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Roy Hargrove Quintet in Seattle
by Christopher Jones
If you like flashy solos and the 'head-solo-solo-solo-head' school of group jazz, you'll like the Roy Hargrove Quintet. If you're looking for something else in your jazz, you might need to look elsewhere. This is not a criticism of Hargrove's quintet, which is currently in the midst of a five-day run at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in ...
Tim Armacost: Rhythm and Transformation
by Matt Merewitz
Tim Armacost talks about 'choices [he] made' that determined the path he has taken as a musician. His direction was not always self-evident and its constant evolution has taken him from the US to Japan, to the Netherlands, to India, and back to the US, where has been for the past decade. In his ...
Bohemian Revolution: Ari Hoenig at Twins Jazz
by Franz A. Matzner
I ordered a drink from Twins Jazz’s master of ceremonies, Joseph Beasley, whose ever-pleasant attitude and energy single-handedly warmed the club’s otherwise somewhat cool atmosphere and took a look around the room. It was still early. On stage, surrounding the bass, drums, and propped open music cases lay a jumble of loose sheet music, lead wires ...
The Standards Trio In Seattle
by Jason West
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA Friday, November 14, 2003 Presented as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival Walking into Benaroya Hall at 7:55pm it was apparent by the hundreds of people in line at will call that the scheduled 8pm start would have to be ...
Odean Pope Brings Philly to DC
by Matt Merewitz
A markedly different and original musician, Odean Pope offers a saxophonic approach that sounds nothing like saxophone. In fact if anything it sounds more like wood flute or mellophone despite a typical tenor setup (with metal mouthpiece). Odean Pope was born in the town in the town of Ninety Six, South Carolina, but grew ...
Kenny Werner & Toots Thielemans Going Strong
by Matt Merewitz
October 13th through the 15th at the legendary Blues Alley, D.C.’s premier jazz supper club, pianist Kenny Werner and harmonica/guitar virtuoso Jean “Toots” Thielemans set up shop. They dug deep into the jazz musician’s arsenal of standards and tunes of the trade that all players are expected to know, as a frame of reference for everything ...
'The Bandwagon' Storms The Kennedy Center
by Franz A. Matzner
October 15, 2003 The Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. Virtually drowning in accolades, Jason Moran needs little introduction. With the support of his band-mates, Tarus Mateen (bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums), Moran has established himself at the forefront of modern jazz, particularly with the breakthrough album released this year, The Bandwagon. One element ...
Capitol Jazz: Osby Returns to D.C.
by Franz A. Matzner
Kennedy Center Jazz Club Washington, D.C. October 16, 2003 Taking the stage last week with quite a different line-up than appeared on his latest release, Greg Osby illustrated just how far the Kennedy Center Jazz Club has come since opening its doors to small venue style jazz performance. Only ...
Al Maniscalco Quartet CD Release
by Franz A. Matzner
Borders Books & Music Washinton,D.C. Baltimore resident, quartet leader, and saxophone instructor Al Maniscalco premiered his latest album release More In My Heart on Friday, June 13 at the Borders Books and Music on 18th and L, in D.C. While this was a difficult environment for musical transportation, for either players ...
The Sweet Sound: Frank Morgan Plays Baltimore
by Franz A. Matzner
The Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Garden Series July 19, 2003 Frank Morgan has proved that anything can be overcome. After defeating a deep heroin addiction and surviving a prolonged prison sentence, Morgan has managed, like Art Pepper before him, to return to the stage with mind, body, and ...
