Results for "Sonny Fortune"

10th Bray Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
May 28, 2009

10th Bray Jazz Festival Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2009 The small town of Bray in county Wicklow is not the most obvious location for an international jazz festival. Situated twenty kilometers south of the capital Dublin and hugging the coast, it has been battered by the Irish Sea since at least 1300, ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Fortune

May 19, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Fortune's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Sonny FortuneWhen critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy - but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qualities ...

L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'

by Chuck Koton
January 22, 2009

The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...

Sonny Fortune Quartet at Twins in October

September 4, 2008

The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival Presents: The Sonny Fortune Quartet Twins Jazz Washington, DC Saturday, October 4, 2008 9pm & 11pm Legendary saxophonist Sonny Fortune embodies all the finest qualities of other great artists: hard work, dedication to his art, and exceptional music. CBS's TV's 48 Hours with ...

Photonality Jazz Series Publishes New Book "Traned' with Sonny Fortune

July 16, 2008

Traned with Sonny Fortune is a visual music composition using the medium of Photonality. Photonality uses the medium of music integrated with the properties of photography to create visual rhythmic scapes. This composition came from witnessing Sonny's interpretation of John Coltrane's Africa and Ole' and his own compositions Hanging out with JC. Sonny's genius with his ...

Saxophonist Sonny Fortune Profiled at AAJ

July 2, 2008

With an auspicious name like Sonny Fortune, could there be any doubt that this man would find success and fulfillment down whatever path he chose to follow in life. Fortune-ately for jazz lovers, he focused his talent and energy on the saxophone. Fortune's good fortune began at the beguine-ing; he was born at the right time, ...

Sonny Fortune: Thank God For That Day Job

by Chuck Koton
July 2, 2008

With an auspicious name like Sonny Fortune, could there be any doubt that this man would find success and fulfillment down whatever path he chose to follow in life. Fortune-ately for jazz lovers, he focused his talent and energy on the saxophone. Fortune's destiny began at the beguine-ing; he was born at ...

Besame Mucho

Featuring the music of Sonny Fortune
Duration: 9:27
May 19, 2008

You and the Night and the Music

By Sonny Fortune

Label: 18th & Vine
Released: 2007
Track listing: Sweet Georgia Brown; You and the Night and the Music; Charade; Round Midnight; Besame Mucho; Love Song; The End of a Love Affair; For Duke and Cannon; Bebop.

The Complete On The Corner Sessions

by John Kelman
November 28, 2007

Much has been written about what is perhaps trumpeter Miles Davis' most controversial album, On The Corner (Columbia, 1972). Already shaken from the electric onslaught of Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), A Tribute To Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1970), and a series of live or, in the case of Live-Evil (Columbia, 1970), largely live releases, it was the ...