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Vince Guaraldi at the Piano
by Derrick Bang
This article appears in the prologue of Vince Guaraldi at the Piano by Derrick Bang (McFarland Books, 2012).Prologue: “The Sound of Surprise" Saturday, October 4, 1958: shortly after midnight, at the first-ever Monterey Jazz Festival.It had been a busy day; indeed, it was already a long three-day weekend. Headliner Louis ...
Steve Denny Trio: Life in the Basement
by Florence Wetzel
The basement is a rich metaphor, with all sorts of literary and emotional connotations. In pianist Steve Denny's case, it represents a place for gestation and growth, a lair in which to hunker down and do one's work. Denny was born and raised in Denver, studied music at Loyola University in Chicago where he graduated summa ...
Great Jazz Deserves To Be Heard And Seen At It's Best
by Toby Gleason
Why I'm filing a mass take-down notice on YouTubeFor several decades, my father committed himself to championing the popular emergence of jazz, and engendering proper respect for the musicians who devoted their careers and lives to the music that had long been dismissed to the sidelines of main stream American culture. Ralph J. Gleason ...
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
by Toby Gleason
(This article was first published at All About Jazz in May 1999) Various ArtistsJazz CasualRhino / WEA1999In 1959, Ralph Gleason had made his reputation as one of the leading Jazz critics of his generation; writing out of his Berkeley home for the San Francisco Chronicle ...
Triosence with Sara Gazarek: Where Time Stands Still
by Nicholas F. Mondello
A commanding recording that delivers an itchy, irresistible attraction for repeated playing is rare, indeed, and Where Time Stands Still falls precisely into that category. Repeated renderings display additional highlights both instrumentally and vocally. It is very appealing--if not challenging--listening. Combining a trio of fine German musicians (Triosence) with an intriguing American (Sarah ...
Alex Diaz: Beyond 145th Street
by James Nadal
Merengue, the national music of the Dominican Republic ferociously driven by percussive provincial rhythms such as pambiche, perico ripiao, el maco, guinchao and palo, is the natural choice for conga master Alex Diaz to blend his native roots with jazz improvisation in Beyond 145th Street . Diaz and featured saxophonist Ivan Renta continue ...
Tri-Fi: A Tri-Fi Christmas
by Mark Corroto
Every Christmas there are volunteers sent to save us from the wrath of Burl Ives. They are called jazz musicians. Everyone loves a bit of schmaltzy music a few days before the holidays, but the only problem these days is that the holiday begins right after Halloween. Sixty days of grandma getting run over by a ...
Five Golden Rings for Christmas
by C. Michael Bailey
The 2011 holidays are nearly upon us and with them, the requisite focused recordings. The number of such offerings has diminished in the last number of years. What has not diminished is the quality of the recordings, as evidenced by these five “golden rings." Happy holidays, jazz fans. Elisabeth Lohninger Band
Gonzalo Del Val Trio: Three Generations
by Dan Bilawsky
Spanish jazz musicians need not produce music that overwhelms with Iberian-influenced sounds or seduces with the so-called “Spanish Tinge" at every turn, and drummer Gonzalo Del Val's trio is proof. While Del Val's music isn't completely devoid of elements endemic to his musical DNA ("Malena"), the drummer's broad outlook goes well beyond any one place or ...
Andre Previn: Four Classic Albums
by David Rickert
Andre PrevinFour Classic AlbumsAvid Group 2011 Andre Previn may not be as well known as fellow West Coast pianists Vince Guaraldi and Dave Brubeck, but he nevertheless created a respectable body of work, mostly as a trio with drummer Shelly Manne, with whom he created a series ...
