Results for "Stan Kenton"

Terry Gibbs Dream Band: Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959

by Angelo Leonardi
February 24, 2025

«Non credo che ci sia mai stata una band migliore di questa, compresa la mia». Mel Lewis espresse queste parole per la mitica orchestra che il vibrafonista Terry Gibbs guidò in California tra il 1959 e il 1961 e fu chiamata “Dream Band" per l'entusiasmo che suscitò tra i fortunati che l'ascoltarono dal vivo.

Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977

by Rob Rosenblum
January 13, 2025

This interview took place in 1975 when Baker was making frequent trips to the Albany, New York area. At the time of this interview Baker, was playing with saxophonist Nick Brignola at Shaker's Steak House in Troy, N.Y. Back in the early 1950's, a young trumpet player whose personal appearance and demeanor was more ...

Roots

By Stan Kenton

Label: Submarine Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: January 14, 1944—Introduction: Artistry in Rhythm; Begin the Beguine; Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me; Eager Beaver; Shoo Shoo Baby; Ol’ Man River; I’ll Be Around; Reed Rapture; The Goon Came On; Harlem Folk Dance; Sign Off: Eager Beaver. September 20, 1945— Introduction: Artistry in Rhythm; Blue Skies; And There You Are; Tampico; I Surrender Dear; Southern Scandal; It’s Been a Long, Long Time; The Man I Love; I Wish I Knew; Reed Rapture; Sign Off: Artistry in Rhythm. November 1945—Theme: Artistry Jumps; I Can’t Get Started; Tampico; Body and Soul/Sign Off. Bonus track: October 15, 1945—I Don’t Want to Be Loved.

Stan Kenton: 1950-1951

December 19, 2024

For many fans of Stan Kenton, his New Concept of Artistry in Rhythm album (recorded in 1952) is their listening starting point. More intensive fans like to dip into his 1940s discography, which includes Eager Beaver, Tampico, Intermission Riff and Southern Scandal, allowing them to fully appreciate the evolution of Kenton's wall-of-sound approach. As for the ...

Norman David: Intention

by Victor L. Schermer
December 19, 2024

Saxophonist/composer/arranger/band leader Norman David grew up and matured as a musician in Montreal and moved to Boston to study with the late, revered, and multifaceted Herb Pomeroy at the famed Berklee College of Music. While there, in 1980, David founded a large jazz ensemble just a few members short of a full big band called the ...

Scrolling Down the Leaderboard

by Monk Rowe
October 5, 2024

Janel Leppin, Marion Brown, and R.I.P. John Mayall

by Jerome Wilson
August 14, 2024

This program features new releases from Janel Leppin, Andy Milne, and John Surman, plus a tribute to the late British blues giant, John Mayall. 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 Matt Wilson “Be That As ...

Art Pepper: Art Of Art

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 16, 2024

Registrato dal vivo al festival genovese di Villa Imperiale il 6 luglio 1981, vale a dire nel periodo in cui Art Pepper, in una sorta di oasi estrema da quel mix esplosivo di tossicodipendenza e conseguenti reclusioni che ha segnato buona parte della sua vita, era tornato a lavorare sodo, incidendo in studio album fra i ...

Doug Richards: Through a Sonic Prism

by Angelo Leonardi
May 2, 2024

Interpretare le canzoni di Antonio Carlos Jobim, come fossero forme luminose che attraversano un prisma. Questo è l'intento dichiarato nel titolo del disco da Doug Richards, che rilegge con la sua orchestra quattordici composizioni dell'autore brasiliano in modo personale. Professore da quattro decenni alla Virginia Commonwealth University, dove ha fondato il dipartimento jazz, ...

John Basile: Heatin' Up

by Bill Milkowski
April 2, 2024

John Basile's warm tone and impeccable articulation on Heatin' Up at first may trigger memories of the late, great Pat Martino, an iconic guitarist whom Basile obviously admires. But listen closer to the elegant phrasing, the confident use of space and “less is more" approach he applies to tunes like Cy Coleman's “See Saw," the oft-covered ...