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Article: Album Review

Rob Derke & the NYJAZZ Quartet: Blue Divide

by J Hunter
January 2, 2014

The name “NYJAZZ Quartet" does beg the question, “What is New York Jazz?" Even narrowing the definition to “home grown" music doesn't help, since that range runs from the mainstream sounds of Birdland and the Blue Note to the next-level avant-garde associated with Smalls and the late lamented Knitting Factory. With Blue Divide, saxman Rob Derke ...

Article: Interview

Brian Carpenter: In Between The Cracks

by DanMichael Reyes
January 2, 2014

To write that Brian Carpenter has had an interesting career would be an incomplete statement since he holds so many. By day Carpenter is an engineer, but there's also his radio shows, his acting career, a film he's working on about Albert Ayler, his band Brian Carpenter and the Confessions where he sings and composes, and ...

Article: Year in Review

Top Ten "Most Read" Album Reviews: 2013

by AAJ Staff
January 2, 2014

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top ten published in 2013. Sex Mob Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Sex Mob Plays Fellini) Wayne Shorter Quartet Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net John Scofield John Scofield: Uberjam ...

Article: Year in Review

Top Ten "Most Read" Articles: 2013

by AAJ Staff
January 2, 2014

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top ten published in 2013. 1. Diana Krall: Rediscovering Vaudeville in Glad Rag Doll 2. The Harlem Renaissance and American Music 3. John McLaughlin: Risk, Magic And Mystery

Article: Extended Analysis

A Celebration of Cuba in America

by Harry S. Pariser
January 2, 2014

Picking up a copy of Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba , the high quality sleeve design and liner notes prepare one for the wonderful music to be found within. This extraordinary two-CD set has both a history and legacy behind it. Born in 1953 in Oakland, California, Rosewoman migrated to New York City more than ...

News: Radio

Jim Cullum Hosts Austin's Finest This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

January 2, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Jim Cullum welcomes Austin’s top young traditional jazz artists—guitarist/violinist Erik Hokkanen, guitarist J.D. Pendley and vocalist Albanie Falletta, to the stage of San Antonio’s Pearl Stable on the banks of the San Antonio River. The Band tears it up with piano sensation Shelly Berg, and series favorites Vernel Bagneris and Topsy ...

Article: Album Review

Peter Kerlin Octet: Salamander

Read "Salamander" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 1, 2014

Brooklyn continues to build on its reputation as a breeding ground for some of the finest modern jazz in the Northeast. Bassist Peter Kerlin adds to that distinction with Salamander, an octet powered collection with a very unique structure that includes three basses, double vibraphones and a string trio. Kerlin is no stranger to the unusual ...

Article: Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

January 2014

by Mr. P.C.
January 1, 2014

Dear Mr. P.C.: Why is it that whenever I go to a jam session, the best players are the meanest? Does that mean that I have to become a jerk if I want to get good? --Still A Nice Guy Dear SANG: Sounds like you're buying into ...

Article: Extended Analysis

SFJAZZ Collective: Live SFJAZZ Center 2013 - The Music of Chick Corea & New Compositions

by John Kelman
January 1, 2014

Some things change, some things stay the same. After two successive recordings and tours with an identical lineup--a first in its now 10-year history--the SFJAZZ Collective once again undergoes some minor personnel shifts. More important, however, is that Live SFJAZZ Center 2013: The Music of Chick Corea & New Compositions comes a full two years after ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Wess: Magic 201

Read "Magic 201" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 1, 2014

Saxophonist Frank Wess was born in 1922. He played in Billy Ecstine's orchestra, after World War II interrupted his burgeoning career, and he played in Count Basie's band from 1953 to 1964. With those early experiences on his resume, the fact that he was a traditionalist in the mode of saxophonists Ben Webster, of Duke Ellington ...