The Sound - Blue Note
- Friday, July 31, 2009
To coincide with the ongoing 70th birthday celebrations of Blue Note, Jazzwise looks at the history of the best-loved record label in jazz bar none.
To coincide with the ongoing 70th birthday celebrations of Blue Note, Jazzwise looks at the history of the best-loved record label in jazz bar none.
Known primarily as a saxophonist, bass clarinettist and composer John Surman has been a fixture on the UK and international jazz scene for as long as many of us can remember.
Acoustic Ladyland, the band that broke the mould back in 2001, was originally conceived in name if nothing else as a way of interpreting the groundbreaking music of Jimi Hendrix.
Christian McBride debuts his new band Inside Straight with the slightly tongue-in-cheek title, this month.
Bassist Stanley Clarke made an indelible mark on jazz history with Return To Forever in the 1970s and has since gone on to become a major star at jazz festivals around the world, reuniting successfully with Chick Corea, Lenny White and Al DiMeola last year.
When the Five Peace Band debuted in England last year at the London Jazz Festival it was clear from the majority of the reviews of the concert that Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Vinnie Colaiuta, had pulled off something quite spectacular.
Partisans are that very good thing, an unclassifiable band.
Singer Diana Krall may just have reached another peak in her career with the release of bossa-nova themed album Quiet Nights, arranged once again by Claus Ogerman.
“I think there is potential in a lot of different manufacturers for finding magical pianos,” says Mitchell.
Blessed with an enormous, joyful sound and the purest of tones, above all, on the tenor saxophone, Joe Lovano has not surprisingly moved to the top of the pile on the international jazz circuit in the course of his career so far.