Results for "Unsung Heroes"

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES October 27, 2020

In memoriam: Alessandro Giachero

Only with a very heavy heart one can write an obituary for a young friend and great musician who left this world suddenly, prematurely and unjustly, leaving his colleagues and pupils, but above all his family, in mourning. It will hopefully be useful to leave a trace of his musical contributions and a lead for future ...

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES February 15, 2018

Remembering Turkish pianist and trombonist Elvan Araci

By FRANCESCO MARTINELLI

As far as I can see only Turkish media published news about the loss of Turkish pianist and trombonist Elvan Aracı, 66, in Stockholm. From 1977 to 1999 Aracı lived in Sweden where he notably collaborated with Muvaffak `Maffy` Falay, Okay Temiz and Bernt Rosengren, notably in Maffy Falay's sextet with Rosengren, Åke Johansson on piano, ...

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Unsung Heroes

By BRIAN LYNCH

Label: Hollistic MusicWorks
Released: 2011
Track listing: Terra Firma Irma; I Could Never Forget You; Further Arrivals; Saturday Afternoon At Four; Household of Saud; RoditiSamba; Big Red; Unsung Blues; Wetu.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW March 23, 2011

Brian Lynch: Unsung Heroes

By BRUCE LINDSAY

Trumpeter extraordinaire Brian Lynch is always willing, quite rightly, to acknowledge the masters who have gone before him. Some of the finest jazz trumpeters never made it big, while others no longer sit as securely in the minds of jazz fans as they once did. Nevertheless, they are all part, as Lynch writes, of “the jazz ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW March 23, 2011

Brian Lynch: Unsung Heroes

By DAN BILAWSKY

Trumpet tribute albums are a tricky business. There are those in jazz, like Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong, who have been endlessly saluted, creating a culture of mass appeal and celebration that's not always a good thing. On the surface, projects that praise these jazz heroes bring well-deserved exposure to their music and might, but they ...

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES January 25, 2011

Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd, and Ralph Towner

By SEAN DIETRICH

The concert guitar is hailed by many as the perfect instrument. After being perfected in the Baroque age, virtuosos believed the wooden torso to posses the variety of an orchestra. The concert guitar produces a wide range of tone, timber, color, and dynamic expression unlike any other stringed instrument, capable of projecting a delicate voice of ...

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES September 1, 2010

Sammy Cahn, Vernon Duke, and Earl Zindars

By SEAN DIETRICH

Standards are the language of jazz. Standards represent music that have withstood the ruthless test of time. Songs built by craftsman, instead of limericks scribbled by American idols adorned in sequins and leather chaps. Music that has been constructed to last, built with the brick and mortar of harmony and melody. And yet, too often, the ...

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES August 2, 2010

Vic Damon, 30th Street Studio, Village Vanguard

By SEAN DIETRICH

The oft forgotten recording studio. It's humble presence remains under-acclaimed. Electric lights suspended high above a giant mess of cables. Omniscient microphones standing tall, appraising the heart of arrogant musicians who approach. Scribbled papers rest on music stands, while heated brawls are incubated among hot headed horn players. This is where music is born. And yet ...

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES July 5, 2010

Chu Berry, Joe Harriott, and Yusef Lateef

By SEAN DIETRICH

The role call for sax genius is a lengthy one. But upon briefly thumbing past names like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins, one finds a glow beneath the surface radiating from lesser known players. Members of the vast sax community, who don't often get the same press other celebrated players receive. ...

ARTICLE: UNSUNG HEROES June 6, 2010

Roland Hanna, Tete Montoliu, and Andre Previn

By SEAN DIETRICH

Throughout the line of musical history, certain pianists have changed the way audiences hear music. Musicians who dare to peek above a sea of bobbing heads, and create something unique. These specially cursed individuals have looked within themselves, and somehow added flesh to fantasy.While there are scores of brilliant pianists from years gone by, ...