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Article: Cover Stories

Phil Raskin: Songs Of The Fathers

by Sammy Stein
June 13, 2024

Introduction The eye-catching artwork on Songs of The Fathers by Satya (Resonant Artists 2024) is the work of photographer Peter Koppenaal. The image features layer upon layer of people figures outlined against a fiery backdrop of African colors. The picture is, in fact, more representative of the label that might at first be apparent because Resonant ...

Article: Jazz in Long Form

From Showboat-to-Samba: Transculturation of Brazilian Music in America

by Troy Hoffman
June 12, 2024

By 1957, jazz music was fully stretching out and the bossa nova movement was one of the many impacts. American artists of all types had been expanding their knowledge of international cultures for quite some time, specifically Latin countries and the musical rhythms driving them--one of the earliest being Cuban culture, which began popularizing in the ...

News: Video / DVD

Stan Getz: Six New Videos

June 11, 2024

Fortunately for us, Stan Getz was one of the most documented jazz saxophonists on videotape during concerts both here and abroad. Six clips of Getz that recently went up at YouTube: Here's Stan Getz and trumpeter Chet Baker with Jim McNeely (p), George Mraz (b) and Victor Lewis (d) in Stockholm in 1983... Here's Getz playing ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Betty Carter, Patty Waters, and Fay Victor

by Jerome Wilson
June 5, 2024

This program features several distinctive vocalists, Betty Carter, Patty Waters, and Fay Victor. It also has instrumental work from Riley Mulherkar, The Messthetics, and Tomasz Stańko among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Mark ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bob Mover, Bill Evans, Grover Washington, Jr. & Kelly Green

by Joe Dimino
April 28, 2024

We begin the 852nd Episode of Neon Jazz with the talents of Kelly Green and music from her 2024 release Seems. From there, we hear from her mentor in the late Harold Mabern. Continuing on, we run down a bevy of new music from Martin Buddy, Scott Marshall, David Schumacher and the Jazz Saxophone Quartet. In ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett and Azimuth light up ECM Luminessence reissues

by Chris May
April 16, 2024

The spring 2024 iteration of ECM's audiophile vinyl reissue series, Luminessence, presents another trio of landmark albums: Jan Garbarek Quartet's Afric Pepperbird, from 1971, Keith Jarrett and Garbarek's Luminessence, from 1975, and Azimuth's Azimuth, from 1977. The combined scope of the music on the three discs (which come with new liner notes) is prairie wide, and ...

Article: Interview

Albert "Tootie" Heath: Class Personified

by R.J. DeLuke
April 13, 2024

This article was first published on All About Jazz on March 9, 2015. Albert “Tootie" Heath is among the drummers who lived--and thrived--during what many call the golden age of jazz, the '40s, '50, early '60s. He's enjoyed the fruits of a varied and historic career, but never stayed put. Just kept working. He ...

Article: Live Review

Tony Miceli Quintet at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
April 12, 2024

Tony Miceli Quintet Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA April 5, 2024 Vibraphonist Tony Miceli has a way of drawing talent around him like a magnet. Of course, it's because of his exceptional musicianship, but he also has a knack for creating interesting situations for playing. This time, he ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Charles Lloyd: Defiant Warrior Still On Song

by Chris May
March 19, 2024

As fool's errands go, few compare with selecting a Top Ten Albums collection from Charles Lloyd's extensive top-drawer output. But here goes. Lloyd newbies could consider the list a launch pad, and seasoned fans can compare the choices with their own... Anyone going to jazz festivals in summer 1966, and lucky enough to ...

News: Music Industry

Impex's Getz/Gilberto; Plus a Chat With Abey Fonn

March 11, 2024

This month marks the 60th anniversary of Getz/Gilberto's release by Verve Records. The revolutionary bossa nova album recorded in 1963 and produced by Creed Taylor—with the inclusion of Astrud Gilberto singing The Girl From Ipanema and Corcovado—turned the infectious Brazilian beat into a global phenomenon with the young-adult market. In America, the Beatles and other British ...