All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
Take a group of A-List Miami-based musicians--many of whom are alumni of the big bands of Woody Herman , Maynard Ferguson , and Stan Kenton )--combine them with guitarists and percussionists from Madrid,Spain, and the result is the RG Royal Sound Orchestra, making its debut withexactly what the title promises. The arrangements integrate Afro-Cuban rhythms, Iberian romanticism, and North American swing...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/16/2010
Bob Freedman is a composer, arranger, pianist and reed player. In the early 1950s, he played alto sax with trumpeter Herb Pomeroy's big band in Boston, writing a good chunk of the orchestra's arrangements. Since 1960, Bob has arranged for more than 30 jazz and pop stars, including Ron Carter, Billy Joel, Joe Williams and Sarah Vaughan. He also has written for television and the movies. On the bling...
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 01/13/2010
Louisssss (as he says in Hello Dolly-"This is Louisssss, Dolly!") Armstrong- the man who, for all practical purposes, invented jazz. Terry Teachout's new book on Louis Armstrong, Pops, is doing awfully well. He's even been interviewed by Brian Lamb of C-Span, who as far as I know usually only queries political types. I haven't read it yet, but I've already seen two gushing reviews. Armstrong...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
The great lead and jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew tells his students that "talent is a matter of breaking barriers." While trumpeter Joey Pero might have brilliantly selected and covered "Defying Gravity" from Broadway's Wicked on his breakthrough CD, Resonance (Resonance Music Group, 2009), Pero has been defying and utterly smashing performance barriers all his life. What would you...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
The great lead and jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew tells his students that "talent is a matter of breaking barriers." While trumpeter Joey Pero might have brilliantly selected and covered "Defying Gravity" from Broadway's Wicked on his breakthrough CD, Resonance (Resonance Music Group, 2009), Pero has been defying and utterly smashing performance barriers all his life. What would you...
jobsanger (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
Congratulations are once again in order for the 1 O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas (pictured). The band, composed entirely of college music students, has been nominated for a Grammy for it's album entitled Lab 2009 . They have been nominated in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album . The band's director, Steve Wiest, has also been nominated for a Grammy. He was nominated for his original...
Thompson's Bank of Communicable Desire (Free subscription) | 12/18/2009
December 18th: Jazz Nuts Roasting On An Open Fire Hey, cool Christmas cats. If you're anything like me, actually, your cool may have tipped over into perishing cold these last couple of days... Well, not to worry: hang on to your sang froid , and come warm yourselves by these log-effect tracks from some modern masters of mainstream jazz. Actually, calling Maynard Ferguson a modern master might be pushing...
Boot Sale Sounds (Free subscription) | 12/16/2009
A selection from the privately pressed? tape of old xmas songs and adverts cunningly cobbled together by Eddie Gorodetsky in 1997 that someone sent me a couple of years ago. Tracks are- 1. Christmas For Moderns - Maynard Ferguson 2. Jingle Bells - Jimmy McGriff 3. Frosty The Snowman - The Lizard Men 4. Cowboy Santa Claus - Bill Lacey & Group Jimmy McGriff "One of the all-time giants of the...
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Object lesson in taking what what would seem to be an unpromising song for a jazz setting-Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"-and turning it into something that works awfully well. Arranging for large jazz groups is an art from in itself, and one that gets too little recognition. This one's by trombonist Steve Wiest. Maynard had the reputation for leading big bands that played...
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Eric Miyashiro remains the best at coming closest to ultimate trumpet virtuoso Maynard Ferguson's sound and, especially, style. A lot of guys have all sorts of upper register chops, but no real feel for phrasing. Maynard had the chops, style, phrasing- swagger- in the stratosphere-besides being a brilliant all-around player on all the brass instruments. Eric may not play all those other instruments,...
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 [...]
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to Maynard Ferguson & Orchestra performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Exodus To Jazz is inviting you to treat a friend to enjoy the popular Rochester-based trio Rochester-based trio Paradigm Shift reuniting for a concert with its special guest, Dave Brubeck's acclaimed saxophonist Bobby Militello on Thursday, November 19th at Frontier...
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Harry James was a trumpet player with enough technique to play anything- he certainly could've been a great classical player had he chosen that route. Here he shows off those chops, and his great jazz skills, in a video from the Forties, I suppose. It wasn't that long ago that all sorts of bands were led by virtuosos of their instruments-James, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Maynard Ferguson,...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The television comic Soupy Sales loved jazz, knew its history and many of its leading players. Early in his career, when he had a local show in Detroit, he frequently presented jazz stars as guests. After Sales died on October...
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