Apr 2, 2024 12:59 PM
Saxophonist, Sonic Explorer Casey Benjamin Dies at 45
Casey Benjamin, the alto saxophonist, vocalist, keyboardist and producer who stamped his distinctive sounds on the…
From Oct. 31-Nov. 4, JazzFest Berlin will feature a diverse lineup of European, African and American artists for the JazzFest Berlin 2007.
The festival will open with the Algerian-French project El Gusto. Muslim and Jewish musicians will reunite after years of separation to revive Chaabi, the music they played together in Algiers in the 1940s and ’50s.
Other artists slated to perform at the festival include Florian Ross 8Ball, Wayne HorvitzGravitas Quartet, Michael Moore Quartet, Klima Kalima, Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts, Gebhard Ullmann, Django Bates and Henri Texier Strada Sextet. Numerous other artists are performing, as well, throughout the city.
For more information on the festival go to berlinerfestspiele.de.
Benjamin possessed a fluid, round sound on the alto saxophone, and he was often most recognizable by the layers of electronic effects that he put onto the instrument.
Apr 2, 2024 12:59 PM
Casey Benjamin, the alto saxophonist, vocalist, keyboardist and producer who stamped his distinctive sounds on the…
Albert “Tootie” Heath (1935–2024) followed in the tradition of drummer Kenny Clarke, his idol.
Apr 5, 2024 10:28 AM
Albert “Tootie” Heath, a drummer of impeccable taste and time who was the youngest of three jazz-legend brothers…
“Both of us are quite grounded in the craft, the tradition and the harmonic sense,” Rosenwinkel said of his experience playing with Allen. “Yet I felt we shared something mystical as well.”
Mar 12, 2024 11:42 AM
“There are a few musicians you hear where, as somebody once said, the molecules in the room change. Geri was one of…
Henry Threadgill performs with Zooid at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Apr 9, 2024 11:30 AM
Big Ears, the annual four-day music celebration that first took place in 2009 in Knoxville, Tennessee, could well be…
“I’m also at a point in my life where I don’t feel like I have anything to prove, like at all,” Akinmusire says about his art.
Mar 26, 2024 12:45 PM
At the risk of oversimplifying and romanticizing the story, Ambrose Akinmusire came bursting on the jazz scene at the…
