By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on January 28, 2010
It’s a sunny day at the Detroit Jazz Festival, where the theme is Families in Jazz. So it’s only natural that Chris and Dan Brubeck are on hand with BBQ: the Brubeck Brothers Quartet.
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By Ted Panken (editor) on January 28, 2010
In an era when drummers consider it a default performance practice to navigate a global template of rhythmic expression, it is important to remember that Max Roach (1924-2007) is the single most important figure in this development.
Just ask the drummers who knew him, as I did a few years back when Downbeat gave me the honor of writing a lengthy obituary. “Before Max, all the drummers, even the great ones like Baby Dodds or Gene Krupa …
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By ted on January 28, 2010
On “Un Poco Loco,” Max played one of the greatest beats ever on a jazz recording, in the same category as the beat Vernell Fournier plays on “Poinciana,” or the beat that Art Blakey plays on “Pensativa.” Max told me that in …
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By # on January 24, 2010
Strangely, it has become common practice for today’s leading jazz musicians to perform and record the music of rock chanteuse Björk . Or maybe it isn’t strange: like jazz, Björk’s music is filled with tension, and mystery. And Björk herself has dabbled in jazz.
Hailing from Reykjavik, Iceland, Björk Gudmundsdottir burst onto the international music scene in 1993 with Debut, an album featuring the jazz standard �Like Someone in Love.� Prior to that, Björk recorded Gling-Glo, an album of vocal jazz, with an Icelandic piano trio. And in 1995, she scored what is still her biggest hit with “It’s Oh So Qui…
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By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on January 21, 2010
For saxophone giant Benny Golson’s 80th birthday in January 2009, the Kennedy Center staged an all-star celebration with a big band to the right, small groups to the left, and Golson front and center. JazzSet captured the event.
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By chriskelsey on January 18, 2010
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By chriskelsey on January 10, 2010
By Ted Panken
The first eight months of 2009 were extraordinarily busy for bassist John Patitucci. He did several tours with Wayne Shorter and a sojourn with drummer Roy Haynes. He gigged with a Jack DeJohnette-led trio that inc…
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By Jazz & Blues on January 7, 2010
Join a sold-out crowd at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C., to experience the piano artistry of a true jazz genius, Kenny Barron. The performance was recorded live on Oct. 2, 2009.
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By Jazz & Blues on January 7, 2010
Join a sold-out crowd at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C., to experience the piano artistry of a true jazz genius, Kenny Barron. The performance was recorded live on Oct. 2, 2009.
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By ted on January 6, 2010
Will Friedwald has written several articles in this column about the great jazz detectives who unravel the tangled histories of past performances. Now Will puts on his deerstalker hat and tries to solve one of these mysteries on his ow…
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