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The Clayton Brothers: The New Song And Dance
by Dan Bilawsky
There was a time when jazz and dance were linked in the minds of the general public. As each evolved, this all changed: nobody was getting up to dance for bop--save, perhaps, Thelonious Monk cutting a rug mid-performance--and big bands focused on their music more than making a danceable product. The literal act ...
Curtis Mayfield: After the Rain
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Throughout the passageways of my youth, perhaps no other voice was as critically important. When I questioned my own existence in a predominantly white school and community, it was his voice and music that carried me through. During my saddest and most vulnerable moments, he filled me with hope and the strength to face another day. ...
Take Five With Neil Alexander
by AAJ Staff
Meet Neil Alexander: Jazz musician Neil Alexander was performing, composing and arranging by age 14. In 2007 he released Tugging At The Infinite, his fourth CD with his contemporary electric/acoustic jazz ensemble NAIL. As well as managing his own electric and acoustic ensembles, he does sessions as both player and programmer, and works ...
Take Five With Scott Lee
by AAJ Staff
Meet Scott Lee:Scott Lee switched from a career in tennis at UNC-CH to jazz, after hearing the Bill Evans Trio. Arriving in NY in the '70s, he worked with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Al Cohn, Red Rodney, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Andy Statman, Chris Conner, Morgana King, Helen Merrill, Betty Buckley, and ...
Ray Brown’s Great Big Band: Kayak
by Robert J. Robbins
Not to be confused with the late, legendary bassist of the same name, San Francisco-based bandleader/arranger Ray Brown, an ex-trumpeter with the Stan Kenton and Full Faith and Credit big bands, drives his own nineteen-piece ensemble populated by the Bay Area's A-list musicians. Brown, whose percussionist father pioneered jazz education in the public schools of Long ...
Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Day Two, November 26, 2010
by Chris M. Slawecki
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival Playa del Carmen, MexicoNovember 25-28, 2010 Painting in bold colors from different corners of the Latin American musical spectrum, guitarist Al Di Meola drew from his acclaimed, historic collaborations with Spanish guitarist Paco de ...
Take Five With Winnie Dahlgren
by AAJ Staff
Meet Winnie Dahlgren: A native of Denmark Winnie Dahlgren started playing percussion at age fifteen, and received both her B.M. in music education and her M.M. in Performance from the Vestjysk Academy of Music in Esbjerg, Denmark. In the middle of her classical studies at the conservatory she took two years off to study jazz at ...
Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival 2010
by Patricia Myers
Sedona Jazz on the Rocks FestivalPoco Diablo ResortSedona, AZ October 2, 2010 After a year's hiatus due to financial problems, the 29th Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival promised a “ReJAZZination," aimed at boosting attendance by having more blues and R&B. Unfortunately, the festival's original jazz focus suffered because the sounds ...
Clifton Anderson: Leading The Way
by Mikayla Gilbreath
Not since the heyday of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey has the trombone enjoyed widespread acceptance as a band leader's instrument. With only a few exceptions, the last half century has seen trombonists slide from favor as leaders and become more commonly viewed as sidemen. Even genuinely notable artists like J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, ...
Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz at Zinc Bar, Nov. 4 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Scott Feiner and Pandeiro JazzZinc BarNew York, NYNovember 3, 2010 For the CD release event for his third CD Accents (Zoho, 2010), pandeiro jazz innovator Scott Feiner took the stage with the same musicians that played on the recording sessions: Freddie Bryant (acoustic and 12-string guitar), Joel Frahm(tenor and soprano saxophone) ...
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