the organization produced two collections of members’ writings, mimeographed, Xeroxed and stapled, a la fanzines. These were just meant for us, the members.The Jazz Omnibusdoesn’t claim to represent the totality of jazz, but it’s intended to be broadly accessible and appealing, Meant for ...
While at Cornell, she choreographed for two dance groups as well as theatrical productions of Sartre’s “No Exit” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Since moving to NYC, Elaine has choreographed for DanceWorks NYC, NACHMO, and Fertile Ground. She’s also performed at the Young ...
as much for a version of ‘Exit Music (For A Film)’ that turned Radiohead into Beethoven as his deeply haunting version of Nick Drake’s ‘River Man’ that hipped a legion of young jazzers to two fresh new sources of repertoire. Here...
The only thing this movie has going for it is Diamond's music - I'm not a fan, but the man certainly has a talent for singing, if not acting. This still fails to redeem this unwatchable dross however, so you're better off buying the soundtrack album. Maybe you'll buy it on the...
for the director to count it off. normally in the big band situation, the director has to go one, two, one, two. and so then everybody knows where they are. miles totally skipped that part. will definitely make any band director angry at that point. and you're in a school, yo...
I joined Count Basie's band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn't see anything but the inside of a Blue Goose bus, and I never got to send home a quarter. —Billie Holiday 11 My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big ba...
This Ohio free jazz and avant-garde saxophonist (who played the tenor, alto, and soprano varieties) didn’t live to see his 35th birthday, but today, almost 50 years after his death, his music and influence still casts a huge shadow in jazz. Drawing on gospel, blues cries, and marching...
beating heart to the complexity of cubist jazz through an exhilarating dialogue that transcends generational and geographic boundaries. Bringing together Byron’s Bronx and Ortiz’s Santiago de Cuba for clarinet, saxophone and piano, this is the placid sound of two well-spent December days in Zu?
s propensity for Zen-like aphorisms about musical aesthetics, such as the claim that the “inside of the tune is the part that makes the outside sound good.” By this he seems to have meant that the B section (the inside) casts back over the A section, revealing the song’s shape ...
Malta Jazz Festival first took place in 1990, and since then it is being held regularly every year at the Ta’ Liesse, Valetta waterfront. The harbor, where the artists gather to perform is a beautiful place that casts a magic of its own on the visitors. The captivating beauty of the ...