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Field Gulls (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obviously the subject of Mike Holmgren as Seattle GM continues to be brought up. I can't get away from it, from Steve Kelley to Ian Furness to several commenters on this site. So regardless of whether or not we'd all like it to be a dead issue, there is a feeling out there that he's the best fit to take us back to respectability. Well... let's actually take a real peek at his record as GM from 1999-2002....
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit Mack Avenue Records 2009 Composer / arranger / ageless wonder {{Gerald Wilson = 11438}}, most of whose recent albums (Monterey Moods; New York, New Sound; Theme for Monterey; State Street Sweet) have been built around sectional themes, returns "home" on Detroit to paint an earnest musical portrait of his adopted city, one that not only spawned the nation's...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wednesday, October 28 Celebrate Hadley Caliman Seattle Art Museum, downtown 7:30pm $18 general, $10 students An all-star quintet featuring renowned saxophonist Hadley Caliman, the legendary Curtis Fuller (trombone), Larry Vukovich (piano), Jeff Chambers (bass), and Eddie Marshall (drums) concludes its Pacific Northwest tour in a special tribute concert to the Seattle-based tenor master...
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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...
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JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Adriana Miki - Sashimiki (Apria Records) Albonetti M. / V. Schaetzinger - Astor Place (Phantom ) Alyson Green - On My Way To You (Phantom ) Architeq - Green & Gold (Phantom ) Ari Roland - New Music (Smalls ) Art Farmer - Modern Art (Disconforme ) Art Farmer - Art (Disconforme ) Art Pepper - Meets The Rythm Section (Jazz Track ) Art Pepper - Pepper Jam (Phantom ) Arturo Cuarteto Puertas - Siete...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
You might not know trumpet player Al Hood, but he's the pro's pro: he's toured with the official {{Harry James = 7966}} and {{Glenn Miller = 9402}} tribute bands, recorded and performed in ensembles led by {{Ray Charles = 5648}}, {{Curtis Fuller = 6873}}, {{Arturo Sandoval = 4051}} and others, and is a longstanding member of the Denver Brass. He's also a tenured professor at the University of Denver's...
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JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Al / Capone - Mr. Smooth (CC Entertainment ) Al Di Meola - Tour De Force:Live (Sony Japan ) Alex Swings Oscar Sings - Heart 4 Sale (Ais ) Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (Hi Horse ) Archie Shepp & Bill Dixon - Quartet (Disconforme ) Art Farmer - Complete Recordings (Disconforme ) Art Pepper - Live In Toronto (Amj Jap/Zoom ) Barney With Shelly Manne Kessel & Ray Brown - The Poll Winners (Disconforme...
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Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Blakey works with multiple African drummers and composers on The African Beat . 1. Prayer - 0:55 2. Ife L'ayo (There Is Happiness In Love) - 5:31 3. Obirin African (Woman Of Africa) - 3:43 4. Love, The Mystery Of - 9:24 5. Ero Ti Nr'Ojeje - 7:35 6. Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling) - 7:12 7. Tobi Ilu - 5:56 Alfred Lion - producer Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass Chief Bey — double gong,...
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The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Two jazz pianists who have earned critical acclaim for their skill and artistry headline the schedule of special concerts during the 2009 Skidmore Summer Jazz Institute.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi will be performing with his Quintet in “Tribute to Ray Charles”- these performances are a celebration for his new Posi-Tone CD release titled Blues for Brother Ray “Rotondi has the passion and focus to find a place for the music in the new millennium.” --The New Yorker...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/14/2009
AccuJazz Internet radio continues its weekly roll-out of new creatively programmed jazz channels today with the launch of "Trombone Jazz," a streaming jazz channel highlighting one of the most under-appreciated instruments in jazz, the trombone. The channel is completely free to use and available 24 hours a day...
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Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
The trombone is a sorely overlooked instrument in the world of jazz. With a few notable exceptions, like Glenn Miller, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller, many fine performers who play this versatile instrument never got a chance to be a bandleader. An exception took place fifty years ago today, when Bennie Green recorded a session for Blue Note Records. Green spent his formative years in...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
New Festival Productions LLC released on Wednesday the finalized lineup for George Wein's Jazz Festival 55, adding some artists to the bill as well as...
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