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Thursday band sampler (Austin American-Statesman)
Apollo Sunshine. That sordid Berklee College of Music background asserts itself in both outlandish chops and intricate studio arrangements, but the band's short attention span and myriad influences ? from Charles Mingus to Outkast to Ray Charles ? keep things from settling into the overly cerebral.
Music Review: Mingus Big Band - Live at the Blue Note in Tokyo (Blogcritics...
Under the artistic direction of Sue Mingus, wife of the late Charles Mingus (1922 ? 1979), the fourteen piece Mingus Big Band is unique in many respects. Since 1991, the band has performed the music of Jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus in New York City. The band played first at the Fez under Time Cafe and, since 2004, at the Iridium Jazz Club, all while touring extensively in the ...
Latest Outlook (All About Jazz)
After last year?s Live at The Jazz Standard , the Slagle/Stryker band reconvened in the studio to record a batch of new compositions. The general sound of Latest Outlook is completely different from the previous recording?the leaders are the only two musicians to appear this time around, and the quartet is enhanced by the presence of Joe Lovano?s tenor saxophone on two tracks.
Guitarist Terrence Brewer's melodies inhabit your head. That's his magic. (Sa...
The term "West Coast Jazz" isn't one you hear bandied about very often these days. It was applied in the '50s and '60s to California players like Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck and his sweet-sounding alto player Paul Desmond -- artists who may have...
Maria Schneider: Fantasies Come True (All About Jazz)
From a certain angle, it would almost appear that composer, arranger extraordinaire Maria Schneider is living in a fantasy world. Her music is highly acclaimed, her performances are killer.
Oswego County calendar (The Post-Standard)
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Big-bandapalooza: Thousands of young jazzers flock to high-school throwdown (...
The music of Duke Ellington may be immortal, but listening to "I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good" played by high schoolers for eight hours straight ain't good. Or is it? As one of the judges...
M?z (Metro Santa Cruz)
Return from Forever : Stanley Clarke managed to give fusion a good name at the Kuumbwa on Monday, while his son gave an onstage shoutout to Santa Cruz agriculture.
Merge ahead (Boston Globe)
What happens when 10 top musicians from the melodic side of the tracks -- luminaries of fusion and smooth jazz like pianists Jeff Lorber and George Duke, guitarist Lee Ritenour, saxmen Kirk Whalum, Boney James, and Gary Meek -- hang out for two days together in a Southern California studio?
Basie, Ellington and Miles Cut Perfect Jazz Groove: Mike Zwerin (Bloomberg.com)
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- When you can't sleep because of the pressures of modern city life -- congestion, pollution, corruption, the plain unfairness of it all -- don't count sheep. Count Basie.