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The Jazz Rag
THE JAZZ RAG ISSUE 140 SPRING 2016 EARL HINES UK £3.25 CONTENTS EARL HINES A HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE NEW COLLECTION OF THE MUSIC OF THE GREAT JAZZ PIANIST - 7 CDS AND A DVD - ON STORYVILLE RECORDS IS REVIEWED ON PAGE 30. 4 NEWS 7 UPCOMING EVENTS 8 JAZZ RAG CHARTS NEW! CDS AND BOOKS SALES CHARTS 10 BIRMINGHAM-SOLIHULL JAZZ FESTIVALS LINK UP 11 BRINGING JAZZ TO THE MILLIONS JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHS AT BIRMINGHAM'S SUPER-STATION 12 26 AND COUNTING SUBSCRIBE TO THE JAZZ RAG A NEW RECORDING OF AN ESTABLISHED SHOW THE NEXT SIX EDITIONS MAILED 14 NEW BRANCH OF THE JAZZ ARCHIVE DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR FOR ONLY NJA SOUTHEND OPENS £17.50* 16 THE 50 TOP JAZZ SINGERS? Simply send us your name. address and postcode along with your payment and we’ll commence the service from the next issue. SCOTT YANOW COURTS CONTROVERSY OTHER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: EU £20.50 USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA £24.50 18 JAZZ FESTIVALS Cheques / Postal orders payable to BIG BEAR MUSIC 21 REVIEW SECTION Please send to: LIVE AT SOUTHPORT, CDS AND FILM JAZZ RAG SUBSCRIPTIONS PO BOX 944 | Birmingham | England 32 BEGINNING TO CD LIGHT * to any UK address THE JAZZ RAG PO BOX 944, Birmingham, B16 8UT, England UPFRONT Tel: 0121454 7020 FESTIVALS IN PERIL Fax: 0121 454 9996 Email: [email protected] In his latest Newsletter Chris Hodgkins, former head of Jazz Services, heads one item, ‘Ealing Jazz Festival under Threat’. He explains that the festival previously ran for eight Web: www.jazzrag.com days with 34 main stage concerts, then goes on: ‘Since outsourcing the management of the festival to a private contractor the Publisher / editor: Jim Simpson sponsorships have ended, admission charges have been introduced and now it is News / features: Ron Simpson proposed to cut the Festival to just two days. -
The Walled Garden, Loseley Park Estate Sunday 14Th August, From
The Walled Garden, Loseley Park Estate Sunday 14th August, from 4.30 pm Jazz in the Park is held by and Arriving and Parking in support of Guildford-based Loseley Park is situated on the bowel cancer charity GUTS B3000 New Pond Road and the Fighting Bowel Cancer. main entrance is in Stakescorner GUTS works to improve bowel Road, signposted ‘Loseley House’. cancer survival rates through (If using SATNAV, please enter better screening, detection, “Stakescorner Road GU3 1HS“ treatment and care, as well as otherwise you will be directed to funding research and raising the wrong part of Loseley Estate.) awareness of the disease. Follow the road as far as you can For more information please to reach the car park, from where visit the GUTS website: GUTS flags will guide you to the www.gutsfbc.co.uk entrance of the Walled Garden. You are welcome to bring your We would like to thank Loseley own garden chairs, rugs and Park Estate and the Molyneaux gazebos/umbrellas but if you are family for so generously allowing using a gazebo, please site with us to hold this event in the consideration for others. beautiful Walled Garden at no cost to the charity. The opening set from the George CLICK AND COLLECT Abbot School Big Band will Our thanks also to Marianne POSH PICNIC : begin at around 5.00pm. Wyndham of Guildford Jazz for www.gutsfbc.co.uk/ putting together such an exciting Weather! for details line-up of superb musicians. The concert is outdoors so in the For information on Loseley Park event of extreme weather (ie go to www.loseleypark.co.uk prolonged heavy rain) it is possible THE GEORGE ABBOT SCHOOL that we would have to cancel the BIG BAND concert at short notice. -
Born in America, Jazz Can Be Seen As a Reflection of the Cultural Diversity and Individualism of This Country
1 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in “Styles in Jazz Music”. In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics: Introduction What Is Jazz? Appreciating Jazz Improvisation The Origins Of Jazz Topic : Introduction Topic Objective: At the end of this topic student would be able to: Discuss the Birth of Jazz Discuss the concept of Louis Armstrong Discuss the Expansion of Jazz Understand the concepts of Bebop Discuss todays Jazz Definition/Overview: The topic discusses that the style of music known as jazz is largely based on improvisation. It has evolved while balancing traditional forces with the pursuit of new ideas and approaches. Today jazz continues to expand at an exciting rate while following a similar path. Here you will find resources that shed light on the basics of one of the greatest musical developments in modern history.WWW.BSSVE.IN Born in America, jazz can be seen as a reflection of the cultural diversity and individualism of this country. At its core are openness to all influences, and personal expression through improvisation. Throughout its history, jazz has straddled the worlds of popular music and art music, and it has expanded to a point where its styles are so varied that one may sound completely unrelated to another. First performed in bars, jazz can now be heard in clubs, concert halls, universities, and large festivals all over the world. www.bsscommunitycollege.in www.bssnewgeneration.in www.bsslifeskillscollege.in 2 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in Key Points: 1. The Birth of Jazz New Orleans, Louisiana around the turn of the 20th century was a melting pot of cultures. -
1959 Jazz: a Historical Study and Analysis of Jazz and Its Artists and Recordings in 1959
GELB, GREGG, DMA. 1959 Jazz: A Historical Study and Analysis of Jazz and Its Artists and Recordings in 1959. (2008) Directed by Dr. John Salmon. 69 pp. Towards the end of the 1950s, about halfway through its nearly 100-year history, jazz evolution and innovation increased at a faster pace than ever before. By 1959, it was evident that two major innovative styles and many sub-styles of the major previous styles had recently emerged. Additionally, all earlier practices were in use, making a total of at least ten actively played styles in 1959. It would no longer be possible to denote a jazz era by saying one style dominated, such as it had during the 1930s’ Swing Era. This convergence of styles is fascinating, but, considering that many of the recordings of that year represent some of the best work of many of the most famous jazz artists of all time, it makes 1959 even more significant. There has been a marked decrease in the jazz industry and in stylistic evolution since 1959, which emphasizes 1959’s importance in jazz history. Many jazz listeners, including myself up until recently, have always thought the modal style, from the famous 1959 Miles Davis recording, Kind of Blue, dominated the late 1950s. However, a few of the other great and stylistically diverse recordings from 1959 were John Coltrane’s Giant Steps, Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz To Come, and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out, which included the very well- known jazz standard Take Five. My research has found many more 1959 recordings of equally unique artistic achievement. -
NJA British Jazz Timeline with Pics(Rev3) 11.06.19
British Jazz Timeline Pre-1900 – In the beginning The music to become known as ‘jazz’ is generally thought to have been conceived in America during the second half of the nineteenth century by African-Americans who combined their work songs, melodies, spirituals and rhythms with European music and instruments – a process that accelerated after the abolition of slavery in 1865. Black entertainment was already a reality, however, before this evolution had taken place and in 1873 the Fisk Jubilee Singers, an Afro- American a cappella ensemble, came to the UK on a fundraising tour during which they were asked to sing for Queen Victoria. The Fisk Singers were followed into Britain by a wide variety of Afro-American presentations such as minstrel shows and full-scale revues, a pattern that continued into the early twentieth century. [The Fisk Jubilee Singers c1890s © Fisk University] 1900s – The ragtime era Ragtime, a new style of syncopated popular music, was published as sheet music from the late 1890s for dance and theatre orchestras in the USA, and the availability of printed music for the piano (as well as player-piano rolls) encouraged American – and later British – enthusiasts to explore the style for themselves. Early rags like Charles Johnson’s ‘Dill Pickles’ and George Botsford’s ‘Black and White Rag’ were widely performed by parlour-pianists. Ragtime became a principal musical force in American and British popular culture (notably after the publication of Irving Berlin’s popular song ‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band’ in 1911 and the show Hullo, Ragtime! staged at the London Hippodrome the following year) and it was a central influence on the development of jazz. -
September 2015 Meeting
BOURNEMOUTH BIG BAND, SWING & JAZZ CLUB Newsletter JUNE 2019 Meeting The Chairman welcomed 20 attendees to the meeting (17 members + 3 new guests). Apols for absence: 0 John Savage announced that, in the absence of any nominations, Phil Lewis has therefore been elected as Secretary/Treasurer of the Club. Applause and congratulations ensued. Answers to May Newsletter quiz question: Who said: “Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing”? A: Duke Ellington in ‘Look’ magazine 10 Aug 1954 Freda asked members to sign a ‘get-well-soon’ card for Helen Robinson who suffered a very bad fall recently. Keith Brown brought in a number of CDs which had been donated to the club – 50p per CD. Vic Grayson reported on conversations with Chris Walker. He has agreed to ‘open’ our new August 14 meeting with two audio/visual presentations – one on Duke Ellington and one on Hoagy Carmichael. It is suggested that we bring a guest or friend and that an extra £1 be charged to cover the speakers’ expenses. Vic Grayson reported that he had produced a DVD of the BBC2 Jazz 625 black & white broadcast from May 3. It is available to members for borrowing and return. Derek Fones informed members that the music for Terry Webb’s funeral and celebration afterwards can now be found as a Playlist on Spotify. Link: https://open.spotify.com/user/thephilnel/playlist/1eyweRaaODmLU6cReqa2sb?si=TUkzIRcYSwqbGvJidpgdng Reg Valentine has brought in 2 copies of the magazine ‘Jazz rag’ for members to borrow, read and return. Thanks to the generosity and skill of Phil Lewis’ son Nick, the Club may soon have its own website. -
Ellington Legacy Band Headlines Jazzfest at New Venue College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown
Volume 39 • Issue 5 May 2011 Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance, promotion and preservation of jazz. Ellington Legacy Band Headlines Jazzfest at New Venue College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown Saturday, June 11 Lineup and details, see page 26. 2011 New JerseyJazzSociety in this issue: NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY Prez Sez . 2 Bulletin Board . 2 Jazz Trivia . 3 NJJS Calendar . 3 The Mail Bag . 4 Prez Sez Editor’s Pick/Deadlines/NJJS Info . 6 Crow’s Nest . 24 By Laura Hull President, NJJS New/Renewed Members . 47 Change of Address/Support on the campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth NJJS/Volunteer/JOIN NJJS . 47 Up jumps Jazzfest! in Morristown, NJ. The format will be slightly STORIES ■ Before I move into Jazzfest country, I’d like to different from last year in that we will not present Big Band in the Sky. 8 thank everyone for coming out to the April Jazz an outdoor concert mainstage, however, we will Jimmy Heath Book Signing Bethany. 14 Social. We featured pianist-educator Dave Frank, offer outdoor activities including vendors, food Talking Jazz: Hod O’Brien . 16 Attilio’s Jazz Nights: M. Freeman . 25 who presented a master class format to a room court and dining, and live music. We will present Notes from a Jazz Volunteer . 25 filled with members and non-members alike. in two indoor venues: Dolan Hall in the brand Noteworthy . 29 What an afternoon that was! I felt like signing up new Annunciation Center, and in the Octagon Jazz Journeys . 30 for classes, it was so interesting. -
ISSUE 16 ° May 2008 Swinging Shepherd!
Ne w s L E T T e R Editor: Dave Gelly ISSUE 16 ° May 2008 swinging shepherd! Digby Fairweather introduces and wonderfully generous Dave Shepherd, distinguished human being. So, rather than interview guest at this year’s a formal ’interview’, our Summer Jazz Event (see box Loughton meeting will be right) in July. simply a whatever-comes-next chat between old friends. Welcoming Dave Shepherd Dave’s regular designation as to the interview chair at our ’Britain’s Benny Goodman’ is far Summer Jazz Event 2008 is one more than a handy publicity tag. of the most exciting things to When pianist Teddy Wilson, a happen to the NJA - and to me – in many a moon. Because lifelong colleague of the ‘King of since Artie Shaw gave up writ- Swing’, began visiting Britain in ing books and joined his princi- the 1970s, his automatic clar- pal rival, Benny Goodman, in inet partner for international touring and recording was Dave Editors Note: Saturday 26th July NATIONAL JAZZ ARCHIVE JAZZ NATIONAL some (literally) heavenly clar- inet section, Dave is, quite Shepherd, who by then had 1.30–4.30pm at Loughton Methodist probably, the greatest swing already been playing for more Church Tickets at £10 can be obtained clarinettist in the world. than a quarter of a century. from David Nathan at the Archive and He’s much more fun to inter- After post-war beginnings cheques to be made payable to view, too. Whereas Artie (as I amid the flourishing east- National Jazz Archive. know from experience) made London Dixieland fraternity, he his interrogator feel like a joined drummer Joe Daniels in feather in a wind-tunnel, and 1951, then graduated summa Benny, by all accounts, never said cum laude to the band of his much at all, Dave has a fund of hero Freddy Randall in 1954. -
The Jazz Rag
THE JAZZ RAG ISSUE 131 SPRING 2014 CURTIS STIGERS UK £3.25 CONTENTS CURTIS STIGERS (PAGE 10) THE AMERICAN SINGER/SONGWRITER/SAXOPHONIST TALKS OF HIS VARIED CAREER IN MUSIC AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST CONCORD ALBUM, HOORAY FOR LOVE AND HIS APPEARANCES AT CHELTENHAM AND RONNIE SCOTT'S. 4 NEWS 5 UPCOMING EVENTS 7 LETTERS 8 HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY! SCOTT YANOW on jazz musicians born in 1914. 12 RETRIEVING THE MEMORIES Singer/collector/producer CHRIS ELLIS SUBSCRIBE TO THE JAZZ RAG looks back. THE NEXT SIX EDITIONS MAILED 15 MIDEM (PART 2) DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR FOR ONLY £17.50* 16 JAZZ FESTIVALS Simply send us your name. address and postcode along with your 20 JAZZ ARCHIVE/COMPETITIONS payment and we’ll commence the service from the next issue. OTHER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 21 CD REVIEWS EU £20.50 USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA £24.50 Cheques / Postal orders payable to BIG BEAR MUSIC 29 BOOK REVIEWS Please send to: JAZZ RAG SUBSCRIPTIONS PO BOX 944 | Birmingham | England 32 BEGINNING TO CD LIGHT * to any UK address THE JAZZ RAG PO BOX 944, Birmingham, B16 8UT, England UPFRONT Tel: 0121454 7020 BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN JAZZ AWARD Fax: 0121 454 9996 On March 8 the final of the first BBC Young Musician Jazz Award took place at the Email: [email protected] Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. The five finalists were three saxophonists Web: www.jazzrag.com (Sean Payne, Tom Smith and Alexander Bone), a trumpeter, Jake Labazzi, and a double bassist, Publisher / editor: Jim Simpson Freddie Jensen, all aged between 13 and 18. -
Ken Colyer on Video
1 1 Here we are again, anotherNewsletter year and we 2015 have finally made the move! BUY 3 There are some great new 2016 GET1 FREE releases here so we hope you will all find something SEE INSIDE! to enjoy! Here’s to another great year of jazz. Ken Colyer Liz Biddle on Video URDVD267 £15.99 This DVD is compiled from rare footage on one of the few occasions DVD when Ken Colyer was filmed. It was shot as an amateur video and so the sound and lighting quality are not of professional standard. Despite the graininess and variable focus, its historical significance of one of Europe’s most revered and influential NEW! jazz figures makes it valuable for all those who love Colyer. TJ JOHNSON IN RETROSPECT A Celebration of 30 years in jazz and blues NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!URCD268D KEN COLYER’S ALL STARS HOT STUFF! THE LONDON SWING featuring Early Jazz Revisited ORCHESTRA featuring TJ JOHNSON in Retrospect A Celebration of 30 Years SAMMY RIMINGTON GRAHAM DALBY URCD264 1 CD £12.99 in Jazz and Blues Colyer from the The Rise of the Crooner Recorded on March 21st 1992 at URCD268 2 CDs £14.99 URCD266 1 CD £12.99 Archives the House of Solberg, Banstead, URCD265 1 CD £12.99 Surrey, this CD features some of A great accolade came from Ken The fourth and final CD in this the hottest names in jazz – Dick Colyer when TJ was a young man. popular series charting the history of Ken first met TJ in Max Collie’s Mardi This live Thames riverboat session dates Charlesworth on clarinet & saxes, popular music in the 20th Century. -
Rhythm & Reaction: the Age of Jazz in Britain
Published to accompany the exhibition at CONTENTS Two Temple Place, London 27th January – 22nd April 2018 Exhibition curated by Prof. Catherine Tackley, Foreword 04 Head of Music, University of Liverpool. The Arts Society 06 Published in 2018 by Two Temple Place 2 Temple Place Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain 09 London WC2R 3BD Discography 56 Copyright © Two Temple Place Object List 58 A catalogue record for this publication is A word from the National Jazz Archive 66 available from the British Library Acknowledgements 70 ISBN 978-0-9570628-7-0 Designed and produced by: NA Creative www.na-creative.co.uk Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain Produced by The Bulldog Trust and The Arts Society 02 03 FOREWORD has made towards the costs of the exhibition this year. The Programme could not continue without all of your help. Charles M. R. Hoare Chairman of Trustees The Bulldog Trust The Winter Exhibition Programme launched in 2011 as London’s first exhibition space dedicated specifically to raising national awareness of the many wonderful collections held in public museums and galleries around The Bulldog Trust is very pleased to welcome you to the seventh Winter the UK. We are delighted that, since its inception, the annual 12 week – Exhibition at Two Temple Place. exhibitions have welcomed over 230,000 visitors to Two Temple Place and that the programme has embedded itself in London’s cultural calendar with Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain assembles a collection of its strong reputation for excellence and originality. Collaboration with our extraordinary objects, as varied and vibrant as its subject, to explore a regional partners is central to each exhibition, and we are immensely proud particularly fascinating period of British history. -
To Read Online
WESTSIDE BID IS BACK IN BUSINESS! 10 SUN-SOAKED JULY JAZZ DAYS IN BIRMINGHAM FRIDAY 16TH TO SUNDAY 25TH JULY – and it’s all free! LEN SKEAT 1937-2021 ISSUE 165 SUMMER 2021 UK £3.25 Photo by Merlin Daleman CONTENTS LEN SKEAT (1937-2021), master bassist and jazz legend, left us recently. DIGBY FAIRWEATHER sums up his career. (pages 12-13) 4 NEWS 6 I GET A KICK OUT OF… RON GEESIN, pianist/composer/writer, answers the questions 7 IN SEARCH OF LINDA LIPNACK KUEHL RON SIMPSON tracks down Billie Holiday’s tragic biographer 8 JAZZ FESTIVALS LIVE! 10 CHRIS BARBER: A PERSONAL TRIBUTE MIKE POINTON pays tribute to a great of British jazz 14 ON A BALCONY IN COPENHAGEN MIKKEL PLOUG tells RON SIMPSON about his unique CD. 16 JAZZ BRITS IN AMERICA SCOTT YANOW follows the fortunes of British jazzers Stateside 18 KING PLEASURE AND THE Photo by BISCUIT BOYS Merlin Daleman Three and a half decades in a band’s life. FIND US ON FACEBOOK 20 CD REVIEWS The Jazz Rag now has its own Facebook page. For news of upcoming festivals, gigs and releases, 32 HENRY’S BLUESLETTER features from the archives, competitions and who Saydisc’s blues history and Victoria Spivey profile knows what else, be sure to ‘like’ us. To find the page, simply enter ‘The Jazz Rag’ in the search bar 34 THE YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC RUSSELL CORBETT reviews a challenging year at the top when logged into Facebook. THE JAZZ RAG PO BOX 944, Birmingham, B16 8UT, England UPFRONT Tel: 0121454 7020 As we were putting this magazine together the news came that Bude Jazz Festival Fax: 0121 454 9996 had been postponed for a second year.