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DIVA: A Swingin' Life
by Jack Bowers
As if being the premier all-female big band on the planet weren't enough, DIVA has enlisted the services of two purebred divas--Nancy Wilson and Marlena Shaw--to enrich its latest album, A Swingin' Life, recorded live at Pittsburgh's Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (November 2011) and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center (September 2012). ...
Armand Boatman Trio + Jim Cooper at Musicians Hall
by Patricia Myers
Armand Boatman Trio + Jim Cooper Musicians Hall/Phoenix Federation of Musicians Local 586 AFM Phoenix, Arizona November 4,2014 The sparkling piano style of Armand Boatman combined with the flashing mallets of longtime Chicago- area vibraphonist Jim Cooper in a quartet setting on Nov. 4 at the Phoenix Musicians Hall. From the ...
Diva: A Swingin' Life
by Edward Blanco
What do you get when you have fifteen talented and swinging female jazz musicians in an orchestral setting? The answer, drummer Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra offering A Swingin' Life as proof that hard-charging big band music is not the exclusivity of the male gender. Building upon the work of more than a dozen ...
Practice, Do You? Part 2-3
by Dom Minasi
Continued from Part 1 I began studying the guitar when I was seven years old. I hated my teacher and I didn't practice much, but when I changed teachers' and I went to Joe Geneli, I regained a love for the guitar that I first had when I was four years old when I ...
Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio
by Chris M. Slawecki
Drummer, composer and bandleader Gerry Gibbs--son of renown vibes player and bandleader Terry Gibbs--grew up playing with musical legends from jazz traditionalists such as Clark Terry and James Moody, to Gary Bartz and Sam Rivers and other more adventurous conceptualists, to Parliament-Funkadelic and other artists who skirt the fringes in between. Gibbs' exceptionally dexterous work with ...
Vámanos – Let’s Go!
by Chris M. Slawecki
As jazz continues to indelibly leave imprints on music all over the globe, this column explores everything from classic 1960s and '70 singles from Peru to contemporary updates of traditional blues from Turkey and Greece. Vámanos--let's go! Ҫiğdem Aslan Mortissa Asphalt Tango 2013 Ҫiğdem Aslan was born in the ...
GrandMasters of Jazz
By Jackie Ryan
Label: OpenArt Productions
Released: 2013
Track listing: 19 tracks, 14 songs;COLLECTORS 1 CD &
2 DVDs EDITION includes:
1 CD with 19 tracks, 14 songs
2 bonus DVDs - 90 minutes with
additional songs, additional concerts
20 page Booklet with bios and 27 photo portraits
Liner notes by Will Friedwald
CD - Not to be missed:
CLARK's haunting version of "Topsy"
BUDDY's skillfully creative "Speak Low" and "Liza"
GIBB's virtuoso "Love For Sale" and stunning "Body and Soul" with Jackie's a
cappella intro
JACKIE's luscious "East of the Sun" and "You Go To My Head"
SWING FEVER and GIBB's electrifying "Airmail Special"
DVD - Not to be missed:
CLARK and SWING FEVER's rousing "Swingin' The Blues"
CLARK's vocal antics on "I Want A Little Girl" - one of three best videos recorded of
Clark's vocal classic
CLARK's and JACKIE's mischievous banter on "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm
Gone"
Phil Woods & the Festival Orchestra: New Celebration
by Jack Bowers
Any album with the renowned Phil Woods leading a big band (or jazz orchestra) is cause for celebration, especially so when he has written all but one of the charts and takes the bulk of the alto solos. More than fifteen years have passed since Woods last recorded with the COTA Festival Orchestra from his home ...
Kenny Barron/Gerry Gibbs/Ron Carter: Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Gerry Gibbs calls this band the Thrasher Dream Trio. That “Thrasher" aspect of the appellation might make the uninitiated conjure images of burly tattooed guys in sleeveless shirts, sporting long black hair--and maybe facial make-up--slamming their instruments in the heavy metal bass/drums/guitar mode. But this couldn't be further from the music at hand. Gerry Gibbs ...
Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait Of A Legend
by Edward Blanco
Woody HermanBlue Flame--Portrait Of A LegandJazzed Media 2012Born on May 16, 1913, Woodrow Charles “Woody" Herman is the subject of this feature-length documentary, produced by Jazzed Media's Graham Carter in association with Al Julian's The Woody Herman Society in recognition of the clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, bandleader and American ...
