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Article: Extended Analysis

Julie Kelly: Happy to Be

by Jack Bowers
August 30, 2014

Julie Kelly is a talented singer whose talents are a fairly well-kept secret except on the West Coast, where she makes her home. Happy to Be is Kelly's eighth album, the first on Graham Carter's Colorado-based Jazzed Media label, and as has been her custom in the past, she chooses for the most part interesting songs ...

Article: Film Review

Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity

by John Kelman
August 30, 2014

Charles Lloyd Arrows Into Infinity ECM Records 2014 It's rare to have an opportunity to see a music film in both the theatre and the comfort of your own home, but a serendipitous invite to the 2013 Jazztopad Festival in Wrocław, Poland not only provided the chance to hear saxophonist ...

Article: New York Beat

More from Clifford Brown

by Nick Catalano
August 30, 2014

Ever since I wrote the biography of Clifford Brown (Oxford University Press, 2000) I've been hoping that someone would come forth with some newly discovered recording, some new photos of Brownie, or some new piece of information about his life that wasn't available at the time the book was published. One of the great bonuses of ...

News: Festival

Jazz This Week: Gateway Jazz Festival, Moaje Jam Session, and More

August 30, 2014

As the dog days of August wind down and we look forward to the start of the fall presenting season, here's a look at some of the more noteworthy live jazz performances happening in and around St. Louis this Labor Day weekend. On Friday night, singer Ann Dueren's trio will provide the music for the annual ...

Article: Album Review

Tori Freestone Trio: Tori Freestone - In the Chop House

Read "Tori Freestone - In the Chop House" reviewed by Phil Barnes

by Phil Barnes
August 29, 2014

Tori Freestone is a name that will be familiar to those with an interest in the British Jazz of the last few years. A multi- instrumentalist she contributed flute and sax to Ivo Neame's excellent Yatra from 2012 but you may equally have come across her work with the likes of Rory Simmons or Neil Yates. ...

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Shiki

by John Sharpe
August 29, 2014

Even among established groupings Japanese composer and pianist Satoko Fujii continues to search for new means of expression. For the ninth disc from her New York Orchestra, Fujii departs from accustomed practice, particularly in the 36-minute plus title track which dominates proceedings. Truly orchestral in its scope, Fujii wields her composer's wand in a way which ...

Article: Interview

Nat Adderley: A Player's Player

by Joan Gannij
August 29, 2014

This interview was originally conducted in 1997. I met Nat Adderley in San Diego, California in 1986 when I was working as a disc jockey at a jazz radio station and doing the PR for La Jolla Playhouse. We did an interview about a new production of a musical being revived at the progressive ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Mark Guiliana: Beat Poet Of A Different Sort

by Dan Bilawsky
August 29, 2014

Drummer Mark Guiliana's work has nothing to do with benzedrine, berets, William S. Burroughs and the like; he's a beat poet of a different sort, shrewdly dissecting and interpreting the language of rhythm in real-time. Guiliana is one of the few drummers who can successfully and creatively straddle and blur the electro-acoustic dividing line, and he's ...

Article: Album Review

Lenny Pickett with the UMO Jazz Orchestra: The Prescription

Read "The Prescription" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
August 29, 2014

Lenny Pickett è stato membro distintivo dei Tower of Power per il decennio 1972-81, direttore musicale della Saturday Night Live Band fino al 1995, collaboratore di David Bowie}}, Elton John, David Byrne, Lenny Kravitz, il gruppo Little Feat e molti altri. Nonostante questo, il sassofonista ha inciso pochissimo a suo nome e questo è appena il ...

News: Event

Dan White Sextet Kicks Off Jazz Arts Group's 2014-15 Inside Track Season With Your Song - Sept. 12

August 29, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series opens its 2014-15 season on Friday, September 12 at the historic Lincoln Theatre with the avant-garde funk jazz of the Brooklyn/Columbus musician collective dw6 (Dan White Sextet) in the premiere performance and CD release of “Your Song.” What originated as a JAG-commissioned educational project through the ...