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Pianist Vlad West Releases "Green Light"
ALVE Recording Co. Proudly Presents a new release by pianist Vlad West Vlad West, a noted jazz pianist who has played with numerous luminaries including Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Tony Scott and Clark Terry, and is known in Europe as Vladimir Sermakashev, has released his second album Green Light. Commemorating his work ...
Premio Internazionale Massimo Urbani
by Giuseppe Segala
Premio Internazionale Massimo Urbani XIX edizione Camerino 04-06.06.2015 Il cuore dell'Italia, nella città marchigiana di Camerino, ricorda ogni anno Massimo Urbani con il Premio a lui dedicato, rivolto ai giovani solisti di tutta la Penisola meritevoli di considerazione e supporto. Premio prestigioso, che nel corso degli anni passati ha ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott
All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Scott's birthday today! Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop. With Buddy DeFranco, Mr. Scott was considered one of the leading bebop clarinetists. (The two men were often described as the ...
The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis
by Chris Smith
The following is an excerpt from “Chapter 13: Opening Night at the Village Vanguard" of The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis by Chris Smith (University of North Texas Press, 2014). In November of 1965, Thad and Mel quickly put together a list of the ...
Bill Evans
by Mark Sabbatini
Arguably the greatest jazz pianist of the 1960s and '70s, Bill Evans is generally acknowledged as the most influential pianist since Bud Powell and a primary influence on players such as Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. Evans co-wrote Kind Of Blue with Miles Davis and some consider the pianist's Sunday At The Village Vanguard the best ...
Tony Scott: Lost Tapes
Clarinetist Tony Scott wasn't a fan of vibrato. Adding it would only have smoothed out his sound and landed him in the shadow of Artie Shaw and Buddy DeFranco. Instead, he preferred to stand out with a hoarse, stripped down, high-register tone. To the uninitiated, Scott could sound sour and breathless, like someone who hadn't yet ...
Bimhuis at 40: Older, Better, Business as Usual
by Joan Gannij
The Bimhuis is turning 40 and is still very much in its prime. Beginning October 1, Amsterdam's venerable jazz club will celebrate this milestone with a variety of concerts, activities and special events. The Bimhuis opened in 1974 after a lengthy search for a suitable venue for improvising musicians. Over the next decades it would become ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott
All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Scott's birthday today! Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop. With Buddy DeFranco, Mr. Scott was considered one of the leading bebop clarinetists. (The two men were often described as the ...
Claudio Filippini: Facing North
by Robin Arends
Pianist Claudio Filippini, born in Pescara in 1982, is one of the bright young stars of Italian jazz. With his album The Enchanted Garden (CAM Jazz, 2011) he was hailed as the new “wonder boy" of Italian jazz. Now he is regarded as a pianist/composer of international stature, with his album Facing North (CAM Jazz, 2013) ...
The Cosmosamatics: Jazz-Maalika
by Florence Wetzel
Since their founding in 2002, the Cosmosamatics have been one of the most exciting groups in jazz. Spearheaded by twin souls Sonny Simmons and Michael Marcus, the band has thus far released nine recordings and one live DVD. Part of the Cosmosamatics' strength lies in their openness to new sounds and players, and over the years ...
