Archives for the 'Jazz' Category
The Trio
Liner notes often contain interesting information about the musicians. Other times they can be impenetrable, possibly drug fueled, expositions that bring together disparate subjects of no apparent relation and compress them, unwillingly, into a 100 words or less. What’s more, they can rub off causing the reader to begin writing in an excessive style.
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Wanted: Jazz Audience
Wanted:
Jazz Audience for evenings and weekends. Must be willing to listen and offer applause. No experience necessary, will train the right people.
About us:
The Vancouver Jazz Audience is a small group of people who have been exposed to America’s only art form and have found that they enjoy it. Performance of this art is exacting, difficult [...]
A Vancouver Jazz Festival Odyssey
I have been in Vancouver, Canada, taking in as much of the Jazz festival as I can. I tried to hit groups based upon repertoire and instruments (gotta have a trumpet!).You gotta make cuts, this festival is BIG and its literally impossible to take in the whole thing.
I concentrated on the smaller acts and, of [...]
Side by Side
This album features a small group setting with players who are mostly from the Ellington band. It follows another album, which is on my list, called Back to Back.
The tracks feature a mixture of musicians with Johnney Hodges (alto sax) and Jo Jones (drums) being the only two that are on all of the tracks.
The [...]
The Theme of My Civilization
Is music a reflection of the culture from which it is born? If so then the form of popular music should indicate something about the society. I don’t pretend to know enough about either music or anthropology to do this topic justice, however, I can toss it out there for my own gratification. Besides how [...]