LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Review: Stan Sulzmann Quartet The Green Man, London Jazz Festival, November 20th 2009, review by Patrick Hadfield) After four nights going to gigs in the Queen Elizabeth Hall – a concert venue if ever there was one – on Friday I headed down to the basement of the Green Man by Great Portland Street station. Just like the QEH gigs, this one was also packed to capacity – standing room...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Dick Katz, The Line Forms Here (Reservoir). The news of Katz's death at 85 last week sent me to the shelf for this 1996 recording. It covers the range of his talents as pianist, composer and arranger. He plays alone...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to The Jazz Messengers performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 4, 1959
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
FOUR decades haven't diminished the rich four-part harmonies and sheer verve of The Manhattan Transfer, as audiences will discover tomorrow night when the group play the o
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
By NAT HENTOFF For more than 60 years, I've seen recurring obituaries of jazz. The threnodies are being prepared again—in the National Endowment for the Arts' latest survey on public participation in the arts and with such questions as "Can Jazz Be Saved?" in which widely respected music critic Terry Teachout wrote regretfully in this paper last summer, "I don't know how to get...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Enterprising music students from Newcastle College have booked the upstairs room at the Bridge Hotel on a Tuesday night throughout November to play some jazz. What a good idea! A cast of thousands - well okay, I lost count at nine - got up and ran through some standards, playing for two hours and more. The guitar - led ensemble kicked - off with 'Green Tea' a tune by guitar hero John Scofield. Familiar...
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Drums Around The World: Philly Joe Jones Big Band Sounds was on the Riverside label in 1959 and includes some quality soloists. A lot of it consists of Philly Joe Jones drums solos. It was released on CD and included are the scanned liner notes. Speaking of drummers, I created a new jazz drummer poll. I expanded the list of candidates greatly and made it so you can vote for multiple drummers. Vote...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Here is a 50th anniversary tribute to Ronnie's. From 2009 the sweet tone of Benny Golson in Whisper Not and I'll Remember April . And a lot of footage from a 1989 documentary. Enjoy. By courtesy of the BBC.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Benny Golson Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes and Noble (NYC) on Friday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 30th, for an in-store Barnes and Noble interview with saxophonist, epic composer and jazz legend, Benny Golson Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Victoria: The Ernesto Cervini Quartet brings together some of the best and brightest talents from Toronto and New York City.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Chicago-based drummer and composer Dana Hall has been in demand as a sideman for nearly two decades, working with major names in jazz such as Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Benny Golson, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and Kenny Barron. He's also an educator, the musical director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and--since 2006--leader of an all-star quintet featuring trumpeter Terell...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The centerpiece of the concert, part of the university's bicentennial celebration, is a commissioned work by legendary jazz master Benny Golson, who also performs.
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Exodus To Jazz series of jazz gigs continues with the Johnny O’Neal Trio on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside with sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm in Frontier Hall at the hotel. Doors open...
Yes, Starlings! Yes! (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Erik NOONAN, Leah CANDELARIA-TYLER, Mathias SVALINA reading their works Saturday, October 10th at 7:30pm at the Dikeou Collection 1615 California St (at the 16th Street Mall), Denver Take the elevator to the 5th floor FREE and open to the public (donations to the readers welcome) Leah Candelaria-Tyler was born and raised in southern New Mexico. She studied English at New Mexico State University and...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
International jazz greats will convene at the University of Pittsburgh Nov. 3 through Nov. 7 for the 39th annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert-the longest-running event of its kind in the country. Legendary musicians taking part this year include {{George Cables = 3813}}, piano; {{Terri Lyne Carrington = 5561}}, drums; Leon Lee Dorsey, Pitt assistant professor of jazz studies and coordinator of Pitt's...
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