jazz Archive
10 Aug 2016
A Conversation with Sonny Rollins, Part 3
Continued from Part Two … Bill Kopp: Like much of your work, Holding the Stage features your original compositions along with readings of standards. When you’re composing music, do you […]
09 Aug 2016
A Conversation with Sonny Rollins, Part 2
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: To your knowledge, have pieces from your back catalog been sampled by hip hop artists? Do you get compensated for that? Sonny Rollins: […]
08 Aug 2016
A Conversation with Sonny Rollins, Part 1
Among jazz fans, Sonny Rollins needs no introduction. For everyone else, here’s a quick thumbnail bio. Born in New York City in 1930, Rollins began his career as a tenor […]
05 Jul 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2016, Part 2
More quick reviews. Some good’uns in this batch, including titles from the always-reliable Omnivore Recordings. Brian Cullman – The Opposite of Time Moody and atmospheric are the first two adjectives […]
17 Jun 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2016, Part 5
Today wraps up my week-long series of posts featuring short reviews of noteworthy new releases. These last five are jazz. Dig. Dan Pratt – Hymn for the Happy Man Pratt […]
16 Jun 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2016, Part 4
And now for some jazz reviews. Brian Bromberg – Full Circle Bromberg has recorded at least 12 albums prior to Full Circle. The disc opens with a rare archival recording […]
08 Jun 2016
The Digs: Travel to the Beat of a Different Drum
“We’re pulling from a lot of places at once, trying to create our own thing,” says Ram Mandelkorn, guitarist and songwriter for Asheville-based soul/jazz/funk outfit The Digs. “And we’re getting […]
27 May 2016
Max Hatt / Edda Glass: Whisper, Don’t Shout
An unusual musical path led a Montana guitar-and-vocal duo to play bossa nova, open for Frank Zappa‘s son, win a songwriting contest and record their debut album in Asheville. But […]
17 May 2016
The New Mastersounds Schedule Residency at Brooklyn Bowl
Dynamic funk/jazz fusion quartet The New Mastersounds recently came to Brooklyn Bowl for a three-day, four-show residency April 14-16. The group, founded in 1999 in Leeds, England, has been doing […]
12 May 2016
New Jazz Archival Titles from Resonance/Elemental, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Stan Getz Quartet – Moments in Time The first of two releases chronicling tenor saxophonist Stan Getz’s May 1976 residency at San Francisco’s Keystone Korner, this […]