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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Chicago native Junior Mance doesn't sound like a man approaching his 80th birthday. The pianist, who credits Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie with helping him grow as a musician, has led over 30 recordings of his own and made numerous appearances as a sideman during a lengthy career. An enthusiastic conversationalist with a great sense of humor, it's hard not to feel quickly at...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
TOKYO -- Dave Brubeck, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley -- just a few of the jazz legends who have been inspired by their experiences in Japan. If there's any doubt about the country's influence, try listening to Brubeck's "Tokyo Traffic" in the middle of Shinjuku, or his "Zen is When" in Yoyogi Park. If that fails to do the job, take Horace Silver's "Too Much Sake" with you next time you go to an...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley was one of the major figures in jazz from the mid '50s to his death in 1975. His songs became soulful anthems that generations of jazz fans loved, making heads nod and shoulders weave in time. Along with his trumpeter brother Nat, Cannonball made sure that his music would reach out and remain a part of one's psyche: from aspiring musicians to older veterans who...
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NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
This photo of Miles Davis comes from the cover of the album, "Kind of Blue." Sony This month, as you know, News & Notes is exploring jazz music with a series of profiles, features, and interviews. Our introductory segment, "What Is Jazz?," featured insight from three jazz aficionados, including freelance writer and radio producer Eugene Holley Jr. Here, Holley offers five "can't miss" CDs which serve...
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Explore : African-Americans, Ahmad Jamal, Artists, Bill Evans, Elvin Jones, Jazz, Jimmy Cobb, Jimmy Garrison, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Music, Paul Chambers, Stan Getz, Wynton Kelly
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Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Orrin Keepnews is a name that’s probably unfamiliar to most jazz fans, but over the years you’ve almost certainly listened to a lot of the music he generated — not as a musician, but as a producer. In recognition of his accomplishments, Concord is reissuing many of his classic albums in 24-bit remastered versions, designating [...]
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adn.com: Lifestyle (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The Imaginarium presents Creepy Crawlies, 10:30 a.m., Muldoon Library, 1251 Muldoon Road, Muldoon Center Mall and 2 p.m. today, Chugiak-Eagle River Library, 12400 Old Glenn Highway. Experience a presentation on arthropods and learn about insects and arachnids. Free. (343-4223, 694-2500; www. anchoragelibrary.org)
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
New series of Jazz Icons DVD's features vintage unseen concerts featuring Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Lionel Hampton, Nina Simone, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. "Jazz Icons is doing for jazz what the Criterion Collection has done for classic and important films." - Jazz Times...
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Explore : Artists, Bill Evans, Book Publishers, Jazz, Lionel Hampton, Music, Nina Simone, Oscar Peterson, Publishers, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sonny Rollins, Vintage
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ireallylovemusic (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
once in a while $tateside step aside from their usual program of well thought out soul/disco/funk compilations, dust down a long forgotten full length album, give the music a quick mastering touch up, and re-release the gem for all to hear. as soon as you see the cover, read the title, see that david axelrod [...]
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Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Thom Rotella might not be a familiar name to the average jazz fan, but if you have a ear for jazz guitar you’ve probably enjoyed his music at some time over the past two decades. If so - or even if the multi-talented artist is unfamiliar to you - a new album on the Four-Bar [...]
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
This barmy 1972 star-sign suite has been a legendary item for samplers and crate-diggers for years. Produced by Cannonball and David Axelrod, the music is by Nat Adderley's sextet, in which both Cannon and Ernie Watts play sax while Mike Deasy's psychedelic guitar is added to the regular rhythm section, with George Duke on keyboards.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
For some connoisseurs of jazz singing, Nancy Wilson, who headlines Friday's annual Cars & Stars benefit at Music Hall, was always the one who got away.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Duke Ellington's 1941 musical Jump for Joy was a cultural milestone, an assertive, satirical riposte to the servile depictions of African-Americans in both film and the theater, and a forerunner of later extended Ellington works such as Black, Brown and Beige. Though the show ran only in Los Ange...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
The StLJN jazz site of the week is the Jazz Discography Project , a true labor of love that includes detailed information on the recorded legacies of more than 50 of the most significant musicians in modern jazz, from Cannonball Adderley to Mal Waldron. Recordings are listed both by session date and location and by the name of the album or albums issued, and the site also includes information on the...
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JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
25 Best: Jazz Legends - 25 Best: Jazz Legends (Madacy Special MKTS ) Al Green - Lay It Down (Blue Note ) Ala Heiler - Changes (Zyx ) Andre Previn - What Headphones (DRG ) Andre Previn - What Headphones? (DRG ) Andreas Schmidt & D - In Berlin (Pid ) Art Kassel - Music, Maestro, Please (Living Era ) B.B Cooper - Saracubana-Stewart Curtis Trio Plays BB Cooper (Pid ) Basil Coetzee - Sabenza (Pid ) Bill...
