Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
Duke Ellington is recognized as an unparalleled American musical genius who was a composer, bandleader and pianist. The impact of the mastery of Duke Ellington on other composers and musicians has rarely been examined. This concert seeks to change that as it will illustrate the impact of Duke Ellington on another major 20th Century American composer and musician, Charles Mingus.
The compositions which Charles Mingus wrote in tribute to Duke Ellington will be brought together into one dynamic concert. The Mingus Big Band will perform “Duke Ellington Sound of Love”, “Open Letter to Duke” and “Alive and Living in Dukeland”, among others. Selected Ellington music will be presented. The Duke Ellington Society is sponsoring this concert that will take place on Saturday, April 26 at 8 p.m. in Saint Peter’s Church, Lexington Avenue at 54th Street. Donation is $25 each at the door or reservations in advance, call (212) 675–7477.
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
“She said, ‘A lot of people are going to try and stop you,’” Sheryl Bailey recalls of the advice she received from jazz guitarist Emily Remler (1957–’90). “‘They’re going to say you slept with somebody, you’re a dyke, you’re this and that and the other. Don’t listen to them, and just keep playing.’”
Feb 3, 2025 10:49 PM
In the April 1982 issue of People magazine, under the heading “Lookout: A Guide To The Up and Coming,” jazz…
The Old Country: More From The Deer Head Inn arrives 30 years after ECM issued the Keith Jarret Trio live album At The Deer Head Inn.
Jan 21, 2025 7:38 PM
Last November, Keith Jarrett, who has not played publicly since suffering two strokes in 2018, greenlighted ECM to drop…
“The first recording I owned with Brazilian music on it was Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer,” says Renee Rosnes. “And then I just started to go down the rabbit hole.”
Jan 16, 2025 2:02 PM
In her four-decade career, Renee Rosnes has been recognized as a singular voice, both as a jazz composer and a…
“If you don’t keep learning, your mind slows down,” Coleman says. “Use it or lose it.”
Jan 28, 2025 11:38 AM
PolyTropos/Of Many Turns — the title for Steve Coleman’s latest recording on Pi and his 33rd album overall —…
