Step Into the Attic. Enter the Jazz Age.
The News Review:
- Step Into the Attic. Enter the Jazz Age.
- Rod Stewart John Legend to perform at Jazz Fest
- U Street Adams Morgan humming again
- Composer-conductor ready for any task.
- Ennio Morricone – Music – New York Times
- … And Moon :: eJazzNews.com : The Number ne Jazz News…
Step Into the Attic. Enter the Jazz Age.
New York Times – Jan 28, 2007
She looked at herself as one of them. She didn’t put on any airs. “The Good Words Club In 1957 however Ms. Sullivan stepped away from the music industry to devote herself full time to raising her daughter then 12 and engaging in community activities. She joined the local school board and served as P.
Rod Stewart John Legend to perform at Jazz Fest
USA Today – Jan 28, 2007
“We have a lot of people who have never played the festival before and a lot of women headliners” said Quint Davis the festival’s producer. Still like last year more than 80% of the performers are from Louisiana. “If you look at the lineup you see that the New rleans music scene which is really what this festival is all about is as strong as ever” he said. Among New rleans’ own who are scheduled to perform: Kermit Ruffins Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews Irvin Mayfield Henry Butler Clarence Frogman Henry Ellis Marsalis Rolan Guerin and Donald Harrison. Pete Fountain who performed at the first Jazz Fest in 1969 said he’s excited to perform again: “It means I’m still alive” the 76-year-old jazz clarinetist said laughing. “It’s one of the highlights of my life because you know I played the first one so it’s something special and something I look forward to every year” Fountain said. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press… “If you look at the lineup you see that the New rleans music scene which is really what this festival is all about is as strong as ever” he said. Among New rleans’ own who are scheduled to perform: Kermit Ruffins Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews Irvin Mayfield Henry Butler Clarence Frogman Henry Ellis Marsalis Rolan Guerin and Donald Harrison. Pete Fountain who performed at the first Jazz Fest in 1969 said he’s excited to perform again: “It means I’m still alive” the 76-year-old jazz clarinetist said laughing. “It’s one of the highlights of my life because you know I played the first one so it’s something special and something I look forward to every year” Fountain said. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast rewritten or redistributed.
U Street Adams Morgan humming again
Boston Globe – Jan 28, 2007
Adams Morgan and the U Street Corridor bohemian in contrast to Washington’s more refined areas are enjoying a transformation after decades of decline and neglect. Bistros and cafes sprout up alongside decades-old eateries and dive bars. New music venues and historic jazz clubs compete for customers by letting their rhythms drift through open windows. n a recent visit we headed first to 18th Street Adams Morgan’s main corridor just as the sun was setting. When Washington became the first big US city to integrate its schools in the 1950s civic leaders renamed the area after two elementary schools: historically white Adams and black Morgan. From the 1960s to the present immigrants from Latin America East Africa and Southeast Asia have added to the neighborhood’s rich culture with eateries ethnic grocers and world music venues. The current urban renewal has brought hip sidewalk cafes and rooftop restaurants but the biggest dining draw seems to be Meskerem a tri-level Ethiopian restaurant.
Composer-conductor ready for any task.
Free with registration – Columbus Dispatch – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 28, 2007
28–Gunther Schuller has multitasked for seven decades: He’s a composer a performer a conductor and an academic who straddles the worlds of classical music and jazz. You’ll find him this weekend at hio State University’s Contemporary Music Festival 2007 where many of his compositions will be performed. He was born in New York in 1925; he began his career as a French-horn player in the Cincinnati Symphony rchestra. Two years later he joined the Metropolitan pera rchestra in New York and jumped into the bebop scene as well playing and recording with Dizzy Gillespie Miles Davis and other artists. He remains active in both genres mingling.
Ennio Morricone – Music – New York Times
New York Times – Jan 28, 2007
While studying trumpet and composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome Mr. Morricone was also arranging and sometimes writing pop songs. His film scores invoke centuries of popular music from tarantellas and polkas to psychedelia lounge pop and avant-garde jazz. Morricone has also experimented constantly with timbre using surf-rock guitar or jew’s harp panpipes or synthesizer wordless voices or exotic percussion. For the beginning of “nce Upon a Time in the West” he persuaded the director Mr. Leone not to use conventional instruments at all: just amplified ambient sounds from the creak of a swinging sign to the screech of an arriving train.
… And Moon :: eJazzNews.com : The Number ne Jazz News…
eJazzNews – Jan 28, 2007
Anyone can talk with their eyes or use certain body language to suggest something; however it is a different matter interpreting all of that emotion through music and words. Alan and Bob Clark are the duo that makes all the magic happen on their new release Sun And Moon. The title track and ?Yesterday? fondly reminded me of top-forty music on a hot summer?s eve in the 70?s. I cannot help reverting to the days of my teens when I hear music that instantly transports me back to a time that seems like a dream now. It is sweet and sad all at the same time. Music that holds this power is very special. Alan and Bob are music veterans now as this is their third studio release… The Clark?s always have a bevy of guest musicians on their recordings to compliment their many talents. Alan is the lead vocalist songwriter producer and he performs various instruments in the studio while Bob provides additional songwriting bass guitar and vocals to their accessible contemporary pop sound. There are other elements to their catchy tracks some smooth jazz finds its way into their sound as well although primarily their focus fits squarely into an adult contemporary genus that would appeal the 40 something?s out there that have not heard quality pop without any frills in a long time. That is the appeal for folks that are tired of all the scantily glad blonde bombshells without any talent dominating the charts and videos on TV. Ten solid tracks comprise this CD and the musicianship is quite good. Not only are the Clark?s fine songsmiths they can hold their own as musicians and keep pace with all the talent coming into the studio to support them. That fact alone is impressive.