Nostalgia 77′s “Everything Under the Sun” on Ubiquity
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- Nostalgia 77′s “Everything Under the Sun” on Ubiquity
- We read the morning paper for you!
- Weekly workshop gets jazz players into a jam
- Jazz stars plan a musical reunion
- San Jose Mercury News Calif. Rich Scheinin column: `Seer’…
- Trumpeting Diversity
Nostalgia 77′s “Everything Under the Sun” on Ubiquity
eJazzNews – May 22, 2007
Before jazz was a technical music it was an emotional music. For me then the challenge isn’t about making jazz music relevant it’s just making relevant music. Music with emotion that speaks honestly to the listener will always be relevant. ? –Benedic Lamdin Nostalgia 77. The band won the ?Jazz Album of the Year? award from BBC Radio 1 in 2006 and were also nominated for last years ?John Peel Play More Jazz? award.
We read the morning paper for you!
eJazzNews – May 22, 2007
The Royal Academy of Music’s citation was read by Eagle-Eye Cherry; Rollins was also honored by performances of hiphop singer Timbuktu Viktoria Tolstoy Lennart Aberg Bobo Stenson and the Jonas Kullhammar Quartet. Nils Wülker (2) Hans-Jürgen Jakobs and Lars Langenau talk to the trumpeter Nils Wülker in a video interview ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ). Jazz is on a good way away from "special interest music" reaching a bigger audience. Wülker is happy to be able to play for his own generation. He plays for people who otherwise are not too fond of jazz. There may have been reasons for jazz to be a political music but with him that would merely be fake. Releasing his music on his own label works better than his contract with Sony… Jazz at Lincoln Center looked at "The Many Moods of Miles Davis" with bands led by Nicholas Payton and Marcus Miller. At the Iridium a "Four Generations of Miles" band featured the former Davis sidemen George Coleman Mike Stern Buster Williams and Jimmy Cobb. Hearing both concerts Zwerin feels "that jazz music has not really advanced all that much since Davis’s death in 1991". And: "Davis had been so rooted in the principles of change and unpredictability that even musicians doing their best to sound derivative could not help but remain contemporary. " ———————————- 20. Mai 2007 Abbey Lincoln (2) Nate Chinen too meets the 76 year old singer Abbey Lincoln who is back home after heart surgery and a lengthy hospital stay ( New York Times ). She is one of the few jazz singers who always wrote her own songs as is the case with her newest album "Abbey Sings Abbey" to be out by Tuesday.
Weekly workshop gets jazz players into a jam
New York Daily News – May 22, 2007
Getting lost in translation may have been slightly embarrassing for Coleman but he says the workshop has enabled him to rediscover the wonders – and challenges – of playing jazz. “It takes me beyond the Transit Authority the 9-to-5 the worried New Yorker” he said. “Jazz opens the mind: You’re not just exchanging music; you’re exchanging ideas. The workshop which has a floating membership of about six musicians is taught by professional jazz bassist Eric Lemon 48 of Queens Village. Lemon a veteran of the big Manhattan clubs who’s shared the stage with some of jazz’s biggest names says the conservatory’s jazz workshop is a rarity in Queens – a place where the public can play live improvisational jazz learn the fundamentals of jazz theory and even hit the recording studio. “It gives them something they can’t get anywhere else – the chance to play on a top level and get the pressure that comes with performing in public” he said. “New York is a tough town… Steve Braun a 58-year-old engineer from Flushing has played alto sax in the workshop for the last four years. “It’s helped me grow as a musician. It gives me a chance to play jazz music every week” he said. “For people who are interested in learning jazz and playing jazz it’s a great opportunity.
Jazz stars plan a musical reunion
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – May 22, 2007
The clubs and concerts were hopping and a substantial fan base followed the late jazz disc jockey Ron Cuzner on his “Dark Side” residency at various radio stations. Most importantly the music’s elder statesmen here were training a big contingent of international jazz-stars-to-be. The mentors included the late Tony King who directed the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music jazz program; guitarist Manty Ellis and saxophonist Berkeley Fudge who taught there; and to a lesser extent pianist Buddy Montgomery. Their protégés included pianists David Hazeltine bassist Gerald Cannon drummer Mark Johnson and trumpeter Brian Lynch among others. Today Milwaukee jazz’s former young Turks – also including drummer Carl Allen pianists Ricky Germanson and Lynne Arriale and others – perform around the world. A recent Grammy winner and a reigning trumpet star Lynch 50 will be home twice in the next few months to headline big jazz events. The first is a reunion concert at 7 p.
San Jose Mercury News Calif. Rich Scheinin column: `Seer’…
Free with registration – San Jose Mercury News – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 22, 2007
(22-MAY-07) San Jose Mercury News (San Jose CA). Rich Scheinin column: `Seer’ quartet merits second hearing. And every year I listen and say to myself "Why can’t they pl.
Trumpeting Diversity
Washington Post – May 22, 2007
From the first few chords the music sets itself apart. Classical played on lilting violins and resonant cellos. Jazz buttressed by soulful saxophones and trombones. Rhythm and blues powered by a rollicking percussion section. Gospel celebrated by an elegant choir with angelic voices.