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Vision Festival 2010: Day 5, June 27, 2010
by John Sharpe
Prologue | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7Perry Robinson, Guillermo E Brown, Billy Bang, David S. Ware, Dave BurrellVision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York CityJune 27, 2010 Sunday June 27 was another big day ...
Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon Interviewed at All About Jazz
Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon knows what versatility is all about, although his humbleness won't allow for cocky behavior. One of the best trombonist of his generation, and one of the finest in jazz history, this composer/musician/-teacher carries a heavy torch with the steadiness of an old soul and the conviction of a man who knows what matters ...
Newport Jazz Festival As Strong As Ever
by R.J. DeLuke
CareFusion Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6-8, 2010 It may seem like a small thing, but it's nice that the jazz festival in Rhode Island last weekend, August 6-8, was called the CareFusion NewportJazz Festival. No matter how you slice that, it's the Newport Jazz Festival, in the ...
Jessica Williams: Musical Truths
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Jessica Williams begins a free-wheeling and fascinating conversation with a fan by thanking him for the kind words he has spoken about her music. Then she adds: “But you don't always have to say kind words, you know, as long as you always say the truth." It's advice that is very much in ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi: The Music Keeps Her Young
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Billy Taylor, now in his eighty-ninth year, once recorded an album titled Music Keeps Us Young. I'm a firm believer in that and could point to several notable examples, one of whom is composer / pianist / bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi who was in Albuquerque and Santa Fe last month with husband Lew Tabackin to headline ...
2010 Jazz Legends Gala Honors George Wein, September 16 at Mission Ranch in Carmel
2010 Jazz Legends Gala Honors George Wein, September 16 at Mission Ranch in Carmel Hosted by Clint and Dina Eastwood, Gala Celebration Features Dinner and Entertainment from 2010 MJF Artist-In-Residence, Vocalist Dianne Reeves Proceeds Support Monterey Jazz Festival Education Programs The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that it will honor the legendary impresario, pianist ...
Take Five With Dave Wilson
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dave Wilson: Dave Wilson was born and raised in Bronxville, NY. As the leader of his own jazz groups, the Dave Wilson Quartet/Crazeology, Wilson and his band mates are known for their groundbreaking improvisations along with creative individualistic compositions and unique arrangements of standards. Wilson was also co-leader for many years, with the great trumpet ...
Wynton Marsalis, "The Magic Hour" (2004)
By Nick Deriso“The Magic Hour" by Louisiana-born trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was that sweetest of swinging homecomings--like time spent laughing with old friends on a front porch. We have Marsalis returning finally to small-band work--where he once sparked the kind of mainstream interest in a jazz trumpeter enjoyed long ago by the likes of Louis ...
Dave Wilson Quartet: Spiral
by Karl Ackermann
Saxophonist Dave Wilson was previously a member of two Dave Stahl groups, also playing with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Lew Soloff and Conrad Herwig and studying with the great Joe Lovano. The New York native has released two previous collections as a leader, and is actively immersed in music as both an educator ...
Lage Lund: Looking Forward
by Matthew Warnock
Growing up in Norway, a young Lage Lund dreamt of moving to New York, though not to play guitar, but to break dance in the NY subway system. Luckily for jazz guitar fans, this dream was never realized. Instead, Lund picked up the guitar at the age of thirteen and hasn't looked back. Since then, he ...
