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Henry Butler: San Diego, April 12, 2011
by Robert Bush
Henry ButlerSaville Theatre, San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, CAApril 12, 2011 The path that brought famed New Orleans pianist Henry Butler to the Saville Theatre on April 12 has been rich in diversity and inexorably directed to his core : the wide scope of Crescent City music, and the deep ...
"JAZZ ROOTS: Music of the Americas" Out April 5th!
Sony MASTERWORKS Jazz in partnership with producer Larry Rosen will release JAZZ ROOTS: The Music of the Americas, the first compilation of this new branded series which traces the story of Jazz starting with the “Drums from Africa" and their effect on the musical DNA of the Americas. The historical descriptions for the package have been ...
Vince Giordano: Toe-Tapping and Timeless
by Andrew J. Sammut
Welcome to the inaugural column “Jazz That Scratches, Swings and Pops We've all heard King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke on the Smithsonian Jazz Collection. We know the names because they're “important," but do we ever listen because they're just plain good? What about Papa Celestin, Red ...
Art Tatum Goes To College
by Nick Catalano
After teaching jazz studies at my university for over 30 years, I have amended many original pedagogical goals and done a great deal of revisionist thinking. Although some of my students are part-time musicians, mostly with perfunctory training, most of them like the pop music of the day and take my course because they have heard ...
Oregon: In Stride
by John Kelman
OregonIn StrideCam Jazz2010 With a shared history of 40 years amongst three of its four members--and a fourth now rivaling the group's co-founder, the late Collin Walcott, as percussionist with the longest tenure, it's almost redundant to discuss the inherent chemistry shared amongst the members of the genre-busting ...
Julian Joseph: Joining Jazz and Baseball
by Bruce Lindsay
Julian Joseph is something of a jazz master of all trades. Pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, broadcaster and educator, Joseph is constantly busy, always working on new ideas and projects, spreading the word about music, encouraging young performers and generally promoting jazz around the world. With Shadowball Joseph has turned his attention to the relationship between jazz ...
Lorraine Feather: The Girl With the Lazy Eye
by Carl L. Hager
While writing the tune “Scrabble" for her recently released CD Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010), lyricist and singer Lorraine Feather's songwriting partner, Dick Hyman, had an unusual request that bordered on a dare: could she work the name of the venerable pianist/composer's family friend Dushka into the lyrics? After all, the middle section of his stride composition ...
Katt Hernandez: Spiral Passes
by Gordon Marshall
Katt Hernandez plays violin with a hand and eye versed in the vagaries of natural sound. A student of microtonal music, she is also steeped in European folk traditions, and skilled in classical forms of improvisation. While her work goes in many directions, it stays sharp and swift and supple. She is equally adept ...
Andy Fusco and Friends
by David A. Orthmann
Andy Fusco and Friends Kean UniversityEnlow Recital Hall Hillside, NJ March 25, 2010 There was a stark contrast between the first and the second half of a concert billed as “Jazz on the Fazioli" and “Andy Fusco and Friends." Pianist Ted Rosenthal opened with jazz interpretations on classical ...
Christian Scott: Breaking Boundaries, Crossing Lines
by Frederick Bernas
Christian Scott is lounging on a black leather couch, easy and relaxed before taking to the stage at a Moscow jazz club. The cold, gloomy Russian capital hosted the New Orleans trumpeter's quintet for a trio of gigs in February 2009--including a show at the US ambassador's cushy residence, in front of an elite audience of ...
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