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Jack Nimitz: Baritone-in-Chief
by Jack Bowers
Baritone saxophonist Jack Nimitz died June 10, 2009 at his home in Studio City, California. He was 79 years old. That's hardly headline news except to a relative handful of jazz enthusiasts who were privileged to hear and appreciate his consummate artistry over the span of more than half a century when Nimitz was at the ...
"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name
by Jack Bowers
With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...
Take Five With Charlie Harrington
by AAJ Staff
Meet Charlie Harrington: The consummate Charlie Harrington has been playing drums since the age of five and has played professionally since the age of 15. He studied with Ray Bauduc for two years and later with Tim Tull and went on to finish First Place in the Slingerland/Louie Bellson National Drum Contest.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Herman
All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Herman's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Woody HermanAfter early experience in Chicago with the bands led by Tom Gerun and Harry Sosnik, Woody Herman toured with Gus Arnheim. In 1934, he joined Isham Jones... more Website | Videos | ...
Music Memorabilia Show in NYC - June 6th, July 11th, and August 8th
Music Memorabilia Show: LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, magazines, etc. Saturday – June 6th, July 11th and August 8th Time: 10am to 2pm Location: Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY (near Broadway). Subway – Nos. 1, 2 or 3 to 72nd Street. Bus – ...
Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall
by Greg Thomas
When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...
Enter the PM Records "Gene Perla - Bill's Waltz" Giveaway Contest
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the PM Records “Gene Perla - Bill's Waltz“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select TEN winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 17th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Gene Perla at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...
The Mike Vax Big Band Featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra: Sounds from the Road
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The traveling autobus--the road to the road--has frequently been used as a symbolic metaphor in movies, books, commercials and, of course, songs of all kinds. Bus travel seems to have an oddly romantic element. In the halcyon days of the barnstorming big bands, bus and car travel were the only direct ways to get to the ...
Louie Bellson: Tasteful Drummer, Sweeter Guy
by Jack Bowers
To say that drummer extraordinaire Louie Bellson, who left us on February 14, 2009 at age eighty-four, had a remarkable career would be to explicitly understate the record. Bellson's success at age 17 in a nationwide contest sponsored by one of his idols, Gene Krupa, and Slingerland Drums set the talented wunderkind on a path that ...
Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Jazz at Lincoln Center OrchestraWynton Marsalis, Music DirectorThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsMarch 20, 2009 Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra made a return visit to the Kimmel Center with a full-house crowd on hand and an early Spring March wind in the air. Marsalis quickly indicated the ...
