee on a saxophone scholarship. After taking a brief detour to attend UPenn Law School and practicing as an attorney in Philadelphia for a few years, Peter moved to ...

Seven Days In Norway: The 2009 Oslo Jazz Festival

by Thomas Conrad
August 31, 2009

Oslo Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 9-15, 2009 Sunday August 9 was the first day of the Oslo Jazz Festival. It was cloudy and cool and rained off and on all day until, miraculously, the skies cleared just in time for the opening concert. Antony and the Johnsons performed with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra ...

Jazz Orchestras

by Nick Catalano
August 7, 2009

This excerpt appears in New York Nights: Performing, Producing and Writing in Gotham (IUniverse, 2008). In addition to the productions of the dance band shows, being a Performing Arts producer meant that I had the opportunity to present artists from every genre imaginable. I steadfastly tried to adhere to some sense of objectivity listening ...

Patti Wicks Trio: Dedicated To...

by C. Michael Bailey
July 26, 2009

Pianist/singer Patti Wicks started out in New York City, moved to Florida and then each year or so since 2004 has rendezvoused with her Italian rhythm section of bassist Giovanni Sanguineti and drummer Giovanni Guillino in Italy to record successful trio sessions supplemented with a horn, typically a saxophone. For 2005's Basic Feeling (Studiottanta-Fortuna), Wicks was ...

Norwich Jazz Party 2009

by Bruce Lindsay
May 19, 2009

Norwich Jazz PartyNorwich, UKMay 2-4, 2009 The third Norwich Jazz Party, held over a 3-day holiday weekend in the airport Holiday Inn, gathered together over 30 jazz musicians from the USA, Britain and Europe who grouped together in 37 different performance combinations from solo piano to big band swing. They delighted the ...