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Rich Pulin: Clifford Brown and "It's You, LaRue"
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Celebrated trombonist, trumpeter, composer/arranger, producer, educator and Las Vegas-based radio host, Rich Pulin shares background here about the great trumpeter, Clifford Brown and the love of Clifford's life, his wife, LaRue and his “co-authorship" of what might possibly be the last composition Brownie had written. All About Jazz: Rich, On behalf of All ...
Steve Davis: Say When
by C. Andrew Hovan
The winds of change have actively sought to change the jazz vernacular of the 21st century. Fueled in large part by the media, it seems that the darlings of the current set have opted for a broader definition of the music. Key elements such as melody and a prominent swing feel are often looked upon as ...
Jean-Michel Pilc: What Is This Thing Called?
by Maurizio Zerbo
Pochi altri pianisti jazz riescono come Jean-Michel Pilc ad unire vibrante espressività, magistero tecnico e volatile progettualità. Lo dimostra questo CD imperniato sulla variazione/destrutturazione del celebre standard “What Is This Called Love." Il tema di Cole Porter diventa così il pretesto per una rigogliosa cavalcata in solitudine, tra le mille pieghe del pianoforte jazz e non. ...
Fred Hersch: Solo
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Fred Hersch is celebrating his sixtieth birthday year in style, with a week of performances at the legendary Village Vanguard, his debuts at the Newport Jazz Festival and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the release of Fred Hersch Solo. The achievement of surviving six decades is noteworthy, poignant and auspicious considering Hersch's near-communion with death ...
NEA Jazz Master Jason Marsalis Marsalis Announces Crowdfunding Campaign For His Latest New Orleans Tribute Project Entitled "Heirs"
NEA Jazz Master Jason Marsalis, the youngest recipient of the highest U.S. Jazz honor, has launched a new crowd funding campaign for his latest project Heirs of the Crescent City. Heirs of the Crescent City is a soundtrack recording to an accompanying documentary. directed by Sascha, entitled Heirs. The film is about the various traditions that ...
Chicago Drummer/Composer/Impresario Mike Reed Releases "A New Kind Of Dance" (482 Music) – The 6th Album By His Acclaimed Quartet People, Places, And Things - Out Sept 25th
A New Kind of Dance Features Reed's Original Compositons, Alongside Covers of Ellington/Strayhorn, Mos Def & A Traditional Bulgarian Folk Dance Also Features Luminary Matthew Shipp & Thelonious Monk Competition Winner Marquis Hill When drummer, composer and bandleader Mike Reed isn’t playing music he spends much of his time watching others making it. But he also ...
Mark Christian Miller: Crazy Moon
by Bruce Lindsay
Mark Christian Miller has been performing for over 20 years, mostly in southern California. Recordings are rare, however: perhaps because he's also been working as promoter, booker, manager and festival director. Debut album Dreamer With A Penny (Sliding Glass Door) appeared in 2004; an album with Betty Bryant, Together (bry-mar music) in 2011. Crazy Moon is ...
Jerry Garcia: Broadway: Act One: October 28th, 1987
by Doug Collette
The deliciously relaxed air of the music on these three discs belies the precision in the musicianship as much as it does the operations necessary for a two week run on a Broadway theater. And all this attention to detail, well-served as it is, gives the lie to the moment of serendipity from which it sprung:an ...
Keb' Mo': Blues Meets Jazz in BluesAmericana
by Belinda Ware
Jazz and Blues go hand in hand like mother and daughter, father and son. Blues is often associated with a style of music imbued and cultivated within musicians born and raised in the downhome South hanging out in nightclubs on Memphis' Beale Street, New Orleans and Tupelo waiting for a spot to perform. Kevin ...
Los Van Van at Davies Symphony Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Los Van Van Davies Symphony Hall SFJAZZ Festival San Francisco, CA August 14, 2015 Cheers erupted as Randall Kline, Founder and Co-Executive Director of SFJAZZ, began to introduce the evening's entertainment. Cheers from more than two thousand audience members overpowered Kline as the musicians came onstage, eleven in total, and ...
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