Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Echoing the recent birthday "party" with octogenarian Cool jazz reedman Lee Konitz, the Eastman School of Music's Jazz Studies Department is presenting another jazz legend, the composer, valve trombonist and conductor Bob Brookmeyer to help celebrate his upcoming 80th birthday...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Neil Young Buy: Lala.com Genre: Rock Song: On the Way Home (Live at Massey Hall 1971) Album: Live at Massey Hall 1971 (Deluxe Version)...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Title: One Note Samba Artist: Gerry Mulligan and Antonio Carlos Jobim A little bit of ephemera from an early sixties documentary, we join, in progress, a bit of a work session in Gerry Mulligan's apartment. Tom Jobim is playing his One Note Samba when Mulligan joins in on clarinet. They jam for a bit, but Gerry isn't happy with a note or two that he blows, so they stop, discuss, and swing the song...
DCist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Feeling the limitations of the jazz combo format that was prevalent in the late 1940s, Miles Davis assembled a nonet to play music that allowed for more orchestration and color, while still maintaining the improvisational elements of that era's be-bop sound. With orchestrations from the great arranger Gil Evans , as well as band members Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis , the band performed briefly in...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Baritone saxophonist Charles Evans is a native of the great jazz city of Philadelphia where he grew up before moving to New York influenced by his mentor, saxophonist and composer Dave Liebman. After gigging around Manhattan and Brooklyn for several years and forming his own label, he has taken the rather audacious step of recording a solo album of overdubbed baritone saxophone. When I read about this...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sadly we only made it for the second half of this sparsely attended gig, everyone else was probably with Lance Liddle down at the Cluny. When Caz and I arrived we increased the audience by a good 40%! There is, however, something quite nice and intimate about nights like this. The attenuated band featured Dave (trumpet and vocals) Eric Stutt (drums) Barry Ashcroft (bass gtr) and Chris Finch (keyboard)....
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
As you may recall from parts 1 and 2, our theme in this series is that by concentrating on the lines played by a good string bassist, you can gain an understanding of the shape and structure of a piece...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Emerging from the shadow of his hero Charlie Parker, Miles Davis rejected the aggressive tempos of bebop to pioneer a new style that became a landmark in jazz evolution Miles Davis, the dentist's son from St Louis who came to New York in 1944 to study music, dropped out of college when he met Charlie "Bird" Parker . Like most jazz-obsessed kids his age, Davis fell under Parker's spell, becoming...
Lovers' Last Go Around (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
MATVEI YANKELEVICH SOMMER BROWNING JEREMY JAMES THOMPSON 7:05-10:05 Outpost Lounge 1014 Fulton St (Grand & Classon) Brooklyn, NY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Subterranean Homesick Blues Project Friday, October 30, 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Ding Dong Lounge 929 Columbus Avenue (between 105/106) New York, NY Justin Taylor / Mark Bibbins / Ari Messer / Roddy Lumsden / Monica Youn / Dai George / Amy...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Reviewing the Art Farmer Jazz Icons DVD the other day stimulated thoughts of his unique place in the pantheon of major jazz soloists. I started to write them, then realized that I already had. Here is an excerpt from the Farmer chapter of my book Jazz Matters. Even on some of Farmer's first recordings in the early 1950s it was clear that he was a first-rank soloist in the making. By 1956 Farmer's work...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Even for a jaded movie hound like myself, it’s been a revelation to experience both the quality and range of feature-length documentaries now available for...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Memo to JNE. The Baritone Band sounds rather intriguing - if they ever hit the road, Chris, they may well be worthy of a Corner House gig. I'll nip down to the RAFA Club and check them out if you'll pay my expenses. 16 Oct 2009 - The Baritone Band-Tribute to Gerry Mulligan RAFA Club, Building No. 4, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TX Admission £10. 8.30pm start . The Baritone band featuring Derek...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Miles Davis’s first great record as a leader came when he was very young, just 23 years of age. Tempered by the fast paced bebop he was playing with Charlie Parker, Davis make a conscious decision to move in another direction. Experimenting with like minded musicians at the apartment of arranger Gil Evans, they moved from the feverish pitch of bebop to a more impressionistic form of improvised...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
On October 12th, the night before his 80th birthday, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz will join Eastman School of Music Jazz Studies Chair Harold Danko for a night of music in Kilbourn Hall at 8:00 pm. The concert is free. During...
ABBEY JAZZ (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
With apologies, just a brief report as I'm disappearing for a few days hols this morning. John Hallam fought his way down the M6 yesterday to give us an absolutely superb two sets, backed impeccably by Roger Heeley, Tony Sharp and Roy Dutton. Whether he was on clarinet, tenor or baritone, John held a full Spring Lane spellbound, and did so with a repertoire from Eubie Blake to Gerry Mulligan. It's...
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