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Remembering Clifford Brown
Trumpeter Clifford Brown was 25 years old when he was killed in a car accident on the way to a gig in 1956. However, during the four years of his
recording career, he put out some of the most famous jazz recordings ever. His technical agility, combined with heartfelt expression, made his the defining sound of the style known as
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Drummer Roy Haynes - "Out of the Afternoon"
This splendid-sounding CD reissues a 1962 set from the Roy Haynes Quartet
-- which, at the time, consisted of Haynes, Henry Grimes on bass,
Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Roland Kirk on saxes, manzello,
stritch, and flutes. The album is a delightful mix of techniques ...
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Tribute to John Coltrane: Live Under the Sky
By and large, tribute shows are often a letdown. Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary show, for example, just made you realize how much better the
troubadour's material was when he first performed it. When an artist has died, it can be even worse. Their contemporaries often fall all over themselves, gushing embarrassingly hyperbolic
praise. Filmed in Japan in ...
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Trumpeter Louis Smith -- "Here Comes Louis Smith" (with Cannonball Adderley)
Louis Smith was a talented, but underrecorded, straight-ahead bop trumpeter who led two dates in the '50s before retiring to teach at the University of Michigan and the nearby Ann Arbor Public School system. For most of his career, he remained a teacher, making a brief comeback in the late '70s before returning to education. It wasn't until the mid-'90s that he began a recording career in earnest, turning ...
<< MORE >>Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. - Ain't No Sunshine/Inner City Blues
The story behind Grover Washington, Jr. 's first session date as a leader
revolves around a sheer coincidence of being in the right place at the right time. The truth is, the date for Creed Taylor's
Kudu imprint was supposed to feature Hank Crawford in the soloist's chair.
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Saxophonist Wayne Shorter -- Schizophrenia and Tom Thumb
Wayne Shorter was at the peak of his creative powers when he recorded Schizophrenia in the spring of 1967. Assembling a sextet that featured two of his Miles Davis bandmates (pianist Herbie Hancock and bassist Ron Carter), trombonist Curtis Fuller, alto ...
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"Black Jazz Records" up for sale for $285,000
Neither John Coltrane nor Herbie Hancock ever recorded for the Bay Area-based Black Jazz label that flourished in the '70s West Coast jazz scene. Far
from being a commercial powerhouse, the label concentrated on an epicurean selection of then-fresh faced soul-jazz musicians from keyboardist Doug Carn to bassist Cleveland Eaton. After years
of reinvigoration, the label and ...
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Music from Facebook friend and percussionist Gino Castillo
Gino Castillo, percussionist, composer, singer and a educator.
His music studies begin in Ecuador, with various local teachers. Soon Gino, will travel to Cuba, were que settles for several years. Gaining experience as a professional musician, he spends most of his time studying with master teacher Oscar Valdez Moreno. In The meantime he would study in “Centro de investigation y desarollo de la musica cubana” (a school specialized ... << MORE >>
His music studies begin in Ecuador, with various local teachers. Soon Gino, will travel to Cuba, were que settles for several years. Gaining experience as a professional musician, he spends most of his time studying with master teacher Oscar Valdez Moreno. In The meantime he would study in “Centro de investigation y desarollo de la musica cubana” (a school specialized ... << MORE >>
Remembering singer Abbey Lincoln
Jazz icon, composer, lyricist and performer Abbey Lincoln died last year at age 80. Still, her
versatile talents, her passion for justice and her unique sound live on in her music and her films.
To pay tribute to Lincoln's life and music, three of the most influential jazz divas in the country convened in Washington, D.C., recently for the ...
<< MORE >>Happy 69th birthday, Jack DeJohnette
Born in Chicago in 1942, GRAMMY® winner Jack DeJohnette is widely regarded as one of jazz music's greatest drummers. Music appreciation flourished in
DeJohnette's family. He studied classical piano from age four until fourteen, before beginning to play drums with his high school concert band and taking private piano lessons at the Chicago
Conservatory of Music. DeJohnette credits ...
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Lee Morgan - "Cornbread"
This session (reissued on CD by Blue Note) is best known for introducing Lee Morgan's beautiful ballad "Ceora," but actually all five selections (which include
Morgan's "Cornbread," "Our Man Higgins," "Most Like Lee," and the standard "Ill Wind") are quite memorable. Read complete
review from allmusic.com. Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Jackie McLean (alto ...
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The Gene Ammons Story - "Organ Combos"
Gene Ammons recorded frequently for Prestige during the 1950s and early '60s and virtually all of the tenor's dates were quite rewarding. This two-LP set reissues
Twistin' the Jug plus part of Angel Eyes and Velvet Soul. Ammons, a bop-based but very versatile soloist, sounds quite comfortable playing a variety of standards and lesser-known material in
groups featuring Jack McDuff or Johnny "Hammond" Smith on organ and either trumpeter Joe Newman or Frank Wess on tenor and flute. This version of "Angel Eyes" became a surprise hit.
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Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval's 'Americana' - A tribute to Dizzy
By Theresa Ashford
Special to jazzstage.net
In a small town in Cuba, in the fall of 1949, a would-be exceptional musician was born. Arturo Sandoval ...
<< MORE >>Wayne Shorter -- Music from "Beyond the Sound Barrier"
Recorded live on three different continents (Europe, America, and Asia) from 2002-2004, Beyond the Sound Barrier finds
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Frank Foster, the legendary saxophonist, composer/arranger, Rest in Peace
Frank Foster, a saxophonist, composer and arranger who helped shape
the sound of the Count Basie Orchestra during its popular heyday in the 1950s and ’60s and later led expressive large and small groups of his own, died on Tuesday at his home in Chesapeake, Va.
He was 82. Mr. Foster had a varied and highly regarded career as a bandleader, notably with his Loud Minority Big Band, and he was sought after ...
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