Rifftides (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Yesterday was the Marine Corps' 234th birthday. Today is Veterans Day and Ernestine Anderson's birthday. To celebrate all three, I gave the Rifftides staff the day off and my Italian friend Vigorelli Bianchi took me on a long, looping tour...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
(Edited to add WNEW.com link.) When I was a kid, I didn’t miss a lot of school days because of illness, but I remember the slightly disorienting feeling of coming back after being gone. It was clear that the world had continued operating normally without me—and I was always a little surprised. Now that I’m older [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Earshot Jazz Festival ends this weekend. A highlight is a concert with vocalist Dean Bowman that pays homage to an early Quincy Jones/Ray Charles recording project, "Genius + Soul = Jazz."
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Courtenay: Jazz guitar great Bill Coon performs in Courtenay with drummer Bernie Arai and bassist Darren Radtke.
breath of life (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
This week we feature jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and Rio Samba-ista Ana Costa, plus nine versions of Benny Golson's classic composition, "I Remember Clifford," featuring Art Blakey, George Cables, Ernestine Anderson, Don Byas & Bud Powell, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Kalamu ya Salaam and Slide Hampton. R.I.P. Brownie.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
Concert Review: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, husband-and-wife musicians, opened a four-night stand at Seattle's Jazz Alley with a charming, humorous show. Performances continue through July 26.
LesbianDad (Free subscription) | 23/07/2009
Sorry that I couldn’t find the Ernestine Anderson version of this, which is my favorite. (”Ain’t nothin’ in Chicago for a sweet little boy like you to do,” sez she.) Apart from his preamble, I do like this Joe Williams version as my second favorite. As you read these words, I will either be en route [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Peter Hand Big Band The Wizard of Jazz: A Tribute to Harold Arlen (feat. Houston Person) Savant 2009 Nancy Kelly Well, Alright!: Live! with Houston Person Saying It With Jazz 2009 Ernestine Anderson A Song For You HighNote 2008 As he continues on well into his 8th decade as the go-to tenor sax man, the always solid {{Houston Person = 10237}} remains a prolific and first-rate blues man. This latest...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
My Sunday, Day 3 of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, started out on Jazz Street (Gibbs) listening to some more of the great local high school jazz ensembles, procuring a sandwich and libation. Got into a pretty long line...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/04/2009
A career in parentheses even at home in Manhattan. A woman with a white lacquered hairdo and a black lacquered handbag was pursuing Larry Fuller through a crowded theater lobby after a recent show in New Hampshire. The gig was billed as an evening of cool jazz with John Pizzarelli, and Mr. Pizzarelli, the guitarist and singer, served as the main attraction, signing CDs for a line of fans...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 24/04/2009
Larry Fuller, currently a pianist for John Pizzarelli, is one of many living the quiet history of a jazz sideman.
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 24/04/2009
Two weeks in a row! Now that's progress. I've looked through my jazz feeds and found five new links for you to check out. Without any further adoo... Harvard Business School's take on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. In a...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Victoria: In over 10 years together, the Saul Berson Quartet have grown a unique sound melding Middle-eastern overtones, Argentinian tango and jazz improvisation.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 04/04/2009
Courtenay: Your heart will race and your gypsy soul will rejoice when tango and klezmer meet jazz. The Georgia Straight Jazz Society presents the Saul Berson Quartet in Courtenay.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/03/2009
JAZZ GIGS MANHATTAN STYLE ERNESTINE ANDERSON WITH HOUSTON PERSON Tuesday through Thursday through March 29 At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center 60th Street and Broadway WILL BERNARD BAND Thursday Keyboardist John Medeski, the bassist Andy Hess and the drummer Stanton Moore. At 9 p.m. Highline Ballroom 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea...
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