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WPFW-FM Host Jamal Muhammad Presents the Carolina Connection Special August 25, 2009
WPFW-FM's Jamal Muhammad Presents The Carolina Jazz Connection, with Larry Reni Thomas on WPFW (Washington, DC) August 25, 2009 Features The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan Interview! Jamal Muhammad of WPFW-FM, Washington, DC's jazz station, presents The Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas, August 25, 2009, from 3pm to 6pm. The program, hosted ...
Ian Dogole and Hemispheres: Crossroads
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Ian Dogole is a percussionist of considerable skill, character, invention and individuality. This ensemble that he has put together--Hemispheres--might otherwise be passed over as just another world fusion group. It is also graced by multi-reed artist Paul McCandless, who just happens to be co-founder of the legendary band, Oregon. The uniqueness of Crossroads is further evidence ...
Scott Tinkler: Trumpet Down Under
by Ludwig vanTrikt
Bassist/composer Lindsey Horner recently said, “I think one thing that has really changed in the past quarter century is that the music has become so broad, so truly international and genre-encompassing that the days when jazz was one very definable, finite thing are well and truly gone." These remarks also serve to introduce this interview with ...
Rick Germanson Trio: Off the Cuff
by John Kelman
With so many mainstream piano trios flooding the market, it's increasingly difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's easier when, in the instance of a Brad Mehldau, John Taylor or Enrico Pieranunzi, the artist's voice is so distinctive and approach so readily identifiable that there can be little doubt of its relevance. It becomes ...
Nathan Davis: The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76
by Clifford Allen
Nathan Davis The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76 Jazzman 2009 The concept of a “Best Of" album seems like it should be set aside for those musicians who have entered the popular consciousness to the degree that a sampler disc would be an easy sell. In jazz, canonical ...
Toronto Jazz Festival Supersizes Closing Night with Addition of Kenny Garrett
The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival will close out its 23rd edition this summer with supreme saxophonist Kenny Garrett in a special triple bill performance on Sunday, July 5 at Nathan Phillips Square. Garrett will join previously announced acts, Alain Caron Band and Sadao Watanabe. A multiple Grammy nominee, Garrett is considered to be the ...
Obscure Woody Shaw Jazz/Funk Project San Francisco Express Re-Issued
San Francisco Express – Getting It Together is a Jazz/Funk intergalactic space odyssey recorded in 1975. Woody Shaw is featured on the album blasting out Miles Davis inspired trumpet solos over spaced-out synthesizers infused with heavy drum breaks & a psychedelic horn section. The album masterfully blends Street-Corner Funk with Cosmic Soul Jazz. Also featured on ...
Azar Lawrence: Prayer For My Ancestors
by Chuck Koton
Azar Lawrence is a man on a mission. His task: to express beautiful, healing music.At a young age, Lawrence was already touring and recording with jazz legends like Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner and Miles Davis. Then, after recording several successful albums, including Bridge into a New Age (Prestige 1974) and Summer Solstice (Prestige 1975), ...
Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets + 2: Echoes of Ethnicity
by Woodrow Wilkins
Big band music is alive and well, even if presented by a not-so-big band. Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets is a six-piece ensemble, supported by four additional players for Echoes of Ethnicity. The basic lineup consists of Gardner on trumpet and flugelhorn, brother Vincent on trombone, tenor saxophonist Rob Dixon, pianist Rick Roe, ...
Alex Sipiagin: Burning For Jazz
by R.J. DeLuke
The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Before glasnost fully took hold, and before U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down ...
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