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Jeff Gauthier: Open
by Ian Patterson
Violinist Jeff Gauthier has been a leading figure in cutting-edge jazz on the West Coast since the mid-'70s. As a leader, he's produced half a dozen compelling works with his band of 20 years, The Jeff Gauthier Goatette. Open Source (Cryptogramophone, 2011) finds the quartet grown to a quintet, with trumpeter John Fumo bringing added fire ...
Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson
By Stuff Smith
Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing:
01. Desert Sands (Stuff Smith) - 8:14; 02. Soft Winds (Fletcher
Henderson) - 6:13; 03. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (M. Ellington;
T. Parsons) - 6:21;
04. It Don't Mean a Thing (D. Ellington) - 4:29; 05. Time and Again (SS) -
7:04; 06. I Know That You Know (Youmans; Harbach; Caldwell) - 9:39;
07. In a Mellow Tone (DE) - 9:53;
08. Heat Wave (I. Berlin) - 729: 09. Body and Soul (Green; Heyman:
Sour: Eyton); 10. Calypso (SS) - 5:31; 11. I Wrote MY Song (SS) - 3:19.
Diane Monroe: Bridging Diverse Musical Worlds
by Victor L. Schermer
Listening to Diane Monroe play jazz violin--whether solo, duo, or in a group--what's immediately evident is how great an improviser she is, fitting seamlessly with the music and the group, breathing and moving with the music. Only then does it become clear that she possesses the precision, complexity, and technique of a classical concert violinist. Indeed, ...
Stuff Smith: Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson
by AAJ Italy Staff
La storia del violino nel jazz è curiosa. Strumento centrale nell'esperienza afroamericana durante lo schiavismo, resta importante all'inizio del '900 nelle formazioni di ragtime orchestrale. Poi, con l'arrivo delle big band e la diffusione delle musiche di New Orleans, scompare soffocato da sezioni ritmiche e gruppi di fiati sempre più potenti. I pochi solisti di pregio ...
Don "Sugar Cane" Harris: Cup Full of Dreams
by John Kelman
While Sugar Cane's Got the Blues (MPS, 1972; Reissued Promising Music, 2008), teamed the violinist with Europeans including Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal, German keyboardist Wolfgang Dauner and British (though, with a life-changing accident looming, not for long) drummer Robert Wyatt, Cup Full of Dreams finds Don “Sugar Cane" Harris back on American turf, with a group ...
Larry Fine: Larry Fine Meets Stuff Smith: Fine Stuff
by Ken Dryden
Larry Fine was often shown playing the violin in various The Three Stooges shorts, but what many fans don't realize is that he really played the instrument. Fortunately, he was also interested in jazz and an admirer of Stuff Smith. This long forgotten radio broadcast likely originated from a Hollywood club during one of the recording ...
Majid Khaliq: The Basilisk
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There was once a school of thought that championed, zealot-like, the cause of the violin. To them there was no more perfect instrument than the four-stringed wonder that supports a fretless arm and offers infinite possibilities of melody; one that all but brought to life myriad human emotions via harmonic invention. Were this league of extraordinary ...
Take Five With Majid Khaliq
by AAJ Staff
Meet Majid Khaliq:Majid Khaliq is a violinist and composer cut from a different cloth. He has been described by legendary musician Wynton Marsalis as having “a unique blend of improvisation, groove and technical sophistication." Although classically trained, Khaliq's passion and musical palette ranges from the roots of American jazz music to the greats of ...
Five Fine Violins Celebrating 100 Years
By Stuff Smith
Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Stand By Blues; How High The Moon; Timme's Blues; Soft Winds; Swingin' Softly; When You're Smiling; Swingin' Softly; Ain't She Sweet?; C Jam Blues; Caravan; Timme's Blues; Oh, Lady, Be Good!
Storyville Records: A Treasure Trove of Swinging Jazz
by Chris May
Since its foundation during the European revivalist movement of the early 1950s, Copenhagen-based Storyville Records has grown into a major repository of New Orleans, big band and mainstream recordings. With something approaching 600 releases in its back catalogue, the label is a treasure trove of jazz that swings. Founded in 1952 by Danish jazz ...
