Jazz Fest Week inside and out.
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- Jazz Fest Week inside and out.
- Jazz Listings
- Gary Peacock/Paul Bley/Paul Motian Trio – Music – Review – New York…
- maha World-Herald Neb. Dining Notes column: Dining Notes: Waffles…
- Say hello to Mrs Jones
- Bopping till they drop BB. King & Co.
Jazz Fest Week inside and out.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 24, 2007
2 weekend is below and in Last-Minute Gems in next Friday’s n the Town. MNDAY Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: “Songs from a Chicago Songbook” There’s nothing quite like it in jazz or classical music — a sprawling jazz orchestra that knows how to swing but also can address scores of symphonic complexity. Trumpeter rbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic elegantly straddles the line between improvisation and composition between all-American jazz and its African and European antecedents. To open the week Davis and the CJP present what may be the most ambitious program in the ensemble’s brief but productive history.
Jazz Listings
New York Times – Aug 24, 2007
com; cover $10 per set. (Chinen)MILES KAZAKI SEXTET (Friday) n “Mirror” his self-released debut the guitarist Miles kazaki explores his own compositions with the help of the saxophonists Miguel Zen?nd David Binney the multireedist Christof Knoche the bassist Jon Flaugher and the drummer Dan Weiss. That group joins him here to revisit some ambitious and intricate music. At 9 and 10:30 Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson Street at Spring Street South Village (212) 242-1063. (Chinen)N THE WAY UT (Tuesday) This monthly series features two groups each leaning toward the experimental side.
Gary Peacock/Paul Bley/Paul Motian Trio – Music – Review – New York…
New York Times – Aug 24, 2007
All three musicians came up in the late 1950s and early 1960s when most assumptions about jazz became deeply suspect. ne of those assumptions and these musicians in particular overturned it was that a piano trio is a leader with two accompanists. All three were involved in music that subsequently served as blueprints for advancing jazz. Peacock made his blueprints with Mr. Bley Albert Ayler and Bill Evans; Mr. Bley with rnette Coleman and Sonny Rollins and Jimmy Giuffre; Mr.
maha World-Herald Neb. Dining Notes column: Dining Notes: Waffles…
Free with registration – maha World-Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 24, 2007
24–A Southern-style soul food restaurant has opened at 2414 Patrick Ave. Nia Valentine recently opened Nia’s Chicken and Waffles in the former north maha home of Lee’s Sweets and More. Valentine said the restaurant serves chicken wings smoked turkey legs fish and grits shrimp po’ boy sandwiches burgers fried green tomatoes fried cabbage and — you guessed it — chicken with waffles. “There’s a lot of these (chicken and waffle) places out on.
Say hello to Mrs Jones
Asian News – The Asian News – Aug 24, 2007
So just how did Norah Jones end up in the glitzy world of Hollywood? It?s fair to say that Jones has always gone against the grain. She?s the songwriter for whom the term ?old head on young shoulders? was probably invented. At the age of 15 when most teenage girls are listening to superficial pop bands Jones was immersing herself in jazz music with dreams of becoming the next Billie Holiday. When she finally did realise that dream at the age of 22 with her debut album Come Away With Me ? bagging 17million record sales and eight Grammys ? she remained totally unfazed by the attention. With little reluctance to play the fame game Jones was clearly an ?old fashioned? pop artist in the best possible sense. Those traditional values are evident in her music ? gentle soothing jazz-folk which has aroused suspicion in some circles (she?s been derided by sniffy critics as coffee table music). The critics may have a point but it would be criminal to dismiss Jones? greatest strength ? her spellbinding voice a thing of characterful beauty which can shift between folky fragile and poppy uplifting.
Bopping till they drop BB. King & Co.
Denver Post – Aug 24, 2007
” The older artists that continue to tour in the spotlight fit mostly into three genres: country blues and jazz. Names like Louvin Loretta Lynn (72) Willie Nelson (74) Merle Haggard (70) and Kris Kristofferson (71) represent country; King James (69) Pinetop Perkins (94) and famously flamboyant guitarist Buddy Guy (71) rep the blues; artists like jazz saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman (74) lead the way with jazz. “Jazz and blues are a different way of approaching music in the first place” said Jeff Tamarkin associate editor of Jazz Times and an adviser to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammys. “Look at (jazz drummer) Max Roach who just died at 83. There was no reason he couldn’t have been performing as long as he wanted to. ” Granted some artists — like King — are forced to sit or otherwise restrict their movement at concerts for health reasons. But it’s all the more amazing when they continue doing their signature tricks and doing them well.