Results for "Sonny Rollins"

Pianist Mark Soskin Interviewed at All About Jazz

August 10, 2010

In conversation with the immensely talented and engaging pianist Mark Soskin, the word “challenge" arises periodically. It's used in a good sense. Simply put, “I like to be able to be handed a challenge and then rise to it," he said in conversation, earlier in the summer of 2010. Diversity is also something he likes. The ...

24 Hours of Umbria Jazz 2010

by Sara Villa
August 3, 2010

Imagine traveling by car for hours in the summer heat of Italy's July 2010. At last it is early evening, and you reach the borders of a breathtaking medieval town. A soft breeze blows around you while you walk through the steep slopes which lead you to the centre. You follow the sounds you so eagerly ...

Rich Corpolongo Trio: Get Happy

by Nic Jones
August 2, 2010

This is a trio that harks back to Sonny Rollins' work with piano-less groups over half a century ago, but there's nothing slavishly imitative about its music. Instead the evocation is joyous enough by itself to justify the title, and the uncalculated way in which the group goes about its work underlines it. ...

The Emergence of Jimmy Lyons

by Robert Levin
August 1, 2010

[Editor's Note: From Jazz & Pop Magazine, 1970] Since 1960, when he began working with Cecil Taylor, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons has been developing from a somewhat diffident musician into one of the more potent voices in the New Music. In recent recordings and appearances with Taylor, Jimmy has been playing with a glowing ...

Take Five With Katsuko Tanaka

by AAJ Staff
July 31, 2010

Meet Katsuko Tanaka: Katsuko Tanaka, born and raised in Osaka Japan, resided in California as a Rotary International Foundation Ambassador in the nineties. Being inspired by the live jazz music during her stay in the U.S., she decided to immerse herself into the jazz world. After being back in Japan (Tokyo and Osaka) for ten years, ...

Don't Stop the Carnival

Featuring the music of Sonny Rollins
Duration: 8:24
July 30, 2010

Noviembre 2010: Barcelona es jazz

July 30, 2010

Primero fue Sonny Rollins (Auditori, 3 de noviembre; concierto inaugural en el que se le hará entrega de la tercera medalla de oro del festival, tras Bebo Valdés en el 2008 y Wayne Shorter en el 2009), después Jamie Cullum en el que será (26 de noviembre) su debut en el célebre Palau de ...

Picking Up the Horn

July 28, 2010

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sonny Rollins was in his apartment in Greenwich Village, six blocks from the World Trade Center, when the first plane hit. He pulled out his old black-and-white TV, which he hadn't used in years, and hooked it up just in time to see the second plane hit. He ran ...

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 7: Molde Jazz, Days 5-6

by John Kelman
July 27, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 [Editors Note: From July 6 to July 26, 2010, All About Jazz Managing Editor John Kelman will travel throughout Norway to cover both the Kongsberg Jazz Festival (also participating in Silver City Sounds) and ...

Rich Corpolongo Trio: Get Happy

by John Barron
July 26, 2010

Tenor saxophonist Rich Corpolongo is a well-known figure on the Chicago jazz scene, having performed for decades with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé and drummer Barrett Deems' big band. An author of four books on improvisation, Corpolongo is known for exploring a variety of jazz styles, from standard swing to avant-garde. For Get Happy, ...