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Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Woody Herman and Count Basie and later composed the memorable themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the campy hit TV series "Batman," has died. He was 85. Hefti died Saturday at his home in Toluca Lake, said his son, Paul. He did not know the cause of death, but said his father had been in good health...
“On any given Wednesday, you’ll find Bill Porter waving his arms, leading his big band at Green Dolphin Street for the throngs of dancing regulars. The old-school Porter is a jokester, often times politically incorrect, even while on stage. One suspects it is a badge he wears with honor. After attending high school in Chicago, where [...]
JAZZ entrepreneurs, as a breed, tend not to be spotted reclining in the back seats of stretch limos. “It’s certainly not a get-rich-quick scheme,” laughs Todd Gordon, the Edin
Although I enjoy a lot of different types of music, I am at heart a traditionalist. That’s one of the reasons why I always look forward to any new album that features experienced and talented jazz pros, doing their thing. When the musicians fulfill that promise, it becomes a very pleasant listening experience. Case in point [...]
On Wednesday, October 15, the Keene State Department of Music will present KSC faculty member Scott Mullett and his jazz quartet, and Vermont’s leading Carribbean- and Latin-inspired jazz band, Zabap, led by Julian Gerstin, for a recital, at 7.30pm...
Pianist Pat Coil says he has always tried to be versatile. That’s how he has managed to work with artists from Vince Gill to Michael McDonald, Amy Grant to Bette Midler, and Woody Herman, Nancy Wilson and Carmen McRae. And that’s how he can live in Nashville and work with country and gospel artists and not lose his jazz skills.
Jazz musician Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum - who appears this weekend at the Blue Wisp - spent his 80th birthday on Sept. 8 exactly the way he planned it - doing nothing.
I had though of calling British bandleader Ray Noble the musical Forrest Gump because he seemed to have a way of being in on some significant moments in musical history, but it’s probably more accurate to call him the musical Kevin Bacon (as in ’six degrees of’). During his career Noble had connections with a [...]
Records snagged at estate sale Originally uploaded by zieak I have a soft spot for vinyl albums. I picked out 14 records at the estate sale this morning. They were free also (I should say that I did give them $5 even though everything I grabbed was “free”). Touch typing made simple - a sound teaching [...]
Funky16Corners Radio v.56 - Solar Heat Playlist Kool & the Gang – Dujii (Dee Lite) Edu Lobo – Upa Neguinho (Philips) Bob James – Take Me To the Mardi Gras (CTI) Cal Tjader – Solar Heat (Buddah) Peddlers – On a Clear Day (Epic) Gabor Szabo – Divided City (Buddah) Ramsey Lewis Trio – People Make the World Go Round (Columbia) Jean Pace – [...]
Benny Goodman has come a long way to be on the limelight despite his name being all over the web. He has been branded as charismatic and stoic. He is the iconic boy from Chicago who was the ninth child to a father of twelve, a poor Hungarian Jew immigrant. Benny earned praise for making [...]
Woody Herman Herbie Mann “Listen -Woody Herman - Kid Charlemagne - MP3″ “Listen -Herbie Mann - Do It Again - MP3″ Greetings all. I come you forlorn, as my vacation – during which much family fun was had (all within a 100 mile radius) was had – has come to an end and I must return to the [...]
Dave Carpenter, 48; jazz bassist co-founded Santa Monica-based Lounge Art Ensemble Dave Carpenter, a jazz bassist who worked with scores of legendary names, appeared on more than 200 recordings and was a founding member of the Lounge Art Ensemble, died June 23 of a heart attack at his home in Burbank. He was 48...
Last week, jazz lost two journeyman artists valued for their dependability, versatility and swing. On the west coast, bassist Dave Carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of forty-eight. Most recently, Carpenter had been in drummer Peter...
