LondonJazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just when you thoght there were enough best-of lists around, up come the 2010 Grammy Nominations. On a first inspection no Brits apart from John McLaughlin (any more?) but the French do make a few showings: not least veteran pianist Martial Solal , who was out making new fans in his 80's at Kings Place. Also up there is John Patitucci's trio CD Remembrance, which Dylan Howe was ecstatic about here...
The Sundries Shack (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Sunday night is a good night for something from one of the greatest trumpet players who ever lived. This is his version of “Birdland”, originally done by Weather Report (written by the incomparable Joe Zawinul). It’s probably my favorite version of the song. The club about which the song was written is still around (though [...]
On An Overgrown Path (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
We Want Miles is at the Cité de la Musique in Paris until Jan. 17, 2010 and we will be there . Miles Davis in Paris opens up another music and place path. Miles' Joaquín Rodrigo inspired album Sketches of Spain featured in a post last year in which I asked was Rodrigo was out of step with his time musically and politically ? Which has a certain topicality as Rodrigo was born on November...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Miroslav Vitous Group w/ Michel Portal Remembering Weather Report ECM 2009 Louis Sclavis Lost on the Way ECM 2009 Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble The Moment's Energy ECM 2009 Jan Garbarek Group Dresden ECM 2009 1969 was a major milestone in our cultural history. But that momentous year also marks the debut release from ECM Records, a label that arguably defined the jazz category in the '70s,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in December. Jazz Standard and the Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival host pianist Chano Domnguez and his quintet in The Flamenco Side of Kind of Blue (12/3-12/6). The Pablo Ziegler Quartet stars in our annual Tango Meets Jazz festival (12/10-12/13) with special guest saxophonists Miguel Zenon and...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
NPR: Wilson is "One of the Finest Saxophonists in the Business" JAZZIZ: "An Especially Skilled and Sensitive Jazz Saxophonist" Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson shifts from sideman to center-stage in the months ahead, with a series of events celebrating and honoring the work of jazz legends Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman...
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
This is "Birdland" (by MF alum Joe Zawinul) in the original Maynard band arrangement. Maynard is in full force of nature mode here, as throughout the 70's, even as record label Columbia (now Sony) increasingly commercialized his music. The band always kicked butt live, though. Eric Traub on tenor sax. Nice performance here by the MF band, if not ultra-clean. I don't know why I do anything...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Joe Zawinul Syndicate Get Up
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The first edition of Manhattan Transfer was formed in 1969 by Gene Pistilli, Tim Hauser, Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, and Pat Rosalia, splitting after one album. Hauser reformed the band in 1972 and, with {{Janis Siegel = 4314}}, Laurel Masse, and Alan Paul, established the group in New York, playing several club dates. The Manhattan Transfer (Atlantic, 1975), on which they used jazz musicians including...
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Recorded in 1966, produced by David Axelrod. Maybe Cannonball's most popular LP. Though the title says "Live at The Club" and the liner notes even say it is recorded at the Club DeLisa in Chicago, in reality the show took place at Capitol's Hollywood studio with an invited audience (and a bar). Cannonball did this for publicity as a favor for the owner of The Club, a friend of his. A more...
Culture (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
The journey from the beginning of Joe Zawinul’s life in 1932 to its end in 2007 is a short Viennese stroll. Certainly no more than the briefest of tram-rides. His first home was in a council flat in the 3rd, Landstrasse, district of Vienna; his grave is in the Zentralfriedhof in the adjacent 11th district. Where, incidentally, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, J . Strauss I [...]
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
I found it!! A while ago I asked if anyone could think of a hip-hop track which used a sample from Cannonball Adderley's Walk Tall.. this was it- Arrested Development's Kneelin' at my altar. I just love the loop on this. No thanks to The Breaks, which had the sample confusingly listed as Joe Zawinul's "Baby, that's what I need", which was the Esther Marrow vocal version. Here's the Adderley...
Crate Kings (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Experienced crate diggers need not be reminded of Joe Zawinul’s keyboard mastery. Those not familiar with his work should take a moment to watch the circa 1985 profile and learn about the legendary Weather Report keyboardist. Related posts:Crate Diggers Record Convention 1 Year AnniversaryBernard Purdie’s “Purdie Shuffle” Highlighted In NY TimesRob Bates Red Bull Big Tune [...]...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
YouTube via EstelDillon "Keyboard genius and jazz giant Joe Zawinul in rehearsal and conversation one afternoon after Weather Report is put on hold for Joe's solo tour. Photographed and edited by Estel Dillon. Produced by Steven Reiner."
Videos