Detroit Free Press (MCT) -- DETROIT - Anyone concerned that a recent leadership change at the top of the Detroit Jazz Festival might mean a lowering of artistic ambitions or an increase in commercial crossover styles can breathe a sigh of relief. The 2012 lineup assembled by new artistic director Chris Collins reaffirms the festival's core commitment to the jazz tradition and opens a window on the personal vision that Collins, the first professional jazz musician to lead the Detroit...
"In this dirty town, there's nothing going for me..." Presenting a lunar ten pack for your listening pleasure. Just sit back and watch that ole devil come down. Thin White Rope - Moonhead Quicksilver Messenger Service - Maiden Of The Cancer Moon Dead Moon - Dagger Moon Jonathan Wilson - Valley Of The Silver Moon Lucia Pamela - Walking On The Moon Graham Parker & The [...]
Sadao Watanabe : Turning Pages of Wind [ purchase ] Stan Getz : Desafinado [ purchase ] Sonny Rollins : God Bless the Child [ purchase ] John Coltrane : Giant Steps [ purchase ] Such a hard choice this time around, deciding what to leave out…I had to [...]
TRAVELIN' MAN DEPARTURE #1 Stanley Cowell Musa: Ancestral Streams Strata East : 1974 SC, piano, electric piano, kalimba (African thumb piano). We're not sure why it's taken us so long to devote a post to the wonderful pianist and composer Stanley Cowell . Like many fans and critics, we're probably guilty of overlooking and underrating his work from the late '60s and early '70s. He recorded [...]
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An all-star cast showed up to wish Sonny Rollins a Happy 80th.
Happy Birthday, Sonny! Yesterday, tenor saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins, one of the most important and influential living musicians, turned 81. Mr. Rollins is famous for composing some of the most popular jazz standards of the be-bop era, like the calypso tune "St. Thomas," and "Oleo" and "Doxy," both of which feature "I've Got Rhythm" changes. Another one of Sonny's most famous tunes is the blues "Tenor Madness," the title track of his 1956 LP. Sonny borrowed Miles Davis's quartet for this record, with the rhythm section of Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, [...]
Rollins (far right) on stage at his 80th-birthday concert in New York City. Also pictured (left to right): Ornette Coleman, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes. What's the 80-year-old saxophone colossus up to now? You'd surely find out at one of his live shows. In a special concert captured here, Rollins joins forces with other living legends, including his first-ever performance with Ornette Coleman. Read more »
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"I'm too busy!" "Life is hectic!" "There's so much going on!" "I'm working too hard!" Bitches, please. If I - a man possessing almost no energy whatsoever - can successfully hold down a regular job plus two extracurricular jobs, a blog, a social life, a personal life, and a somewhat-rigorous four-day-a-week exercise regimen…you don't get [...]
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"Vivid Live is a festival of music and art held annually at The Sydney Opera House. In 2011 it will run from May 27th to June 5th and will be curated by Modular's Steve Pavlovic". The exciting prospect of The Cure performing way down in the Southern Hemisphere within one of Australia`s most iconic buildings is pure brilliance. Sure, Robert Smith has taken the band on numerous world tours throughout the last three decades, but there`s something quite special surrounding the `Vivid Live` Festival. Hosted at the splendid Sydney Opera House on 31st May [...]
Early hard bop classics from the greatest jazz trumpeter.
A rewarding (and modestly priced) shortcut to understanding the early, phenomenal growth of the jazz icon.
Filed under: News , Exclusive , All About Jazz , Q + A Jordi Vidal, Redferns Born in 1930, Sonny Rollins grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem and has been at the center of the jazz universe ever since. The saxophonist fell in love with the playing of Coleman Hawkins (who lived in his neighborhood) and Charlie Parker and came to be tutored by the great [...]
Turns out that the festival gods won't be giving us a night off after all. For the second straight evening, one of North America's premiere music festivals has shared its 2011 lineup. This time it's the iconic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival , which has been rounding together genre-spanning collections of musical elite for the last 41 years. As customary, the festival will take place over the course of two weekends. Weekend #1 (April 29 - May 1) will feature Robert Plant & the Band of Joy, Tom Jones, Bon Jovi, Arlo Guthrie, John Legend & [...]
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