Bible Belt Jazz
George Kanzler reviews recent shows and the scene in Asheville, NC.
George Kanzler reviews recent shows and the scene in Asheville, NC.
Although he’s been a leading drummer on the Latin pop and jazz scene for over two decades, this is the first album where Robby Ameen … Read More “Robby Ameen: Days in the Life”
Jazz flute and Brazilian music go all the way back to Herbie Mann’s pioneering work, recordings that predated even tenor saxophonist Stan Getz’s crossover hits. … Read More “Lori Bell: The Music of Djavan”
Stan Getz is tenor saxophonist Mark Colby’s stylistic model, and on previous recordings his debt to Getz has been obvious. It’s not a bad model-everyone … Read More “Mark Colby: Reflections”
Despite the name, there are no prophecies here, nor is the “other” in the title a reference to futuristic or outside music. The inspiration for … Read More “Derrick Gardner and The Jazz Prophets: A Ride to the Other Side…”
Author Howard Mandel assumes many roles here-elucidating critic and devoted fan, knowledgeable listener and Boswellian acolyte, evangelist and champion of the avant-garde-all taken on with … Read More “Miles, Ornette, Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel”
Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen may have been born in the mid-1960s, but his atavistic jazz heart is in the 1950s. Stretch that decade a little … Read More “Harry Allen/Joe Temperley: Cocktails for Two”
In 1967 and 1968, before his big pop hits of the early 1970s like “MacArthur Park,” Maynard Ferguson led a mostly British big band in … Read More “Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes, Vol. 1”
Sometimes music isn’t enough by itself. We crave more information, more insights and more intimacy with the artists whose music we enjoy. It’s the same … Read More “The Jazz Image: Masters of Jazz Photography by Lee Tanner”
Jeff Healey broke out on the pop charts back in 1988, barely out of his teens, with the Top 5 “Angel Eyes” (John Hiatt’s, not … Read More “Jeff Healey: Among Friends”
They may have started as members of the Lennie Tristano school of jazz, but the members of this highly evolved and polished quartet, as much … Read More “Connie Crothers Quartet: Music is a Place”
You don’t get to see two veteran octogenarian trumpet players trading licks very often, but there were Clark Terry and Snooky Young, riding out on … Read More “Swing @ Sea: Jazz Cruises”
It’s not surprising that Wynton Marsalis recently chose Sean Jones as lead trumpet for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Jones is a consummate musician with … Read More “Sean Jones: Roots”