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There is always the fear that producing an authentic jazz album with orchestration is too ambitious a project and is doomed under the heaviness associated with such affairs. And that might have been the case here, except the sum of the parts, i.e., violinist Christian Howes and arrangers Kuno Schmid and Roger Kellaway, is certainly more than the instant concept...
For some, it's Citizen Kane, others La Dolce Vita, but it was Woody Allen's neglected 1997 film, Deconstructing Harry, that introduced me to the joys of grown-up cinema. It was probably the first film I saw where the protagonist wasn't...
Two of Ireland’s most renowned jazz musicians team up to take part in the University of Ulster’s Autumn Lunchtime Concert Series on Monday 6 and 7 October. Louis Stewart, recognised internationally as one of the world’s finest jazz guitarists, will join forces with saxophonist Gay McIntyre to perform at both the Coleraine and Magee campuses...
Benny Green, The Reluctant Art (Da Capo). Dave Frishberg's recent message to Rifftides in which he recommended this book sent me scrambling in haste and embarrassment to obtain a copy. I had never read Green's book, subtitled "Five Studies...
COMPOSER, bandleader and pianist Wally Fields, another hometown boy made good, returned to Liverpool last night for a one-off concert entitled Swing Time with Gershwin.
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Although there's probably too much talk and not enough music overall, each film in the Busby Berkeley Collection has something worth watching. In most cases, the music can't compete with Berkeley's greatest work ("42nd Street,"...
. September 20, 2008 > Richard M. Sudhalter, 69, author and Jazz musician, Is dead > By DOUGLAS MARTIN > > Richard M. Sudhalter, who won wide respect as a mellifluous trumpet > player (cornet, actually- JD) and perspicacious jazz historian — and ignited controversy for > a book arguing that jazz was shaped by white as well as black > musicians [...]
The September Jazz Times has my rather long review of Mosaic's box of Lionel Hampton's small-band recordings from the late 1930s and early forties. The five CDs contain a sizeable percentage of the best combo music of the period. From...
While there’s been some grousing about the accuracy of iTunes 8’s new Genius feature, I’m getting a kick out of playing with it. Sure, it’s not always spot-on (though Apple says that will change over time as their database grows and the matching AI improves), but that lends a certain entertainment value to the playlists [...]
Mosaic Records -- one of the truly marvelous specialty re-issue houses that have sprung up in recent years, specializing in jazz recordings of the '30s through the '50s -- have...
A Penny Peyser / Doug McIntyre film Trying To Get Good- the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon Dear Jack Sheldon Fans, This is to let you know that TRYING TO GET GOOD - the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon is now available on DVD for purchase on our website: TryingToGetGood.com. Thank you for your interest and your patience...
