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Edition Records: A Guide To The First Fifteen Years
by Ian Patterson
Edition Records celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2023. The label founded in Cardiff in 2008 by keyboardist Dave Stapleton has come a long way in that time. Initially conceived of as a means to release his own music and that of his friends, Edition Records went from being a cottage industry to a position as one ...
Ahmad Jamal: Forward Momentum
by Ian Patterson
In memory of the venerable Ahmad Jamal. This article was first published on All About Jazz on July 6, 2010. Ahmad Jamal, possibly the most influential of living jazz pianists, turned 80 years young on July 2, 2010. It is however, business as usual and instead of celebrating at home in his slippers, Jamal ...
Weather Report, Tribal Tech, Nguyen Le and Claudio Scolari Project
by Len Davis
Weather Report and bands they influenced, including Sixun, Tribal Tech, Gary Willis. New and recent releases with Nguyen Le, Claudio Scolari, Donny McCaslin.Playlist Weather Report “Corner Pocket" from Live in London 1983 (Angel Air) 00:00 Sixun “Djou Djou" from Nomads Land (Polygram) 06:51 Tribal Tech “You May Remember Me" from Mysterious Voyages-Tribute To Weather ...
A Wayne Shorter Tribute
by Jerome Wilson
This show is a tribute to Wayne Shorter and touches on his work with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Weather Report as well as his recordings as a leader. It also includes interpretations of Shorter compositions by other musicians, including Fred Hersch and Terence Blanchard. Playlist The Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till ...
Donald Byrd: Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux
by Ian Patterson
Almost fifty years after the event, Donald Byrd's 1973 performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival finally sees the light of day. Several other artists on Blue Note's roster had performances released--in more timely manner--from the same edition of Claude Nobs festival, including Ronnie Foster, Bobbi Humphrey, Bobby Hutcherson and Marlena Shaw. In no small part, thanks ...
Yosef-Gutman Levitt & Tal Yahalom: Tsuf Harim
by Gareth Thompson
In early Hasidic writings, magical and supernatural concepts rooted in the mystic were common. Such notions held that human acts, including musical activity, could affect the godhead and thus the whole world. By the late eighteenth century, these Jewish religious teachings saw music as something inward, a form of contemplation with the soul. Yosef-Gutman ...
A Musical Tribute To Wayne Shorter, Plus Brazilian Fusion And Latin Sounds
by Len Davis
A musical tribute to the late Wayne Shorter, bassist Francisco Fattoruso from Argentina, some Brazilian fusion, the new one from Nguyen Le and Latin sounds from Meddy Gerville.Playlist Weather Report “Elegant People" from Black Market (CBS) 00:00 Weather Report “Mysterious Traveller" from Mysterious Traveller (CBS) 06:20 Wayne Shorter “On The Milky Way Express" from ...
Jimmy Greene: Gifts and Givers
by C. Andrew Hovan
The two-tenor battle is not a new idea, with iconic pairings from the jazz pantheon running the gamut from Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray to Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin. In more recent times, Eric Alexander and Grant Stewart have fueled the fire with their own incendiary adventures as heard on the current albums Wailin' ...
Wayne Shorter remembered as Jazz's Shaman Of Musical Influence
by Doug Hall
The voice, tone, phrasing--in effect, the signature sound of the saxophone has distinguished a number of artists. The late Wayne Shorter, having just passed away at 89, has been a profound force of interpretation on the tenor, and on the soprano--there is no greater master. He remained at the forefront of influence with his instrument and ...
A Fireside Chat With Wayne Shorter
by AAJ Staff
This article was first published at All About Jazz in October 2002. I have done my fair share of Firesides (500 or so last census). I have favorites. Certainly, the first Sonny Rollins was memorable. Cecil Taylor, Charles Lloyd, Joe Chambers, and Lester Bowie were provocative. Willie Nelson was high (allegedly) and Tony Bennett ...
