Park to bear the name of a revered jazz bassist
The News Review:
- Park to bear the name of a revered jazz bassist
- Paul de Barros’ top jazz concerts
- On The Road (Again)
- Events in New Jersey
- New Sounds Somewhere Beyond ‘In Rainbows’
Park to bear the name of a revered jazz bassist
Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Dec 30, 2007
His speedy fingers stylized harmonies personal themes and technical proficiency on his Fender bass produced gems such as the quickly paced “Donna Lee” his wistful solo “Portrait of Tracy” and the catchy upbeat “Birdland” with Weather Report. He often appeared shirtless to show off his slim build and wore a bandanna or other headwear. He liked to move around the stage and in essence brought a rock frontman’s presence and energy to jazz music performances. Here is what Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea wrote in liner notes accompanying the 2007 release “The Essential Jaco Pastorius”:”I love everything about him I feel the depth of his joy and pain in every note I have ever heard him play. Obviously he changed the face of electric bass playing forever and a great poet would be needed to attempt to describe it so I will just remain humbly awe stricken like everyone else. “Pastorius was born in Pennsylvania and his family moved to Florida shortly afterward.
Paul de Barros’ top jazz concerts
Seattle Times – Dec 30, 2007
(I am on the mend and returned to work last month. ) As a result I missed the entire Earshot Jazz Festival and many excellent late-summer concerts. Before this aural catastrophe I was also coordinating The Times’ pop music beat so I didn’t get out to as many jazz shows as I would have liked either. On the other hand I traveled a lot — to Norway; New York; Spain; Portland; Vancouver; Monterey; and Moscow Idaho — and was reminded yet again how vibrant jazz is all over the world and how Seattle is very much a part of that vibrancy. At a showcase in Bergen Norway during the Nattjazz (“Night Jazz”) Festival I discovered among other Scandinavian artists making a buzz in the jazz world lately the innovative and intelligent vocalist Live Maria Roggen whose album “Circuit Songs” I recommend below. Ex-Seattle drummer Jim Black also was a highlight with the Azul trio with Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica. The Scandinavian theme continued at the Portland Jazz Festival which really came into its own this year as one of the top-tier fests in the country as Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim’s 10-piece band delivered a transcendent concert at the First Congregational Church.
On The Road (Again)
Chronicle of Higher Education – Chronicle of Higher Education (subscript… – Dec 30, 2007
A panel devoted to the anniversary of the novel held early on Sunday morning drew a large crowd for the very un-Kerouac hour of 8:30 a. m to hear researchers talk about the book and its many sources and influences. William Thomas Lawlor a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point made the point that Kerouac’s novel — even its language about writing — was tuned in to other avant-garde and popular art forms that surrounded him including painting and jazz music. Adam Gussow an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi sharpened Kerouac’s connections to an even finer point. Though Kerouac famously described his writing method as “spontaneous bop prosody” much of the music that is enthusiastically cited by him in On The Road was actually rhythm and blues and not jazz. Gussow even came armed with audio samples of songs such as I Like My Baby’s Pudding” by Wynonie Blues Harris.
Events in New Jersey
New York Times – Dec 30, 2007
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood 113 Cottage Place. SUMMIT Unitarian Church in Summit Afternoon music performance by Bill Charlap jazz pianist and Sandy Stewart vocalist.
New Sounds Somewhere Beyond ‘In Rainbows’
New York Times – Dec 30, 2007
Paul the Apostle near Columbus Circle on Jan. Tickets for those concerts presented by the Wordless Music Series (. Radiohead heads take note: It’s a nonnegotiable price… CachaoThe great Cuban bassist Israel López known as Cachao made a number of casually arresting recordings in Havana in the late 1950s and early ’60s a rich documentation of a tradition of late-night jam sessions or descargas. Many of these recordings come in at around three minutes; most of them pack an irresistibly vital punch. So the nearly 40 tracks gathered on “Descargas: The Havana Sessions” (Yemaya) are essential to any understanding of Latin music and its long interaction with jazz. Featuring quick-flash contributions by a cadre of serious musicians — including the pianist Orestes López Cachao’s brother — the performances sound era-specific but utterly timeless.