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Article: What is Jazz?

The Many Faces of Jazz Today: The Big Picture

by Victor L. Schermer
November 10, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 [In a series of five interviews entitled “The Many Faces of Jazz: Critical Dialogues," All About Jazz asked three musicians, a public relations manager, and a jazz educator about the state of jazz in the world today. ...

Article: Live Review

Jim Ridl: Project 142 at the DiMenna Center

by Victor L. Schermer
October 25, 2017

Jim Ridl Tones and Tomes in Tempo DiMenna Center New York, NY October 19, 2017 Jim Ridl is a brilliant and imaginative pianist whose music is true to his North Dakota origins while firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. Versatile and adaptive to almost any situation, he fronts his own ...

Article: Interview

Wouter Turkenburg: Jazz Education in the New Millennium

by Victor L. Schermer
October 17, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 All About Jazz and Wouter Turkenburg would like to dedicate this interview to the memory of saxophonist Michael Brecker (1949-2007). In addition to his prodigious accomplishments as an instrumentalist and band leader, Brecker was an exceptional worldwide ...

Article: Album Review

Louis Hayes: Serenade for Horace

Read "Serenade for Horace" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
October 11, 2017

This gem of a tribute album is, in the words of the poet Wordsworth, a “recollection in tranquility" conceived and led by drummer Louis Hayes in memory of his beloved lifelong friend, pianist Horace Silver. In 1956, Silver invited Hayes to New York City from his native Detroit to join the Horace Silver Quintet, which produced ...

Article: Live Review

University of the Arts “Z” Big Band: Jumpin’ at the Monterey Jazz Festival

by Victor L. Schermer
September 25, 2017

University of the Arts “Z" Big Band Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 17, 2017 This article is a follow-up to the review of the “Z" Band Reception and Kickoff Concert in Philadelphia on September 7. If you want to know a little more about the band, you can check out ...

Article: Live Review

The University of the Arts “Z” Big Band: Monterey, Here We Come!

by Victor L. Schermer
September 13, 2017

UArts “Z" Big Band Reception and Kickoff Concert Kaplan Auditorium University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA September 7, 2017 They were underdogs, but they gave it their best shot. Then they shocked themselves and everyone else by tying for first place with the UNLV ...

Article: Interview

Eric Ineke: Surveying the European Jazz Scene

by Victor L. Schermer
September 6, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6[This is the fourth of the All About Jazz series on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues" in which we explore the current state of jazz around the world with musicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs who give ...

Article: Live Review

Mary Ellen Desmond at Paris Bistro and Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
August 30, 2017

Mary Ellen Desmond Paris Bistro and Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA August 26, 2017 The Paris Bistro and Jazz Café is in Chestnut Hill, a neighborhood in the Northwest corner of Philadelphia that's like an upscale village all its own, with boutique stores and restaurants and the last stop on the ...

Article: Live Review

Grant Stewart Trio with Special Guest John Swana at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
August 22, 2017

Grant Stewart Trio with Special Guest John Swana Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA August 18, 2017 In this supremely swinging hard bop set, Toronto-born New York saxophonist Grant Stewart joined long-time Philadelphia musicians: organist Lucas Brown, drummer Dan Monaghan, and special guest John Swana to knock out standards with a ...

Article: Album Review

Eric Ineke: Let There Be Life, Love and Laughter

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by Victor L. Schermer
August 21, 2017

Eric Ineke is a long time drummer, residing in the Netherlands, who is one of a coterie of sidemen favored by American expatriate jazz musicians for their European gigs. This fine compilation of his work with nine of the great tenor saxophonists gives the listener a golden opportunity to listen to some of their best workouts ...