DOCSLIB.ORG

2009 Jazz & Blues Walk

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

notes The Monthly Newsletter of JazzErie June 2009 Vol. 15, Issue. 6 15 Years Serving the Jazz Community 2009 JAZZ & LAST CALL: JAZZ Seeking creative ideas from BLUES WALK LOCAL AND REGIONAL AT THE ZOO JAZZ MUSICIANS. Saturday, June 13 Saturday, July 11 Proposals due June 30. Membership Appreciation 7:00 PM until… As announced in last month’s News Day features Mary Alice Notes, JAZZERIE’S PERFORMANCE It’s time to mark your calendar (note COMMITTEE IS AGAIN SEEKING Brown in a special program change of date – the Walk was originally PROPOSALS from local and regional jazz for children, 2:00 – 3:00 PM scheduled for the 18th), break out your musicians for original concerts for the Fall, walking shoes, and get ready for one of The annual Membership Appreciation 2009 – Spring 2010 concert season. The Day at the Zoo will feature Erie jazz the premier community music events of June 1 deadline given in last moth’s issue legend Mary Alice Brown in a special the year – the JazzErie Jazz & Blues was incorrect. You have another month program at the Children’s zoo from Walk. The listings below, provided by – until June 30 to submit your proposal. 2 – 3 PM. The program will include Jazz & Blues Walk chair Carl Hultman, Please send us a brief description of the participation opportunities for the children will give you an idea of the goodies in with rhythm instruments. JazzErie concert you would like to present, tentative store on this July evening. members and their children will be names of other musicians involved, and an admitted free. The Walk starts at 7:00 PM with a estimate of cost for the concert. Estimated The Zoo will be open for visitors reception at the Erie Art Museum Annex, cost should include musicians’ pay for tours from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM. 20 E. 5th St., where you can purchase the concert and may include one paid Special features this year include four the $10. button which admits you to all rehearsal, plus any special equipment newly acquired Patagonian Cavies. The Jazz Walk events. At the reception you needed (not including sound which will be Cavies are large Argentinian rodents, an also enjoy refreshments (compliments provided by JazzErie.) the only rodents native to Southern and of JazzErie and other sponsors, including Central Argentina. They are able to jump · The concert should have some kind of Glenwood Beer) and the music of Jim six feet into the air, with kangaroo-like theme. rear legs. and Jackson Froman, a father/son jazz- oriented duo, Jim on guitar and Jackson on · A concert may also contain verbal Also on display are a pair of Amur piano. or pictorial information, presented in an tigers, acquired late last year, and two informative and entertaining style. polar bears, the zoo having replaced At 8:00 PM the entertainment fans out the bear who died following a fall last into nearby clubs. Lots of choices, lots of · Proposals should be well thought summer. jazz and blues offerings this year. out, not just tunes that a band may have Come with your children or performed at some time. · The Charles Ventrello Quintet, grandchildren and enjoy a special · Thought should be given to topics and/ program at a special place in the with vocalist Lydia Marks will be landscape of Erie’s educational featured at the Pufferbelly Restaurant, 414 or presentations which would be of interest entertainment. French St. to the local community. continued on pg 2.... continued on pg 2.... For More Information: www.jazzerie.com JAZZ ERIE JAZZ WALK (cont...) LAST CALL (cont...) · Cats a Bear, with guitarist Frank JazzErie is a com- · These concerts should not be a “music munity of music lovers and Singer, drummer/vocalist Joe Dorris, as usual” performance. Criteria will saxophonist Phiol Popotnik, bassist musicians and, a member- include quality, originality and feasibility. ship organization dedicated Tony Stefanelli and percussionist Nick to sharing with children, Ronzitti will hold court at Scully’s Pub, Proposals should be sent by mail to: adults and one another 408 State St. JazzErie, P.O. Box 8833, Erie, PA 16505, an awareness and love of or by email to twofiveone@hotmail. music, particularly jazz. JazzErie brings · The Bay Breeze, 24 North Park com. Proposals must be postmarked by together people who want to listen to jazz, Row, will host blues/rock/jazz singer learn about it, play it and just live it. Valerie Brown, recently returned to Erie June 30, 2009. For more information from the West Coast. contact Allen Zurcher at 864-4640 or Check out our website at · Scotty’s, 3rd & German, will [email protected]. www.jazzerie.com for complete present The Heliotropes, with their information on current and unique mix of Jazz/folk originals, led upcoming events. by singer Katie Chriest, with guitarist 2009 JAZZ 2009-2010 Board of Directors Sheldon Peterson, bassist Dave Blaetz JOURNALIST’S and percussionist Alan Chaffee. President................................. Ed Goebel · Blue Beets Green will provide AWARDS Vice President ............................. Ted Ely a blues-resonant musical underpinning Treasurer ..............................Liz Scarpelli (with a horn section!) for the evening at Thanks to Bob Protzman for the Directors the Avalon Court, 16 West 10th St. following information. Robb Hoff Charles Lute The 2009 Jazz Journalists Awards Al Lubiejewski John Marzalek From 8:30 – 11:30 PM, Ron Yarosz Ceremony will be held on June 16th at Carl Hultman Allen Zurcher & The Vehicle will provide more blues at Mary Watson Dick Thompson Nelson’s Tavern,xxxxxxxxxxxxx. the Jazz Standard in NYC. Nominees John Kytic Paul Bates From 9:30 until midnight, there are for some of the major categories are as J. Carter Rowland Shamus Flynn again multiple offerings: follows: Rich Giardina Charles Joy · The East Erie Turners Club, 829 Lifetime achievement in jazz: Jim Past Presidents Parade St., will feature the Dave Stevens Hall, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Wayne David F. Van Amburg 1994-1995 Big Band, with its array of stellar Shorter, Phil Woods. (Founding President) soloists. You can also get a late night Musician of the year: Anthony Atty. Al Lubiejewski 1995-1997 breakfast and join in an after hours jazz Braxton, Herbie Hancock, Rudresh Virginia M. Pelkowski 1997-1999 jam. R. Patrick Rodgers 1999-2002 Mahanthappa, Jason Moran, Sonny · Duke Sherman’s Blues Band will Steve Eidell 2002-2003 Rollins. light up the Plymouth Tavern, 1109 State Tom McLaren 2003-2005 St. Record of the year: Carl Hultman 2005-2008 · The Rodger Montgomery Blues Appearing Nightly, Carla Bley Big Band JAZZERIE NOTES is published monthly Band will show their considerable stuff (Watt/ECM) by JazzErie which is a subsidiary at the BrewErie at Union Station, 123 Hemispheres, Jim Hall/Bill Frisell organization of the Erie Art Museum, West 14th St. (Artist Share) a nonprofit organization. And finally, wrapping up the evening Kinsmen, Rudresh Mahanthappa (Pi) JazzErie Notes from 10 PM until 1 AM, will be bassist Dabo de Nube, Charles Lloyd (ECM) Editor - Dick Thompson Steve Trohoske’s ensemble, Ahimsa Tragicomic, Vijay Iyer (Sunnyside) published by Beat, at the Docksider, 1015 State St. The Erie Art Museum for JazzErie Awards will also be made for printed by If you would like to purchase your journalism, blog, review and feature PIP Printing West admission button and show your support 2827 West 26th St. • Erie, PA 16506 in advance, buttons will be available after writing, and photography. Deadline is the 15th of each month. July 1 at the following locations: Send articles to: Erie Art Museum, 411 State St. JazzErie is a grateful [email protected] Romolo Chocolates, 1525 West 8th St. recipient of support or Box 8833, Erie, PA 16505 Glass Growers Gallery, 10 East 5th St. Erie Book Store, 137 East 13th St. from the Arts Council World of Music, 1355 West 26th St. of Erie. Page 2 JazzErie Notes MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Unless you’re one of the lucky few who joined or renewed your JazzErie membership during the past couple of Band clinic and concert in April, jazz months… its time to do it now. education programs for elementary and middle school students, a monthly JazzErie discussion group for adults, and a speakers’ bureau for area service clubs. · A monthly newsletter for members. · A willingness to engage with other organizations and individuals to these artists brought with them: Tony sponsor new jazz-oriented events Monaco, Vic Juris, Reuben Wilson and such as the Dave Brubeck concert, many others. the Mercyhurst concert series and the Jazz Cruise. And that’s just the beginning. JazzErie provides: The cost of a membership in JazzErie remains the same: $20 for an individual · Support and gigs to local musicians membership, $35 for families, only $15 through the Jazz Walk (a unique Erie for individual senior memberships and event), special programs like the $25 for senior families, $10 for students. Harry Jacobson concert and Singers Corporate memberships are $100. Please complete and send in the membership form on the back of this newsletter, along with your check, to JazzErie, P.O. Box 8833, Erie, PA 16505. We’ll send your membership card, our thanks, and put (or keep) your name on our mailing list. Consider: Dave Brubeck, David Liebman, Eric Alexander, James Carter, Jeremy Pelt, Anat Cohen, Bernard Purdie. These are just some of the musicians you’d have to go to New York This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its or a major music festival to hear (and regional arts funding partnership, you’d be fortunate if they’re playing Night, media exposure in local news, Pennsylvania Partners in the there.) JazzErie gave you a discount on Arts (PPA).
Recommended publications
  • Publicacion7135.Pdf

    Publicacion7135.Pdf

    BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE ALICANTE BIOGRAFÍA Roy Haynes nació el 13 de marzo de 1925 en Boston, Massachusetts. A finales de los años cuarenta y principios de los cincuenta, Roy Haynes tuvo la clase de aprendizaje que constituiría el sueño de cualquier músico actual: sentarse en el puesto de baterista y acompañar al gran Charlie Parker. Ahora, cincuenta años después, y tras haber tocado con todos los grandes del jazz: Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, o Bud Powell, todavía coloca sus grabaciones en la cima de las listas de las revistas especializadas en jazz. Este veterano baterista, comenzó su andadura profesional en las bigbands de Frankie Newton y Louis Russell (1945-1947) y el siguiente paso fue tocar entre 1947 y 1949 con el maestro el saxo tenor, Lester Young. Entre 1949 y 1952, formo parte del quinteto de Charlie Parker y desde ese privilegiado taburete vio pasar a las grandes figuras del bebop y aprender de ellas. Acompañó a la cantante Sarah Vaughan, por los circuitos del jazz en los Estados Unidos entre 1953 y 1958 y cuando finalizó su trabajo grabo con Thelonious Monk, George Shearing y Lennie Tristano entre otros y ocasionalmente sustituía a Elvin Jones en el cuarteto de John Coltrane. Participó en la dirección de la Banda Sonora Original de la película "Bird" dirigida por Clint Eastwood en 1988 y todavía hoy en activo, Roy Haynes, es una autentica bomba dentro de un escenario como pudimos personalmente comprobar en uno de sus últimos conciertos celebrados en España y mas concretamente en Sevilla en el año 2000. En 1994, Roy Haynes recibió el premio Danish Jazzpar, que se concede en Dinamarca.
  • Ortad. Y Indice

    Ortad. Y Indice

    a c i s ú m e d s a r o d a e r c creado ras de úsic a www.migualdad.es/mujer creadoras de úsic a © Instituto de la Mujer (Ministerio de Igualdad) Edita: Instituto de la Mujer (Ministerio de Igualdad) Condesa de Venadito, 34 28027 Madrid www.inmujer.migualdad.es/mujer e-mail: [email protected] Idea original de cubierta: María José Fernández Riestra Diseño cubierta: Luis Hernáiz Ballesteros Diseño y maquetación: Charo Villa Imprime: Gráficas Monterreina, S. A. Cabo de Gata, 1-3 – 28320 Pinto (Madrid) Impreso en papel reciclado libre de cloro Nipo: 803-10-015-2 ISBN: 978-84-692-7881-9 Dep. Legal: M-51959-2009 Índice INTRODUCCIÓN 9 EDAD MEDIA: MÚSICA, AMOR, LIBERTAD 13 Blanca Aller Nalda DAMAS Y REINAS: MUSICAS EN LA CORTE. RENACIMIENTO 29 Mª Jesús Gurbindo Lambán LABERINTOS BARROCOS 41 Virginia Florentín Gimeno MÚSICA, AL SALÓN. CLASICISMO 55 María José Fernández Riestra “COMO PRUEBA DE MI TALENTO”. COMPOSITORAS DEL SIGLO XIX 69 María Jesús Fernández Sinde TIEMPOS DE VANGUARDIA, AIRES DE LIBERTAD. LAS COMPOSITORAS DE LA PRIMERA MITAD DEL SIGLO XX 89 Gemma Solache Vilela COMPONIENDO EL PRESENTE. SONIDOS FEMENINOS SIN FRONTERAS 107 Ana Alfonsel Gómez Bibliografía y Discografía 125 Libreto 151 7 Introducción En el curso académico 2006-2007, siete profesoras de Música de Educación Secun- daria llevaron a cabo un proyecto que, tanto por su planteamiento pedagógico y didáctico como por su rigor, belleza e interés, llamó la atención del Instituto de la Mujer. Algunas de estas profesoras, que habían coincidido en un Tribunal de Oposiciones al Cuerpo de Profesorado de Enseñanza Secundaria por la especialidad de música, for - maron un Grupo de Trabajo para que el alumnado investigara la composición musi - cal también como obra femenina.
  • Carla Bley Wurde Im Kalifornischen Oakland Geboren Und Lebt Heute in Den Catskill Mountains Im US-Bundes- Staat New York

    Carla Bley Wurde Im Kalifornischen Oakland Geboren Und Lebt Heute in Den Catskill Mountains Im US-Bundes- Staat New York

    Bley, Carla Carla Bley wurde im kalifornischen Oakland geboren und lebt heute in den Catskill Mountains im US-Bundes- staat New York. Mit verschiedenen Bands, kammermusi- kalischen Ensembles und Orchestern hat sie die ganze Welt bereist, vor allem Europa und Südostasien. Als „composer-in-residence“ war sie unter anderem beim Glasgow Festival und wurde in die Essener Philharmo- nie eingeladen. Biografie Carla Bley wurde am 11. Mai 1936 als Lovella May Borg in Oakland, Kalifornien, als Tochter zweier Musiker gebo- ren. Bei ihrem Vater Emil Borg erhielt sie ersten Klavier- und Orgelunterricht und begleitete bereits im Alter von vier Jahren Hochzeiten und Begräbnisse. Mit acht Jah- ren verweigerte sie jeden weiteren Unterricht (Carla Bley betrachtet sich selbst als Autodidaktin). Im selben Jahr starb ihre Mutter Arline Borg. Fünfzehnjährig brach sie die Schule ab und jobbte in einem Plattenladen. Zusätzli- ches Geld verdiente sie mit Auftritten in örtlichen Piano- Bars. Insbesondere die Musik Erik Saties, die sie zufällig Carla Bley im Radio gehört hatte, beschäftigte ihre Fantasie. Carla Bley 1957 verließ sie Kalifornien und ging nach New York, wo Geburtsname: Carla Lovella Borg sie sich Carla Borg nannte. In den einschlägigen Jazz- clubs der Stadt nahm sie diverse Jobs von der Zigaretten- * 11. Mai 1936 in Oakland, Kalifornien, USA verkäuferin bis zur Tischfotografin an, um so die großen Musiker live hören zu können: „That is where I learned Komponistin, Pianistin, Organistin, Bandleaderin, everything“, sagte sie über diese intensive Zeit, in der sie Improvisateurin, Arrangeurin, Musik-Verlegerin, alles wie einen Schwamm aufgesogen habe (Frank Oteri, Herausgeberin On Her Own. New York, 2003, S.
  • Carla Bley Trio

    Carla Bley Trio

    Bûhem sedmé dekády minulého století absolvovala evropská turné Nadaãní fond PJF • AB Studio Praha • za finanãní podpory Carla Bley Trio s kapelou, kterou vedl Jack Bruce, ale po jejím rozpadu se zaãala vûno- Olomouckého kraje a Statutárního mûsta Pfierova vat vlastním projektÛm s ansámblem, ve kterém hráli mj. Gary Valen- Je to neuvûfiitelné, ale teprve po zhruba ãtyfiech desetiletích umû- XXIX. âESKOSLOVENSK¯ JAZZOV¯ FESTIVAL lecké kariéry vstoupí poprvé na ãeské pódium jedna z nejoriginálnûj- te, Tony Dagradi, Michael Mantler, Bob Stewart, Steve Slagle, D. Shar- ‰ích dam svûtové jazzové scény. Na Matûjské jazzové pouti 2012 pfied- pe a Steve Swallow. V následujících ‰esti letech koncertovala v Evropû, staví své trio pianistka, varhanice, skladatelka a umûlecká vedoucí Japonsku i ve Spojen˘ch státech a obohatila svou diskografii o nová komorních i velk˘ch kapel Carla Bley. alba (napfi. Dinner Music, European Tour 1977, Musique Mecanique, Social Studies). V osmdesát˘ch letech zaznamenala její rostoucí umûleckou prestiÏ pfiedev‰ím Evropa, ale její skladby zaznû- ly také na festivalu New Music America nebo na koncertech Spoleã- nosti pro komorní hudbu pfii Lincolnovû centru. V tomto období vyda- la dal‰í desky, jako napfi. Heavy Heart, I Hate To Sing, Night-Glo, Carla Carla, Sextet, Fleur Carnivore ad. Poté, co se na zaãátku devadesát˘ch let roze‰la s Michaelem Mant- lerem, pfierostlo její dosavadní partnerství se Stevem Swallowem rámec Matûjská jazzová pouÈ ryze hudebních sympatií. Ve svazku se skvûl˘m basistou a skladate- Bley lem proud její neutuchající kompoziãní invence je‰tû zmohutnûl, o ãemÏ – festivalov˘ prolog svûdãí jak big bandové nahrávky (The Very Big Carla Bley Band, Mûstsk˘ dÛm Pfierov – velk˘ sál Big Band Theory, The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church, Looking For America, Appearing Nightly, Carla’s Christmas NEDùLE 19.30 Carols), tak alba rÛzn˘ch komorních seskupení (napfi.
  • Extra Special Supplement to the Great R&B Files Includes Updated

    Extra Special Supplement to the Great R&B Files Includes Updated

    The Great R&B Pioneers Extra Special Supplement to the Great R&B Files 2020 The R&B Pioneers Series edited by Claus Röhnisch Extra Special Supplement to the Great R&B Files - page 1 The Great R&B Pioneers Is this the Top Ten ”Super Chart” of R&B Hits? Ranking decesions based on information from Big Al Pavlow’s, Joel Whitburn’s, and Bill Daniels’ popularity R&B Charts from the time of their original release, and the editor’s (of this work) studies of the songs’ capabilities to ”hold” in quality, to endure the test of time, and have ”improved” to became ”classic representatives” of the era (you sure may have your own thoughts about this, but take it as some kind of subjective opinion - with a serious try of objectivity). Note: Songs listed in order of issue date, not in ranking order. Host: Roy Brown - ”Good Rocking Tonight” (DeLuxe) 1947 (youtube links) 1943 Don’t Cry, Baby (Bluebird) - Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra Vocal refrain by Jimmy Mitchell (sic) Written by Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson and Stella Unger (sometimes listed as by Erskine Hawkins or Jmmy Mitchelle with arranger Sammy Lowe). Originally recorded by Bessie Smith in 1929. Jimmy 1. Mitchell actually was named Mitchelle and was Hawkins’ alto sax player. Brothers Paul (tenorsax) and Dud Bascomb (trumpet) played with Hawkins on this. A relaxed piano gives extra smoothness to it. Erskine was a very successful Hawkins was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Savoy Ballroom ”resident” bandleader and played trumpet. in New York for many years.
  • Selected Coverage December 2008

    Selected Coverage December 2008

    Selected Coverage December 2008 National HIGHLIGHTS Bowling Green Sentinel Democrat & Chronicle (December 7) Tribune A Perfect Marriage: Romantic tale, ABBA songs give ‘Mamma Mia!’ Journal of Oak Park & River remarkable staying power Forest . The touring musical Mamma Mia! returns Tuesday to Rochester with its PopMatters tale of romance on a balmy Greek island. The plot weaves around 22 hits by Rutland Herald the Swedish rockers ABBA, who reuled the Top 10 charts in the late 1970s. San Francisco Sentinel The tour producers hope the revival benefits from the recent movie version starring Meryl Streep as the bride’s mother, Donna. Local “I would pay to hear Streep sing the Yellow Pages,” declares Bill Congdon, Canandaigua Daily Messenger the show’s associate music director and an Eastman School of Music Democrat & Chronicle graduate. Ithaca Journal Rochester Business Journal Carson Times (December 28) Never too late to learn instrument in this band The New Horizons Band attempts to prove that when it comes to learning to play an instrument, it is never too late. The band program is for those at least 50 years old and caters to those who have not previously played an instrument. The Horizons band concept grew out of a music course at University of Rochester's (N.Y.) Eastman School of Music in 1991. Since then, the program has been spreading across the country. 13WHAM (December 29) Allendale-Columbia Violinist Performs at the White House Gabrielle Monachino performed some holiday favorites on her violin. The 16-year-old junior at Allendale-Columbia and Eastman Community Music School student was selected from over 400 applicants to perform at the White House through a special arts program.
  • Catalogue 2009/10 ECM Paul Griffiths Bread and Water

    Catalogue 2009/10 ECM Paul Griffiths Bread and Water

    Catalogue 2009/10 ECM Paul Griffiths Bread and Water Here is someone standing at the entrance to the gallery who goes on talking all the time while almost all the visitors who come are rushing by in their eagerness to inspect what is on show inside. The hall a little way beyond is packed with rare and wonderful things, beautifully laid out and informatively labelled. There is much to see, much to learn. This is what the visitors have come for. Why, then, linger at the doorway? Why wait? But you, you have stopped. Thank you. Yes, this is the gallery, this the exhibition: a catalogue. We can use the word either to mean this paper object you hold in your hands or the totality of items a publisher or, as in this case, record company has available for sale: the CATALOGUE, as we may put it. Such a CATALOGUE is changeable as the ocean is: things will go (though rarely, where ECM is concerned), more will come. The catalogue, on the other hand, is fixed, a photograph of the ocean. There was a moment, probably before it reached print, when the catalogue was identical with the CATALOGUE. But that moment has passed and will not come again, for the ocean is growing and the photograph cannot. Is the catalogue therefore impoverished? No, no more than a photograph is. This is no snapshot, no fuzzy image trapped half_thoughtlessly on a mobile phone. Look at what you have in your hands: this is something well made, something composed. A professional photographer must have been invited to make a study of the ocean.
  • The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna After Ossiach (1971-2011)

    The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna After Ossiach (1971-2011)

    City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 2013 Free from Jazz: The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna after Ossiach (1971-2011) Thomas Albert Zlabinger Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1684 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] FREE FROM JAZZ: THE JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC SCENE IN VIENNA AFTER OSSIACH (1971-2011) by THOMAS ALBERT ZLABINGER A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2013 ii 2013 THOMAS ALBERT ZLABINGER All Rights Reserved iii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Prof. Jeffrey Taylor Date Chair of Examining Committee Prof. David Olan Date Executive Officer Prof. Peter Manuel Prof. Stephen Blum Prof. Reinhold Wagnleitner (Universität Salzburg) Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iv ABSTRACT Free from Jazz: The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna after Ossiach (1971-2011) by Thomas Albert Zlabinger Advisor: Prof. Peter Manuel Focusing on a diverse and eclectic scene that is under-documented, this dissertation investigates the historical, social, and cultural aspects of jazz and improvised music in Vienna over the last four decades.
  • Carla Bley Big Band Appearing Nightly

    Carla Bley Big Band Appearing Nightly

    ECM Carla Bley Big Band Appearing Nightly Earl Gardner, Lew Soloff, Giampaolo Casati, Florian Esch:trumpets; Beppe Calamosca, Gary Valente, Gigi Grata, Richard Henry: trombones; Roger Jannotta: soprano and alto saxophones, flute; Wolfgang Puschnig: alto saxophone, flute; Andy Sheppard: tenor saxophone; Christophe Panzani: tenor saxophone; Julian Arguelles: baritone saxophone; Carla Bley: piano, conductor; Karen Mantler: organ; Steve Swallow: bass; Billy Drummond: drums WATT 33 CD 6025 172 5516 (6) Release: August 2008 When I was young, big bands appeared regularly at jazz clubs in New York City. By working as a cigarette girl at Birdland or checking coats at Basin Street or the Jazz Gallery, I was able to hear Count Basie and many other great bands nightly. The clubs were dark and smoky. People would order drinks and talk and laugh between sets. The music was sophisticated and hard-swinging. The music I wrote for this album was inspired by the atmosphere of nightclubs in the 1950s. It began when I was commissioned to write and perform a big band composition for the 2005 Monterey Jazz Festival. Looking for a starting point, I immediately thought of “The Black Orchid”, a nightclub in Monterey where I taken a job as a pianist when I was seventeen. The piano had a bar built around it, and soldiers from the nearby military base would sit there and listen to me play standards. Often one of them would request a favorite song, but I had a very small and carefully arranged repertoire and wouldn’t play anything I didn’t like and couldn’t fake anything I didn’t know.
  • Michael Abene, John Clayton, Gil Goldstein and Vince Mendoza

    Michael Abene, John Clayton, Gil Goldstein and Vince Mendoza

    John Clayton 32 JAZZTIMES >> APRIL 2009 1 2 3 4 eh nd 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mu ic 11 Writing arrangements is among jazz’s most important—and underrated—tasks. Josef Woodard talks to four masters of the trade: 12 Michael Abene, John Clayton, Gil Goldstein and Vince Mendoza. 13 Photograph by John Abbott 14 On any given night, in countless corners around the planet, the fine and not fully appreciated art of jazz arranging carries on like a secret musical power source. The handiwork of arrangers can always be found, hiding in plain sight and sound. 15 Take, for instance, the Night of Obama. In Greenwich Village, the politically colored Liberation Music Orchestra, the band that Charlie Haden and Carla Bley built, had strategically booked election night at the Blue Note. Smack dab in the middle of the 16 band’s late set, news of Obama’s victory hit the stage. Everyone in the house went suitably wild. Bley was not in the house, but her ravishing and witty arrangements were very much present and filling the audience’s ears and hearts and minds, including a teetering yet triumphant “America the Beautiful” seeping into Ornette Coleman’s “Skies of America.” Her angularly gospelish new 17 take on “Amazing Grace” was called by Haden, immediately after the Obama victory news. 18 JAZZTIMES.COM 33 eh nd Mu ic landscape. “I am happy with most of my projects. I feel lucky, I guess. When I have the deadline and the gun goes off, I can usually find my pace and run a good race.

  • WHERE to GO Classi

    I hiNNiiled Seri ion illle) THIRTY CENTS PER WORD bill russo (Continued) AC SWING PIANO—RY MAIL—80 wlf-teac h>ug MINIMUM TEN WORDS lesson« 33.00; (samples) over fifty publicsa­ «minia. composar-arrangar for etan tentón lions. PHIL BRETON PUBLICATION P.O. offering e correspondence cout» Box 1402, Omaha 8, Neb.___________________ an Frnncinro, RECORDING EQUIPMENT er) Chlrauo Classi Hod writing for tho ¡an TAPI RECORDERS. Phonographs, Hi-Fi. Ch. an ffa>o, N. V. Catalog ie. CERSTAN, 255 E. 56th St NYC lt'more Md. orchestra 28._______________________________________ th) 8A«' • complete basic coarse RECORDS REMITTANCE MUST ACCOMPANY COPT RECORD COLLECTION Cheap. Catalogue. Para­ Talo, • advanced material also mount, DA -313 East Market, Wdkes-Ba«-»» donee. ). COUNT NAME ADDRESS CITT AND STATE available Penna.___________________________________ DEADLINE 5 WEEKS PRIOR TO PUBLICATION FREE LISTS. CATALOGS. 100.000 collector’s items. Prompt attention to mail • ■ders. Send BOI NUMBER SERVICE 50c EITRA to your want list. JAZZ MAN RECOHr 1312 ritchie court SHOP. 2689 W Pirn Blvd., 1«, Angekw. gh Po. out Calif. __ )« City, Mu Chicago 10. illinoip WN RECORDS—J us. Western. Popular Your ARRANGEMENTS choice 4 for 81.00. Box 28, Penacoox. New timore M< Hampshire. Cincinnati ARRANGEMENTS for any band 31.50 per part­ RECORD SALE: All' Speeds. Lists. Henry Hiner > In 11/1», Write: Modern Score», 15"> W 46th Street, Mounted Route, Ashland, Ohio. NYC. ___________________________________ DIG THESE CRAZY WS CARDS! "hateau La TENOR BAND SCORES—cuetoi. made—FREE Flip Your Friends with a “HEPSTER" Card WANTED lelphla. Pa.. OFFER1 Write!—"Cardinal”—96 Thurman Street.

  • HOLIDAY MUSIC by Frank-John Hadley

    DB1208_001_COVER.qxd 10/28/08 9:38 AM Page 1 DOWNBEAT 73RD ANNUAL READERS POLL KEITH JARRETT SONNY ROLLINS ORNETTE COLEMAN READERS POLL KEITH JARRETT SONNY ROLLINS 73RD ANNUAL DownBeat.com $4.99 12 DECEMBER 2008 0 09281 01493 5 DECEMBER 2008 U.K. £3.50 DB1208_002-005_MAST.qxd 10/28/08 9:44 AM Page 2 DB1208_002-005_MAST.qxd 10/28/08 9:44 AM Page 3 DB1208_002-005_MAST.qxd 10/28/08 9:45 AM Page 4 December 2008 VOLUME 75 – NUMBER 12 President Kevin Maher Publisher Frank Alkyer Editor Jason Koransky Associate Editor Aaron Cohen Art Director Ara Tirado Production Associate Andy Williams Bookkeeper Margaret Stevens Circulation Manager Kelly Grosser Intern Mary Wilcop ADVERTISING SALES Record Companies & Schools Jennifer Ruban-Gentile 630-941-2030 [email protected] Musical Instruments & East Coast Schools Ritche Deraney 201-445-6260 [email protected] Classified Advertising Sales Sue Mahal 630-941-2030 [email protected] OFFICES 102 N. Haven Road Elmhurst, IL 60126–2970 630-941-2030 Fax: 630-941-3210 www.downbeat.com [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICE 800-554-7470 [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Senior Contributors: Michael Bourne, John McDonough, Howard Mandel Austin: Michael Point; Boston: Fred Bouchard, Frank-John Hadley; Chicago: John Corbett, Alain Drouot, Michael Jackson, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Mitch Myers, Paul Natkin, Howard Reich; Denver: Norman Provizer; Indiana: Mark Sheldon; Iowa: Will Smith; Los Angeles: Earl Gibson, Todd Jenkins, Kirk Silsbee, Chris Walker, Joe Woodard; Michigan: John Ephland; Minneapolis: Robin James; Nashville: Robert Doerschuk; New Orleans: Erika Goldring, David Kunian; New York: Alan Bergman, Herb Boyd, Bill Douthart, Ira Gitler, Eugene Gologursky, Norm Harris, D.D.