Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra Honors Quincy Jones article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Live Review » Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra Honors Quincy Jones Courtesy Maja Argakijeva ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Quincy Jones one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century. The concert, titled Jazz Classics: Quintessence by Quincy Jones, took place at the Macedonian Philharmonic Hall featuring a mix of big band […]
Take Five with Saxophonist Zishi Liu article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Take Five With… » Take Five with Saxophonist Zishi Liu Meet Zishi Liu Zishi Liu is a Boston-based saxophonist and music curator originally from China. He made history as the first Chinese artist to play at Boston’s famed Regattabar in collaboration with Blue Note Jazz Club in 2025. His work […]
Falling In Love With Love article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Play This! » McCoy Tyner: Falling In Love With Love ” data-original-title=”” title=””>McCoy Tyner and David Murray saxophone, tenorb.1955 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>David Murray collaborated on just three recording projects. One of them is 44th Street Suite (Red Baron, 1991), a release produced by Bob Thiele, who also orchestrated their first […]
Works—The Brooklyn Trio Finding Freedom in Space article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Catching Up With » Works—The Brooklyn Trio Finding Freedom in Space I wanted to create something bigger than just having a band. Something that served this tradition of music, this lineage known as jazz. Rob Garcia “I want to play music with these guys right now!” pianist ” data-original-title=”” […]
A Conversation in 1977 article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977 Baker doesn’t agree with many critics that East Coast music is really more emotional than West Coast, unless you can get emotional about volume, or how many choruses somebody can play without getting tired, or how fast you can play. This interview […]
150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting Pursuit of Music article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Vicente Archer: 150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting P… I offer myself, my heart, and my love for my instrument as well the love for myself, to the people I perform with. Vicente Archer An instrument created in the 1500s, the acoustic bass has become […]
No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Russell Gunn: No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original Courtesy Shahar Azron For me, if a song doesn’t have, not just a clearly recognizable melody but a clearly interesting melody, then I don’t really have any use for it as a song. Russell Gunn One […]
The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Catching Up With » The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies Miles Davis has been my greatest inspiration in my life as a professional musician and musical artist. Drummer ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Billie Davies‘ journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and […]
Dorothy Fields, The Only Major Female Songwriter Of The Golden Age article @ All About Jazz
Whenever there’s a discussion of the great songwriters of the Golden Age of popular music (1920s to 1960s), we hear the names Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, Frank Loesser, George Gershwin, and a few others. You don’t very often hear names Yip Harburg, PF Webster, Johnny Burke, Sammy Cahn, […]
Painting Music, Making Light article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Catching Up With » Stefan Smulovitz: Painting Music, Making Light Courtesy Dianna Arnspiger What fascinates me about both science and music is trying to understand things deeply – finding those resonances of how things work. When you start grasping those connections, this beautiful little vibration happens. Stefan Smulovitz […]