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Anita O'Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer
by Victor L. Schermer
Anita O'Day Anita O'Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer AOD Productions 2008Whatever else she was, Anita O'Day was a bundle of contradictions. Though one of the top four or five women jazz singers of her generation, she had little idea what she was doing with her life ...
The Fred Hersch Trio: "Kind of Blue" Turns 50 at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Fred Hersch TrioKimmel CenterPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaDecember 8, 2008 The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts features an ongoing series called “Jazz Up Close" in the Perelman Theater. Its coordinator, Danilo Perez, has arranged a series of outstanding concerts featuring top musicians performing in various jazz idioms, with post-intermission conversations about the ...
Ben Schachter: Omnibus
by Victor L. Schermer
Saxophonist Ben Schachter is a jazz master, well known in the Philadelphia area and beyond. On this outstanding CD, he and his cohorts go beyond playing their instruments to creating works of art. Each piece forms a coherent composition where improvisations come close to sounding like the interpretation of a written score. Heartfelt yet profoundly intellectual, ...
Jim Miller: A Brief History of (Jim) Miller Time
by Victor L. Schermer
Jim Miller is a consummate drummer, well-appreciated by fans and musicians alike. A versatile, creative individual, he is also a founder of Dreambox Media, a record label whose output, often featuring Philly musicians, has been prolific and outstanding. On that label, he has put out an occasional CD series of his own called (Jim) Miller Time, ...
Nate Birkey: Christmas
by Victor L. Schermer
This may be the most laid back Christmas album ever. The more typical holiday records bring to mind sleigh-bells, snowmen, parties, families, caroling, mistletoe, chestnuts on an open fire, and fond memories of past holidays. What comes to mind in connection with Nate Birkey: Christmas are dry martinis, The New Yorker magazine, twilights by the ocean, ...
Paul Broks: The Neuropsychology of Pat Martino
by Victor L. Schermer
Paul Broks is a prominent British neuropsychologist who is featured in the documentary film, Martino Unstrung, where he conducts a real-life study of guitarist Pat Martino's famed memory loss and recovery.Broks conceived the movie with director Ian Knox, and they completed the film with the help of a grant from the Wellcome Trust. In ...
Ian Knox: Filming Pat Martino's World
by Victor L. Schermer
1. Martino Reflects on Martino Unstrung 2. Filming Pat Martino's World 3. The Neuropsychology of Pat Martino 4. Review of Martino Unstrung When the rare combination of a serious film director, a neuropsychologist and a legendary jazz musician join together to make a movie about a catastrophic series of events in ...
Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung
by Victor L. Schermer
A new documentary film about legendary guitarist Pat Martino, Martino Unstrung, focuses on his brain disease—AVM or arteriovenous malformation—emergency surgery, profound memory loss, and miraculous musical and personal recovery. It also presents intimate portraits of Martino, his music, his wife Ayako Akai, his friends across the decades, his family, and important locales in his life. It ...
Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery
by Victor L. Schermer
Pat Martino Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery Sixteen Films 2008 Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery is a running commentary about a man, his music, his friends and family, and his philosophy of life. The man is living legend and jazz guitarist, Pat Martino. The film could be thought of as an ...
Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble: Man Bites Dog
by Victor L. Schermer
This lively, creative collection of originals by Philadelphia bassist Warren Oree and his Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble swings in a straight-ahead yet sometimes provocative way. There is a suggestion of jazz as social commentary, a theme set by another bassist, the late Charles Mingus. The cover art portrays the group as individualistic rebels, and their playing is ...
