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The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Meets Fred Sturm
by Jack Bowers
The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra was onstage January 23, 2010 at the University of New Mexico's Woodward Hall for a concert featuring the compositions and arrangements of Fred Sturm, director of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. The concert was a part of the New Mexico All-State Band Competition, which was being held at the ...
Back in the Saddle Again...Sort Of
by Jack Bowers
After an absence of more than 45 years, your correspondent returned to the airwaves on December 15, 2009 co-hosting a three-hour program of big-band holiday music on KSFR-FM in Santa Fe, NM. I was invited to share a part of my CD library by Arlen Asher, one of New Mexico's finest jazz musicians, who has been ...
Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands
by Jack Bowers
The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...
Salute to Stan Kenton: Artistry in Contrast
by Jack Bowers
Artistry in Rhythm, the Ken Poston / Los Angeles Jazz Institute's 2009 homage to the renowned bandleader Stan Kenton, was held October 8-11 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel. As always, there was much to see, hear and admire: films, panel discussions, special presentations and, last but not least, no fewer than nineteen concerts by ...
1959: The Year Classic Albums Were Born
by R.J. DeLuke
When the year 1959 began, there were only 48 states. Alaska and Hawaii would became part of the United States during that annum, the third year of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. It was the year Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and took a goodwill tour of the U.S., two months after an ...
Chris Byars: Studying Unsung Heroes
by Ludwig vanTrikt
[Introduction by Teddy Charles] It's not easy to be Chris Byars. With an incredible array of talents brought to bear on his composition, arrangements, and cooking jazz performances, it's no wonder he's worked his way to the forefront of the myriad of jazz players overwhelming the scene. For me, our felicitous association led to multiple gigs ...
Announcing the Winners of the Smalls Records 5 CD Giveaway!
Stephen Drummonds, Bruce Comstock, Bunny Zero, Robert McGuinness and Robert McNeice, Congratulations! You're the winners of the Smalls Records 5 CD giveaway! All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Smalls Records for more jazz releases. Your Friends at Smalls Records ...
Enter the Smalls Records Five CD Giveaway Contest
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Smalls Records FIVE CD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 10th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Teddy Charles at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Teddy Charles Dances With Bulls ...
Jazz Surviors
THE VIBRAPOHONIST TEDDY CHARLES Teddy Charles was tearing through some of Charlie Parker's most daunting tunes with a quartet at the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts, (Huntginton, NY) here as the audience of nearly 200 people roared its approval. Given the energy he exuded -- despite a leg injury -- it would have been ...
