30th anniversary of nation’s highest honor in jazz Washington, DC – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Award-the nation’s highest honor in jazz. The five recipients will receive a one-time award of $25,000 and be publicly honored at the …
by Josh Grossman At last night’s annual player’s party at The Rex Hotel (thanks to Bob, Tom and the whole crew for hosting a great event), a number of people asked me – “how can you look so calm two days before the festival?” There are two main answers. First, …
By: Edward Blanco The group Swingadelic is essentially an eleven-piece ensemble or, as bassist and band member Dave Post puts it, a “little big band” playing out of Maxwell’s jazz club in Hoboken, NJ who pay homage to that other Duke in the jazz world, pianist and composer Duke Pearson. …
By: Edward Blanco While the era of supper clubs has long past, their existence—during the hey days of the 1930s and 1940s—left an indelible mark on our music and the American culture. Now jazz vocalist Laura Hull & Her Jazz Gems band release a live recording in tribute to the …
TORONTO, June 22, 2011 /CNW/ – Located in downtown Toronto, Liberty Studios will officially open to musicians, producers, editors and film makers on June 27, 2011. Named by Mix magazine as “The Class of 2011: A Collection Of This Year’s Hottest New Studios”, the Martin Pilchner designed, multi-million dollar studio, …
1 The Entertainer Scott Joplin 1902 2 Livery Stable Blues Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917 3 Black Bottom Stomp Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1925 4 See See Rider Blues Ma Rainey/Louis Armstrong 1924 5 St Louis Blues Bessie Smith/Louis Armstrong 1925 6 Creole Love Call Duke Ellington/Adelaide Hall …
The East African Those who have watched South African jazz supremo Hugh Masekela on stage, know he is the ultimate performer. He sings, plays his trumpet, does jokes and everything else to engage the audience. His recent performance in Nairobi was no different. Masekela told this story: The ambassador of …
CUBAN PIANIST HAROLD LÓPEZ NUSSA TO RELEASE SOPHOMORE U.S. EFFORT – EL PAÍS DE LAS MARAVILLAS – ON HARMONIA MUNDI/WORLD VILLAGE, JULY 12 PERFORMANCES AT CAMBRIDGE’S RYLES JAZZ CLUB (6/23), MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (6/25) & NEW YORK’S JAZZ STANDARD (6/26) ALBUM FEATURES FELIPE CABRERA & DAVID SÁNCHEZ LOPEZ NUSSA A …
Review by John Stevenson It’s always refreshing to be reminded of the terpsichorean origins of jazz. There was a time when after the bandleader counted off “one-two, a-one-two-three-four”, everyone knew it was time to dance and time to swing. Trombonist and vocalist Jeff Bush and his top-notch bandmates go back …
By John Stevenson The last few years have been particularly kind to veteran Trini-Bajan jazz pianist, Edwin Ebenezer Gilkes, popularly known as “Ebe”. In 2010, after playing professionally for more than half a century he released his much-welcomed very first CD. Earlier this year, he was formally presented with one …
