Jazz festival mixes ‘big names’ local talent
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- Jazz festival mixes ‘big names’ local talent
- Jazz Music Not Quite in Critical Condition
- Many joints are jumpin’ before jazz fest
- Making a case for smooth jazz
- The spirit of Terence Blanchard
Jazz festival mixes ‘big names’ local talent
Wausau Daily Herald
5 and 6 at Pfiffner Pioneer Park. This year’s festival will feature a variety of jazz music from big band and swing to contemporary and Brazilian sounds. “Every act is so extremely different” said Jodi Engum Kryshak executive director of the Riverfront Jazz Festival LLC and the Central Wisconsin Symphony rchestra. “This event introduces people to things they otherwise wouldn’t hear around here.
Jazz Music Not Quite in Critical Condition
New York Press
Adam Schatz runs Search and Restore a website devoted to following the jazz culture of the city and was quick to point out the only good thing to come out of Teachout’s essay: people were talking and writing about jazz. ”I think as the mediums of reaching people with new music have dwindled new more modern techniques haven’t surfaced yet. So what’s happened is that as young people are coming up and getting turned on to music the outlets for new music aren’t including jazz" Schatz pointed out in an interview with.
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Many joints are jumpin’ before jazz fest
The Detroit News
and his trio or Friday night at the Music Hall Jazz Caf?ith vocalist-keyboardist-composer Malik Alston and the Linwood Ensemble. Tonight through Saturday at the Dirty Dog Jazz Caf?ou can hear the venerable saxophonist George Benson and his quartet. Advertisement Benson a life-long Detroiter who recently turned 80 prides himself as a guardian of straight-ahead jazz music that swings and gets your toes to tapping. He likes “playing songs people might know. Not the way-out stuff. ” He laughs about being constantly confused with that other George Benson the very famous jazz guitarist: “I guess the worst mix-up was when the City of Detroit sent the deed to my house to New York — to him.
Making a case for smooth jazz
Ventura County Reporter
”An even better example is adult contemporary darling Diana Krall. She’s a crossover performer who is at the very least respected in the traditional jazz world — but her sound is still very much “smooth. ” She’s one artist of the many surfacing who has found a way to create jazz music with a pop flair that captures the heart of the mainstream while still winning over even the staunchest purists. Jessy J featured artist in the Camarillo Jazz and Art Festival may have similar intentions. She professes love for both. And with her impressive live performances and vocal prowess she’s captured a loyal following.
The spirit of Terence Blanchard
San Jose Mercury News
The music which earned a Grammy Award last year for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album was inspired by Spike Lee’s epic documentary “When the Levees Broke. “While Blanchard has composed scores for nearly a dozen of Lee’s films the documentary was far more personal as it captured the anguished moment when the trumpeter’s mother returned to her home’s wreckage after the water receded. As the title “God’s Will” suggests Blanchard looked for spiritual answers to the tragedy and found succor Find things to do.