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Stan Kenton Orchestra - DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Captain Black Big Band / Washington State University
by Jack Bowers
Stan Kenton Orchestra / DePaul University Jazz EnsembleDouble Feature, Vol. 1Tantara Productions2010 Some of us are old enough to remember double features, but they were in movie theatres, not concert halls or recording studios, and, as memory serves, were never quite as enchanting or memorable as this ...
"Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm - Portrait of a Jazz Legend" Wins Telly Award
The international Telly Awards, which recognizes excellence in the film and video industries, has honored Jazzed Media with a 2011 Telly Award- Bronze for the documentary film Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm- Portrait of a Jazz Legend. The documentary film was produced and directed by multi-Grammy nominated producer and award winning filmmaker Graham Carter, founder of ...
DVD: Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm: Portrait of a Jazz Legend (2011)
Stan Kenton would have been 100 this year and, in many ways, he's as misunderstood now as he was in his own time. A comprehensive new Jazzed Media biopic from filmmaker Graham Carter, though perhaps too lengthy at 117 minutes, goes a long way toward changing that. Kenton brought to fame a series of jazz music's ...
Jay Anderson: Driving the Bus
by Ian Patterson
The term “sideman" really doesn't do justice to bassist Jay Anderson, as his beautifully melodic, lyrical lines and in-the-pocket-grooves lift and shape any music that he is a part of. And while the term “journeyman" holds some truth--Anderson has played with a huge number of people--one glance at his extensive discography reveals that most of the ...
Stan Kenton: Portrait of a Legend
For years, if you wanted a documentary on Stan Kenton, you were pretty much out of luck. You either had to find DVDs that included clips of the band over the years or you scrounged around YouTube hoping someone put up something fresh. Now Graham Carter at Jazzed Media has produced and directed Stan Kenton, Artistry ...
Are You Sure, Bobby?
by Jack Bowers
In late March, I received an e-mail from trumpeter Bobby Shew. He said he'd performed a gig in West Palm Beach, FL, and had met my brothers, whom he described as “nice guys." My first impulse was to write back and ask if he could have been mistaken. My brothers? Nice guys? Well, the fact is ...
Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm - Portrait Of A Jazz Legend
by Jack Bowers
Stan KentonArtistry In Rhythm: Portrait Of A Jazz LegendJazzed Media2011 “I thought that [Stan] was an echo of life itself: that life is precious, life is exquisite, and life is magnificent. He lived it, and his legacy points to some of those values. Whether we are able ...
New DVD Documentary - Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm Portrait of a Jazz Legend (Jazzed Media)
Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm: Portrait of a Jazz Legend Release Date: April 12, 2011 In recognition of the upcoming 100th birthday (Dec. 15, 1911) celebration of Stan Kenton in 2011 this almost 2 hour documentary by award winning jazz filmmaker Graham Carter, produced in association with the Los Angeles Jazz Institute, covers all ...
90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be presenting a 90th Birthday Celebration honoring Candido Camero, NEA Jazz Master and the “father of modern conga drumming" on Friday, April 1 at 7:30pm in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium. The evening will feature Candido, who officially turns 90 on April 22nd, ...
Extended Interviews with Jazz Greats Available on Hamilton College Jazz Archive Website
A collection of 300 audio interviews with jazz musicians, arrangers, writers and critics, the jazz greats and the supporting cast from the 1930s to the present, is now available online and free to the public courtesy of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive at www.hamilton.edu/jazzarchive. Listeners can click on a link and read the transcripts or listen ...
