JAZZPLANET

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott

rjounin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10:03 +0000

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Scott’s birthday today!

Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop. With Buddy DeFranco, Mr. Scott was considered one of the leading bebop clarinetists. (The two men were often described as the only major clarinetists to take on bebop, a style thought to be incompatible with the instrumenta€(TM)s soft, sweet sound.) Mr. Scott… Read more…

Dave Douglas: There’s Wisdom Everywhere in the Universe

rjounin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:20:10 +0000

When All About Jazz last spoke with trumpeter, multi-bandleader, teacher, composer, marathon runner, podcaster, and record label head honcho Dave Douglas in November, 2011, he was in the Ukraine on the last leg of a tour with the French accordionist m: Richard Galliano. We spoke about his newest musical project, Sound Prints, a quintet with saxophonist m: Joe Lovano and drummer m: Joey Baron playing music inspired by and dedicated to [saxophonist] m: Wayne Shorter…

Joe Locke: Lay Down My Heart – Blues and Ballads Vol 1

rjounin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:20:08 +0000

In a rarefied space, Joe Locke continues to evolve, engage and impress. There simply isn’t another vibraphonist of his generation with Locke’s stellar chops, thorough understanding of history/tradition–not just of jazz, but of music, period–and ability to build programs based on thematic concepts that not only stand out in his gradually growing discography, but fit contextually within it to create an actual oeuvre, an ever-expanding body of work that represents an artist whose number one priority is always the music–always the song. In the last year, since signing with MotA(C)ma Music, Locke has released Signing (2012), the forward-looking studio follow-up to his incendiary Live in Seattle (Origin, 2006), with the energetic and electric Joe Locke / Goeffrey Keezer Group, and Wish Upon a Star (2013), his ambitious, largely balladic orchestral record with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra that presented yet another side to this unerringly inventive vibraphonist’s artistry…

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tom Harrell

rjounin — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:10:03 +0000

All About Jazz is celebrating Tom Harrell’s birthday today!

Praised by Newsweek for his pure melodic genius, Tom Harrell is widely recognized as one of the most creative and uncompromising jazz instrumentalists and composers of our time. Even with a discography of over 260 recordings and a career that spans more than four decades, Harrell has managed to stay fresh and current as he continues to actively record and tour around the world… Read more…

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Dates of Free Summer Concerts

rjounin — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:30:29 +0000

The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University has announced a summer schedule of three free concerts during the month of July.

The summer series starts on Thursday, July 11 with a performance by singer Feyza Eren and her band.

Next up, trumpeter m: Erik Jekabson, who’s from San Francisco, will play with a quartet of local St. Louis musicians on Thursday, July 18. Drummer Maurice Carnes and his group will close out the summer series on Thursday, July 25…

VIDEO/DVD: STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Ride the "Lunatic Express" with Mike Dillon

rjounin — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:30:29 +0000

This week, let’s check out some videos of the m: Mike Dillon Band, who will be in St. Louis to play on Thursday, June 27 at The Demo.

The group features Dillon on vibraphone, percussion and vocals, Carly Meyers on trombone and bass pedals, Cliff Hines on guitar, bass and keyboards, and Adam Gertner on drums. They played here most recently back in February, when they opened for Umphrey’s McGee at The Pageant…

Colin Trusedell Trio — Some of my Best Friends are… Divas

rjounin — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:20:12 +0000

Bassist m: Ray Brown did a « Some Of My Best Friends Are… » series of recordings for Teldec shortly before his abrupt death in 2002. That bassist Colin Trusedell has chosen the same theme for his leader debut Some Of My Best Friends Are…Divas is the most auspicious thing about his release. What makes this disc one of the finest released in 2013 is its vacuum-lack of pretension and its critical- mass realized with musicianship. Nevermind that the recital includes the oft-cited « Summertime » and « My Funny Valentine, » here these warhorses breath anew, deftly lacking any sepia tones or shellac pops (not that those are bad…)…

Confusion Bleue Live and in the Studio

rjounin — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:20:07 +0000

The collaborative combo Confusion Bleue is a rare a phenomenon on the contemporary jazz scene. Neither that the group utilizes sound snippets, nor that all their music is entirely improvised. confers on them a singularity. It is, however, the collective ability of its members to create intricate, highly orchestrated and profoundly moving pieces on the spot that makes the ensemble unique. The results are colorful tapestries of various influences which, far from difficult listening, are in fact quite melodic, atmospheric and accessible…

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Grandmothers of Invention Featuring Legendary Zappa Alumni Don Preston and Napoleon Murphy Brock to Embark on ‘One Size Fits All and More’ Us Tour

rjounin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:57:53 +0000

Los Angeles, CA – Having just completed a month long European tour of performances in the CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, the GrandMothers Of Invention, featuring legendary Frank Zappa Alumni Napoleon Murphy Brock and special guest artist Don Preston, once again will tour America. This time around the ensemble will be performing the ONE SIZE FITS ALL album in its entirety, along with other MOI/FRANK ZAPPA favorites from BONGO FURY, OVERNITE SENSATION, ROXY and ELSEWHERE, UNCLE MEAT and WERE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY…

CONTEST/GIVEAWAY: Enter the "Will Calhoun – Life in This World" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

rjounin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:51:17 +0000

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Motema Music « Will Calhoun – Life in This World » giveaway contest starting today. We’ll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 15th.

Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Will Calhoun at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)…