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Michael Evdemon Born in Athens, Greece. He was a student of Giotis kiourtzoglou, George Fakanas and Anthony Jackson. He has participated in clinics from Tom kenedy, Victor Wooten, Mike Stern to Billy Sheehan and many more. |
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Jazz Heroes
I remember visits to his original location - during my infrequent visits to London, often in the company of my good friend the late Jack Massarik. That blank street door. No indication of what was going on at the other side and down the stairs.
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Steve Ruby. 606 Jazz Club. London. Jazz Heroes is not the exclusive domain of jazz musicians. The international jazz scene is dependant - to an alarming degree - on the enthusiasm of individuals.Music: Vancouver Cory Weeds plays sax in Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center series
... Louis Hayes, David Fathead Newman, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and the finest jazzmusicians from Canada performed before it closed in February 2014....
Zayn Adams - An inspiration to musicians
The 67-year-old musician died in Groote Schuur Hospital yesterday after ... He was due to perform with Pacific Express at the upcoming Jazz on the ......
Jazz Great Clark Terry Dead at 94
Trumpeter Clark Terry, a jazz legend who in his seven decades as a musician and bandleader collaborated with artists ranging from Quincy Jones ......
NSU's Jam-Balaya benefit concert dishes out New Orleans sound
NSU Jazz musicians are in post-production for NSU Jazz's first NSU Jazz Combo CD release, Poole said, anticipating a fall 2015 release. Poole said it ......
Artistic Diversity: The fluency of musical languages
Again, to use the jazz art form as an example, to merely suggest that a musician might be performing "jazz music" there are several subset forms of ......
Feeling the vibe: A variety of rhythms
Jazz is a worldwide phenomenon that has influenced musicians around the world. But jazz musicians also draw heavily from their international ......
Jazz icon and St. Louis native Clark Terry passes at 94
Terry is one of the most prolifically recorded jazz musicians, having appeared on the results of 905 known recording sessions. In comparison, Louis ......
03/03/15: Groundwork Jacksonville; Startup Weekend; UNF Great American Jazz Series; David …
We also speak with international jazz musicians Alon Yavnai and Joca Perpignan. They will be performing at part of UNF's 27th Annual Great ......
Peaks Jazz Festival takes from the top
Caleb Chapman Music will present its 2015 Peaks Jazz Festival beginning Friday, which ... Last year, 16 musicians left as they graduated high school....
British band to headline jazz festival
The free one-day jazz and blues festival features a lineup that includes nationally and internationally known musicians, regional acts and student ......
Drummer Matt Wilson to teach, play at Friends University's Jazz Festival
Young jazz musicians in the Wichita area would have a hard time finding a better role model than Matt Wilson, who studied here before fashioning a ......
From the archive, 21 February 1987: Dee Dee Bridgewater in new London musical
In the great tradition of black American jazz musicians, Dee Dee stayed on in Paris, working the clubs, and for the past year, has had Paris at her feet ......
Later in the evening, jazz gets even better
MOSCOW - Jazz music fills the late-night air along Main Street in Moscow as musicians take turns in an after-hours jam session at Bucer's ......
Swing into Saturday with Wintertime Jazz Party
The festival's Wintertime Jazz Party and fundraiser features celebrity jazzmusicians Rebecca Kilgore and Dave Frishberg in concert, performing gems ......
Rising jazz singer, Jazzmeia Horn, comes to Fairfield
"Singing was something I have indulged in from the time I was born," she said, adding that her whole extended family were musicians, whether they ......
Singapore has a lot of talented jazz musicians
For Tham, a jazz singer who has been performing in Singapore and overseas for a decade, it's not just about the number of musicians, but also the ......
FLAHS musicians stay busy with full concert schedule
The musicians rehearsed and then performed at Orchestra Hall in ... “The jazz band will play March 5 at Parmly (senior housing facility) for a ......
Music notes: Rocker Mikal Cronin plays Prairie Center
College jazz bands from across the country perform along with professional jazzmusicians. For full schedule and other information, visit elmhurst.edu....
Award-winning jazz vocalist comes to the Quick Center
Horn has shared the stage with musicians such as, Billy Harper, Junior ... Horn won the Rising Star Award at the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz ......
Hillsborough senior Jared Silverstein performs at the Grammys
... a program for which high school jazz musicians from across America audition. ... Silverstein also plans on auditioning for the Julliard Jazz program....
Harlem Fine Arts Show opens next week
Similar to how Blakey's Jazz Messengers became a boot camp for aspiring young jazz musicians, under the tutelage of Stewart, generations of young ......
Sarasota Jazz Festival Arrives
It's prime festival season and the Sarasota Jazz Club does not disappoint with the 35th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival, bringing acclaimed musicians ......
An Ear For Jazz, And Klez
There seems to be a meme among Israeli jazz musicians: leave Israel, move to the U.S., and here, in the great mishmash of cultures, reconnect to your ......
Come blow your horn
Sullivan has played and/or recorded with many of jazz's seminal musicians -- Charlie "Bird" Parker, Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, ......
Euro-Pinoy Jazz Concerts: the music of peace
FOR TWO DAYS, jazz musicians from Europe and the Philippines will playing their improvisational harmonies together at the second Euro-Pinoy Jazz ......
American Jazz Elite Come for Triumph of Jazz Festival
"We have kids playing alongside experienced musicians in the concert. ... It's a great way of getting more people excited about jazz. I am optimistic for ......
Array of music styles shaped by Detroiters
It's nearly impossible to name a genre that isn't rooted in Detroit this history still affects musicians and venues working in the city today from jazz to ......
Count Basie Orchestra kicks off jazz festival
The heartbeat of the jazz festival is to bring in top-notch jazz musicians that can be inspiration to young musicians, Daniel Crews, director of patron ......
Celebrating Transfiguration tradition, Mardi Gras madness
Selections performed by the River City Six, a group of jazz musicians from the Quad-Cities will feature Dixieland Jazz favorites such as "When the ......
Festival celebrates ten years of eclectic sounds
We are proud to host Nicole with her 4 piece band of German Jazz musicians, members of Solid Brew. This is a must- see for Jazz lovers and a rare ......
Saxophonist DeLano leads combo in tribute to Coltrane, Parker
A quartet led by Maine saxophonist Wayne DeLano honors two jazz ... that made him one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century....
Popular jazz brunch becomes Wine Jazz Festival's premiere after-event
Since that time, he has been instrumental in attracting some of the best traditional jazz musicians in Florida to be a part of this annual brunch....
2015 Calvin Awards: Best Picture
He simply lacked the skill to play with the best jazz musicians at the time. One day, he determined to take his craft seriously, and he basically vanished ......
Clark Terry Grammy-winning Jazz Age musician
Terry was a Grammy award-winning Jazz Age musician. He played with big-band leaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie and is said to have had an ......
Pink Concert venue moved
The concert, which is being organised by Afro-jazz musician Dereck Mpofu under the theme From We-men to Our Women, is aimed at saluting women ......
Fontana residents enjoy Jazz N' Art Jamboree
Jazz musicians from Kaiser High School and Summit High School received cheers for their efforts during the event. Youngsters had a chance to do ......
Paris named host city for International Jazz Day 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz musicians from around the world will gather this April in Paris for International Jazz Day. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador ......
David Baker's advice for jazz musicians
2 You are solely responsible for the comments you make on this site. And while we do not edit or alter any comments, we reserve the right to remove ......
Jean Grae is breaking up with hip-hop, but staying friends
She was born in Cape Town, South Africa and raised in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City by two accomplished jazz musicians, Sathima Bea ......
Noted jazz drummer will give clinic, perform with trio
Earlier in the day, from 4-6 p.m., the trio will do a clinic with Bethel jazz ... “Pete, Ben and Andrew are all fantastic jazz musicians,” Linscheid said....
Bassist Katie Thiroux Celebrates Debut Album at Old Lyme's Side Door Jazz Club
Thiroux's resume already includes performances at jazz festivals in the ... Thiroux believes jazz musicians of all generations must hone business skills ......
St Charles Arts Council Presents Jazz Great Fareed Haque In Concert
... Jazz Guitarist Fareed Haque and his Trio along with student musicians ... The St. Charles Arts Council is delighted to announce that jazz great ......
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
At night they operated the hall and, in 1963, the veteran musicians who had been playing at jam sessions there became the Preservation Hall Jazz ......
Portland Jazz Festival returns
Because of Portland's location between Seattle and Los Angeles, it became a resting place for many jazz musicians traveling between the two cities....
Denver singer Lannie Garrett opens songbook in 'Swing Sets'
From jazz singer Peggy Lee to American crooner Frank Sinatra, Denver singer ... Initially, the vibes were not considered by serious jazz musicians....
Jazz and hip-hop combination on offer at Russell Street venue in Keighley
A JAZZ hip-hop band and a ska, reggae and dub outfit will team up to play at ... Tough Crowd features four four top-notch jazz musicians and a pair of ......
David Crosby Says Phish “Are Just OK”
Why would anyone who is not a jazz musician, need to be on a jazz musician level? Is Crosby is suddenly a jazz master? By Cisco Kid - 03/03/15....
Air Force jazz ensemble takes off at PAC in Florence
They covered a wide range of jazz tunes some well known, some not ... Besides being airmen, we are also jazz musicians, and we are well aware ......
Shaler Area junior is a trumpeting success
Adam Bleil, 17, sitting in with musicians at Jazz at Andys, at the Fairmont Hotel in ... Although Bleil enjoys all types of music, jazz is his passion....
The Tenacious Tokyo Jazz Trio
Jazz, the quintessential American art form, takes many shapes. ... One by one, the musicians entered — playing seemingly without regard to each ......
Disc review: Kyle Eastwood, 'Time Pieces'
[Jazz Village] ... Silver” but in the blistering hard bop solos of the formidable quintet of English jazz musicians that comprise Eastwood's working band....
Malone breaking rule for six-string heroes
Both musicians are familiar to Winnipeg jazz fans, having performed here several ... Malone's influences don't end with well-known jazz guitarists....
Dillard's big-band sound often goes unnoticed at home
Dillard High's jazz musicians know how to play grown-folk music. ... Their performance this week at the Cannonball Jazz Series concert in Fort ......
Concert celebrates renowned jazz club Keystone Korner in the Meng
Keystone Korner was known as a famous haven for jazz musicians and enthusiasts in San Francisco during the 1970s. It served as a sanctuary for ......
Movie Review: Whiplash - Grim study about the pursuit of jazz greatness
... Andrew Neiman, (Miles Teller,intense) and his classmates at the Shaffer Conservatory, a music school in New York City for aspiring jazz musicians, ......
After An Education In American Jazz, A Musician Tackles The Turkish Songbook
A Turkish jazz guitarist is converting Turkey's pop songs into popular jazz, the way American jazz musicians stylized tunes from the Great American ......
The Nottingham Jazz Diary with Jeanie Barton, March 6-12
Sunday, March 8 finds Swing Gitan's Gypsy jazz quintet at Nottingham ... countless international musicians from pop and jazz to classical orchestras....
Kristen Spicker The Daily Jeffsonian Published: February 6, 2015 1:00PM
He's a fine musician and it's great." ... and benefits such as Jammin' for Johnson, which honors one of Cambridge's jazz musicians, Bunk Johnson....
Rufus Reid, up for a Grammy Sunday Feb 8, is a Teaneck institution
Let the record state: Rufus Reid, musician, composer, educator, one of the stellar jazz bassists of his generation and now, two-time Grammy nominee ......
2 UMSL jazz events will honor trumpet great Clark Terry
“The jazz world has lost a giant among giants. He was a mentor to probably just about every professional jazz musician that's working today.”....
Alicia Pyle Quartet, other musicians unite for big sound at Down the Line concert
Alicia Pyle Quartet, other musicians unite for big sound at Down the Line ... “I began experimenting with jazz and composition with local artists,” she ......
Jazz, leadership roles headline Black History Month programs
WESM-FM continues its celebration of Black History Month with special radio programs examining how jazz musicians were affacted by the civil rights ......
World music played in eclectic jazz style
Alec has also performed with his sister Jacqui Dankworth, also a jazz musician. He said: A lot of people do ask about and do want to talk about my ......
The man behind the jazz
Without him the musicians have no direction. With the flick of his wrists he brings melodious tunes to the theatre—he is Clifford Towner, the GC Jazz ......
New Standards promises evening of romance, music
The New Standards are jazz musicians who prefer to remake and ... Those were beautifully crafted songs that inspired musicians and singers for ......
Baxter Springs High School Honors Music Teacher
"Our concert band focuses on more classical repertoire, to make our students better musicians. Our jazz band, it's kind of a mixture of the two. We play ......
Rebirth of the Cool: American Music Makes a Return to Iran
“I tell him I'm a jazz musician. He says, 'I love jazz!' ” “Everybody is nice to us here,” he added. Mr. Belden and his group, Animation, were selected to ......
Jazz ensembles celebrate Mardis Gras at CAC
The West Virginia University jazz ensemble Big Band performed at the ... Both Scea and Fraedrich compose their own work, are active musicians and ......
Free income tax clinics are offered in March and April
Definitely a case of an author putting characters into a challenging situation, Edugyan imagines the experiences of real-life jazz musicians of African ......
Trumpeter and band to judge jazz festival
An easy familiarity always exists among the professional musicians who serve as judges at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival. Many of them ......
Roaming with Rava
He still is one of my heroes. And, of course, there's Louis Armstrong. I think Armstrong is the greatest jazz musician ever. And Bix influenced so many ......
The Chennai Confluence
Along with two other city-based musicians and Kalyani Nair who is the arranger ... "I realised, as we spontaneously improvised, that Carnatic and Jazz ......
Jazz Factory - Delft Big Band Produces the Goods and Churns Out the Hits
Most of the musicians wear t-shirts, slops and shorts, many wear twisted ... later they're touring the world and causing a buzz on the local jazz scene....
'African diaspora tourism' spans the globe
This company offers bus and walking trips that take travelers to the concert hall where celebrated African-American singers and jazz musicians ......
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls
... but instead Mahanthappa has created a study of the spirit of Parker, an expansion of the essence of Parker, an essay on how current jazz musicians ......
Back to the future: improvising on music of the past
Immersed in free improvisation, free jazz and experimental rock, his ... The history of French jazz musicians reinterpreting Bach is not necessarily a ......
Musicians advance to states
BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island High School's two big bands and four combos are moving on to the state instrumental jazz festival after scoring ......
Where the jazzcats jam
As a listener, it's a place where some of the highest order of jazz is played by some of the best musicians in the city. We've had musicians from L.A., ......
Chimanga album launched
Locally he featured afro-jazz musician Dudu Manhenga and BaShupi who also graced the launch. “I had to endure a tough patch that at some point, ......
Keyboardist Jay Smith brings high-energy jazz to Cuvee Spirit and Wine Parlor
It's not always a compliment for jazz musicians, but the Bakersfield keyboardist and composer takes it as one. It's become his signature and the name ......
Welding, Zumba, and smooth jazz
Made up of the highest caliber jazz musicians, this swing music experience hasn't been a letdown once in its over 20 years in existence, and is sure to ......
Jazz legend George Benson will be at Music Showcase
(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 6, 2015) -- GRAMMY Award-winning jazz musician and vocalist George Benson will headline the Scottsdale Community ......
Christian McBride interview: What Ray Brown taught him about playing jazz bass
Apart from solos, bass players draw the least attention of any jazz musician on ... "In a practical way, it makes you a well-rounded musician," he said....
Hancock: Musicians hope to bring uplifting message to Paris on International Jazz Day
NEW YORK — Jazz musicians from around the world will gather this April in Paris for International Jazz Day, an event UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador ......
Alain de Grosbois' passion for jazz leaves lasting legacy in Montreal
The show gave jazz fans and musicians a chance to hear what was being done in places they couldn't get to. It also gave the musicians a recording ......
Ethio-jazz: its shrine burned to the ground but the beat goes on
Ethio-jazz: its shrine burned to the ground but the beat goes on ... While the fire came as a shock, Ethiopia's jazz musicians have weathered adversity ......
Ragamala Dance Company: Totally unique
Song of the Jasmine, their new collaboration with jazz musician Rudresh Mahanthappa, retells an 8th century tale of a young girl, Andal, whose ......
Rhythm Future Quartet Brings Gypsy Jazz To Boston
The Rhythm Future Quartet is a Boston-based band made up of four young jazzmusicians who play gypsy jazz — a style of music made famous by the ......
Bassist dies at 78; Garland Thompson Sr. memorial
White was a co-founder of the MUSE Jazz workshop in Brooklyn and ... only music school in New York staffed entirely by professional jazz musicians....
Photos: Northwest Iowa District Jazz Festival
Bands that finished first or second landed a prized berth in the Iowa Jazz ... She stopped her musicians briefly to let them know her thoughts on a job ......
Jazz meets classical with Billy Childs Quartet
Childswas discovered by trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard, and went on to record and perform with a number of other influential jazz musicians ......
McPhersons team up for dance 'Suite'
The famed alto saxophonist Charles McPherson is widely considered one of the top jazz musicians of the past half-century. This weekend, they'll ......
Taking your fling for a swing
The event showcases student musicians in the Tucson Jazz Institute who are part of the six “Big Bands”: Chick Webb, Kenton, Woody Henderson, ......
Top musicians and all that jazz for Boston Spa club
But when pals Les Brown and Tim Mallinson started organising the Jazz at the Crown sessions, they never imagined they would end up running a ......
5 reasons to catch Joe Russo's Almost Dead during Jazz Fest 2015
Thankfully there's a new generation of incredibly talented musicians who are inheriting the Grateful Dead canon and pushing it to places it has rarely ......
Jazz musician Clark Terry, former Queens resident, left his mark
Jazz great Clark Terry (seated), a longtime Queens resident, died this week at age 94. He was a regular at Flushing Towm Hall, as in this photo from ......
Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and 'Tonight Show,' dies
As a band leader, studio musician and accompanist, Mr. Terry was in such ... In a city brimming with jazz sounds, Mr. Terry as a child fashioned a ......
Fourth Annual JSU Jazz Festival Brings Musicians Together on March 6
High School and college groups from around the area will gather on the JSU campus on March 6 for the Fourth Annual JSU Jazz Festival, ......
Hijâz'Car, ESKA and Tomorrow's Warriors confirmed for WOMAD
... a unique collaboration between children local to the festival site and Tomorrow's Warriors, who champion gifted and talented jazz musicians across ......
The Connection
A dozen or so other addicts, mostly but not exclusively jazz musicians, hang around in various states of withdrawal. Most of these characters stay in the ......
Teens take center stage: Night to Shine puts spotlight on piano and singer-songwriters
The group of 17 musicians -- mostly from HHS -- go by the name of Li'l ... All the students work with Helena jazz musician Wilbur Rehmann, said E.J. ......
Music of New York City takes centre stage at 18th annual Roots of Rock concert
He does have pedigree, too: his dad was a successful jazz musician and he is a cousin of Paul Anka. “Our grandmothers were sisters,” Nesrallah says ......
David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge
A 20-year-old Murray took jazz by surprise in 1975, when New York was ... “David also came to recognize what most musicians don't: That once you ......
Elmhurst College to host 48th annual jazz festival
As in past years, this year's festival offers listeners the opportunity to hear a mix of energetic young collegiate jazz musicians along with featured ......
The Rumblestrutters bring 1920s jazz and blues to Ffwrnes, Llanelli
"We try and use all the instruments that musicians would have used in the ... working as a labourer in a foundry and playing jazz in his spare time....
The Grammy Award winning Jazz exponent arrives in Ghana
Earl Klugh, the Grammy Award winning Jazz exponent, touched down at ... Jazz calendar, by presenting top-flight musicians to the people of Ghana....
Jazz interpretations warm up winter night
From a classic jazz trio setting in French composer Claude Bolling's "Errol in Blue ... the concert showcased some of Rochester's finest jazz musicians....
Winter Jazz Fest! Six Bands at Studio Z, After Party at the Black Dog on February 21
Curated by Zacc Harris, Jazz at Studio Z is a nearly monthly series of ... of Twin Cities' modern jazz artists as well as occasional visiting musicians....
Students get jazzy at Northern Arizona University Jazz Festival
Judges for the festival are professional jazz musicians from around the U.S. and after the band received its rating, a judges met in a clinic room with ......
Musical detox
For the EP, Fainman recorded with several musicians from the University of Manitoba jazz studies program, including members of Winnipeg funk band ......
Okoboji jazz band director recalls Clark Terry ties
A Northwest Iowa jazz musician who has spent his career in music education reflected Sunday on the gifts that jazz great Clark Terry gave to the ......
NIU sophomore Lenard Simpson named Luminarts Fellow in Jazz
Simpson was one of five musicians selected during the jazz showcase, and along with a $5,000 grant award, he will receive support from the ......
Sounds of finesse
From 2011, around this time of the year, hardcore jazz and blues fans make a trip to Mumbai, to witness some of the finest jazz musicians from across ......
D'Angelo and Postmodernism
Does the advent of pop musicians as stylistically wide-ranging as D'Angelo and ... Jazz musicians, who had long been in the business of melting down ......
BEHIND THE LINEUP: Arts For The Community, By The Community At Shoreline
Local musicians from every genre, including classical jazz and tribal music, have graced its stage. Called CALB at the Shore, it is a new partnership ......
Wynton Marsalis Takes Concertgoers Through a Symphony of Blues
... to be inside of the actual reality of it from a jazz musician's perspective. ... Even as the musicians practiced, the piece was edited here and there and ......
And all that jazz, jazz, jazz! | Letter
You probably know about some of the great jazz musicians and performances we enjoy here in Edmonds, but did you know that you can immerse ......
Jazz CD produced in Catskill nominated for Grammy award
The local musician is the managing director and producer of Planet Arts a Grammy and ASCAP award-winning non-for-profit production company ......
Jazz band Hot Sardines at Luther Friday, February 20
Bandleader “Bibs” Palazzo and lead singer “Miz Elizabeth” Bourgerol combine with the ensemble of powerhouse musicians to play hot jazz as it was ......
Veteran rocker Eddie Money punches his ticket to paradise with Fort Myers show
While Money is the main attraction, the 5 to 9 p.m. show will also feature more traditional jazz musicians, such as "Jazz Duo" Bill Colletti and Lisa ......
Bob Belden, jazz musician with local ties, takes his band to Iran for a little cultural di…
Bob Belden, a Goose Creek native, isn't only a Grammy Award-winning jazzmusician and arranger. He's a cultural diplomat who just returned from a ......
Sax masters flock to OU
Seldom are jazz musicians accused of being rigid conformists which can help in finding innovative ways to unravel snags. Alternating as a musician ......
Student musicians ask for a little more jazz
Following the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective's annual festival, hosted this weekend, students have voiced displeasure with the state of jazz at ......
Missoula pianist David Morgenroth releases quartet album
"Verdant" was recorded in 2010 in just a day and a half in Los Angeles with three veteran jazz musicians: Bob Sheppard on soprano and tenor ......
Portland nightclub Jimmy Mak's thrives as a hub for the city's jazz faithf…
Jimmy Mak's is Portland's last true jazz club. ... "Not because we are trying to develop the next class of great musicians but because I want to continue ......
Arsht Center's Jazz Roots Celebrates Seven Seasons of Success: It Just Exploded
For seven seasons, the Adrienne Arsht Center's monthly Jazz Roots series has brought leading musicians like Arturo Sandoval, Dave Brubek, Buddy ......
Montclair's Christian McBride Receives His Fourth Grammy Award
McBride is considered one of the most recorded jazz musicians of his generation, who has appeared on more than 300 recordings with other artists....
Ravi Coltrane takes his own giant steps in the jazz world
Young musicians pore over his compositions such as Giant Steps, a rite of passage for jazz players the world over, and marvel at, even try to replicate, ......
The Evolution Of Celebrating African American History Month
I know about these cats because they are jazz musicians, they were into "free jazz", which didn't have the boundaries of traditional jazz yet these ......
Programme of exciting events for jazz fans to enjoy
Pat McCarthy, on guitar, has performed with countless British jazz artistes ... Then, on Sunday, February 15, jazz musicians Pat Thomas and Ntshuks ......
Jazz Trumpeter Clark Terry Dead at 94
Clark Terry, the jazz trumpet and flugelhorn virtuoso, has died, Billboard ... was one of the first black musicians with a staff job at a television network....
William Thomas McKinley, 76; composer
At a music store in New Kensington, he listened to old 78 recordings of classical composers and to new arrivals from jazz musicians. He wanted to ......
'Music is a Journey. Jazz is getting lost'
In 1939 the German immigrant Alfred Lion and the American musician and writer Max Margulis launched the music label Blue Note Records. The duo ......
Dr. John Strikes a Chord with DPA Microphones
NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 4, 2015 – Following suit with many other legendary jazz musicians, Dr. John now uses a stereo pair of DPA Microphones' ......
Musicians remember jazz trumpeter Clark Terry
Kansas City musicians are remembering a legendary jazz trumpeter who died ... He performed with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time....
Interview BiRDMAN composer Antonio Sánchez: “I thought, this is either going to be great o…
I was scared but also as a jazz musician I always say you learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable. Whenever you're improvising on stage with a ......
Paying homage to melting pot musicians
“What we do in Gumbo Le Funque is we pay homage to all these musicians from the melting pot that birthed jazz,” says Justice. “We always call out ......
JAZZ MATTERS: Chris Ingham's weekly round-up (February 6-13)
... playful and inventive saxophonist, Art Themen has been described by the Observer as 'One of the tiny handful of undeniably perfect jazz musicians', ......
Ferris High jazzed for Seattle festival invite
Guest artists are a list of jazz musicians from all over the nation, including Kneebody an up-and-coming group with an energetic sound....
A wild ride: 'ProPhetika' reboots 'long overdue' commitmen…
The 60-minute piece, destined for a La Mama run this spring, evokes three historic figures: Jazz musicians Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, and abolitionist ......
MIM Music Theater Brings Exceptional Indian Artists to the Valley
The highlighted genres, including North Indian bhangra, jazz and Carnatic styles, make ... Named one of 2011's “50 Most Influential Global Indians” by GQ India, Iyer has become a distinguished violinist and jazz musician in the US....
After 50 years, Robinson still plays jazz trumpet
Jazz trumpeter Joe Robinson poses for a portrait on Feb.6. ... Ninety percent of jazz musicians had a rough life if you weren't going to be someone like ......
Bearcat musicians selected for local honor ensembles
Three Bearcats also auditioned for the San Luis Obispo County Honor Jazz Band, hosted by Cuesta College; Ryan Grinager and Dylan Bourdon (Alto ......
In praise of: Fender Jazzmaster
... taken seriously by discerning customers (in this case jazz musicians) and to distance itself from rock 'n' roll, which Leo and company saw as a fad....
AACM's spirit endures in underground rock
AACM spirit isn't just a jazz thing, as Chicago's rock and experimental ... "Almost every jazz musician I've played with in Chicago has either worked ......
The vice that became a dance phenomenon
Tumes is particularly proud of his orchestra, led by jazz bassist Miles Mosely. Miles has brought some of today's best young jazz musicians into the ......
Get jazzy with it: CSU seniors create The Beat Sessions
They were able to explore a collaboration with musicians which is a ... or two house poets, but jazz musicians and writers could come sit in and get ......
Wooster School Jazz : Wooster School is pleased to announce
The Music Department is excited to host this prominent group of musicians, and shows are open to Wooster students and alumni, their families, and ......
The Whiteboard Jungle: Appreciating the greatness of Nat King Cole
Starting out as a pianist in his jazz combo the King Cole Trio, Cole soon transitioned from jazz musician to popular vocalist. He was the first black ......
Jazz bands get their 'groove on'
Presented by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Jazz Fest aims to connect aspiring young musicians and professional artists with musical ......
Clark Terry, Acclaimed Jazz Trumpeter And Composer, Dies At 94
Terry's official bio says he is "one of the most recorded musicians in the history of jazz, with more than nine-hundred recordings," with such greats as ......
Asbury Park's West Side legacy at Monmouth U.
"There were musical performances going on all the time, mostly jazz." ... It's Johnson's wish that his fellow jazz musicians in the scene receive the ......
Musicians collaborate to pay homage
Ross Ulmer, who will be performing with the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra at the Vic Juba Community Theatre on Saturday Feb. 21 as part of the Friends ......
UMKC Jazz Student Comes Back From A Spinal Injury To Win National Competition
Musicians who compete choose three songs to submit from a list of jazz standards. They must record a slow-tempo ballad, a medium-tempo song, and ......
Local music culture sparks students' careers
According to a Jazz and Heritage Foundation spokesperson, while attention is given to big stars, over 80 percent of musicians that perform at Jazz ......
Clark Terry, Ebullient Jazz Trumpeter, Has Died
Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry has died. The musician's ebullient personality reached a nationwide audience as a member of NBC's Tonight Show band, ......
Ron Carter: A Benchmark for Professional Musicians – Portland Jazz Festival – From OMN the…
Ask someone in the Jazz community about Ron Carter, and you may hear that he has a reputation for being a bit temperamental when interacting with ......
Korean Restaurant and Jazz Club Closing in Greenwich Village
The final act will be Kengo Yamada, a Japanese musician with a jazz band. A manager at Peculier Pub, a longtime Village bar in the space below ......
What's on at Haverhill Arts Centre
West Suffolk Youth Jazz Orchestra and West Suffolk Youth Big Band, who represent young jazz musicians from schools across West Suffolk, come ......
Iridescent Curiosities: An Interview With Empty Taxi
... couple of days from her usual base in Brussels, where she manages Belgian jazz musicians, the remnant of a teenage love for playing jazz herself, ......
Jazz Festival News
NS Jazz Band honored at Berklee, RIMEA festivals
The North Smithfield High School Jazz Choir in front, from left are Nathan Marcelino, Nicara Mclaughlin, Amanda Connell, Sarah Pugliese, Lana ......
Jazzy Jakarta: meet the creative hub of Indonesia!
Indonesia is home to popular and dazzling batik designs, as well as music ranging from gamelan to jazz. In fact, the annual Java Jazz Festival in ......
Go for Wednesday, Feb. 18: Bleach Blonde Dudes, Kelly Link, Portland Jazz Festival
Portland Jazz Festival, Feb. 18-March 1. The festival will hosts a variety of established, legacy and emerging jazz artists at venues across the city....
Sax player Julia is the next guest
She has performed at many jazz festivals and clubs up and down the country and has worked with some jazz greats including Alan Barnes, Paul ......
Interiors business Rechercher in the running for Gloucestershire Echo Cheltenham Festival …
“Every festival is good,” she said. “The best is the Literature Festival. It brings the most people in. “We look forward to the science and jazz festivals as ......
Grammy Celebration Continues for George Wein 2015 Newport Jazz Festival Artists
The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ continues the celebration of its ... The 2015 edition of America's first annual jazz festival will feature Chris ......
'Bishop of Jazz' Rio Clemente returns to Watchung Arts Center
'Bishop of Jazz' Rio Clemente returns to Watchung Arts Center ... Newport and JVC Jazz Festivals, and a memorable appearance at the White House....
Caribbean Jazz Festivals Think Outside the Genre
Today's Caribbean jazz festivals go beyond great displays of America's classical music to encompass a stunning variety of musical styles....
The Wondersound Festival aims to showcase Singapore's diverse music
SINGAPORE — Music fans here are spoilt for choice when it comes to music festivals this month, whether it's jazz (Singapore International Jazz ......
Starwood Hotels Revamps Music Strategy, Teams With Coachella Trevanna Entertainment
"For NOLA Jazz Festival oyu also get accommodations to make sure you have your homea awy form home inside one of our hotels wihle you're ......
The Ultimate Guide to Israel's Top 20 Events in 2015
From the Red Sea Jazz Festival in February to the Hula Valley International Bird Festival in November, there's something for everyone....
Pat Martino with Pat Bianchi, Carmen Intorre at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago 2/26-3/1
Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Pat Martino and his trio, featuring ... as a jazz guitarist and is being featured as a headliner at jazz festivals and major ......
Rio Clemente, master pianist, returns to Oak Ridge's Wesley Stage
A headshot of the jazz musician Rio Clemente. ... as well as the Newport and JVC Jazz Festivals, and a memorable appearance at the White House ......
The Carpetbag Theatre to present Yissy and Bandacha
... world, including international festivals such as JOJAZZ, Art Jazz Festival, Sunfest, La Nuit de Africa, Músicas del Mundo and Montreal Jazz Festival, ......
Pacifica Performances presents
Rose is thrilled to bring her group, recently featured at Monterey Jazz and Fillmore Jazz Festivals, to Pacifica. Backed by guitar great Jeff Massanari, ......
Media Release: £350948 funding boosts cultural activity across Glasgow
Glasgow International Jazz Festival received £67,000 towards the 29th Glasgow International Jazz Festival and ancillary events. Paragon Music ......
Trumpeter Clark Terry, Who Played in 'Tonight Show' Band, Dies at 94
Among the most prolific and widely admired instrumentalists in jazz, Terry led or co-led ... He began mounting his own branded jazz festivals in 2000....
Austria's vibrant festivals and cultural attractions
Their calendar is filled with world-class festivals all year round. Music is an ... Two major festivals in the country are dedicated to jazz. If you are in the ......
Sonny LaRosa retires after three decades with children's jazz band
Sonny LaRosa retires after three decades with children's jazz band ... teens, winning awards, playing music festivals and spreading his love of jazz....
New Duke Celebrates Black History Month With Concert
New Duke has performed at summer jazz festivals and in concerts and has appeared twice for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant at the ......
Aberdeen Jazz Festival programme has been announced
Hamish Stuart, Martin Taylor, Tord Gustavsen and Pixel are just some of the names appearing at the festival from March 18-22....
Acclaimed Jazz Musician Anat Cohen in Concert at SF College Fine Arts Hall March 28, 2015
She has played in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center and at the great jazz festivals including Newport, Chicago, Monterey, New ......
Melva Houston performs Billie Holiday tribute
In North Carolina, Houston is a sought-after star for renowned jazz festivals. In 1996 and 1997, she was the celebrated highlight of the Esslinger ......
ND celebrates annual jazz festival
Jazz bands from colleges and universities across the country visited Notre Dame this weekend to play at the University's 57th annual Collegiate Jazz ......
Free screening of “Brothers Hypnotic” Thursday night
A film sharing the story of the eight brothers who make up the jazz band ... York, collaborating with Mos Def and wowing audiences at jazz festivals....
Clark Terry: Famed jazz trumpeter soared above humble St. Louis beginnings
Between global performances, he taught at universities, conducted numerous clinics and summer youth camps and jazz festivals, including one that ......
Seaside Jazz Festival celebrates 32 years
A couple dances during last year's Seaside Jazz Festival. This year's 32nd annual event sees 12 bands performing at five venues Feb. 20 to 22....
Bookbinder whose work is in libraries across world
They often frequented the capital's jazz clubs, particularly the Jazz Cafe in Camden Town and Ronnie Scott's in Soho. Likewise jazz festivals at ......
All jazzed up
Knoebel has been glad to partner with the jazz band each year. ... going to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Jazz Festival at the end of February, ......
Chicago Style Saxophone Battle on March 5
Highlights of his international career include an appearance at Mount Fuji JazzFestival in Japan with the Art Blakey Big Band. Schumacher can be ......
Festivals Can Easily Create a Mobile App that Geolocates Attendees
For $2,500 a year festivals can also build iPhone and Android apps. ... include Country Thunder, Winnipeg Jazz Festival, and GéNéRiQ Festival....
Jazz Northwest For February 22nd, 2015
There's lots of good live jazz in the Pacific Northwest right now and into next week, including the Portland Jazz Festival and the Lionel Hampton Jazz ......
Bandleader, trumpeter and teacher: Clint Ashlock is KC jazz's past, present and fu…
This is the New Jazz Order, the 16-piece big band organized by trumpeter Clint ... We play often at the Blue Room or once in a while at jazz festivals....
The 2015 Washington Women in Jazz Festival
The Washington Women in Jazz Festival looks to reverse that trend by focusing on the women in the jazz community. Jazz musician Amy K. Bormet ......
CAROL FEENEY: All eyes on DocFest
Belleville's homegrown international documentary film festival has ... received top honors in jazz festivals across the U.S. and began performing jazz ......
Georgia Jazz calls on a local favourite
He's played at almost every venue possible in the Hub City over the last three and a half years, as well as jazz festivals throughout the Island....
Jazz Junction Review: INTRODUCING KATIE THIROUX BassKat Records
She has performed with numerous prominent jazz artists and has worked at jazzfestivals and venues in the Big Apple. In 2013, she formed The Katie ......
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival returns with a bold programme featuring a range of exclusive one-off performances, unique collaborations and debut UK ......
Nevis Schedules Spring Blues Festival
Jazz festivals are a summer staple in the Caribbean. ... The first Nevis Blues Festival is scheduled for April 16 to 19 at the Sundowner Stage in the ......
3rd Jazz Fest at Yale opens this weekend, and it's mostly free
But today's jazz “find” is the (mostly free) Jazz Festival at Yale this weekend, run by undergraduates for the public and students, with six events in three ......
Jazz ensemble concert celebrates Black History Month
New Duke has performed at summer jazz festivals and in concerts and has appeared twice for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant at ......
Saco jazz band earns second place at music festival
Saco's Thornton Academy Jazz Band at the 47th annual High School Jazz Band Festival at the Berklee College of Music on Jan. 31. The band won ......
Elton John Among Headliners For New Orleans Spring Festival Season
New Orleans is proudly home to more than 120 festivals throughout the year, showcasing cultural highlights such as Creole Tomatoes, Zydeco, Jazz ......
Future Miri Country Music Festival may be a two-day affair Gracie
We also have Borneo International Jazz Festival and Asean Music Festival, beamed Assistant Minister of Communication Datuk Lee Kim Shin....
Blues and Jazz Festival scheduled for May 16 at new spot
This year's 16th Blues and Jazz Festival will be held from 2-10:30 p.m. May 16 in the new parking lot at the corner of North Lee and East Kerr streets, ......
Festivals asking for more government funding
The heads of Quebec's 28 largest festivals say competition around the ... example, they lost money," Alain Simard, the head of the Jazz Festival said....
Pat Mallinger -- Guest Artist at the U of M Jazz Festival, Underground Music Cafe
One of the Twin Cities' favorite jazz sons, saxophonist Pat Mallinger, returns for a few days to visit family and serve as the guest artist for the annual ......
Trio Subtonic brings its jazz fusion to Christo's Feb 26
The group has toured the U.S., playing many noted shows including Portland Jazz Festival, The Burlington Jazz Festivals, PDX Pop Now, Mt. Hood ......
Get your toes tappin', fingers snappin' on Valentine's
Jazz and pop singer/pianist Spencer Day brings his smooth voice, ... the Hollywood Bowl, Jazz Alley in Seattle, the Pacific Rim Jazz Festival in Manila, ......
Chaka Khan to headline Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place
The organisers of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival have announced the first wave of acts for this year's event which returns to Glynde Place in East ......
Jazz ensemble to perform with Count Basie Orchestra
Since 1935, the Count Basie Orchestra has been performing at major jazzfestivals, and for its 80th anniversary the group will be playing at Eastern's ......
BBC Big Band to bring the magic of the movies to the Regent Centre
... festival circuit, the band has recently appeared at the Aberdeen, Gateshead, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Great North and Brecon jazz festivals, as well ......
Proudly Canadian Lighthouse
... the band also played at Fillmore East, Fillmore West, Toronto, Boston, the Atlantic City Pop Festival, and the Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals....
Tom leads his band to Cask
He has played the jazz festivals of Montreux, Toronto and Montreal. Tom Studied at The Royal Academy of Music and won the Dankworth Prize for ......
Film series resumes with free screening of Brothers Hypnotic
The film premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival before screening at ... York, collaborating with Mos Def and wowing audiences at a jazz festival....
Soirée Jazz ce 28 février à la Maison de la Culture de Namur
Sur celui-ci, on retrouve un jazz teinté de soul, de gospel et de blues. ... des festivals renommés tels le Skoda jazz festival ou encore les Djangofolies....
Enter to win tickets to see Sherrie Maricle and The Diva Jazz Orchestra! (4/2 at Ferguson …
With her band, she has performed at many of the world's most acclaimed music venues and major jazz festivals throughout the United States and ......
Chester Alexander's to welcome tribute band Nearly Dan
The band celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2007, continued to flourish in 2009 with appearances at the Birmingham and Coventry Jazz Festivals, and ......
New Jersey Youth Symphony artistic director and conductor travels to Singapore
The association sponsors a variety of music festivals annually which are ... an Honor Jazz Festival and Jazz Skills Workshop in the Netherlands, and ......
Kuumbwa founder Tim Jackson receives the Smith Award
Just as the Kuumbwa Jazz Center celebrates its 40th anniversary, the man who ... The MJF has remained one of the world's finest jazz festivals under ......
Chaka Khan and Van Morrison to perform at Love Supreme
The first acts for Love Supreme Jazz Festival have been revealed. ... top outdoor music festivals and offers a unique experience that you will struggle ......
Controversial Fort Adams Summer Concerts Plan Gets City Council OK in 4-3 Vote
Other concerns have been raised about traffic, with many residents noting that they have trouble getting in and out when the folk and jazz festivals are ......
Jazz Festival star James Blunt speaks to What's On
What's On has a James Blunt interview ahead of the Dubai Jazz Festival. Read about his tour bus, his relationship with John Legend and more....
Lena Seikaly Quintet to honor Billie Holiday
Seikaly is a masterful vocalist, a swiftly rising star on the Washington jazz scene, ... in the D.C. area and has sung at several international jazz festivals....
Tigran Hamasyan's Nonesuch Records Debut, Mockroot, Out Now
He began playing piano at the age of three, and started performing in festivals and competitions when he was 11 years old, winning the Montreux Jazz ......
Chaka Khan and Van Morrison headlining Love Supreme Jazz Festival in July
They are among the first wave of acts announced for the festival at Glynde ... July 5, is billed as the only major greenfield jazz festival in the country....
Seaside Jazz Festival can't be beat
The lone newcomer to the Seaside Jazz Festival is Portland's Mardi Gras All-Star Band, which is also the only act from the region (with the exception of ......
Director injects new ideas into arts festival
"I realised I loved festivals and studied new art forms. ... events including the Tauranga Arts Festival and the National Jazz Festival, also in Tauranga....
This Is: The 2015 Coleman Hawkins Cabin Fever Bash
The Coleman Hawkins Jazz Society brings two big, free festivals to St. Joseph every year: the Jazz Festival in June and Blues Festival in September....
“Mr. O” on a mission to inspire and nurture students
Most recently, the GSA Jazz Band & Resonation Jazz Combo placed first at the 2014 Maine State Jazz Festival. Orlofsky was named the Maine Music ......
İzmir European Jazz Festival to open with impressive duo
Following their concert with Erik Truffaz on March 5 at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center as a part of the 22nd İzmir European Jazz Festival, they ......
Airmen of Note Headline Upcoming Jazz Festivals
Retired Chief Master Sgt. Paul Henry, along with three members from other premier bands, will join the Airmen of Note for a trip to two jazz festivals in ......
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Celebrating jazz in its true form – as “Music in the Making” – the 28th annual Elkhart Jazz Festival presented by Forest River on June 19-21 will offer ......
Detroit needs Sun Ra more than ever, for his poetic afro-futurism, and that oh so joyous n…
In September 1972, the (Solar-Myth) Arkestra were invited back by Sinclair to play opening night of the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in front of ......
A legendary night of jazz jamming in Ottawa
Due to a prior engagement, I wasn't able to get to Saturday night's TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival jam session until about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. so I ......
Jazz Ensemble I to preview KMEA program on campus
Bethel College Jazz Ensemble I will be playing for the annual Kansas ... Community College Jazz Festivals and has performed with significant guest ......
Singapore music festivals to showcase local music talents this month
SINGAPORE, March 3 — Music fans here are spoilt for choice when it comes to music festivals this month, whether it's jazz (Singapore International ......
Ottawa jam session news I
Roddy Ellias on guitar and John Geggie on bass at the Ottawa Jazz Festival's jam session last summer, along with drummer Nick Fraser and singer ......
High school steel band to play March 14
More than 25 performances are presented annually in settings as diverse as school assemblies, jazz festivals, university conferences, state and ......
Paula West
... New York, West has performed in many of the world's most prestigious jazzfestivals, sharing the stage with such luminaries as Rosemary Clooney, ......
Trombone With A View
Drummer Moe Green asked why so few band play Jelly Roll Morton compositions
The question Moe Green poses about the absence of compositions of Jelly Roll Morton in the repertoire of the performing bands is one that has interested me from time to time. Let me say that I have a great admiration for both Jelly Roll Morton and his bands - particularly The Red Hot Peppers. Also too the musicians he employed. They...
Saxophone Mouthpieces and the Quest for the Perfect Reed
A year or so in a moment of barely concealed lunacy I decided I would start to learn the Soprano Saxophone. "So What" you might say. Well I do play the Valve Trombone. But I must also add that I have always been attracted to the saxophone, but in the long ago days of my youth, saxophones were a rarity....
The House of Sam Widges
One of the really interesting features about the Internet is almost stream-of-consciousness mode you can slip into as the direct consequence of a somewhat specific search. ' The House of Sam Widges ' floated into a view. It was a coffee bar with a jazz club in the basement. I became something of an habitué even at one point working behind...
Good News From Perth Australia
I received this letter from Roy Burton from Perth in Australia. Though he outlines some of the problems confronting jazz in Australia - also applicable to many other parts of the world - his story in general is very heartening indeed. It does go to show, yet again, how much the jazz scene depends upon the enthusiasm of individuals. Dear Jazz...
Simple Isn't Easy
The late Red Mitchell composed and penned the lyrics for a song entitled 'Simple Isn't Easy" the title track of an album of the same name. Red was a man who knew a thing or to about jazz. For there exists in the mind of those aspiring - or those perhaps wanting to aspire - the delusion that Simple = Easy. Take...
Under 35 Likes Jazz
This morning I had a sad email from California following on from my 'Jazz Clubs Worldwide September Newsletter' where I talked about the current health of the jazz scene internationally. I quote: "Hello Peter: I wanted you to know, in case you haven't heard, that Charlie O's Jazz Club in Southern California closed down for good on August 31, 2011. You...
Derek Wadsworth
A very great friend of more that forty years, the late Derek Wadsworth, who died on th 3 December 2008 at his home in Aynho, Northamptonshire, England. Derek was to use the old but apt cliche: a musicians musician. Derek's career started as a member of a Brass Band in Yorkshire and was to develop into an astonishing CV that included jazz,...
Social Networking. Fred Burnett was well ahead of the pack.
Welcome to my world of Traditional Jazz. The pages which follow are a tribute to the musicians who have dedicated themselves to playing the music of New Orleans and Dixieland in the North West of the British Isles. Although I try very hard to ensure all the information about the bands and events are correct, please check with the venues concerned...
Jazz Festivals Minus The Jazz
Looking at some upcoming some major jazz festival programmes one wonders just what are the jazz credentials of many of the listed Headliners. Rock musicians yes. World Music maybe. Who knows what kind of music much of the time. The problem is that many of the big festivals built their reputations and the ability to draw in large audiences by...
The First Valamar Jazz Festival. Porec, Istria, Croatia.
Festival Diary 9th. of July 2010 Porec is a town located on the west coast of Istria. Due to its extraordinary geographical position, its natural attractions and cultural monuments, Porec is today one of the most important touristic sites in Croatia. The town which was designed in its current form by Romans two thousand years ago still preserves the traces of...
Four Bar Intro - The Door to Possibilities.
Most jazz musicians - and maybe even non-musicians - will know just how evocative good four bar intro can be. It starts your foot tapping. It attunes your ear to what is to follow. It is the passport control to a musical journey that can lead anywhere. You just never know in advance. Routine licks. Something special that just appears from...
The Club 43 Manchester, England
The Club 43 Manchester, England was extremely influential in promoting the appearance of live performances of American jazz musicians. Up until the later part of the sixties performances by American musicians were very difficult to arrange because of the Musicians Union insistence that there should be a reciprocal agreement: one or more American musician performs in the United Kingdom -...
Doom And Gloom - But We Still Have The Music
Reports from many parts of the globe and conversations with musicians give a definite impression that in general things are tough. Fewer gigs. Less money. A general malaise. I suppose it would be naive to expect that jazz should be excluded from the financial problems that continue to plague large numbers of people. Economic troughs - in a recognizably contemporary...
Hard Bop Is Alive And Well - No Need For An Apology
There is a tendency in some zones of the jazz world to devalue what can be loosely described as earlier styles. This particularly so by a certain species of jazz critic who want to proclaim that they are riding on and perhaps exclusively appreciating the crest of some new wave. Why should we not appreciate the musicians, bands and styles...
Never Mind The Quality Feel The Hype
How often do we hear proclaimed loudly by the publicists, in newspapers, in magazines, on radio, on television " Behold the new Billie Holiday " or the linking of some rather average talent to artists - usually dead - who really were great. It really is astonishing what hype can and does achieve. Constant repetition drives the message in. Large numbers...
Real Book and The Smart Phone
It has become a familiar sight. At jam sessions - forgivable - perhaps. On gigs - not so acceptable - just my opinion. What am I referring to ? The array of one or more Smart Phones being used to display the Real Book. Propped up on the music stand of the piano. The bass player his eyes glued to...
Under Thirty Five - And Do Like Jazz - But the bar owner doesn't
Some time ago I wrote about the Indigo Bar in Manchester that was running a really great jam session organised and directed by saxophonist Ed Kainyek. The bar was very often packed to capacity with students who contrary to perceived wisdom really did seem to appreciate the music and the ambience. However. This great gig is no more. Not sure why...
The Past Is A Different - And Unknown - Country
Ask any student within a classical music conservatory who Beethoven was and ask him or her to say something about his music and I am confident that you would receive a coherent reply. Their preference may be for the for work of Harrison Birtwhistle, Stockhousen, or maybe Steve Reich. Nevertheless I am reasonably sure they could, in the majority of...
The Enthusiasm of Individuals
To paraphrase the quotation 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers' It is in my view a truism that jazz,has to a great extent, looked for its promotion, venues, and general wellbeing 'on the enthusiasm of individuals '. To take the example of jazz clubs. It would be interesting to evaluate just how many were founded and run...
Pre-Chewed - Easy To Swallow
Easy listening. What is its function? The first food given to babies following on from an exclusive diet of milk is normally some smooth and macerated mélange that will slip down easily. Though one has to admit that these preparations do at least have the virtue of being nutritious. Easy listening - slips down easily - but in general lacks...
The First Valamar Jazz Festival. Porec, Istria, Croatia. Festival Diary
Festival Diary 8th. of July 2010 Long drive from Brussels 1350 km. Just to add to the joys blew out a rear tyre on the car around 6.00am en route to Stuttgart. The wheel having been put on at a tyre centre and the bolts tightened with a pneumatic device - impossible to loosen the wheel. Had to call out a...
Croatian jazz great Petrovic dies at 75
ZAGREB (AFP) – Croatian jazz great Bosko Petrovic, who has played and recorded with many international stars, died here Monday at the age of 75, the national musicians' association said. Petrovic, born in 1935 in the northern town of Bjelovar, was a vibraphone player, composer, arranger, producer and pedagogue. In 1959 he founded the Zagreb Jazz Quartet, inspired by the local musical...
Willy Vande Walle - Saxophonist
I played for more than five years with Willy Vande Walle's 'Jazz Express'. Willy was a great guy but a lot of the time was overwhelmed by the complications of a life that included three former wives and a partiality for Genevieve - a type of Gin that is a speciality of Belgium - so much so that in the...
Monday Night Jazz Jam In Ljubljana
Though I have often traversed Slovenia en route to Croatia - my Son Adam and his family live and work in Zagreb - my visits have always been transitory, just stopping to fill the car with petrol, or to take money from a cash machine. I decided to take a holiday in the Slovenian coastal resort of Isola. My daughter Laura...
Talent - Where does it come from ?
A few days ago I was doing some research on the Internet to collect material for a linguistics project I am developing with and for a colleague who is based in Stockholm. The project concerns 'Intranslatable Words' and the website www.lagomsisu.com provides the web presence for the book 'Lagom Sisu Mañana' written by John Alexander AB. Looking on YouTube at Peking...
Under Thirty Five - And Do Like Jazz
If you are in Manchester, England of a Wednesday evening check out The Indigo Bar. 460 Withington Rd. Withington, South Manchester, M20 4AN. Its a delight. You will find a weekly jam session organised and directed by saxophonist Ed Kainyek. This dynamic individual knows just how to keep the proceedings under control in a manner that renders his underlying firmness almost...
Would You Let Your Daughter Marry A Jazz Musician
Some years ago I was working on a web development project for an international school in Luxembourg. I was having lunch with four English ladies - parents and the school marketing team. By way of conversation I mentioned a good friend of mine - Dutch, but living and educated in Belgium. Even in his young teens he played the drums -...
Osmosis - Or - Technique Is In The Genes
My good friend Joe Higham sent me the link to an interview with Charlie Parker that had been posted on YouTube. Most interesting because in general not having had much opportunity to listen to Bird in verbal exchanges rather than the musical variety. He comes across as being a highly intelligent and very articulate individual. What really made me really sit...
Hot Clube De Portugal - Fire Totally Destroys This Historic Club
When I put Jazz Clubs Worldwide online some thirteen years ago, the very first club to send me information was the Hot Clube de Portugal. So it is with considerable sadness, following on from a call on Skype from Claude Moreira, that I must tell you that The Club has been totally destroyed by fire. Not only The Club, but...
All it Needs is 10.000 Hours
There has been quite a lot of comment recently concering the notion that 10,000 of practice is the formula to a virtuosity that will transcend mere talent. Do you believe this? I do not. You cannot doubt that such a 10.000 hour regimen will lead to a high level of competence in any field. But as a proven threshold to genius...
A Joyful Sound
All too often, when attending jazz concerts, the music on offer resembles an audio chapter of some particularly obtuse Neitzichian analysis. Not that I have anything against Neitziche. I am as interested in Zarathustra as the next man. However what I do appreciate is leaving a jazz club on a high. Mandy Gaines, a singer from the USA, was appearing for...
The Stonehenge City Jazzmen
Sometimes I have a feeling that telepathy is a tangible phenomena. Ian Maud who runs the excellent website http://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk asked if I would contribute an article about playing with the support band on a Mick Mulligan Band gig at RAF Yatesbury in nineteen fifty nine. I have been pretty busy over the past few months and thought that I really...
Jam Sessions Worldwide
Jazz Musicians Worldwide
Each month. Five tracks from the albums of groups worldwide. Diverse musicians and diverse styles. The track that gets the most votes will get a one month dediated promotional page on Jazz Clubs Worldwide.
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