Jazz scene hit the right notes We only have to look at jazz history, with its key masters from the early years such as Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith and Stphane Grappelli. Ben carries on the Grappelli tradition; Jazz With five individual tracks and an appearance on a sixth, Davis has suddenly...
Sporting a new edition of his band with Richie Kamuca, Joe Gordon and Victor Feldman and an excellent book of jazz tunes and a handful of standards, Manne and his men made a lasting impact as the liner notes, later CD essays and book analyses of this gig substantiate....
On ‘Old Maps’, rippling arpeggios introduce a celestial choir and the notes fall from Hamasyan’s fingertips like rain drops. I especially loved this track, as it felt like the universe singing to humanity. Poets and musicians are beguiled by maps and love them as archetypes. The maps them...
Billed here as the Art Farmer Quartet, this was a working group. Farmer and Jim had been playing for about a year in Boston, New York and Washington prior to entering the studio. The group was formed in the summer of 1962, and Farmer was featured on the more mellow flugelhorn rather t...
* arpeggio: like a harp; i.e., the notes of the chords are to be played quickly one after another (usually ascending) instead of simultaneously. Arpeggios are frequently used as an accompaniment. See also broken chord in this list. * art rock: an avant-garde genre of rock that is rela...
The liner notes refer to a painterly or synesthetic approach and that is evident throughout. It is a feature of contemporary jazz to hold such conversations, reaching across art forms. Such a conversation is realised perfectly here. Tobias Meinhart: tenor & soprano saxophones, alto flute, ...
“Bebop” is the sound of two eighth notes in the space of a beat. Here’s what you can do: Recite the term “bebop” repeatedly. While the syllable “be” falls naturally on the beat, it’s natural that the accent is on “bop”. The accent falls just right before the next beat...
Among the qualities of the album are Kelly's elegant piano, Chambers's thick notes, Cobb's busy, soft drums and Candoli's hot horn. Pepper's song choices include delicate pieces such as Dory Langdon and André Previn's Why Are We Afraid? and his own Diane....
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JazzWax video clip: While I could not find a video clip on the Paul Desmond Quartet featuring Jim Hall, here's Desmond playing Take Five with the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1961.Posted by Marc Myers at 08:04 AM | Permalink Tags: Connie Kay, Dave Brubeck, Doug Ramsey, Eugene Wright, Fir...