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Denny Zeitlin: Crazy Rhythm: Exploring George Gershwin
by Dan McClenaghan
Denny Zeitlin's jazz career began when he sat in as the featured pianist on flutist Jeremy Steig's Flute Fever (Columbia Records, 1964). He followed this up with his debut as a leader on Columbia Records' 1964 album Cathexis. While maintaining another successful career as a psychiatrist and college professor, he released more than a dozen albums ...
The Van Gelder Sound: A Legacy of Jazz Recordings
by Brian Eaton
Rudy Van Gelder (a.k.a. RVG) was one of the most influential recording engineers in jazz. Largely self-taught, he was a true industry pioneer as one of the first well-known examples of an engineer operating a home recording studio and even constructing his own custom-built audio mixer in the early years. As an innovator and perfectionist, he ...
Ryan Kisor: Power Source
by C. Andrew Hovan
Taking full advantage of what might be termed his “second wind," Ryan Kisor has grown into one of the most mature trumpeters of his generation. Back in 1990 when he impressed his elders by taking the prize at the Thelonious Monk Institute trumpet competition, things appeared promising and a major record label deal even came through ...
Miles Davis Celebration at SFJAZZ Center
by Harry S. Pariser
Music of Miles Davis: A Celebration SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA May 25-29, 2023 Music of Miles Davis: A Celebration For four consecutive nights, four different ensembles graced the stage of SFJAZZ Center to present four aspects of the musical legacy of renowned trumpeter Miles Davis The evenings also featured compositions ...
Antonio Adolfo: Bossa 65
by Chris May
A decade or more younger than the composer / musicians in the first wave of bossa nova artists, Antonio Adolfo began recording under his own name towards the end of the 1960s. Better known as a pianist and arranger than as a composer, though he has written some notable tunes, in recent years Adolfo has carved ...
Noah Haidu: Standards
by Neil Duggan
In 1983, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette released the first of their album of standards, Standards Vol. 1 (ECM). The trio's harmonic ideas, insight and collective musicianship went on to become the benchmark for reworking these well- known American songs. Together they recorded 21 albums over three decades. Inspired by that trio's ...
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza: Love Is a Losing Game
by Neri Pollastri
Prosegue da ormai dieci anni OREB, la ricerca solitaria di Dimitri Grechi Espinoza, che con il suo sax tenore esplora le possibilità sonore di chiese, cripte e cisterne sotterranee, giocando con le eco, i riverberi e le altre particolarità acustiche che gli restituiscono in tempo reale le note del suo strumento. Dopo averla messa ...
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza: la tranquillità interiore per suonare gli standard
by Neri Pollastri
Senza volerlo, le nostre interviste a Dimitri Grechi Espinoza hanno una curiosa cadenza decennale: la prima fu nel 2003, quando il sassofonista russo-livornese stava facendo crescere il suo Dinamitri Jazz Folklore; la seconda nel 2014, quando il Dinamitri suonava con Amiri Baraka e il musicista aveva attivo un eccellente duo con Tito Mangialajo Rantzer; siamo di ...
Leavenworth Jazz Festival 2023: A First Breath of Mountain Air
by Paul Rauch
Leavenworth Jazz Festival Leavenworth, WA May 5-7, 2023 The one-hundred-and-twenty-mile journey from the city of Seattle, to the village of Leavenworth, WA is one of perilous beauty and wonderment. Once arriving in the town of Monroe at the foot of the Cascade Mountains, Highway 2 east rises majestically over the Cascade summit ...
Wayne Escoffery: Still Forging Ahead
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has a long, ongoing association with the Mingus Big Band organization, including a Grammy for Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Workshop, Inc., Sue Mingus Music, 2010). His career also includes a special relationship with trumpeter Tom Harrell, with whom he has played for many years. All that is enough to ...
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