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Montreal Jazz Festival to Feature Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Wynton Marsalis & More
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, has announced some of the initial concerts scheduled for the 34th edition which runs from June 28 to July 7. With a program featuring artists ranging from the music legends to bright new stars, this year’s participants includes Aretha Franklin, ...
Mats Gustafsson: Stones
by John Eyles
Stones is a recording of the very first meeting of two remarkable saxophonists--legendary Swedish baritone and tenor player Mats Gustafsson and Montreal-based American Colin Stetson, a member of Arcade Fire's touring band as well as bass saxophonist of choice for an impressive list of musicians including Laurie Anderson, David Byrne and Tom Waits. The album's four ...
Small Change
By Tom Waits
Label: Asylum
Released: 1976
Track listing: Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen); Step Right Up; Jitterbug Boy (Sharing a Curbstone with Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body and The Mug and Artie); I Wish I Was in New Orleans (In the Ninth Ward); The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King); Invitation to the Blues; Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O'Clock Club); Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell); The One That Got Away; Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38); I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue); 49:28.
Wave Mechanics Union: Further To Fly
by Dan Bilawsky
Rock music has been mined to the nth degree by jazz prospectors. Trumpeter Miles Davis was doing Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper a quarter century back; pianist Brad Mehldau has made Radiohead his own; jazz legend Herbie Hancock spoke of new standards by Peter Gabriel and Nirvana; and organ guru Dr. Lonnie Smith has delivered a ...
Jazzfest Berlin 2012: Berlin, Germany, November 1-4, 2012
by Henning Bolte
Jazzfest Berlin 2012Berlin, GermanyNovember 1-4, 2012In 1964, famous pioneering jazz aficionado and impresario Joachim E. Behrendt founded the legendary Berlin Jazztage. The event, nowadays named Jazzfest Berlin, with its tumultuous history and multitude of faces, has since worked with a variety of different artistic directors. This year was the beginning of a new ...
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
by Nenad Georgievski
Anton Corbijn Inside Out CTM Films 2012There are plenty of documentaries about all kinds of bands and musicians, but there aren't many documentaries about photographers that have helped put them on the music pedestal. Probably the only existing documentaries on music photographers are those about photographers Annie Leibovitz and Robert Knight. ...
Live From Old York: Mysore Brothers, Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Dr. Feelgood, Jesca Hoop & Chicken Shack
by Martin Longley
The Mysore Brothers National Centre For Early Music York, England September 23, 2012 York's NCEM uses the 11th Century medieval Saint Margaret's Church as its core, with a modern foyer area grafted onto the side of the ancient edifice. Straight away, the main concert space is ...
Guelph Jazz Festival: Guelph, Canada, September 5-9, 2012
by Ted Harms
Guelph Jazz FestivalGuelph, OntarioSeptember 5-9, 2012The Guelph Jazz Festival is in its 19th year. Under the direction of Ajay Heble, the festival has few equals in Canada, attracting the upper echelon of improvising musicians.It is a rare festival that can resist the allure of “tent-pole" shows--the mass-appeal artists that have vague, ...
Georgia Mancio: ReVoice!
by Bruce Lindsay
When the road offers two possible paths, the decision to turn left or right can have major consequences. If Georgia Mancio had taken the left-hand path, then she might now be carving out a career in movie production. She took the other route, thanks to a part-time job and a box set of albums, to become ...
