Jazz

The trio album won awards in Downbeat and the Village Voice's year-end polls, and not to be outdone, the Jazz Journalist Association recently picked him as Musician of the Year. GQ India even listed him as one of the 50 Most Influential International Indians. Iyer has gotten strong notices since making his 1995 debut, working in a wide variety of settings ranging from leading his own jazz groups and his political albums with hip-hop artist Mike Ladd to the collaborative Fieldwork trio and his ...

It isn't about melody and chords   -Vijay Iyer

 

The North Sea Jazz Festival is the largest indoor jazz festival in the world. The festival has been going strong in the Netherlands for 35 years. The first edition of the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival will be held on September 3 and 4.  

Havana-born, Hoboken -raised guitarist Julio Fernandez is slated to perform tonight, combining jazz, soul and funk music styles. Fernandez comes to his penchant for musical fusion naturally. His father, also a musician, was influenced by American jazz and big band sounds and incorporated them with the rhythms of their native Cuba. As a student at Montclair State University (then known as Montclair State College), Fernandez studied the tuba, but soon realized that he was meant to be a guitarist.  

A Blog Supreme contributor Lara Pellegrinelli first interviewed Abbey Lincoln in 1998. Since then, she's had many further occasions to talk to the late vocalist and songwriter about her life's work. Here, she surveys the entire career of Abbey Lincoln, complete with musical examples which chart Lincoln's growth into a compositional force.

He tells me he's wild about me.' Dig it?   -Abbey Lincoln

 

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) today announced the acquisition of a historic collection of never-before-heard recordings, including live performances of great American Jazz icons from 1935-1941. The collection of 975 aluminum and vinyl discs, over 100 hours of material, was created by William Savory, a recording engineer and Harvard-educated physicist. Savory worked as at a radio transcription service in New York between 1935 and 1941 and used the equipment his job afforded him to record hundreds of hours of material directly off the radio.  

At 4 p.m., the festival's focus shifts from the future generation of jazz to the futuristic, cutting-edge of the music as represented by the bold explorations of the noted avant-garde guitarist/bassist/composer Joe Morris and his three collaborators. Morris, on bass, is joined in extemporaneous etudes by pianist Matthew Shipp , alto saxophonist Jim Hobbs and drummer Gerald Cleaver . Morris, a 55-year-old New Haven native, has performed and recorded with a host of avant-garde guardians ranging from Billy Bang to Borah Bergman.  

JAZZ fans are in for a treat when one of the country's most popular singers brings some classic tunes to The Brindley. Award-winning Clare Teal is bringing her new Great British Songbook show to Runcorn as part of her European tour. Clare - who presents Big Band Special, Clare Teal On Sunday and Friday Night is Music Night for BBC Radio 2 – said she is excited about taking her new show on the road.  

"My compositions swing from bebop to contemporary jazz. It has been compared to Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters." You're releasing two new albums, "Do You Really Love Me" and "13 Letters." How do they compare to one another? "  

SUPERB FOLKSINGER Chad Dughi returns to Galway for a much anticipated show at The Crane Bar on Thursday August 26th at 9pm. The Hawaiian guitarist grew up immersed in archive recordings of American folk music and used these as a blueprint when navigating his own musical journey. Playing the songs of Woody Guthrie, the Carter Family and Mississippi John Hurt alongside his own original compositions, he built up quite a repertoire.  

A guitarist who may be masked, a tuba player and one tune that mixes the old Shadows hit Apache with a Balkan urgency and some maypole references. Yes, the Rush Hour Blues sessions are even more eclectic when they are taking their August holiday from the Symphony Hall foyer bar to move around Brindleyplace. On Friday it's the turn of Mama Matrix, fronted by singer and guitarist Daz Dolczech, and they play in Oozells Square from 5.30pm to 7pm.

the great crooners and jazz singers   -Vic Evans