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Danish Radio Big Band: A Good Time Was Had By All
by Jack Bowers
To mark its fiftieth anniversary in 2014, the Danish Radio Big Band produced a wide-ranging six-CD set encompassing highlights from the years 1964-2014 while spotlighting a number of well-known guest artists from the U.S. and elsewhere. The band is heard in studio and in concert, at home and abroad, and is sometimes referred to as the ...
Meet Sal Capozucca
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
In memory of our good friend and our first Super Fan recipient, Sal Capozucca, who passed away at age 97 on August 4, 2020. This article was first published in June 2016. He came, he saw, he took a picture! Our first Super Fan, 94-year-old Sal Capozucca, has been going out to hear live ...
Mike Price Jazz Quintet: In Tokyo, Japan
by Jack Bowers
Although the name Mike Price may be unfamiliar to you--unless, that is, you happen to live in or near Los Angeles or Tokyo--he has been around the block more than a few times, forging a lengthy and successful career that goes back to his time as lead trumpet for the Buddy Rich band and orchestras led ...
Dino Betti van der Noot all'Aula Magna della Bocconi di Milano
by Alberto Bazzurro
Aula Magna dell'Università Bocconi Milano 21.04.2016 Un concerto dell'orchestra di Dino Betti è un evento sempre e comunque, vista la rarità con cui riunirla dal vivo si rende possibile, figurarsi nel momento in cui la Bocconi, all'indomani della sua sesta vittoria al Top Jazz (nello specifico con Notes Are But Wind), ...
Drummer Stan Levey Improvised His Life with a Steady Beat
by Victor L. Schermer
Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight Frank R. Hayde 224 Pages ISBN: # 13-978-1595800862 Santa Monica Press 2016 The word “Heavyweight" in the title of this fast-paced biography of the late great jazz drummer Stan Levey is not just a metaphor for his reputation as a musician. Levey, in addition ...
Early Chris Connor: 1953
It's no secret that three of my favorite female vocalists are Julie London, Sarah Vaughan and Chris Connor. Yesterday, I was listening to Chris with Stan Kenton in the spring of 1953 and Sy Oliver in December of that year. Prior to Kenton, Chris in 1952 recorded as a solo singer with Jerry Wald and then ...
Peter Erskine: Paging Dr. Um
by R.J. DeLuke
There's not much ground drummer Peter Erskine hasn't covered. He's said to have appeared on more than 600 albums. He has won two Grammys and holds an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music. He's been a part of the big bands of Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson, and has played with the ...
Stan Getz
by Mark Barnett
The story of Stan Getz (1927-1991) has to begin with Lester Young. Before Young, tenor sax players seemed awash in testosterone. Their sound was full, rich, deep, blown hard out of the instrument's lower registers, with emotion pouring out in lavish swoops and honks. Then along came Lester. In the post-war 1940s, he invented a new ...
Swiss Jazz Orchestra: Pools: Live at Jazzfestival Bern
by Jack Bowers
As if a new CD by the superlative Swiss Jazz Orchestra weren't enough to start New Year 2016 on a high note, Pools presses home the considerable talents of the orchestra's special guests, vibraphonist Mike Mainieri and drummer Peter Erskine, in a dynamic performance taped live at the Hotel Innere Enge on April 10-11, 2015, as ...
Paul Bley: 1932-2016
It is with deep regret that we share the news below from the family of the great Paul Bley: Paul Bley, renowned jazz pianist, died January 3, 2016 at home with his family. Born November 10, 1932 in Montreal, QC, he began music studies at the age of five. At 13, he formed the “Buzzy Bley ...
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