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Article: Interview

Paul Augustin: Putting Penang On The Jazz Map

by Ian Patterson
November 23, 2013

Most jazz festival directors would agree that survival is the name of the game in the first years. Unless a festival has the financial backing of a major sponsor it can be a knife edge existence attempting to rustle up private sponsorship and the kind of good will that is required in abundance to meet the ...

Article: Live Review

ACS: Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding at Mesa Arts Center

by Patricia Myers
November 13, 2013

ACS: Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding Mesa Arts Center Mesa, AZ October 22, 2013 The performance by ACS, the trio of pianist Geri Allen, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and bassist Esperanza Spalding, was a bold collaboration that showcased each individual talent and their intense synergy. The ...

Article: Album Review

Duke Ellington: The Ellington Suites

Read "The Ellington Suites" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 11, 2013

It should not be so hard to identify the most important jazz musician in the history of the genre. It is one of five artists: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. Much can be made for Ellington being the logical choice. Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974) lived the entire history of jazz. ...

Article: Interview

Steve Wilson: Lifetime of Study

by George Colligan
November 8, 2013

Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth. I'm very happy to have the opportunity to interview a musician that I've worked with a lot over the years. When people say that a musician has worked with everybody in the business, Steve Wilson has literally worked with everyone in jazz. ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection 1972-1988

by John Kelman
November 4, 2013

As Legacy Records slowly works its way through complete album collection boxes for artists ranging from Stanley Clarke and The Brecker Brothers to the massive Miles Davis and Johnny Cash boxes, one of the notable absences has been keyboardist Herbie Hancock. While he was not a Columbia artist for as long as either Cash or Davis, ...

Article: Interview

David Fiuczynski: Salt, Sweat, Love, Tears

by George Colligan
November 2, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] David Fiuczynski is a very unique guitarist. Many of you know him from his successful band called Screaming Headless Torsos. He's played with Hasidic New Wave, trumpeter Cuong Vu, and pianist Hiromi. I first met David at a rehearsal with drummer ...

Article: Profile

Art Blakey: The Musical Drummer

by Anton Rasmussen
October 31, 2013

“Jazz Washes Away the Dust of Everyday Life" --Art Blakey So said, Abdullah Ibn Buhaina (1919-1990), more widely known to the world of jazz by his pre-Islamic name: Art Blakey. Blakey was my first introduction into the musicality of jazz drumming and, in some senses, my introduction to a lifelong love of jazz.

News: Festival

Al Jarreau, Eddie Palmieri, Terri Lyne Carrington Headline 2014 Brubeck Festival: Coast To Coast

October 30, 2013

University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute today announced an impressive Grammy Award-winning lineup for its 13th annual Brubeck Festival celebrating the music and life of Dave Brubeck. Al Jarreau, Eddie Palmieri and Terri Lyne Carrington will headline 2014 Brubeck Festival: Coast to Coast, March 27-29, in Stockton. 2014 Brubeck Festival: Coast to Coast also makes the ...

Article: Rethinking Jazz Cultures

Tony Whyton: What Does Jazz Do For You?

by Ian Patterson
October 21, 2013

[The first installment of interviews with leading jazz academics as part of All About Jazz's new Rethinking Jazz Cultures series begins with Professor Tony Whyton, Director of the Salford Music Research Centre at the University of Salford.] Wherever you stand on what constitutes jazz music, jazz history and its great historical figures/landmark recordings, Tony ...

News: Recording

"The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis" to be Released October 22

October 18, 2013

Pulitzer Prize and nine-time Grammy Award®-winning musician, and Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis digs into his rich collection of spiritually inspired recordings at the Columbia and Sony Classical labels for The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis. This special collection of 15 divine tracks will be available everywhere October 22 through ...