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An interview with Emilie-Claire Barlow: I think the word jazz can scare people off – but really it covers … Video : Jazz interview with jazz singer Emilie – Claire Barlow. An interview by email in writing. zzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music?

Antonio Sanchez started performing in a wide variety of musical situations … Video : 01.11. – Happy Birthday !!! Antonio Sanchez was born in Mexico City November 1st, 1971. At age five, he discoreved an irresistible attraction towards the drumset. After a few years of private study he…

Lou Donaldson: alto saxophonist, recording star and entertainer extraordinaire … Video : 01.11. – Happy Birthday !!! Lou Donaldson was born in Badin, North Carolina on November 1, 1926. He is the child of parents, Lucy Wallace Donaldson, mother, and Louis Andrew Donaldson, Sr., father.

An interview with Jamie Saft: He was extremely reasonable throughout … Videos : In 1988 Bill Laswell produced Iggy Pop’s album Instinct. In this interview pianist Jamie Saft details the making of this one-of-a-kind project. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space:…

Terence Blanchard – The Comedian (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2017: Free download & Video : Multiple GRAMMY-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard has composed a sublime jazz score for The Comedian, the new movie starring Robert De Niro and Leslie Mann that was directed by Taylor…

John Williams – Jazz Guitar 2017: Free download : I have often been asked for the music of my transcriptions and original pieces and I have wondered how best to make them available. My main concern has been that for many people in the world published…

Ethel Waters was a key figure in the development of African American culture … Video : 31.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Vocalist and actress Ethel Waters was a key figure in the development of African American culture between the two World Wars. She broke barrier after barrier, becoming the…

Illinois Jacquet is considered to be one of the most influential tenor saxophonists in the history of jazz music: Video : 31.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Illinois Jacquet born on 1922, in Broussard, Louisiana, Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet, at the age of 19 on the very first recording of his career, spawned an entirely new…

Jazz vocalist Rachael Price has amassed an impressive resume for her age : 30.08 – Happy Birthday!!! Twenty-three year old jazz vocalist Rachael Price has amassed an impressive resume for her age. With the September 2008 release her new recording “The Good Hours,” Price…

Photos: At the 14th annual International Guitar Festival in Uppsala, Sweden, an unforgettable events … Video : At the 14th annual Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden, a memorable highlight was the programming on Oct. 13, which featured performances tastefully sandwiched by music from the legendary…

She was the Queen of Songs and Scats, one of the most memorable voices of the 20th century: Video : Ella Fitzgerald’s story is that of a black Cinderella, an American storybook career – from street kid to world star. 100 years ago Ella Fitzgerald was born. It was a brave decision by bandleader Chick…

Q&A with Kim Wilson: Blues & Boogie: Videos : Q&A with singer/harmonica master Kim Wilson, has gone back to the basics and old school Chicago blues. “The Blues culture that I know has made me a much more positive person. When I first got into…

New book: Shadowing Dizzy Gillespie: Documentary Video : In celebration of Dizzy Gillespie’s 100th birthday, author David G. Brown (Deacon’s Crossbow) shares his intimate experiences and memoirs of this humanitarian, innovator, and magical musician. After a…

New book: Shadowing Dizzy Gillespie : In celebration of Dizzy Gillespie’s 100th birthday, author David G. Brown (Deacon’s Crossbow) shares his intimate experiences and memoirs of this humanitarian, innovator, and magical musician. After a…

Legendary Pianist And Rock’n’Roll Pioneer Fats Domino Dies, Aged 89: Videos : The rock’n’roll pioneer born Antoine Domino, Jr, better known as Fats Domino, has died, aged 89, in his New Orleans hometown. The pianist, renowned for his era-defining songs, including ‘Blueberry…

Clifford Brown was the most brilliant trumpet player of his generation … Video : 30.10. – Happy Birthday !!! He was the most brilliant trumpet player of his generation, an original and memorable composer, a dynamic stage presence and one of the authentic legends of modern jazz.

More than anything else, Poncho Sanchez is a storyteller … Video : 30.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Psychedelic Blues is Poncho Sanchez’s new album and twenty-fourth recording on Concord Records. The album features a more Latin jazz influenced sound honoring the tradition…

Kenny Burrell didn’t record for Blue Note between the two sessions above … Video : In March 1963, guitarist Kenny Burrell was at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey to record for Blue Note. For whatever reason, the musicians on the date only could manage to get through three…

An interview with Terri Lyne: Jazz is hard, it is high art and for those who are compelled to be highly creative … Video : Jazz interview with jazz drummer Terri Lyne. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Terri Lyne: – I…

An interview with Alex Bailey: I raised in the same city Charlie Parker … Video : Jazz interview with jazz drummer Alex Bailey. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Alex Bailey:…

An interview with Sophie Milman: We can bring new standards into jazz … Video : Jazz interview with jazz singer Sophie Milman. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Sophie Milman:…

Zoot Sims developed into an innovative tenor saxophonist … Video : 29.10. – Happy Birthday !!! John Haley “Zoot” Sims was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age. His father was a…

Matthias Lupri’ main artistic objective is to stay true to his own artistic vision via his original compositions … Video : 29.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Matthias Lupri (born Germany) grew up in Manhattan, Kansas and Alberta, Canada. Starting on drums at the age of 12, he played professionally throughout his teens and early…

An interview with Charlie Rauh: Music can stir emotions, intellect, physicality … Video : Jazz interview with jazz guitarist Charlie Rauh. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Charlie Rauh:…

JAB Showcases selection announced! Videos : More than 100 artists and collectives from 10 countries of the world submitted their applications for participation in Jazz Across Borders (JAB), international forum&festival, which will be held…

An interview with Iiro Rantala: Most of the time, there’s nothing new that pleases me … Video : Jazz interview with jazz pianist Iiro Rantala. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Iiro Rantala:…

An interview with Joe Fiedler: Much jazz today is very complex for the sake of complexity … Video : Jazz interview with jazz trombonist Joe Fiedler. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Joe Fiedler:…

An interview with Rebekka Bakken: The purpose of life is to awaken. Awaken to spirit … Video : Jazz interview with jazz singer Rebekka Bakken. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Rebekka Bakken:…

Scott DuBois – Autumn Wind 2017: Free download & video : DuBois takes the “seasons” concept to a whole new level with a series of pieces in celebration of the restless, unpredictable nature of autumn. At each step of the way, DuBois’ quartet takes us on a…

Stefano Bollani Trio – Mediterraneo: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic 2017: Free download & Video : Award-winning Italian pianist Stefano Bollani has acquired a unique reputation as one of the most successful musicians of his country, not only in his own trio but also through working with partners…

Richard Bona constructed his own 12-string acoustic guitar … Video : 28.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Born in 1967 in the village of Minta in East Cameroon, Richard Bona grew up in a home filled with music. He began to perform in public at the age of five, singing in the…

Kurt Rosenwinkel: First there’s visualization and then there’s manifestation … Video : 28.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Following a string of three acclaimed recordings for Verve Records that firmly established him as one of the most strikingly original new voices in jazz as both guitarist…

Тhey met in 1965: Enrico Rava And Tomasz Stanko: Elective Affinities : Enrico Rava and Tomasz Stanko have recently launched an ECM super-group with which in July they toured all over Europe, performing in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Romania, as well as…

Photos: Wild Bill Davis’s organ is so unbelievably tasty … Video : Before Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Big John Patton, Jimmy McGriff, Brother Jack McDuff, Groove Holmes and all the other dynamic organists of the late 1950s and ’60s, there was Wild Bill Davis. Born in…

Good things happen slowly also chronicles Hersch’s … Video : Pianist Fred Hersch has long been recognized as an extraordinary interpreter of the Thelonious Monk songbook. But, despite including one of the iconic pianist-composer’s pieces in every one of his…

Jaimie Branch: one of the most thrilling new voices of the New York avant-garde: Video : On the night in June that she turned 34 years old, Jaimie Branch welcomed a small crowd to Ibeam Brooklyn with bashful, almost childlike charm. “Thank you, guys, for coming to my birthday party,” she…

Photos: Two very different groups that flag up both the breadth of Steve Coleman’s output … Video : As Britain attempts what seems like an ungainly improvisation out of Europe, American artists more adept at the art are thankfully still finding a way into the old continent. With his residency in…

Bill Frisell and Michael Gibbs were awarded honorary doctor of music degrees: Videos : Guitarist Bill Frisell and composer Michael Gibbs were awarded honorary doctor of music degrees by Berklee College of Music during a concert celebrating Gibbs’s 80th birthday. The career-spanning…

Ana Carla Maza is radiant … Familia Carlos Maza takes her audience in a poetic whirlwind of jazz … Videos, Photos : Alone on the stage, she is one with the cello whose virtuosic sounds she explores. Sensual, the musician deploys a range of colors and sensations, alternating caresses and storms. In the difficult…

Drum Legend Simon Phillips To Release “Protocol 4” October 27, 2017! Video : Drum legend & producer extraordinaire Simon Phillips will be releasing “Protocol 4” on October 27 thon Phantom Recordings, distributed by AMPED™. Simon Phillips is by far one of the world’s most…

Laura Ainsworth – New Vintage 2017: Free download & video : New Vintage is Dallas-based retro jazz vocalist Laura Ainsworth’s third release on Eclectus Records (fourth if you count her audiophile vinyl best-of LP, “Top Shelf.”)  Her debut, Keep It To…

Oscar Feldman – Gol 2017: Free download & Video : Oscar Feldman Gol – Latin Jazz Category OSCAR FELDMAN alto and soprano sax LEO GENOVESE piano, keyboards JOHN BENITEZ acoustic and electric bass ANTONIO SANCHEZ drums GUILLERMO KLEIN vocals and…

Photos: 2017 is a banner year for the legacy of jazz: Jason Moran, Kenny Barron … Videos : Jason Moran’s approach to the role of artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Centerhas been suspiciously similar to his approach to the role of pianist, composer and bandleader: to mediate a…

Chick Corea and Steve Gadd received honorary doctor of music awards: Videos : At the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., Chick Corea and Steve Gadd received honorary doctor of music awards. The awards were presented by President Joel Seligman and Dean Jamal Rossi to the…

Robin Eubanks is the premier jazz trombonist of his generation … Video : 25.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Whether performing with his groups, EB3 or Mental Images, or with the critically acclaimed Dave Holland Quintet and Big Band—with whom he was an original member- Robin is…

Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist … Video : 25.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers…

An interview with Harrison Kennedy: Chairman of Soul: Video : An interview with singer Harrison Kennedy, has been able to pull from styles as varied as Funk, Soul, R&B, Blues, and Gospel. What do you learn about yourself from the Blues and Jazz people? How…

The 50 Best Jazz Saxophonists Of All Time: Videos : There’s no doubt that, if he were alive today, 19th-century Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax would be extremely surprised – and pleased, too, no doubt – at how the saxophone, which he invented and…

The Secrets Behind Blues Nicknames: Video, Sounds : Before musicians had illegal downloads to complain about, the pioneering blues artists faced even more daunting problems. Imagine recording a million-selling single and only getting paid $100 for it…

The Most Influential Blues Songs Of All Time: Videos : The great blues artists talked, the savviest rockers listened. Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but certain tracks were especially pivotal. Either they were famously covered, or the licks…

Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists … Video : 24.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Bassist/composer Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists performing today. Born in 1955 in Southern California, Anderson be gan playing acoustic…

Odean Pope has led two musical lives … Video : 24.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Odean Pope was born in Ninety-Six, South Carolina to musical parents who rooted him in the sounds of the Southern Baptist Church. After moving to Philadelphia at the age of…

NEA Jazz Master and musical ambassador Herbie Hancock refuses to become a legacy act …Video : At 77, multiple Grammy winner, NEA Jazz Master and musical ambassador Herbie Hancock refuses to become a legacy act. After a long career in music—as both jazz luminary and as a successful “crossover”…

Photos: The Vilnius Jazz Festival in Lithuania has a long-established reputation as a platform for free improvisation … Videos : The Vilnius Jazz Festival in Lithuania has a long-established reputation as a platform for free improvisation and the adventurous reaches of composed music. The man responsible for the festival’s…

An interview with Patricia Barber: There is a place between classical voice-leading and jazz harmony that I am able to traverse … Video : Jazz interview with jazz and blues singer Patricia Barber. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music?

An interview with Reggie Washington: Great tunes come when life & music come together … Videos : Jazz interview with jazz bassist Reggie Washington. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Reggie…

Recognized as one of jazz’s pre-eminent vocalists Dianne Reeves: Video : 23.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Recognized as one of jazz’s pre-eminent vocalists, Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is one of the most significant singers in jazz. While her singing is steeped in tradition…

Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players … Video : 23.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players on the music scene. In a diverse career that has spanned more than…

Second Instalment in ‘Jazz Loves Disney’ Series: Free download and Video : The second installment of the Jazz Loves Disney series, Jazz Loves Disney 2: A Kind of Magic is set for release through Verve Records on 10 November 2017. The new title features guest artists…

Is Camille Thurman a singing saxophonist or a sax-playing singer? Video : The singer-slash-horn player is a rare phenomenon in jazz, mostly because singing and horn playing are mutually exclusive. There are, of course, standouts, including the two Louises, Armstrong and…

Joe Lovano Classic Quartet in Tbilisi jazz festival 2017: Video : JOE LOVANO CLASSIC QUARTET Tbilisi Event Hall 4 November 20:00 Joe Lovano Sax Lawrence Fields Piano Peter Slavov Bass Otis Brown III Drums From his Grammy-nominated symphonic work to his role as Gary…

Stanley Clarke Band in Tbilisi jazz festival 2017: Video : Stanley clarke Bass Beka Gochiashvili Piano Cameron Graves Keyboards Mike Mitchel Drums PAPUNA SHARIKADZE trio feat. EDDIE GOMEZ    / STANLEY CLARKE Band Tbilisi Concert Hall 5 November 19:00…

Concerts: Tania Kross, Maria Mendes, Cor Bakker, Joost Lijbaart: Videos : CONCERTS IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER Tickets & info: www.taniakross.com October 24 – Groningen (SOLD OUT) – TANIA KROSS’ CARMEN October 25 – Utrecht (SOLD OUT) – TANIA KROSS’ CARMEN October 26 -…

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John Birks Dizzy Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition: Video : 21.10. – Happy Birthday !!! He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He began playing piano at the age of four and received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg…

John B. Arnold playing style is original and unique … Video : 22.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Drummer, composer, programmer John B. Arnold has been playing drums for over thirty years and has earned himself a position amongst his peers and drum innovators. He has…

The 50 Greatest Jazz Drummers Of All Time: Videos : Drummers have often been the butt of jokes, many of which focus on their supposed lack of musicality and dubious time-keeping skills. But the truth is that a band is only as good as its drummer, and…

The Best Jazz Bandleaders Of All Time: Photos, Video, Sounds : Though the golden age of big band music is associated with the 30s, it originated a decade earlier, in the Jazz Age, when large groups emerged out of small jazz combos, swelling in size and musical…

An interview with Chris Biscoe: A lot of young players are drawing from a mixture of traditions … Video : Jazz interview with jazz saxophonist Chris Biscoe. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Chris…

Jerry Bergonzi is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author and educator: Video : 21.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Tenor saxophonist, Jerry Bergonzi, is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author and educator. His music is renowned for its innovation, mastery, and…

Fred Hersch was the first artist in the 75-year history of New York’s legendary Village Vanguard: Video : 21.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Proclaimed by Vanity Fair magazine, “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so,” Fred Hersch balances his internationally recognized…

Photos: It’s to the AngraJazz Festival’s credit that within its 19 years of existence, it hasn’t relied upon any pop acts to draw larger crowds: Video : Although Portugal continues to host a number of noteworthy festivals and is the home to the envelope-pushing jazz label Clean Feed, the country’s jazz scene remains underappreciated. The 19th annual…

Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 steamed up the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium: Video : Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 steamed up the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium. Largely based on Viper’s Drag, the captivating Impulse! album the group released in 2014, the…

Marc Copland – Better By Far 2017: Free download & Video : Marc Copland got his start in jazz in New York City as a sometimes plugged-in alto saxophonist, working with drummer Chico Hamilton’s Quartet, and releasing an overlooked album, Friends (Oblivion…

Marc Copland – Better By Far 2017: Free download & Video : Marc Copland got his start in jazz in New York City as a sometimes plugged-in alto saxophonist, working with drummer Chico Hamilton’s Quartet, and releasing an overlooked album, Friends (Oblivion…

Anna Maria Jopek : Born December 14, 1970, vocalist Anna Maria Jopek is a native of Poland, and grew up listening to her native folk music. She studied classical piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, and…