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The Trio of Oz: The Trio of Oz
by Jeff Winbush
The dilemma for modern jazz artists is how to grab the ears of younger audiences, while remaining respectful of the legacy of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Louis Armstrong without recycling yet another variation of “So What?" The eclectic and restless musical tastes of drummer Omar Hakim and pianist Rachel Nicolazzo (aka Rachel Z) offer some ...
Chick Corea / Christian McBride / Brian Blade: Ottawa, Canada, October 3, 2010
by John Kelman
Chick Corea Trio: Chick Corea / Christian McBride / Brian BladeDominion Chalmers ChurchOttawa, CanadaOctober 3, 2010 The last time Chick Corea came to Ottawa with a trio, it was for an informal and relatively unrehearsed show that, featuring old friends Eddie Gomez (bass) and Airto Moreira (drums), relied more on longstanding ...
Kenny Werner: New, Transcendent Sounds
by R.J. DeLuke
Inspiration behind art is a curious thing. It takes many forms, from personal to universal perspectives. Many times it's unexpected. It is intertwined with one's life and the vicissitudes therein. As Charlie Parker famously said, “If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."For pianist/composer/arranger Kenny Werner, music has evolved, over ...
Under the Big Top: Detroit's 31st Year Hits a High Note
by C. Andrew Hovan
31st Annual Detroit Intermational Jazz FestivalHart PlazaDetroit, MichiganSeptember 3-6, 2010Last year may have been their 30th anniversary year, but this past Labor Day weekend, The Detroit Jazz Festival pulled out all the stops for what had to be one of the most memorable line-ups of recent memory. Mother Nature would cooperate ...
Dave Liebman Quartet Live at Anthology
by Robert Bush
Dave Liebman Quartet Anthology San Diego, CA September 23, 2010 Soprano saxophone master Dave Liebman kicked off a short West Coast tour Thursday evening at Anthology, San Diego's premiere jazz nightclub. Liebman is experimenting with a more electrified version of his working ensemble (of over 20 years now), to that ...
KSDS Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music and Arts Festival
by Robert Bush
Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art FestivalWinston's, Hodad's Stage, The Harp Ocean Beach, CA September 11, 2010 Perfect day for a party: the sun shone bright in a cloudless sky, it's heat mitigated by a cool ocean breeze. After a one year hiatus due to the terrible economy of ...
Free-Jazz Guitar Pioneer to Be Honored by Hometown
Free-Jazz Pioneer, Miles Davis Sideman Warren “Sonny" Sharrock Gets His Due, Oct. 2, in Ceremony Conducted by Bill Hanauer, Mayor, Village of Ossining; Special Performance by Sons of Sharrock 2010 Marks What Would Have Been Master Guitarist's 70th Birthday WHAT: The Village of Ossining, in conjunction with the family and friends of the late, great guitar ...
Miles: The Autobiography... Two Decades Later
by Victor L. Schermer
Miles: The AutobiographyBy Miles Davis with Quincy TroupeNew York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2005(Originally published in 1989)Miles Davis knew how to keep himself on the radar screen. He did it musically throughout his life, except for a five year period of “silence" when he isolated himself in his ...
David Bixler and Arturo O'Farrill: The Auction Project
by Bruce Lindsay
Altoist and composer David Bixler leads The Auction Project, with Grammy-winning pianist Arturo O'Farrill, who has described this album as being “very much about colliding cultures." This may slightly overstate things but the album does represent what is, for jazz, a rather unusual meeting of cultures. Half of The Auction Project is devoted ...
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: Actionspeak
by Mark Corroto
Actionspeak, by drummer Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, operates as an updated take on Miles Davis' 1960s quintet idea. As a working band, the combination of Fujiwara with bassist Danton Boller, trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Brian Settles presents musical entertainment, more than intellectual device, while advancing the ideology of jazz as ...
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