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Article: Film Review

Victor Wooten and Carter Beauford: Making Music

by Anton Rasmussen
November 29, 2013

Victor Wooten & Carter Beauford Making Music Hudson Music 2002 One of my favorite VHS tapes in High School around 14 years ago was the Hudson Music recording called Making Music, featuring Carter Beauford and Victor Wooten. This recording is still available from Hudson Music and, as of 2002, the film ...

Article: Live Review

Festival Da Jazz: St Moritz 2013

by Bruce Lindsay
August 1, 2013

Festival Da JazzSt. Moritz, SwitzerlandJuly 18-22, 2013How To Run A Jazz Festival 101. Get a big hall, put on some big names: get a small room, put on some smaller names. Stars in the big spaces, up and comers in the little ones. There's a commercial and economic logic to it, maybe even ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet Geoff Anderson

by AAJ Staff
April 5, 2013

I currently live in: Littleton, CO I joined All About Jazz in: 2007 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? It all started at a concert by George Brooks and his band Summit at the Boulder Theater around 2002. The band featured tabla maestro Zakir Hussain as well as ...

Album

Live! One Great Night

By Steve Smith

Label: BFM Jazz
Released: 2012

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Dave Wilson In Kennett Square On Wed. January 2nd!

December 13, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square! presents saxophonist Dave Wilson at Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square, on Wednesday January 2nd 2013. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. The huge-toned saxophonist Dave Wilson first received press attention for his traditional/New Orleans ensemble the Canal ...

Article: Live Review

Kuala Lumpur International Jazz Festival: 19-20 May, 2012

by Ian Patterson
June 8, 2012

KL International Jazz Festival Kuala Lumpur Convention CenterKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMay 19-20, 2012The 19th and 20th of May, 2012 will long be remembered by jazz lovers in Kuala Lumpur as the day jazz came to town. The 13 acts that performed on the stage of the KL Convention Center made history by ...

News: Recording

Steve Smith & Vital Information Release New CD+DVD on BFM Jazz; Launch 30th Anniversary Tour (May 31-June 27)

May 18, 2012

LIVE! One Great Night - a CD + DVD set to be released May 29, 2012 on the BFM Jazz label - captures Vital Information in their natural habitat: A packed club with an audience of music lovers and the band in high gear, pulling out all the stops for the entire set. The all-star lineup ...

News: Festival

Ahmad Jamal Headlines Kuala Lumpur International Jazz Festival, May 19-20

May 1, 2012

The great, cosmopolitan city of Kuala Lumpur will swell the list of international capital cities holding jazz festivals when the inaugural KL International Jazz Festival kicks off on the weekend of the 19-20 May. Six hours of jazz each day will offer some of the very best in international and local talent. Legendary pianist Ahmad Jamal ...

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Article: Interview

George Brooks: Global Conversations

by Anil Prasad
March 26, 2012

Being a musician isn't a career for saxophonist George Brooks, it's a journey. Navigating an expansive variety of Indian classical music-influenced environments is at the heart of his travels. Brooks is best known for leading Summit, a cross-cultural ensemble that includes bassist Kai Eckhardt, guitarist Fareed Haque, tabla hero Zakir Hussain and drummer Steve Smith. He ...

Article: From Far and Wide

Goodbye, Cecil's

by David A. Orthmann
March 14, 2012

In the hallway around the corner from the bandstand at Cecil's Jazz Club, hangs a poster for Slugs' Saloon. Through most of the 1960s, until its end in 1972, Slugs' was one of the most important jazz clubs in New York City. Unlike many of the upscale establishments that appeared in its wake, it was a ...