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John Warren is a veteran of the British jazz scene having turned in work with baritone sax player John Surman over the decades. He's here exclusively as a composer and arranger and responsible for the entire program of music, apart from a reading of Thelonious Monk's "Ruby My Dear" which falls right in with the overall ethos, even as it retains its individuality...
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THE EVER-POPULAR GuinnessCork Jazz Festival receives zero funding from the Arts Council and would not survive without its sponsors, the festival programme director said yesterday.
I thought I'd start a new regular post on Fridays, which I've decided to call Take Five Friday and designed a special image (with a deep bow to the Dave Brubeck Quartet album Time Out on which Paul Desmond's Take...
Although he will always be particularly remembered for his pictures of jazz musicians, William Claxton was a photographer of wideranging interests and skills, covering fashion, the movies and many aspects of popular music. In many ways his work may be said to parallel in black-and-white images the innovative improvisational sounds of his favourite jazzmen from the 1950s to the 1990s.
The world of music has always provided fertile ground for funny nicknames. One of the best belonged to a favorite of mine — a guy who was one of the many jazz artists who thrived in both the big band era and the later modern jazz years. He was hard-partying and had a quirky sense [...]
William Claxton, the master photographer who died a week ago, was a great raconteur. A sample of that side of his personality is available on the internet. In 1988, Terri Gross interviewed Claxton on her National Public Radio program Fresh...
Guitar great John Scofield talks to Graham Reid about a shining career that has seen him play with some musical legends Sad but true, admits jazz guitarist John Scofield. When he gets together with his peers, like Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, they do get guitar-nerdy and the ladies are long gone by that point...
This week brings another eclectic mix of jazz and creative music performances to St. Louis. Here's a look at some of the highlights happening over the next few days:Tonight, the all-star soul-jazz ensemble Godfathers of Groove begin a four- night stand at Jazz at the Bistro. Comprised of veteran org...
Music Reviews: The galvanizing windup for the Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center found Renee Rosnes in a crisply tailored set, with warm, assured playing in addition to an often aggressive approach that was colorful and adventurous.
The scourge of heroin addiction among jazz musicians of the 1940s and 1950s is central to dozens of stories, novels, poems, plays and movies, most of them dreadful, overwrought clichés. Bad art aside, the monkey on the backs of musicians...
It's still the dog days of August in St. Louis, and thus still one of the slower times of the year for jazz in our town, but if you're in the mood to hear some music over the next few days, here are a few possibilities you may want to consider:On Friday, popular singer Erin Bode and her band return...
Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax) plays his composition “Flying Scotsman” with Bill Mays (piano), Dean Johnson (bass) and Dave Ratajczak (drums) at the Brecon Jazz Festival in 1991. Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (1927 – 1996) was a jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonist in jazz - playing the instrument with a light and airy tone...
Another release in Concord’s series of albums paying tribute to the Monterey Jazz Festival (previously: Cal Tjader) is one that fits me like a bespoke suit, because it features one of my favorites — Dave Brubeck. 50 Years Of Dave Brubeck - Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival (1958-2007) is exactly what you’d infer from [...]
