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Aram Bajakian's Kef: New Sounds from the Armenian Diaspora
by Chris May
Aram BajakianAram Bajakian's KefTzadik2011 Itself born out of traditional music, jazz has over the last hundred years often enriched itself with folk infusions. In the 1930s, the Gypsy jazz of guitarist Django Reinhardt enlivened the European scene. Contemporaneously, the country swing of bands such as Bob Willis ...
University of Massachusetts' Amherst campus celebrates "Jazz in July" from July 11-22
If jazz were to have a birthday, it might as well be in July. But official birth date or not, the University of Massachusetts' Amherst campus is once again offering their annual celebration “Jazz in July," a two-week program that brings students together with notable jazz musicians and educators for lectures, one-on-one sessions, group clinics, improvisation ...
Avery Sharpe: Running Man
by Bruce Lindsay
Avery Sharpe has an extensive history as a bandleader, a composer and a first-call bassist with musicians such as Yusef Lateef, and Pat Metheny. He was also McCoy Tyner's bassist for almost 20 years. No surprise, then, that Running Man is a rhythmically strong album of straight-ahead jazz tunes. The bassist's compositions move ...
2010: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The jazz scene in 2010 was marked by a bit of cultural thaw between the U.S. and Cuba, royal honors for Marian McPartland that led honors galore for living jazz musicians, and significant acknowledgments for late jazz greats across North America. Efforts continued to expand jazz into new realms--or to hold on during the aftershocks of ...
George Duke: Facing the Music
by Jeff Winbush
In jazz, there are two seminal figures called “Duke." For Edward Kennedy Ellington, “Duke" was a nickname. For George Duke, it is his surname, but the similarities with Duke Ellington don't end there. As a pianist, arranger, songwriter, bandleader and composer, George Duke has solidified his reputation as one of jazz's most important figures. Also a ...
Take Five with Matthew Shipp
by AAJ Staff
DOB: December 7, 1960 In: Wilmington, Delaware First Musical Memory: “My uncle (James) playing a Beethoven piece on piano." Music Inspirations: “Metaphysics and understanding the vibration language behind cosmos." Hobbies/Interests: “Metaphysics, boxing, pro wrestling." Last Book Read: “Lampshade by Mark Jacobson." Favorite TV Show: ...
Yusef Lateef @ 90
Some years ago the Jazz Journalists Association, as a tribute to friend and colleague the late Harlem jazz writer Clarence Atkins sponsored a group of aspiring African American music writers to attend a journalism conference in California. I'm happy to say that for the most part they have continued to write particularly on jazz, and in ...
Mike Pride's From Bacteria To Boys: Betweenwhile
by John Sharpe
Even though drummer/composer Mike Pride has appeared on over 70 albums, ranging from avant rock to blues, he remains not as well-known as he might be in the jazz field. Betweenwhile is likely to change that. Pride's From Bacteria to Boys has existed in various lineups since 2005, but the current foursome first came together in ...
