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- by AllAboutJazz.com“We should do another record, but let’s make it a visual product,” suggested Charlie Hunter, celebrated guitarist and producer, just months after Maritzaida’s stunning debut albums, Boleros Clásicos Volumen Uno and Volumen Dos…
- by AllAboutJazz.comThank God for Europe and Scandinavia. If not for their government-sponsored TV stations, we'd never have intimate footage of American jazz stars in action. Today, two clips of the Bill Evans Trio in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1964, with Evans on piano, Chuck Israels on bass and Larry Bunker on drums…
- by AllAboutJazz.comIn 1967, Gilbert Bécaud began hosting French TV's Gilbert Bécaud Show, which was taped in different European cities. Bécaud was known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volt" due to his animated and energetic stage style. That year, in Germany, the variety show included two songs performed by João Gilberto on guitar and vocal, Pierre Le Marchand on hi-hat and Austrian tenor saxophonist […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comIt's Christmas Day and once again it's time for the Julie London Christmas album that never was. I started this tradition 10 years ago because, for whatever reason, the jazz vocalist never recorded an LP of holiday favorites. All we have is the B-side of a Liberty 45 released in 1957—I'd Like You for Christmas, written by her soon-to-be husband, […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comThere's something about Glenn Miller's holiday broadcasts that seem timeless. Miller, of course, fronted two bands: His stateside orchestra from 1938 to early fall 1942 and then his Army Air Force Band from the late fall of 1942 to December 1944, when he perished over the English Channel flying from London to Paris…
- by AllAboutJazz.comPaul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet appeared together on stage only once, on the evening of Christmas Day in 1971. What's remarkable is that the concert was taped and the second half released on vinyl in 1981. The combined sound together was heavenly. Michael O'Daniel turned me on to the album, since I wasn't aware of it previously…
- RECORDING: Australian Jazz Vocalist Julie O'Hara Releases 'All In The One Room' On Jazzspell Recordsby AllAboutJazz.comAustralian jazz artist, Julie O’Hara, and JazzSpell Records are proud to release their dynamic contemporary jazz vocal album, All In The One Room. Julie O’Hara is a prolific and versatile composer, vocalist, improviser, and educator from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. This album marks a significant milestone in O’Hara's career, showcasing her rhythmic sensibilities, compositional skill, and unique jazz phrasing and scatting abilities….
- by AllAboutJazz.comCo-presented by NJPACandrsquo;s Jazz Advisory Committee and Rutgers Institute for Jazz Studies, Jazz Jams at Clementandrsquo;s Place is a monthly Jazz Jams Session concert series (January-June 2025) featuring top-flight New Jersey musicians directed by pianist and bandleader, James Austin, Jr….
- by AllAboutJazz.comEarlier this week, I posted on Art Pepper's Gettin' Together, featuring the glorious piano of Wynton Kelly. For this week's Backgrounder, I figured I'd give you another round of Kelly by posting one of my favorites: Kelly at Midnite, recorded for Vee-Jay Records in 1960. We can thank producer Sid McCoy for mixing each member of the trio so they'd […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comI've long wondered what was going through the mind of producer Esmond Edwards when he teamed the Red Garland Trio with tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. My surprise hasn't been about the pairing. Bringing them together was a stroke of genius. My problem is they only released three tracks—We'll Be Together Again, Softly Baby and When Your Lover Has Gone…
- by AllAboutJazz.comAll About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Samara Joy Portrait (Verve)…
- by AllAboutJazz.comThe 1881 Club in Pasadena is pleased to announce the addition of a new music series, Vocal Jazz nights, to their live jazz lineup on the first and third Saturdays of the month, beginning January 18, 2025. The 1881 Club is Pasadena's oldest continuously running cocktail bar, established long ago when Washington Boulevard was still an unpaved dirt road…
- by AllAboutJazz.comFor many fans of Stan Kenton, his New Concept of Artistry in Rhythm album (recorded in 1952) is their listening starting point. More intensive fans like to dip into his 1940s discography, which includes Eager Beaver, Tampico, Intermission Riff and Southern Scandal, allowing them to fully appreciate the evolution of Kenton's wall-of-sound approach…
- by AllAboutJazz.comWorld premiere performance of MONK SUITE — compositions and arrangements for string quartet and bass featuring the music of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and J. S. Bach String quartet ETHEL ’s Carnegie Hall debut The “avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic string quartet ETHEL (The New Yorker)” and legendary bassist Ron Carter join forces for an unforgettable classical-jazz mashup performance at […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comAugusto Bussio, the Argentinian jazz/rock drummer and music producer, has carved a niche for himself in the music industry with his talent behind the drum kit and his prowess in the studio. Now he's set to bring his talents to the U.S. The internationally-recognized drummer has performed with renowned bands in the world of metal, progressive rock, and Latin jazz/hip […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comMartial Solal, France's most gifted jazz pianist whose recording career began in 1953 with guitarist Django Reinhardt and included sessions, gigs and concerts with virtually every American great, from Sidney Bechet, Don Byas and Lucky Thompson to Kenny Clarke, Zoot Sims and Stan Getz, died on December 12…
- by AllAboutJazz.com“1994—Live at CBGB”—A Resurrected Masterpiece of Japanese No Wave in NYC. Live recording by legendary producer and recording engineer Martin Bisi at CBGB, January 8th, 1994 SoSaLa (whose Japanese artist name was Sadato at the time this album was recorded) has released his next retrospective recording…
- by AllAboutJazz.comRecordings by New England Conservatory alumni and faculty have been recognized in the New York Times’ Best Jazz Albums of 2024 and DownBeat magazine’s Best Albums of 2024, maintaining a longstanding presence among the world’s leading musicians…
- by AllAboutJazz.comWalter Davis Jr. was an exceptional hard bop pianist and composer. He was commanding and percussive, similar in this regard to Horace Silver. As a leader, Davis made a bunch of terrific albums for Blue Note, and one of his best was his first—Davis Cup. The album was recorded on August 2, 1959…
- by AllAboutJazz.comAll About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Samara Joy Portrait (Verve)…