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Oscar Pettiford: Not So Sleepy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08Seldom in jazz has such an unusual and rich combination of sonorities been assembled into one performance. Bassist Os...
Amram, David (Werner, III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Amram, David (Werner, III) , composer, French horn, piano, guitar, numerous flutes and folkloric instruments; b. Phil...
Jack Kerouac and Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 18, 09For better or worse, the leaders of the Beat Generation, and especially Jack Kerouac, are inextricably linked in the ...
Breaking Jazz News & Interesting Links: April 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages May 01, 09New Yorkers ride 1939-era A Train to celebrate Ellington's birthday But were the fares set at 1939 price...
Filiano, Ken (Kenneth Steven) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Filiano, Ken (Kenneth Steven), bassist. b. Patchogue, NY, October 27, 1952. Son of Anna Filiano (born Giu...
Jazz Stars Gather to Celebrate Jazz Forum posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 24, 09The jazz stars were out in full force at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick Rose Hall to celebrate the 30th anniversa...
Levin, Elliott (Shalom) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levin, Elliott (Shalom), flutes, saxophones; b. (Philadelphia, PA, 23 October 1953. His father was Leon Lewis Levin, ...
Pettiford, Oscar posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09Oscar Pettiford set the standard for bassists in bebop by drawing out the melodic and solo potential of his instrumen...
White, Chris (Christopher Wesley) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07White, Chris (Christopher Wesley), bass, educator; b. Harlem, NY, 6 July 1936. He grew up in Brooklyn. Attended P.S. ...
Reiter, Richard (Lawrence) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Reiter, Richard (Lawrence), saxophones, flutes, clarinets; b. Washington DC, 27 January 1947. His father is Jerome Re...
Lieberman, Julie (Lyonn) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Lieberman, Julie (Lyonn), violin, educator, author; b. Newark, NJ, 16 July 1954. She grew up in Montclair, New Jersey...
Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron), violin, cornet, baritone horn, double bass, composer; b. Glens Falls, NY, 13 January 1...
Bass, Mickey (Lee Oddis Bass III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bass, Mickey [Lee Oddis Bass III]; bassist, composer, arranger; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 2 May 1943. He studied under the g...
Hines, Earl "Fatha" (Kenneth) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08Over a career that spanned sixty years, pianist Earl Hines embodied the changing fortunes of jazz. His ability to bri...
Oscar Pettiford: Nica's Tempo (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 26, 08Though Oscar Pettiford is well remembered as one of the fathers of modern jazz bass playing, his unique, short-lived ...
Sandoval, Arturo posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 08In 1982, Dizzy Gillespie hatched a plan to introduce a young discovery of his, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, to th...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Dick Katz posted in Features and Interviews December 22, 08For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJAZ...
Piazzolla, Astor (Pantaleon) posted in Encyclopedia February 20, 09Composer Astor Piazzolla focused tango through a modern lens. Drawing techniques and harmonies from modern compositio...
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