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Joao Barradas: A New Place For The Accordion In Jazz?
by Chris Mosey
In the 1940s Art van Damme swung sweetly on the accordion with cover pictures of beautiful girls sipping cocktails. Then, in the 1950s, the ebullient Angelo DiPippo introduced the instrument to hipsters at the Newport jazz festival before going on to play in the wedding sequence of the first Godfather movie.
Nduduzo Makhathini: Jazz Is a Shared Memory
by Seton Hawkins
It can be overwhelming to keep up with the artistic growth, creative reach, and constant development that marks the career of Nduduzo Makhathini. In the past four years, he has released eight solo albums, all exploring remarkably different territories and demonstrating a ceaselessly probing mind and inventive creative urge. In addition to that, he has emerged ...
Mica Bethea: Quintessential Band Geek
by Barbara Salter Nelson
It's Sunday afternoon. Mica Bethea rolls into the Cue Note Billiard Room in Palm Coast, Florida. The 34-year old arranger, composer, bandleader and entrepreneur has arrived for Cue Notes weekly Sunday Afternoon Jazz Rendevous. Bethea (sounds like 'buffet') is the “Note" part of Cue Note, which he co-owns with partner and pool guru John ...
Wes Montgomery: In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording
by C. Michael Bailey
Zev Feldman has called Resonance Records, “The house Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery built." That may be hyperbolic, but the label has liberated from obscurity many previously unreleased or rarely heard performances by the two artists. Regarding Montgomery, Resonance has released four Montgomery recordings to date: Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance, 2012); In The Beginning (Resonance, ...
2017: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
A year of achievements, challenges to gender inequality, scandal and losses The year 2017 was quite something for the jazz world. Incidents or discussions of misogyny and sexual misconduct bubbled up even before the #MeToo phenomenon developed. Beyond that, woman musicians made significant contributions to the genre. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel at Chris’ Jazz Café
by Victor L. Schermer
Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet featuring Peter Bernstein Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA December 30, 2017 As the New Year approached in frigid weather, venturing out in the cold to Chris' Jazz Café to hear two of the finest jazz guitarists close up proved to be a great way to warm up ...
Adam's Apple
Label: Music Matters
Released: 2017
Track listing: Adam's apple; 502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin'); El
Gaucho; Footprints; Teru; Chief Crazy Horse.
Salle Pleyel, Paris 1969
By Miles Davis
Label: LiveJazzLounge
Released: 2017
Track listing: Directions; Bitches Brew; Paraphernalia; Riot; Sanctuary; Miles Runs The Voodoo Down; The Theme;
Edel Meade: Blue Fantasia
by Ian Patterson
Although Edel Meade has graced the Irish jazz scene for a decade Blue Fantasia is the singer's debut album. Meade has honed her craft under the tutelage of Sheila Jordan, Bobby McFerrin, Norma Winstone and The New York Voices and is a respected jazz vocal teacher in her own right. Her Edel Sings Joni Mitchell}) project ...
All That's Jazz
by Phil Barnes
All That's Jazz Sammy Stein 198 Pages ISBN: 13: 978-0-9557670-9-8 Tomahawk Press 2017 Sammy Stein is a brave woman. Take that title--not just a riff on “All That Jazz" to cover a personal memoir of time spent in the jazz trenches but ALL that IS jazz. This is a ...
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