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Reflections at the Newport 50th
by Victor L. Schermer
Index: Barry Harris Sextet Ravi Coltrane Quartet Mulgrew Miller Branford Marsalis Quartet with Guest Miguel Zinon Dave Brubeck Quartet Renee Rosnes with Marian McPartland Ron Carter Trio Jamie Cullum Conclusions: Wither Jazz? As a member of the All ...
Newport 50th Anniversary Celebration: A Preview
by Victor L. Schermer
To our readers: All About Jazz is planning extensive coverage of the Newport Jazz Festival Festival: August 11th through August 15, 2004. As have the first Newport event in 1954 and many of the annual concerts since, this 50th Anniversary Event represents a landmark in the history of jazz and will include a litany of outstanding ...
Aaron Zigman: The Making of a Hit Soundtrack, the Jazz Influence, and the "Inside Story" of Music for the Cinema
by Victor L. Schermer
Following the recent and very popular cinematic opening of Nick Cassavetes', “ The Notebook ," those who loved the film generally agreed that composer/arranger Aaron Zigman's musical score was outstanding. The film itself is a quintessential love story spanning over five decades, beautifully interwoven with subtle observations on youth and aging, with a delicate irony that ...
Irene Kral: Just for Now
by Victor L. Schermer
Just for Now Irene Kral Jazzed Media JM1003 2004 Irene Kral (1932-1978) was a gem of a vocalist who was brought to the public’s attention by Clint Eastwood, who used excerpts of her recordings in the 1995 movie, “The Bridges of Madison County.” Like Chris Connor, June Christie, and Anita ...
The Jazz Artistry of Ron Thomas: Interfacing Jazz and Classical Music
by Victor L. Schermer
Ron Thomas' persona reminds me a bit of the Archangel Gabriel, who appears on all those great Renaissance paintings playing the trumpet, except that Ron is a pianist. Ron, like Gabriel, stays in the background, but has a big influence on what goes on, and you know he's always up to something musical while affecting the ...
Bootsie Barnes: Bootsie Barnes: Boppin' Round the Center
by Victor L. Schermer
This CD featuring Bootsie Barnes and a group assembled for the occasion has one characteristic uncommon in an era of so-called 'smooth jazz,' rap singing, and canned music for every occasion from cinematically simulated inner city rumbles to drugs for erectile dysfunction. It really swings! It also 'bops around the center!' (I truly don't know what ...
Tom Lawton: Co-Creating the Music
by Victor L. Schermer
Tom Lawton is a highly respected, gifted, and creative jazz pianist who resides in Montgomery County, PA, and teaches and works actively as a free lance musician in the Philadelphia area, New York City, and internationally. He's had the distinct honor of being the jazz pianist the Philadelphia Orchestra often chooses for its social functions. For ...
Keith Jarrett: Setting a New Standard for Standards
by Victor L. Schermer
Keith Jarrett, piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums Mellon Jazz FestivalVerizon Hall | Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAApril 7, 2004, 8PMThere is little new that anyone can say about Keith Jarrett- and his remarkable, multi-faceted output of music- but some observations are perhaps worth repeating and/or ...
Live From Zanzibar Blue: Kurt Elling
by Victor L. Schermer
Zanzibar Blue Philadelphia, PA April 2, 2004 First Set | 8:00PM (This is the second in a series of reviews that we will be doing from the “catbird seat” at Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia’s premiere jazz club, located at Broad and Walnut Streets in Center City. We are grateful to the ...
Kathy Kemp Ridl: Creator and Creative Muse
by Victor L. Schermer
Kathy Kemp Ridl is the wife of “rising star” jazz pianist, Jim Ridl. In keeping with the expanding role of women in our society, she herself is a gifted and active creative artist both visually and musically. Coming from a musical family, Kathy is not only a skilled classical and jazz violist and bassist, she is ...
