All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three significant jazz masters will be celebrating milestone birthdays in the next several weeks. On August 25, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter turns 75. On September 2, pianist Horace Silver marks 80 years. And on September 4, bandleader Gerald Wilson--perhaps the last great living link to the s...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
This video contains an impressive portfolio of Skip Bolen's music portraits from New Orleans and Los Angeles: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), the luminous jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott, plus many other jazz and R&B musicians including Wayne Shorter, Henry Grimes, Roy Hargrove, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Nicholas Payton, David Murray, Marcus Roberts, Terence Blanchard, Irvin Mayfield, Ellis Marsalis,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Wayne Shorter, one of the great tenor saxophonists and composers of the modern jazz era, turns 75 on August 25. An enigmatic and searching musician and personality, Shorter was once labeled by jazz critic Larry Kart as "one of the most dangerous players to ever pick up a horn--a man whose solos w...
Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
This is the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams) performing “ ’Round Midnight ” in Stockholm during 1967. Miles Davis (1926-1991) was on the forefront of almost every development in jazz following WW II until his death including bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz and jazz fusion.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
One of the most original of all jazz musicians, whether as a tenor and soprano saxophonist or as a composer, Wayne Shorter has always used his own fresh ideas to create new music that is unpredictable but ultimately logical. Shorter headlined the JVC Newport Jazz Festival Saturday with the Wayne Shorter Quartet. Shorter will perform September 21st at the Montrey Jazz Fesival in California. His Quartet...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Jim Beard might just be one the best modern jazz composers; correction, music composers, you've never heard of. Since the mid 1980s he's either, performed, produced or written compositions for the likes of Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker and Pat Metheny, and recently can be heard providing his wares on Walter Becker's (of Steely Dan) recording, Circus Money (Mailboat Records, 2008)...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Brazilian singer-songwriter Nascimento's reputation precedes him, so much so that one fears he'll never sound as important as he did with Wayne Shorter 34 years ago.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In his work with the Wayne Shorter Quartet and with his own trio, Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez has been acclaimed for his Pan-American originality and musical fearlessness. On his new orchestral CD Across the Crystal Sea, which was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, Perez draws deeply on his lyrical gifts. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, with renowned engineer Al Schmitt at the controls, the...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In his work with the Wayne Shorter Quartet and with his own trio, Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez has been acclaimed for his Pan-American originality and musical fearlessness. On his new orchestral CD "Across the Crystal Sea," which was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, Perez draws deeply on his lyrical gifts. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, with renowned engineer Al Schmitt at the controls, the...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
TAKE A JAZZ JOURNEY TO NEWPORT AND SPEND THE DAY AT THE JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL AUGUST 9 and/or 10 Saturday: Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Chris Botti, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Ledisi, Christian Scott and Many More! Sunday: Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Hamilton, Soulive, George Wein, Esperanza Spalding, Guillermo Klein and Many More...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Mark Weinstein scored a Best Latin Jazz Flautist Grammy honor for Con Alma (Jazzheads, 2007). To follow that up, he turns to bebop with Straight, No Chaser, a mix of original and cover tunes, including some composed by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk. Weinstein was a trombonist and composer for many years, performing with Chick Corea, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Lionel...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Ipswich High 2008 graduate Zachary Gorrell has Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and Wayne Shorter in his CD collection.
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Every June since 1998, the city of Essaouira celebrates the music of the descendants of African slaves called "Gnaoua". This year musician Wayne Shorter and Justin Adams mixed with the Moroccan music masters called "Maâlem".
I V Y Paris (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 6pm Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock, known for playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Chick Corea. An audacious pianist renown for harmoniously mixing in elements of Jazz into soul,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) James Carter Present Tense (Emarcy) Ellis Marsalis An Open Letter To Thelonious (Elm) Esperanza Spalding Esperanza (Heads Up) Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter (Half Note Records) Nicholas Payton Into The Blue (Nonesuch)...
