The 14th Annual MELTON MUSTAFA JAZZ FESTIVAL
TGJN OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR THE 14th ANNUAL MELTON MUSTAFA JAZZ FESTIVAL
THE GLOBAL JAZZ NOTES
The Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival/Workshop is in its 14th year of providing the Miami-Dade and Broward County communities with music entertainment, music education, and music as a recreation. Jazz fans ranging from ages 13 to 75 have generally supported this festival. It represents a diversity of ethnic groups and it draws international attention from places as far away as Russia. The Jazz Festival/Workshop is an educational tool especially designed for students as well as participating band directors. Each year middle school bands, high school bands and colleges students in the Southeastern United States are encouraged to participate in the Jazz Workshop Master Classes. With the assistance of the Florida Memorial University School of Graduate Programs & Continuing Education we will be offering CEU Credits for middle school and high school band directors in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Florida Memorial University Division of performing and Visual Arts will present its 14th ANNUAL MELTON MUSTAFA JAZZ FESTIVAL/WORKSHOP on Friday, February 12, 2010. The workshops will be held in the Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Florida memorial University and a culminating Jazz Concert will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts.
Please call (305) 623-8219 or (305) 626-3128 to confirm your participation or to receive additional information. You may also contact via e-mail mmustafa@fmuniv.edu
Tix info at:
http://www.meltonmustafa.com/
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Birdland
02.09.10 | 8pm
http://www.birdlandjazz.com/
New York City, NY
Freddie Redd Sextet featuring Brad Linde, Chris Byars, John Mosca, Ari Roland and Stefan Schatz
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Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center
03.01.10 | 8pm
http://www.jalc.org/
New York City, NY
Freddie Redd Quintet featuring Brad Linde, Chris Byars, Ari Roland, and Stefan Schatz.
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Freddie Redd Quartet at Twins Jazz
03.26.10 and 03.27.10
http://www.twinsjazz.com/
9:00pm and 11:00pm
Washington, DC
Freddie Redd Quartet with Brad Linde-saxophone, Tom Baldwin-bass, and Tony Martucci-drums.
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Smalls Jazz Club
04.09.10 and 04.10.10
http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/
10:30 and 12:00pm
New York City, NY
Legendary Hardbop Pianist Freddie Redd featuring the Brad Linde Quintet.
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Our music is universal. It shares the rhythmic content of African music, music of the Western Hemisphere and various lands of the East and has merged this rhythm with European harmonies, the soul of the slaves, the blues, and the spirituals to create jazz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
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Jazz Music - History and Facts Revealed
Author: Sayid AksaThe 20th century music world has seen the entry of light and easy listening music with African-American jazz music. Originating in southern USA, jazz music is a combination of African and European music traditions. It puts together the use of blue notes, improvisation, syncopation and swing notes. Jazz music was first used in reference to music from Chicago early in the 20th century. It has evolved in several other subgenres such as New Orleans Dixieland, big band-style swing, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian jazz, jazz-rock fusion, and the more recent acid jazz. The realm of jazz music was and still is predominantly associated with the American black community. These black musicians transitioning from banjos and tambourines learned to play European instruments such as the violin. Black slaves from early America used to sing and play music as a form of spiritual or ritualistic hymns. After emancipation, employment opportunities for black slaves were very limited as segregation laws were still in force. Most of these black slaves found themselves in the entertainment industry as piano players and instrumentalists. They became low-cost entertainers as minstrels, vaudeville players, piano bar players, and marching band members. Soon, this kind of jazz music called Ragtime Jazz spread from the southern USA to other areas in the western and northern cities in USA. Ragtime jazz became very popular in the early part of the century. Musician Jelly Roll Morton published the first ever jazz arrangement in print in 1915 with the title Jelly Roll Blues. This printed arrangement brought forth a new breed of musicians playing ragtime. Ragtime music moved on from red-light district bars and vaudeville shows to major concert locations such as the Carnegie Hall. The first jazz record was recorded in 1913 by Society Orchestra, the first black group to come out with a record. Another group that came up with their very own jazz music recording is the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band". Other bands followed suit, releasing jazz music recordings starting in 1917. In 1922, the most famous blues singer of the decade, Bessie Smith, also released her first recording. Also in the 1920s, Jelly Roll Morton played with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and made history as the first mixed-race recording collaboration. Big bands like those of Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington and Earl Hines played the more prominent venues and paved the way for the development of big-band-style swing jazz. Louis Armstrong, a trumpeter, band leader and singer, came to be known as the Ambassador of Jazz, what with his early innovations in jazz music. Swing music is considered to be popular dance music and is played from printed musical arrangements. Then came the bebop which focuses more on small groups and simple arrangements. Throughout the years jazz music has always been preferred music genre among those who enjoy light and easy listening. There are radio stations that play only jazz music. Jazz music can be heard most everywhere hotel lounges, salons, concert halls, wedding receptions, Jazz music is perhaps also the most unique form of music as there are no two jazz music performances are ever the same.
About the Author:Sayid Aksa is the author of http://musicmars.com You can watch best jazz music videos and other cool music videos from various genres on his site.
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Chick Corea, Kurt Elling, and Dan Morgenstern are a few of the jazz winners from last night's ceremony.
Chicago Calling: Unsung Heroes of the City’s Hardbop Scene
Chicago is a historic capital of early jazz and post-World War II blues, but in the 1950s and early 60s it also had a thriving hardbop scene. Musicians such as Ira Sullivan, Wilbur Ware and Von Freeman played with a bluesy, brawny edge, suffused with what Chicago native and jazz critic Larry Kart calls "an air of downhome experimentation."
Cafe Society: the Wrong Place for the Right People
At the end of 1938 a former shoe salesman named Barney Josephson opened what would become one of the most legendary nightspots in jazz history. Cafe Society was New York City's first integrated nightclub, and it quickly became a gathering place for artists, intellectuals, leftwing political figures, jazz lovers, and--perhaps inevitably--the very Manhattan sophisticates it meant to mock with its satirical murals and ill-dressed doormen. It was also the place where Billie Holiday debuted her version of the harrowing anti-lynching anthem Strange Fruit, which Time Magazine would declare 60 years later "the Song of the Century."
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Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way
Unlike the vast majority of jazz musicians, the pianist and composer was blessed with both talent and commercial success. His blend of experimental and lyrical approaches made him one of the biggest draws of his day — and ever since.Oscar Peterson: Piano Master
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He was a dynamic percussionist, a masterful arranger and an irrepressible showman. Throughout a career lasting more than 50 years, Puente fused American jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms, earning him the title King of Latin Music.Rosemary Clooney: An American Treasure
For more than fifty years, Rosemary Clooney's simple and exquisite singing style defined her dynamic career. She also appeared in movies and had a star turn on television, but it was her successful and inspired music that cemented her reputation as one of America's finest jazz-based vocalists.Duke Ellington: The Composer, Pt. 2
The scope and breadth of Duke Ellington's compositions were far-reaching, drawing many influences together to create a cohesive and diverse sound. Composing consumed Ellington around the clock, and his musical legacy is a timeless contribution to American music.Duke Ellington: The Composer, Pt. 1
Duke Ellington composed some of the most enduring music of the 20th century, producing more than one thousand lasting works. With groundbreaking hits such as "Sophisticated Lady" and "Mood Indigo," Ellington vividly communicated universal ideas, while inventing musical concepts that helped elevate jazz to a sophisticated art form.Milt Hinton: The Ultimate Timekeeper
Bassist Milt Hinton, known as the "Judge," was considered to be the ultimate timekeeper. With his buoyant tempos and fat, booming sound, Hinton provided the rhythmic foundation for many jazz greats.Illinois Jacquet: King Of The Screeching Tenor
Bandleader Illinois Jacquet was recognized as the king of the tenor saxophone. During his long career, Jacquet played with everyone from Basie to Lionel Hampton and gained notoriety for his wild, honking solo in "Flying Home," which heralded a new approach to playing known as the "Texas tenor style."Jay 'Hootie' McShann: Kansas City Swingman
"Hootie" to his friends, bluesman supreme Jay McShann served as the living legacy to Kansas City jazz. As bandleader, pianist, singer and composer, McShann was an unsung yet influential figure. During the '40s, his orchestra became an important launching pad for prominent soloists including Charlie Parker.Al Grey: The Last Big Time Plunger
Trombonist Al Grey was highly regarded as "the last of the big time plungers" thanks to his skill at using a plumber's plunger to manipulate tones coming from the bell of his trombone. Grey rose to prominence as a soloist and gifted accompanist to singers, developing a unique style playing in the bands of Lionel Hampton and Count Basie.BBC-UK JAZZ
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Since 1991, Miss Brown began touring Chicago-area schools and nationally on the college circuit, performing her one-woman show: LEGACY: Our Wealth Of Music. "LEGACY" is a musical demonstration/lecture about the history and evolution of African American music. In 1997, Maggie helped the Chicago House Of Blues, with her knowledge of music history and edutainment expertise, to develop their Blues Schoolhouse student outreach program. Maggie is captivating in her presentation and she effortlessly delivers a powerful performance whether singing spirituals, jazz, contemporary hip hop or even rapping.
While simultaneously marketing and performing her "LEGACY" show, Maggie also tours in concert promoting her self-produced, debut, solo recording : "From My Window," released on compact disc and cassette on Browns’ independent label: Mag Pie Records. In 1996, the album was nominated by the Chicago Music Awards for Best Jazz CD. Maggie was then nominated the following year for Best Jazz Performer (1997).
A recent appearance at the Schomberg Library Center in concert with her legendary father, Oscar Brown, Jr., afforded Maggie exposure to a New York City audience which included the highly acclaimed singer/songwriter: Abbey Lincoln. After witnessing what Ms. Lincoln described as "a great performer," she then invited Maggie to perform two duets on her latest CD: Wholly Earth which was released January 1999 on the Verve label. The Chicago Tribune declares Maggie is: "sublime" on her duets in which she "maintains her musical identity. . . pointing to her depth as an interpretive artist." Maggie will be appearing as Ms. Lincoln’s special guest at The Blue Note in New York this April, 1999.
IRENE ATMAN
"Atman is clearly one of the finest singers around, gifted with a voice that allows her to reach high notes with ease, revealing a cool and enticing style that tenderizes the lyrics with a touch of class" - Edward Blanco, All about Jazz
"Irene Atman is the epitome of New York style. She knows the meaning and the feeling of what she sings. Her rendition of “Why Did I Choose You” will bring the sweet passions of love to a simmer. This song will never be sung any better, never with any more understanding and feeling of the sentiment expressed. " - Bob Gish, Jazz Improv NY
"Atman sings "Why did I choose you" with a vocal dexterity equivalent to a flute that can speak words. It's often difficult to tell that she's taken a breath, as she seamlessly moves from one sustained note to the next phrase" - Woodrow Wilkins, All about Jazz
"Atman has perfected the malleable harmony line, her voice stretching and contracting effortlessly in all four dimensions, defying the quantum mechanics of sonics." - C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
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SAXOPHONIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER, COMPOSER, ARRANGER
Having studied saxophone since the age of ten, she is rapidly making her way up in the jazz music world. Grace’s talents far outstrip others her age. Now just sixteen, Grace has already recorded and/or performed with many notable musicians: Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Morgan, Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland, Harry Connick, Jr., Russell Malone, Rufus Reid, Matt Wilson, Ann Hampton Callaway, Jerry Bergonzi, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dianne Reeves, Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Christian Scott, Billy Hart, Winard Harper, George Cables, Ronnie Matthews, Ray Drummond, Peter Bernstein, and James Cotton, among others.
Grace has performed in many notable venues in the U.S., Europe and Asia such as Carnegie Hall, Rose Hall at JALC, Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Cocoa Cola, Scullers Jazz Club, Regatta Bar, Dakota Jazz Club, Kennedy Center, Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Blues Alley, Newport Blues Café, Boston Symphony Hall, Jazz Standard, Pabst Theater, 50th Grammy Awards (After party), Jazz Bakery, (LA) Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, (Kennedy Center),. Grace has performed as far away as Tromso, Norway, Salzau, Germany, and Seoul, Korea.
Media appearances include NPR “Day To Day” , NPR “ Here and Now”, NPR “Piano Jazz”, “Chronicle”, WGBH with Eric Jackson, XM Radio, WICN, KSFR, KCSM, ABC's WCVB-TV,
CBS TV4, Fox 25 News, NECN, EBS Radio and EBS TV and numerous radio interviews. Featured in many magazines and newspapers in U.S., Europe and Asia such as: LA Times, Downbeat, Jazziz, Jazz Times, Jazztitek, Chosun Daily News, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and many others.
Film: “Delta Rising” a Blues Documentary, including Willie Nelson, Morgan Freeman and others.
Grace appeared as special guest artist for two nights with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops 2007 Jazz Series. One of the selections Grace performed was her award winning composition “Every Road I Walked” which she also arranged for the entire Pops orchestra. It was her first arrangement for an orchestra and strings. Grace also performed with Diane Reeves and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Grace currently studies saxophone with Lee Konitz, Jerry Bergonzi, and Allan Chase. Grace is the youngest ever to complete the four year Jazz Studies certificate program at New England Conservatory Prep School. Grace also plays piano, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, and some drums. www.gracekellymusic.com
Tommie writes sings and performs songs from ballads, through blues to rock.
While Tommie plays a lot of instruments, she does need a drummer, bass player and good guitarist from time to time. Tommie has been a successful songwriter for some time but is now enjoying recording and performing her own original tracks.The first ever release, 'Can't Leave You Alone', rocketed to number 7 in the Reverbnation chart and has now been in the top 20 there for three months.
Tommie also had three simultaneous Number One positions in three different charts on "Song Vault".
Band Websites: www.myspace.com/tommiesingah | www.reverbnation.com/tommiesingah
Record Label: Sweetazmuzic.com
Finally Beiderbecke took out a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'. -- Eddie Condon on Bix Beiderbecke
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Rome NEAL as MONK
February 1, 2010 at 7pm to February 22, 2010 at 9pm – Nuyorican Poets Cafe
February 9
Tuesday
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FREDDIE REDD at BIRDLAND with the BRAD LINDE QUINTET
February 9, 2010 at 8pm to February 10, 2010 at 1am – BIRDLAND
Freddie Redd Sextet featuring Brad Linde, Chris Byars, John Mosca, Ari Roland and Stefan Schatz
Organized by Freddie Redd | Type: jazz, club
February 11
Thursday
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Ron Davis Performance
February 11, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm – Paul Hahn Pianos
Toronto's top female vocalist (NOW Magazine Readers' Choice- 2009) Daniela Nardi & Ron Davis - Together. Reservations required. Please visit paulhahn.com for details.
Organized by Ron Davis- Jazz Piano | Type: band, shows
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Joseph Frame, guitar & Willy Ryan, bass; playing tunes from the upcoming CD "The Bridge: Musical Connections"
February 11, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Starbucks - Aviation Plaza
An intimate evening of "chamber jazz" arrangements of classic jazz tunes and originals. Some tunes from our upcoming CD "The Bridge: Musical Connections". No music charge!
Organized by Joseph Frame | Type: musical, performance
February 12
Friday
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Geoffrey D. Holman presents: THE NUMERAL THR3EE:An EXPERIENCE (c)
February 12, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm – THE BRECHT FORUM
An evening of dramatic and comedic proportions brought to you by some of the most talented writers and thespians in the New York City area! Featuring Geoffrey D. Holman's "THE GET THERE " starring Eb…
Organized by Geoffrey D. Holman a.k.a. PRIEST | Type: experimental, theatre
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Diane Hoffman sings "Special Valentine's Event"
February 12, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – Butera's Restaurant 3930 Sunrise Hgwy. Seaford NY 11783 (516)795-1929
Come out and join me at this beautiful setting and hear love songs only sung just for you!!! Diane Hoffman vocals Broc Hempel piano Craig Akin bass Reservations recommended
Organized by diane hoffman | Type: musical, event, at, butera's
February 13
Saturday
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14th Annual Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival
February 13, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm – Florida Memorial University, Miami Gardens Florida
Jazz Festival/Concert featuring Legendary Trumpeter/Composer Charles Tolliver, Master Drummer- Victor Lewis, Edward Simon-Piano, Ed Howard -Bass and The Melton Mustafa Orchestra.
Organized by Melton S. Mustafa | Type: festival/concert
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Melton Mustafa
February 13, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm – Florida Memorial University, Miami Florida
Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival, Jazz musicians from as far away as Russia have performed on this Annual Festival. The Festival has an Educational Component. Past performers include Clarke Terry, James…
Organized by Melton S. Mustafa | Type: jazz, festival/concert
February 14
Sunday
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Lezlie Harrison Organ Quartet
February 14, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm – Tamboril
Lezlie Harrison "Soul In Love" for Valentines Day. @ Tamboril "Featuring Saul Rubin - guitar, Greg Lewis - Organ, Jimmy Alexander - drums 527 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn $30 Prix Fixe Dinner menu Free A…
Organized by Lezlie Harrison | Type: valentines, day, concert
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Lezlie Harrison with The Saul Rubin Trio
February 14, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm – Zeb's Studio Gallery
Lezlie Harrison joins long time collaborator and guitarist, Saul Rubin at his new performance space/recording space/Gallery , Zebs Studio Gallery First set at 8PM with a jam session to follow! $10…
Organized by Lezlie Harrison | Type: concert
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The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival ~~~ God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment and many different situations. Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. This is triumphant music. Modern Jazz has continued in this tradition, singing the songs of a more complicated urban existence. When life itself offers no order and meaning, the musician creates an order and meaning from the sounds of the earth which flow through his instrument. It is no wonder that so much of the search for identity among American Negroes was championed by Jazz musicians. Long before the modern essayists and scholars wrote of racial identity as a problem fora multiracial world, musicians were returning to their roots to affirm that which was stirring within their souls. Much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from the music. It has strengthened us with its sweet rhythms when courage began to fail.It has calmed us with its rich harmonies when spirits were down. And now, Jazz is exported to the world. For in a particular struggle of the Negro in America, there is something akin to the universal struggle of modern man. Everybody has the Blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy.Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called Jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all these.
NEGRO SPIRITUALS
Negro spirituals are the religious songs of the deported blacks. This music style unites African rituals with the music of the whites. The blacks used it to reach Ecstasy in order to flee the hard and cruel reality of slavery. For them it was the only way of expressing their hopes and feelings.
WORKSONGS AND GOSPEL
A music style that has its roots in the Negro Spirituals but is more aggressive and warlike in its texts.
AFRICAN MUSICAL ELEMENTS
Due to their cultural background the slaves included some of their African musical elements into Jazz. Above all they brought improvisation to Jazz music where it still today is used in every single song.
EUROPEAN MUSIC
As more and more Europeans came to America they brought along their music and their instruments. During the slavery period and afterwards the blacks were only allowed to play and use white music and instruments. They learned how to use the new equipment but also included their tradition into their new playing techniques.
ARCHAIC JAZZ
Period where black and white music elements started to mix up and unite into an early stage of Jazz music. This stage can also be seen as the birth of Jazz.
RAGTIME
A composed music style for pianos. Resulting from the composition it is still lacking the most distinctive Jazz element, the improvisation. The melody is dictated by the rhythm. In the Midwest it was created when banjo music was converted onto the piano. The fusion of Ragtime and southern instrumental forms created what is today known as the classic New Orleans Jazz music.
NEW ORLEANS
Music style orientated on European marching music. The most important characteristic is the musical improvisation of the whole band. It sounds like they “talk” with their instruments in order to share their feelings. New Orleans Jazz is a unity of Creole, African and European music influences.
BLUES
Blues definitely had the biggest influence on the development of Jazz. Even today, 100 years after the first Blues songs appeared, is this music still alive and fresh. Blues is used to share stories about life with the audience. Themes could be the loss of a love, homesickness or moaning about life in general. The background music is completely improvised and there is no written down text or any notes. The vocalist starts to sing and the band simply joins in. With the appearance of Blues, Jazz music changed towards more individualism, what is one of the reasons why Jazz is still enjoyed by millions of people.
NEW ORLEANS IN CHICAGO
After the Navy closed down Storyville in 1919 most of the New Orleans musicians moved to Chicago to find some work. Their way of playing Jazz was the complete opposite of what the original Chicago musicians played at that time. The Chicago musicians stuck to their notes and never improvised because they thought that improvising would destroy the sound.
DIXIELAND
The name “Dixie” originates from early banknotes of Louisiana where on one side the English “ten” but on the other the French “dix” was printed. Dixieland is probably the most well known form of Jazz. Happy music, great themes and a good rhythm formed the base for its success. Dixieland was rather the music of the whites then the music of blacks. The common characteristic of Dixie is the interpretation that wiped out the black musicians lack of note reading skills and the fixation of whites on written down notes.
CHICAGO
The white version of New Orleans Jazz played by fascinated young students and amateurs. The Chicago style was created by such whites but was different from the original New Orleans style and represented the restlessness of the “roaring twenties”. The solo is the most important characteristic of this period. Some of the songs were only added together solos. It was also the time when the popularity of saxophones grew immensely.
SWING
Swing was the music of the secure pre World War II time. It was also the time when Jazz had its greatest commercial successes. The bands were now Big Bands, led by famous personalities of Jazz celebrated by thousands of people at theatres all over the United States. Solos were now performed by entire instrumental groups in a “shout-and-answer” system. The music became more cultivated due to the more European like music style. Jazz musicians also improved themselves technically. Swing is the connection between traditional and modern Jazz music.
NEW ORLEANS AND DIXIELAND REVIVAL I
NEW ORLEANS AND DIXIELAND REVIVAL II
This can be described best by calling it a “back-to-the-roots” period. People started to collect everything they could find about New Orleans Jazz and celebrated its ancient stars. The Revival was an alternative to Swing music and very successful all over the world.
BEBOP
Due to the social changes caused by the 2nd World War, Jazz changed from the happy and cheerful Swing sound to a torn up, grandiloquent, fragmentary melody structure. The new style represented the insecurity and fears of life. Bebop is the foundation of the modern Jazz
RHYTHM & BLUES
The music is shaped by vocalists, accompanied by guitars and a rhythm section. It was the dance music of the blacks and formed the base for the development of our contemporary Pop and Rock music. Rock and Roll was created after Rhythm & Blues was combined with Country and Western music.
SOUL
Soul was created as a reaction to the emotionless sound of Cool Jazz. It is a combination of Rhythm & Blues and Gospel. A huge rhythm section, short and rhythmical “riffs”, great amounts of brasswinds and Gospel choirs are being used to create an animated making of music.
COOL JAZZ
After the 2nd World War the attitude of Jazz fans changed completely. The happy, lifeloving view was replaced by a “cool”, rational and intellectual playing style. Well educated musicians started to convert Classic music, especially Baroque music, into Jazz.
HARD BOP
Return to a more vital, “hot” and “swinging” music. Harmonies of Cool Jazz and Bebop were taken over and instrumental virtuosity and personal expression were accentuated.
FUNK
A strongly on Blues and Gospel orientated playing style.
FREE JAZZ
Breakthrough into the free space of a atonal felt tonality. A new rhythmical conception based on the decomposition of the metre, beat and symmetry. Jazz opened itself for other cultural influences for example from Asia. Musicians also managed to increase the intensity of their music to a new level.
MAINSTREAM
Term for the main stream of Jazz, settled between its traditional and modern forms. Usage of typical Swing characteristics and a renunciation of musical experiments were the main attributes. The music was played with the purpose of entertaining the audience without creating any new Jazz styles.
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Jon Hammond scores a wooden Motorola Visilite FM/AM Clock Radio from Jim Coleman Collection at CHRS Swap Meet
Jon Hammond scores a wooden Motorola Visilite FM/AM Clock Radio from Jim Coleman Collection at CHRS Swap Meet at Radio KRE for his personal use seen here on Jon's 1965 Fender Band-Master Amp
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Posted by HammondCast on February 7, 2010 at 1:38pm
Photos Just In! Bernard Purdie and Friends Midnight Showcase Winter NAMM Show Courtesy of Bernie Capicchiano
Photos Just In! Bernard Pretty Purdie and Friends Midnight Showcase Winter NAMM Show Hilton Anaheim, Courtesy of Bernie Capicchiano Bernies Music Land Ringwood Australia, thanks Bernie!
Jon Hammond at XK-1 Hammond organ, Bernard Pretty Purdie drums, Tim Hern guitar, Winston Byrd trumpet, photo by Bernie
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Jon Hammond at XK-1 Hammond organ, Bernard Pretty Purdie drums, Tim Hern guitar, Winston Byrd trumpet, photo by Bernie
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Posted by HammondCast on February 6, 2010 at 1:31pm
Strokeland Artists Funk up HornDrivenRadio
Strokeland Artists Funk up the Airwaves for HornDrivenRadio
Fred Harris, UrbanZone Productions
The triple threat funk jazz station, HornDrivenRadio, owned and operated by Raoul Fernandes is featuring the music of Strokeland Records Recording artists. Some of the high voltage funk and soul jazz artists that start the funk dialogue rollin’ with their heavy souln’ music are: Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Tony Adamo, The Strokeland Superband, Roger Smith, Mic Gillette, Larry Braggs, Santa Fe and The Fat Ci… Continue
Fred Harris, UrbanZone Productions
The triple threat funk jazz station, HornDrivenRadio, owned and operated by Raoul Fernandes is featuring the music of Strokeland Records Recording artists. Some of the high voltage funk and soul jazz artists that start the funk dialogue rollin’ with their heavy souln’ music are: Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Tony Adamo, The Strokeland Superband, Roger Smith, Mic Gillette, Larry Braggs, Santa Fe and The Fat Ci… Continue
Posted by Tony Adamo on February 5, 2010 at 9:21pm
JAZZ FESTIVAL BACK IN NYC 6/17-26 2010
The CareFusion Jazz Festival New York will be held June 17 - 26, 2010. After being without the annual jazz festival this past June for the first time in 37 years, jazz fans from around the world can celebrate the festival’s return. George Wein, along with his New Festival Productions, LLC, again will produce a 10-day festival that will cover the city with concerts. For the 2010 CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, Wein will be producing concerts in partnership with some of the city’s most unique a… Continue
Posted by jay lewis on February 5, 2010 at 12:43pm
A new podcast, Jazz, A Love Affair 14, link & play list.
Two parts of about one hour, Jazz, A Love Affair parts 1 and 2. This is a show that is part of my UK Jazz Radio broadcast. Here is the link http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
Part 1.
Randy Weston African Rhythms - Tangier Bay, 1995.
Joe Gaeta/Cengiz Yaltkaya - Jingles, 2008.
Von Freeman - Vonski Speaks, 2009.
Wes Montgomery - Surrey With The Fringe On Top, 1965.
Tim Warfield - Old Country, 2001.
Ronnie Laws - Compared To What, 1997.
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Part 1.
Randy Weston African Rhythms - Tangier Bay, 1995.
Joe Gaeta/Cengiz Yaltkaya - Jingles, 2008.
Von Freeman - Vonski Speaks, 2009.
Wes Montgomery - Surrey With The Fringe On Top, 1965.
Tim Warfield - Old Country, 2001.
Ronnie Laws - Compared To What, 1997.
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Posted by The Rep on February 4, 2010 at 10:42am
Aziza Miller Quintet @ Blues Alley Supper Club in DC on Feb. 16, 2010
Aziza Miller Quintet .......Bringing Jazzsoetry 2 DC
Aziza Miller-piano and vocals
Buddy Williams-drums
Chulo Gatewood-bass
Sly Scott-Tenor Sax
Gary Fritz-percussion
2 Shows @ 8 & 10 pm
Music Charge is $20
Reserve your seats now!
For tickets and info visit
www.bluesalley.com
or call 1-202-337-4141
Aziza Miller-piano and vocals
Buddy Williams-drums
Chulo Gatewood-bass
Sly Scott-Tenor Sax
Gary Fritz-percussion
2 Shows @ 8 & 10 pm
Music Charge is $20
Reserve your seats now!
For tickets and info visit
www.bluesalley.com
or call 1-202-337-4141
Posted by Aziza Miller on February 4, 2010 at 10:33am
Special podcast broadcast Winter NAMM Special HammondCast Show KYOURADIO
Special podcasted broadcast Winter NAMM Special HammondCast Show KYOURADIO
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http://www.kyouradio.com/player.php?id=19274 HammondCast KYOURADIO live recording with BERNARD PURDIE and FRIENDS at Winter NAMM Show "Pocket Funk" & "Mr.… Continue
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http://www.kyouradio.com/player.php?id=19274 HammondCast KYOURADIO live recording with BERNARD PURDIE and FRIENDS at Winter NAMM Show "Pocket Funk" & "Mr.… Continue
Posted by HammondCast on February 4, 2010 at 8:23am
Ketch A Vibe Show 13 UK Jazz Radio
www.ukjazzradio.com
Sunny-Mark Oakland
Human Loss & Gain-Club De Belgus & Radio Utopia
Behave-Jube
Day-Quadron
Spirits-Julien Dyne
Train Song-Innamorato Della Musica
Selah-Sharon Musgrave
If You Dont Love Me-Liquid Spirits Ft Phonte
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Posted by Aja on February 3, 2010 at 8:43am
Zodiac Digital Series (2010): Samples
Posted by Marta Graciela Bressi on February 2, 2010 at 6:11pm
Jon Hammond Band vote for us
Posted by HammondCast on February 2, 2010 at 1:51pm — 1 Comment
NPR - JAZZ & BLUES
Mumford And Sons: London Folk Goes Global
After bonding over a shared affinity for country, bluegrass and folk music, Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane began collaborating in 2007, with an enthusiasm that helped land them at the forefront of London's underground folk scene.The Willowz: Long, Flowing Locks Of Rock
From chord one at the Cutting Room Studios, the members of The Willowz ripped into each song like it was their last. A never-ending tour schedule keeps the anthem-loving garage-rock band tight in the midst of its freewheeling rock shows.Asylum Street Spankers: Going Gospel
For 15 years, the band has blended acoustic blues, swinging jazz, folk and even some kids' music. In NPR's Studio 4A, the group performs gospel music from its new, modestly titled album, God's Favorite Band.Ringo Starr: Still Charming At 70
After The Beatles split in 1970, Starr launched a solo career with the release of Sentimental Journey. Now, at 70, he's as active as ever. Starr just released Y Not, the album he says best represents his personality.Eubie Blake On Piano Jazz
This month marks the 122nd anniversary of James Herbert "Eubie" Blake's birth. Blake was the last-known original ragtime pianist when he appeared on the second season of Piano Jazz at age 93. On this program from 1980, Blake remembers his vaudeville days and writing the classic songs "Charleston Rag" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry."Marian McPartland Piano Jazz
Eubie Blake On Piano Jazz
This month marks the 122nd anniversary of James Herbert "Eubie" Blake's birth. Blake was the last-known original ragtime pianist when he appeared on the second season of Piano Jazz at age 93. On this program from 1980, Blake remembers his vaudeville days and writing the classic songs "Charleston Rag" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry."Ron Carter On Piano Jazz
Ron Carter has set the standard for modern jazz bass players. He rose to fame with Miles Davis, but went on to play with Stan Getz and Thelonious Monk. His recording work spans 2,000 albums, and he's had equally successful careers as a bandleader, composer and educator. Hear the bassist in a session on Piano Jazz.Cedar Walton On Piano Jazz
Pianist Cedar Walton was a guest on the very first season of Piano Jazz, and he returns as part of the program's continuing 30th-anniversary celebration. Walton joins guest host Bill Charlap to talk about his early attempts at composition, and to play his tunes "Midnight Waltz" and "Braymon's Blues."Marian McPartland On Piano Jazz, Part Two
McPartland and guest host Elvis Costello stroll down memory lane as she discusses her favorite moments from more than 700 episodes of Piano Jazz. Costello serenades McPartland with a moving version of "P.S. I Love You" and introduces a new song, "You Hung the Moon."Marian McPartland On Piano Jazz, Part One
The tables are turned, as McPartland sits at the guest bench to discuss her life as a performer and as the host of Piano Jazz. She reminisces about moments from the program's early days; then, guest host Elvis Costello sings as McPartland plays "Our Love Is Here to Stay."John Lewis On Piano Jazz
Pianist John Lewis was one of Marian McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979. The founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet talked about his legendary group and his first big gig with Dizzy Gillespie. He and McPartland flesh out the roots of bebop, playing Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" before winding up the hour with "Stompin' at the Savoy."Marian Petrescu On Piano Jazz
The fleet-fingered Romanian pianist has been performing at European jazz festivals since he was 15. With guest host Renee Rosnes, he romps through Oscar Peterson tunes and tributes to Art Tatum, but also displays a wide command of harmony on "Body and Soul."Swing Into The Holidays On Piano Jazz
Marian McPartland and her guests from seasons past share their favorite memories when they're not performing Christmas classics and original holiday tunes. Guest artists include George Shearing, Tony DeSare, Renee Fleming, Cleo Brown and Dena DeRose.Beegie Adair On Piano Jazz
Pianist Beegie Adair is known for an impeccable sense of swing and her smooth yet intricate playing. The Nashville resident has been an in-demand pianist for the town's best country musicians, but her heart belongs to those classic tunes from the Great American Songbook.Christian McBride On Piano Jazz
McBride is one of the premier bassists on the jazz scene today. He's appeared on Piano Jazz numerous times as a sideman, backing artists such as Jack DeJohnette and J.J. Johnson. On this program from 2001, McBride takes center stage to talk about his favorite gigs and to jam with host Marian McPartland in "Billie's Bounce" and "Midnight Sun."Sheila Jordan On Piano Jazz
Sheila Jordan's singing style lights up Piano Jazz with guest host Jon Weber. Jordan reflects on her early inspirations in Detroit and chasing the great Charlie Parker, who later became a close friend. Along with brilliant pianist and collaborator Steve Kuhn, Jordan sets flame to "Humdrum Blues" and "The Touch of Your Lips."George Shearing On Piano Jazz
In Shearing's second appearance on the program from 1987, host Marian McPartland reminisces with her fellow countryman about obscure British tunes, and the two have fun re-harmonizing "God Save the Queen." Shearing also sings and plays Cole Porter's "After You," and the two end with a two-piano version of "Indiana."Randy Brecker On Piano Jazz
Trumpeter Randy Brecker has been a tireless explorer of all kinds of musical genres, from funk to Brazilian to mainstream jazz. Brecker brought his group along for this Piano Jazzsession with guest host Bill Charlap.Aaron Diehl On Piano Jazz
Pianist Aaron Diehl is a fresh graduate of The Juilliard School of Music, but he's most assuredly an up-and-coming force in jazz. Dubbed "The Real Diehl" by Wynton Marsalis, Diehl displays brilliant technique and a truly creative approach to music, whether he's interpreting Tatum, Ellington or Mozart. He joins Marian McPartland on "Afternoon in Paris" and "One Morning in May."In Memoriam: Blossom Dearie On Piano Jazz
Host Marian McPartland calls Dearie an "incandescent singer and pianist" whose "delicate, swinging style makes every song a musical gem." The vocalist and pianist died this past year of natural causes. Piano Jazz remembers her life and music in an archival interview and performance.About
The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's changing the music, and for the better.~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Billy Taylor
Dear Tamm E:
Just a note to tell you that it is nice to read about you!!!
You share so much great info about others and about the music, but nice to know that you are WAILIN' yourself and getting appreciation!!
Global Jazz Network is a really important way for all of us to keep hooked up and informed and to SLOWLY BUT SURELY SPREAD THE MESSAGE AND THE PHILOSOPHY of what Jazz is in its many different forms and what the styles are/is all about.
Just played for Paquito's honoring and received gold medal
John Faddis, save Brubeck, James moody and a bunch of KILLER YOUNG players and we all played and spoke about Paquito and jazz and all fine music and Roberta Gamborini, who was excellent.
Wish you had been there!
Through you, Donald Harrison hooked me up with Pittsburgh Jazz info and I feel like i am living there just reading about all the great happenings.
As Fall is here, I am back to my normal insane schedule, but wanted to write you back BEFORE The STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS goes into effect. I am my own secretary, so I am dedicated but SLOW!
And I can't fire myself as my own secretary or I might get hit with an Age Discrimination Lawsuit (in case I decided to sue myself for clerical incompetence).
As of this moment, a new documentary film is being made about me, to be released a few months after my 80th birthday, which is coming up next year Nov. 17, 2010. (12 months from now).
The film will end with the videoing of the big 80th birthday bash at Symphony Space in NYC and then have snippets of films from the past, with all kinds of fun stuff from the 50's thru today.
It will be called "David Amram: The First 80 Years"
Fortunately, I don't have to edit the hundreds of hours of footage or do new music the score, since the film maker, Larry Kraman is also the founder of Newport Classics recordings and knows all my symphonic as well as operatic, theater, film and jazz and world music work, so I am in good hands!!
The same people at Newport Classics Recordings are also making a Spoken Word series for I-Tunes, with me reading from my three books Vibrations, Offbeat: Collaborating with Kerouac and Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat.
And they are also recording some of my chamber music compositions and a new jazz record,
Next Spring my opera "12th Night", with libretto by Joe Papp (all words of Shakespeare), is having its eighth production and being FILMED!! Even most dead composers aren't that lucky!!!
This last five weeks I have appeared all over the country at concerts of my music, conducting and playing, doing spoken word with music, jazz, folk and world music festivals, film festivals and readings from my books.
Just the first week of October, I played Lowell Celebrates Kerouac festival in Lowell Mass, then the at midnight , following my last concert there , drove all night to Lagaurda Airport to catch the early Sunday mornng flight for the annual Farm Aid Concert in St Louis, where i played with Willie Nelson's band. The next morning (Monday the 5th , I flew bck to NYC in tme for my monthly concert at Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village.
The next night (Tuesday the 6th) the memorial at Symphony Space for Frank Mccourt, and the next day Wednesday the 7th) the celebration of the new authorized biography of Thelonious Monk with members of his family and musicians I have known since I first arrived in NYC in 1955!!
The 11th i flew off to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates,( i got at least get a few hours sleep) and tried to catch up on over 200 e-mails during the 13 hour flight, before arriving there and performing a concert of global music in conjunction with the score I composed for Teri McLuhan's new documentary feature film The Frontier Ghandi.
Then back in the USA in time to do programs centered around a performance of my Saxophone concerto Ode to Lord Buckley, in Loudoun Virginia ..
Then I went off to Toronto Nov 1st for a concert and appearance at the Diaspora Film Festival .
Now i am back at home hiding out composing and writing!
I am starting my fourth book "David Amram: The First 80 Years", (the same name as the new doc film being made about me), which will be finished at the end of next year and will end, like the film, with the monstro birthday bash concert for my Big 80... 12 months from now....(Nov 17 2010) in New York.
And every day, still finding time to continue composing a new orchestral work, having been doing it while on the run, and now every minute when I can hide out at the Farm in between travels.
And performing whenever possible with my three kids, each of whom have their own bands.
So as the BIG 80 approaches twelve months from now, (2010) while I may be still shy, I am not yet the retiring type.
Most of my ever-changing my schedule info. when i can get my elderly secretary (unfortunately myself) to type it up, is posted on my web page www.davidamram.com under Upcoming Events.
And my e-mail amramdavid@aol.com is always the best way to reach me as I carry my laptop with me everywhere, and Facebook, MySpace, etc., is hard to deal with and not always reliable!
You might find it fun to access an old performance of my 1971 Rondo a la Turca on the Internet for FREE!!!
The person who is conducting the Chicago Symphony and playing the middle eastern flute (who looks like my grandson) is actually a much younger looking me in 1977, recording for a PBS network TV show about my music. Pepper Adams and Jerry Dodgion are also playing.
In 1977, most of members of the Chicago Symphony who appear on the recording of this performance had never heard, much less ever played, very much music from the Middle East, and since I write everything out on paper accurately to indicate the way it should be played, that's what they were playing, and they actually began to sound like the Radio Beirut Orchestra, and suddenly as the piece went on, they started feeling something different than they had ever felt before, as they played.
It is really fun to watch their faces as they started getting ingo the old time magical groove that Middle eastern music creates and takes you into.
During the first few minutes of the piece, you can see the musicians all playing up a storm but looking as if they were thinking that I was an alien from another planet in outer space, and had brought some extra terrestrial music with me for them to play.
And then as the piece progresses, you can see, as well as hear, that by the end of the piece, the idiom of this music got them excited enough to be actually enjoying playing it!!
And playing it really well!
That's what music, like film, novels, poetry, painting, dance, language and good HOME COOKING does for all of us.
It takes you to that place from where it comes, and makes you feel that you now have a new home in a new part of the world.
I send cheers from that endless road and wish you joy and energy for all you do
David
I was just saying that you knocked this out of the park with TGJN. We have needed something like this for so long and I am telling my friends about this. I said that it is sort of like a myspace for jazz but it is actually so much more. This is real. The people here truly love jazz and we know people like that are not your average people.
I have felt for a long time that straight-ahead jazz has been slipping away from us. I have hope now that there will be a resurgence (or shall I say an insurgency:-) to bring this baby back full force!
You just knocked it out of the park. Thanks again.
xoxo,
Janie
I would also like to add that I have the utmost respect and support for this and you, along with the fact that you are behind this idea, great big ups and cudos to you. Let's make some music together.
Chico
The Global Jazz Network is happening, you have always been brilliant and a hard worker, keep up the great work, we need this.
Brim
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Unearthing Prokofiev: Rare Works Get NYC Debut
When it comes to Prokofiev's music, pianist and Yale University professor Boris Berman is the go-to guy. Along with faculty and student musicians, Berman will present newly discovered pieces by the Soviet composer at New York's Zankel Hall on Tuesday night.Mahalia Jackson: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement
The gospel singer was born about 100 years ago in New Orleans, and when she was 16, she traveled the well-worn path up the Mississippi to Chicago. Beginning in the 1940s, she was one of the first singers to take gospel out of the church, drawing white audiences and selling millions of records. In the process, she inspired generations of singers.k.d. lang: An 'Immortal' Voice, Patiently Preserved
Tony Bennett once said that k.d. lang is in a league of singers that were "blessed with a destiny." Twenty-five years later, that destiny is celebrated with a retrospective album called Recollection. But she didn't get that voice without discipline.Gil Scott-Heron Makes A Striking Return
His hugely influential 1971 spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" has inspired generations of imitators. Today, after multiple stints in prison, Scott-Heron returns with a more introspective collection of music: I'm New Here. It's his first new recording in 16 years.Galactic: Noodle Soups And New Orleans Bounce
Just in time for Carnival season, the band's new album, YA-KA-MAY, combines the traditional brassy funk and soul of its hometown with an energetic regional dialect of hip-hop. Band members Ben Ellman and Stanton Moore discuss their project.© 2010 Created by THE GLOBAL JAZZ NETWORK on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
