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Joe Holt: In the Spirit of Dave McKenna
by C. Michael Bailey
The late Dave McKenna (1930-2008) belonged to a group of pianists that include Ralph Sutton (1922-2001), Dick Wellstood (1927-1987) and the very much alive Dick Hyman. These are durable, traditional jazz pianists, well-versed in stride, with enormous genre and technical vocabularies. McKenna recorded many enjoyable discs for the Concord and Arbors labels and deserves the acknowledgement ...
Midge Ure: New York, NY, January 9, 2013
by Mike Perciaccante
Midge Ure with special guest Right The Stars The Iridium New York, NY January 9, 2013Midge Ure has had quite a diverse career. Since arriving on the musical horizon in the late '70s, Ure has made himself known as a force to be reckoned with as a member of Slik, The ...
Jazz Trio The Bad Plus Performs At Lawrence University
APPLETON, WIS. — The convention-breaking jazz trio The Bad Plus makes its Lawrence University debut Friday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel as part of the college's 2012-13 Jazz Series. Tickets, at $15-22, are available through the Lawrence Box Office, 920-832-6749 or [email protected]. Featuring Wisconsin native Ethan Iverson, piano, and Minnesotans Reid ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 25-31
A week of all-star jazz begins with a birthday party at the Artists Quarter for owner Kenny Horst, continues into the week with a welcome return of the legendary Dave Holland Quintet, and a homecoming for one of the brightest lights in the vocal music sky, the eclectic/electric José James. That should be enough to warm ...
This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Doc Cheatham, Bob Haggart And Joe Williams
This week on Riverwalk Jazz: Doc Cheatham, Bob Haggart and Joe Williams share their music and stories with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous ...
John Coltrane House Planning Grant Underway
The Preservation Alliance has been awarded a preservation planning grant from the Heritage Philadelphia Program of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage to work with the owners of the John Coltrane House in North Philadelphia to plan a revitalization strategy for the 20th-century jazz great's former home, as well as an adjacent property. Coltrane lived ...
Chris Potter: The Sirens
by John Kelman
The appearance of saxophonist Chris Potter as a leader on ECM may come as a surprise to some, but a look back at the label's 44-year history makes The Sirens--his label debut and 19th as a leader since first emerging with trumpeter Red Rodney before he'd turned twenty, and releasing his own debut, Presenting Chris Potter ...
Keith Jarrett: Hymns/Spheres
by John Kelman
In a career well into its fifth decade, while continuing to make fine music in the new millennium, looking back at Keith Jarrett's discography reveals that the 1970s was a particularly important--and busy--time for the influential pianist. In that single decade, Jarrett released epochal solo piano explorations like The Köln Concert (ECM, 1975); orchestral works including ...
Before We Say Goodbye To 2012
by Mark Corroto
In consumer culture, where we are all guilty of looking for the next new thing, the emphasis is always on new releases, and what the next, best, super-improved product will be. It seems that even before this week's movie opens, we are being told about next week's blockbuster. Before we turn our attention fully ...
Jackie Ryan with John Clayton & Friends: Listen Here
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With Listen Here, vocalist Jackie Ryan offers a diverse and delectable array of Great American Songbook and jazz classics, well-known but not regularly-recorded older hits, and superb original selections. Supported by Grammy Award-winning bassist John Clayton and most able friends (including Clayton's son, pianist Gerald, a three-time Grammy nominee), the overall effort soars. It's a tour ...
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