Jazz legend Sonny Rollins wants to be remembered for more than his…
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- Jazz prodigy Esperanza Spalding still eager to teach ‘” and learn
- River Concert Series an Ode to Romance Jazz Simplicity
- Classic Patti Austin Newly Focused on Swing and Jazz
- Friday ‘” May 30
Jazz legend Sonny Rollins wants to be remembered for more than his…
Channel News Asia – May 30, 2008
After his first break in 1962 Rollins returned to the scene with ‘The Bridge’ one of his best-selling records. His second break took him to India to study yoga meditation and Eastern philosophies and the return saw the musician enamored with other genres of music like Hip-hop R&B even funk rhythms all of which he classified under the influence of jazz. “I think Jazz is the mother music and all these other music come under the heading of Jazz so (for example) Hip-hop music it’s really a form of jazz (and so is rock music). So jazz was sort of the mother of all of these modern forms of music” Rollins said. “That’s because (like jazz) you make (the music) up as you go along and it has got to be correct and you have no time to go back and change it. It has got to be right there in the moment. And it has to be expressive it has to be correct and it has got to communicate with people… His second break took him to India to study yoga meditation and Eastern philosophies and the return saw the musician enamored with other genres of music like Hip-hop R&B even funk rhythms all of which he classified under the influence of jazz. “I think Jazz is the mother music and all these other music come under the heading of Jazz so (for example) Hip-hop music it’s really a form of jazz (and so is rock music). So jazz was sort of the mother of all of these modern forms of music” Rollins said. “That’s because (like jazz) you make (the music) up as you go along and it has got to be correct and you have no time to go back and change it. It has got to be right there in the moment. And it has to be expressive it has to be correct and it has got to communicate with people. That’s what jazz is it’s freedom it gives you the opportunity to do whatever you can do best in the form of jazz.
… Ontario Wine Society’s The First-Ever-on-the-Planet? -…
24-7PressRelease.com – 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) – May 30, 2008
And according to Archie Alleyne “Fine wine being one of the original beverages of choice will blend its many warm flavours with the original form of music ‘jazz’. Archie Alleyne’s ‘Kollage’ The Rhythm section which includes Archie on drums David Virelles on keyboard and Artie Roth on bass will be supplying the live jazz music for the evening. Archie in addition to appearing in just about every club in the Toronto area for example House of Hambourg Cellar 1st Floor Towne Tavern Colonial Tavern Top O’ the Senator Montreal Bistro George’s Spaghetti House Bourbon Street has also traveled all over the world with various artists appearing in Birdland New York The Blue Note in Chicago Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit Festivals in Europe and tours in Egypt Nigeria Scotland Ireland Antigua. Ken Burford says that “even though this may be a pioneering event we’ve put together a unique mix that can’t help but be fun and enjoyable”. The Stonegrill on Winchester the venue for the event is in the old Winchester Hotel on Parliament street in Toronto though you wouldn’t know it from the chic d cor and lush atmosphere. A stone theme runs throughout the space.
Jazz prodigy Esperanza Spalding still eager to teach ‘” and learn
Christian Science Monitor – May 30, 2008
html Jazz prodigy Esperanza Spalding still eager to teach ? and learn Bassist Esperanza Spalding takes her Latin fusion mainstream. By Stephen Humphries | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When Esperanza Spalding was still a senior at Boston’s Berklee College of Music the jazz singer and bassist had a startling moment of self-recognition. Traveling on a bus into the city she glanced up at the college ? briefly visible from the highway ? and saw a multistory poster of herself on the wall of The Berklee Performance Center. “I had no idea!” she exclaims. The billboard an early indicator of stardom in 2005 is appropriate for a larger-than-life personality who at age 20 became the youngest faculty member in the college’s history.
River Concert Series an Ode to Romance Jazz Simplicity
Washington Post – May 30, 2008
The concerts — a blend of master works world premieres collaborations and humor — draw up to 5000 people to the campus in St. Music director Jeffrey Silberschlag leads the Chesapeake Orchestra for each show. A variety of guest artists performs. the outdoor concerts are staged on the college’s Townhouse Green overlooking the St… Concerts this year are:· June 13: “Feeling My Inner Celt” — featuring the music of E. Elgar and Tobias Picker along with traditional Celtic music arranged for orchestra with guest performances by violinist José Cueto soprano Gwendolyn Degentesh and jazz master saxophonist Don Stapleson. The Rivers Series Celtic Dancers also will perform. · June 20: "Rocky III" — highlighting the college’s partner music festival in Alba Italy (.
Classic Patti Austin Newly Focused on Swing and Jazz
New York Times – May 30, 2008
That difference was the concert’s focus on swing and jazz. Austin has shifted her musical direction from glossy pop-soul toward jazz her identity as a vocal technician in the tradition of… On the record the softened brass tones in Ms. Austin’s voice are complemented by Michael Abene’s dense brawling horn arrangements. The record is “avant” in the sense that the music employs jostling closely harmonized brass choruses that flirt with dissonance but are slightly more conservative than Stan Kenton. On Wednesday 18 musicians led by Mike Ricchiuti including five trumpets five saxophones four trombones and one cheesy sounding synthesizer played with a gusto that was matched by Ms. Austin’s confident full-bodied performances. Midway through the concert Ms. Austin praised the “elasticity” of Gershwin’s music meaning how easily these classic songs are stretched and bent from genre to genre without losing their character.
Friday ‘” May 30
NEWS.com.au – May 30, 2008
9 Essentially Jazz. Midnight Music Throughout The Night. 1 – 1am Music.