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Marian McPartland: Living Through the History
by Maxwell Chandler
Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...
Zoot Sims: With Bucky Pizzarelli
by Andrew Velez
This Zoot Sims-Bucky Pizzarelli set of duets is now 33 years old but there's nary a sign of cobwebs here on a session in which the mutual pleasure of these two pros is happily apparent. If it contained only their bossa-flavored take on Michel Legrand's “Watch What Happens," it would be well worth the price. As ...
Tubby Hayes: Intensity: The 1965 Tapes
by George Kanzler
The late '50s and early '60s were a great time for jazz at clubs in downtown Manhattan. It was a heyday for tenor saxophonists; such giants as Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Wayne Shorter, Booker Ervin and Tubby Hayes could be heard at cozy spots like New ...
Mike Barone / National Youth Jazz Orchestra / Vaughn Wiester / Dutch Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Mike Barone Big Band Class of '68 Rhubarb Recordings 2009 While some may deem composer / arranger / trombonist Mike Barone's latest album gratuitous, those who were introduced to Barone's music via the band's superb recording Live at Donte's, 1968 should take enormous pleasure in hearing further inspired ...
Blues And Haikus
By Zoot Sims
Label: EMI Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: American Haikus; Hard Hearted Old Farmer; The Last Hotel & Some Of The Dharma; Poems from the Unpublished Book of The Blues; Old Western Movies; Conclusion Of The Railroad Earth.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Zoot Sims
All About Jazz is celebrating Zoot Sims' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Zoot SimsJohn Haley “Zoot" Sims, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist. He was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at ...
Jack Kerouac with Al Cohn and Zoot Sims: Blues And Haikus
by Sid Smith
I discovered jazz and Jack Kerouac at roughly the same time in my teens back in the early 1970s, when his seminal novel On The Road (Viking, 1957) hooked me into the bohemian world of jazz clubs, intense friendships and the never ending highway under wide open skies described in its pages. It barely ...
Folk Jazz U.S.A. / Alabama Concerto
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Folk Jazz U.S.A.:; The New Saints; Venezuela; Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair; Betsy; Randall My Son; Turtle Dove; Shenandoah; Joe's Old Folks; Saro Jane; Scarlet Town; Wayfarin' Stranger; Darling Corey; Alabama Concerto:; First Movement; Themes: The Henry John Story / Green, Green Rocky Road / Job's Red Wagon; The Henry John Story (Return) / Green, Green Rocky Road (Return); Job's Red Wagon (Return); Second Movement; Themes: Trampin' / The Loop; Trampin' (Return) / The Loop (Return); Third Movement; Theme: Little John Shoes; Theme: Milord's Calling / Little John Shoes (Return) / Milord's Callin' (Return); Fourth Movement; Themes: Blues For Christmas / Rufus Playboy / Grandma's Coffin / Blues For Christmas (Return); Grandma's Coffin (Return) / Rufus Playboy (Return) / Grandma's Coffin (2nd Return);
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers
By Zoot Sims
Label: Pablo Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: The Man I Love, How Long Has This Been Going On; Oh Lady, Be Good; I've Got A Crush On You, I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, 'S Wonderful, Someone To Watch Over Me, Isn't It A Pity, Summertime, Plus CD Bonus Track They Can't Take That Away From Me.
