All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Meet Rick Stone: I've been teaching and performing in the New York area since 1982 and have had the good fortune to perform with musicians like Kenny Barron , Barry Harris , Junior Cook, Ralph Lalama, Dennis Irwin, Vernel Fournier, Eric Alexander , Peter Leitch, Sam Yahel , Mark Elf , Roni Ben-Hur , Peter Bernstein , Matt Wilson , and many, many others...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singer Vanessa Rubin ( pictured ) is coming to St. Louis to star in the Black Rep 's production of Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday , which will run Wednesday, February 24 through Sunday, March 14 at the Grandel Theater, 3610 Grandel Square (just west of Grand Ave). The play by Reenie Upchurch tells the story of Holiday's last performance at a New York club, incorporating songs such as "My...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/16/2010
Wednesday night, the 2010 NEA Jazz Master awards went to pianists Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton and Muhal Richard Abrams; arranger, composer and band leader Bill Holman; saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef; vibrahaphonist Bobby Hutcherson; singer Annie Ross (pictured at the ceremony); and record producer George Avakian. They received their medals and checks in a National Endowment For The Arts ceremony...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 01/13/2010
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon's third album makes the case for him as a major talent. Clearly, saxophonist Jon Irabagon is gunning for the big time. On The Observer, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, he fronts a band consisting of drummer Victor Lewis, bassist Rufus Reid, and pianist Kenny Barron (along with a smattering of guests), and it is to his credit that Irabagon holds his own in the fastest of fast company....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in January. From January 710 we present master pianist Kenny Barron with an all-star quintet, followed on January 1214 by guitarist David Gilmore and his exceptional new band Numerology. ECM recording group FLY the trio of Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, and Jeff Ballard will hold forth from January 2124. Jazz...
darkblack (Free subscription) | 01/03/2010
...Technically 1001 posts on this blog from your humble scribe, dear reader - but as with so much else in these environs, artistic license is available for viewing upon request. At this time, I would like to thank those who come here to hear the gems produced from an ethos long ago and far away - May those days of quality and craftsmanship, the product of many disciplined hours spent at the expense...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
Bill Mays, Mays at the Movies (Steeplechase). The pianist is a veteran of motion picture sound stages, but in this stimulating trio session he's free from click tracks, conductors and scores. With bassist Peter Washington and drummer Billy Drummond, Mays...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 12/20/2009
Saxophonist James Moody has been riding an inspiring late career renaissance, playing live regularly and recording as well. This is a beautifully relaxed session of swinging classic jazz, mostly taken at a gentle mid-tempo. Moody sticks to tenor saxophone for the most part with Kenny Barron on piano, Todd Coolman on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. The selections on this albums are heavy on well-known...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 12/17/2009
Filed under: All About Jazz Oscar Peterson will always be remembered as one of jazz's greatest pianists thanks to an indelible career that spanned seven decades. An artist of prodigious technique, Peterson was influenced by the great Art Tatum, turning the stride master's voracious style into something workable for bebop. One of the most-recorded pianists in jazz history, he inspired several generations...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Tuesday, January 12, 2009 7:30pm Rose Theater Join the National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center for a celebration of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters: Muhal Richard Abrams, Kenny Barron, Bill Holman, Bobby Hutcherson, Yusef Lateef, Annie Ross, Cedar Walton, and George Avakian (A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy). The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour In 2010 MJF/52 All-Star Band Features Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Russell Malone,Kurt Elling, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, And Johnathan Blake 34-Date Tour Kicks Off February 5, 2010 In Connecticut, Continues Through 32 Cities In 17 States From February - May, 2010 December 1, 2009, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958,...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Chicago-raised New Yorker Jon Irabagon won the Thelonious Monk competition in the USin 2008. Previous winners include Joshua Redman and Jacky Terrasson. His prize included a recording with Concord- it's the first time this has been part of the prize. So far, SO impressive. Irabagon, not doing things by halves, was off into the legendary Van Gelder studios in New Jersey to record with with Kenny Barron...
anthonythompson2009 | 10/29/2009
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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...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
A few times you've linked to Amazon listings for Venus releases, such as the Charlap/NY Trio disc in your new set of picks. Just a caveat about this, of which you may be aware. These are CD-Rs with reprinted liner...
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anthonythompson2009 | 10/29/2009
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