The 30th Annual Jazz Station Poll - The Best Jazz of 2008!

Os melhores do jazz em 2008 - The Best Jazz of 2008!

A seleção dos “melhores do jazz”, feita pelo historiador Arnaldo DeSouteiro, publicada pela primeira vez em 1979, chega ao 30º ano. Chick Corea (foto), Airto Moreira, Claus Ogerman, Raul de Souza, Gene Bertoncini e Carla Bley estão entre os artistas que brilharam em 2008.
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The 30th Annual Jazz Station Poll results by Brazil-born jazz historian & jazz educator Arnaldo DeSouteiro

(Chick Corea at the 2008 Montreux Jazz Festival, performing with RTF)

Esta é a lista dos que mais se destacaram, em 2008, no panorama jazzístico internacional. Atendendo aos pedidos dos leitores, que desde 1979 acompanham essa votação, incluímos – após o nome do primeiro colocado em cada categoria – o título do disco pelo qual o artista foi avaliado, com base apenas em lançamentos realizados no decorrer deste ano. A queda nas vendas foi violenta em 2008 mas, paradoxalmente, o número de edições e reedições aumentou muito.

Para variar, foram necessárias várias semanas para a preparação de todas estas listas, reouvindo discos, revendo DVDs, checando fichas técnicas e, às vezes, reavaliando opiniões. Tudo isso com o objetivo de fornecer o mais fiel possível retrato do cenário jazzístico em 2008, a partir de bases reais de análise. O que significa, por exemplo, que artistas que não lançaram novos trabalhos este ano, seja como líderes ou sidemen, tornaram-se, por mais geniais que sejam, automaticamente inelegíveis. Tal critério explica a ausência de feras como Diana Krall, Mark Murphy, Urbie Green, Hubert Laws e Andy Bey, que, apesar de terem realizado muitos shows, não lançaram novos trabalhos em 2008.

Explicando alguns critérios para melhor compreensão da lista, vale ressaltar que nem sempre um disco no qual certo artista tem uma grande performance (Ron Carter em “Jazz & Bossa”, por exemplo) é um álbum fabuloso. Isto explica porque Ron aparece em primeiro lugar na categoria de “contrabaixo” (ninguém teve uma performance tão fantástica neste instrumento em 2008), embora o disco não mereça figurar entre os melhores CDs. Aí estão os resultados completos:

Piano acústico/Acoustic Piano: 1º Ahmad Jamal (“It’s Magic” - Dreyfus); 2º Chick Corea; 3º Danilo Perez; 4º Keith Jarrett; 5º Dave Brubeck
Piano elétrico/Electric Piano: 1º Chick Corea (“The Boston Three Party” – Stretch); 2º Jaume Vilaseca; 3º Dawn Clement; 4º Alberto Bonomi; 5º Koichi Sato
Órgão/Organ: 1º Barbara Dennerlein (“Spiritual Movement No. 2” - Bebab); 2º Larry Goldings; 3º Chris Foreman; 4º Joey DeFrancesco; 5º Tony Monaco
Teclados/Keyboards: 1° Hans-Peter Pfammatter (“Nu-Gara” com Scope – Veto); 2º Chick Corea; 3º Alex Maguire; 4º Yumi Hara Cawkwell; 5º Lelo Nazario
Contrabaixo/Acoustic Bass: 1º Ron Carter (“Jazz & Bossa” – EMI); 2º Eddie Gomez; 3º Dave Holland; 4º James Cammack; 5º Avery Sharpe
Baixo Elétrico/Electric Bass: 1º Stanley Clarke (“Returns” com Return To Forever - Eagle); 2º Steve Swallow; 3º Marcus Miller; 4º Richard Bona; 5º Nathan East
Bateria/Drums: 1º Airto Moreira (“The Boston Three Party” com Chick Corea & Eddie Gomez – Stretch); 2º Idris Muhammad; 3º Lenny White; 4º Steve Gadd; 5º Bill Stewart
Percussão/Percussion: 1º Airto Moreira (“The Boston Three Party” – Stretch); 2º Marilyn Mazur; 3º Anant Sivamani; 4º Manolo Badrena; 5º Steve Berrios
Vibrafone/Vibes: 1º Gary Burton (“The New Crystal Silence” com Chick Corea – Stretch); 2º Joe Locke; 3º Stefon Harris; 4º Steve Nelson; 5º Mike Mainieri
Diversos/Miscellaneous Instruments: 1° Daniel Smith – fagote (“Blue Bassoon” – DS); 2º Niladri Kumar – cítara elétrica; 3º Bela Fleck - banjo; 4º Rabih Abou-Khalil – oud; 5º Xie Tao- gusheng
Violão/Acoustic Guitar: 1º Gene Bertoncini (“Concerti” – Ambient); 2º Toninho Horta; 3º Al DiMeola; 4º Felipe Avila; 5º Ralph Towner
Guitarra/Electric Guitar: 1º John McLaughlin (“Floating Point” - Abstract Logix); 2º Al DiMeola; 3º Larry Coryell; 4° Pat Metheny; 5º Kenny Burrell
Violino/Violin: 1º Christian Howes (“Heartfelt” – Resonance); 2º Jenny Scheimann; 3º John Blake; 4º Didier Lockwood; 5º Billy Bang
Flauta/Flute: 1° Jamie Baum (“Solace” – Sunnyside); 2º Nicole Mitchell; 3º James Moody; 4º Charles Lloyd; 5º Yusef Lateef
Clarinete-Clarone/Clarinet-Bass Clarinet: 1º Lucien Dubuis (“Nu-Gara” com Scope – Veta); 2° Klaus Gesing; 3º John Ruocco; 4º George Garzone; 5º Buddy DeFranco
Trompete/Trumpet: 1º Tim Hagans (“Alone Together” - Pirouet); 2º Randy Brecker; 3º Lew Soloff; 4º Arturo Sandoval; 5º David Weiss
Flugelhorn: 1º Marvin Stamm (“Fantasy” com The Inventions Trio - Palmetto); 2º Till Bronner; 3º Tom Harrell; 4º Kenny Wheeler; 5º Freddie Hubbard
Trombone: 1º Raul de Souza (“Soul & Creation” – PAO); 2º Gary Valente; 3º Sam Burtis; 4º Steve Turre; 5º Conrad Herwig
Sax Soprano: 1º Jane Ira Bloom (“Mental Weather” – Outline); 2º Dave Liebman; 3º Klaus Gesing; 4º Jan Garbarek; 5º Graeme Blevins
Sax Alto: 1º Kenny Garrett (“Sketches of MD” – Mack Avenue); 2º Phil Woods; 3º Bud Shank; 4º Wolfgang Puschnig; 5º Lee Konitz
Sax Tenor: 1º Sonny Rollins (“Road Shows Vol. 1“ – Doxy); 2º Andy Sheppard; 3º JD Allen; 4º Joe Lovano; 5º Houston Person
Sax Barítono: 1º James Carter (“Present Tense” – EmArcy); 2º Joe Temperley; 3º Julian Arguelles; 4º Chris Caldwell; 5º Ronnie Cuber
Cantor/Male Singer: 1º Tony Bennett (“A Swingin’ Christmas” - Sony); 2º Al Jarreau; 3º Boris Savoldelli; 4º Ed Reed; 5º Kurt Elling
Cantora/Female Singer: 1º Norma Winstone (“Distances” - ECM); 2º Cassandra Wilson; 3º Dianne Reeves; 4º Diane Hubka; 5º Judi Silvano
Grupo Instrumental/Instrumental Group: 1º Return To Forever (“Returns” – Eagle); 2º Manhattan Jazz Quintet; 3º The Marty Sheller Ensemble; 4º Soft Machine Legacy; 5º Scope
Grupo Vocal/Vocal Group: 1º Take 6 (“The Standard” - Heads Up); 2º Manhattan Transfer; 3º New York Voices; 4º Moss; 5º Hendricks and Company
Banda/Big Band: 1º Carla Bley (“Appearing Nightly” - WATT); 2º NDR Big Band; 3º Bob Mintzer Big Band; 4º The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra; 5º WDR Big Band
Compositor/Composer: 1º Gene Perla (“Bill’s Waltz” – PM); 2º Carla Bley; 3º Marty Sheller; 4º Maria Schneider; 5º Chick Corea
Arranjador/Arranger: 1º Claus Ogerman (“Across The Crystal Sea” com Danilo Perez – Decca); 2º Carla Bley; 3º Gene Perla; 4º Carlos Franzetti; 5º Marty Sheller
Engenheiro de som/Engineer: 1º Mark Conese (“Concerti” com Gene Bertoncini - Ambient); 2º Al Schmitt; 3º Rudi Grosser; 4º Jim Anderson; 5º Rudy Van Gelder
Revelação/New Talent: 1º Pablo Held – piano/compositor (“Forest of Oblivion” – Pirouet); 2º Lauren Sevian – sax barítono; 3º Hadrien Feraud – baixo elétrico; 4º Richie Barshay – bateria/percussão; 5º Xie Tao - gusheng
Produtor/Producer: Tommy LiPuma ("Across The Crystal Sea" - Decca)
Artista do ano/Artist of the Year: Chick Corea – pela reunião do “Return To Forever”, que gerou uma coletânea retrospectiva, dois CDs e um DVD (a ser lançado em 2009); pela monumental caixa “Five Trios Box” que incluiu o espetacular CD “The Boston Three Party”; e ainda pelos novos projetos com Hiromi e Gary Burton.

Os 10 melhores CDs instrumentais
The Best 10 Jazz Instrumental CDs
Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman: “Across the crystal sea” (Decca)
Gene Perla, Elvin Jones & Don Alias: “Bill’s Waltz” (PM)
Carla Bley Big Band: “Appearing nightly” (WATT)
Sonny Rollins: “Road Shows Vol. 1” (Doxy)
Gene Bertoncini: “Concerti” (Ambient)
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Airto Moreira: “The Boston Three Party” (Stretch)
Tim Hagans: “Alone Together” (Pirouet)
Delta Saxophone Quartet: “Dedicated to you - The music of Soft Machine” (MoonJune)
Bill Mays & The Inventions Trio: “Fantasy” (Palmetto)
John Stein: “Encounterpoint” (Whaling City Sound)






Os 10 melhores CDs vocais
The Best 10 Vocal Jazz CDs
Norma Winstone: “Distances” (ECM)
Cassandra Wilson: “Loverly” (Blue Note)
Dianne Reeves: “When You Know” (Blue Note)
Roseanna Vitro & Delirium Blues Project: “Serve or Suffer” (Half Note)
Diane Hubka: “I Like It Here/Live in Tokyo” (SSJ)
Anna Luna: “Sketches” (New Mood Jazz)
Judi Silvano & Cleome: “Live Takes” (JSL)
Boris Savoldelli: “Insanology” (Mousemen/BTF)
Ed Reed: “The Song Is You” (Blue Shorts)
Take 6: “The Standard” (Heads Up)



Os 10 melhores DVDs
The Best 10 Jazz DVDs
Mahavishnu Orchestra: “Live at Montreux 1984/1974” (ST2)
Quincy Jones: “50 Years in Music – Live at Montreux 1996” (ST2)
Chet Baker: “Let’s Get Lost” (Metrodome)
Duke Ellington: “At The Côte d’Azur/The Last Jam Session” (ST2)
Herbie Hancock: “The New Standard All-Stars in Japan” (JazzDoor)
Steps Ahead: “At Mount Fuji Jazz Festival” (JazzDoor)
Bob James: “Angels of Shangai Live” (VAM)
Friedrich Gulda, Herbie Hancock & Joe Zawinul: “For Rico” (Tribal Blast)
João Donato & Bud Shank: “Ao Vivo no Rio” (Biscoito Fino)
Chick Corea: “Hidden Archives” (Tribal Blast)





Projetos Especiais/Caixas/Reedições
Special Projects/Box Sets/Reissues
Art Pepper: “Unreleased Art, Vol. III: The Croydon Concert” (Widow’s Taste)
Dave Brubeck: “Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007” (MJF)
Chick Corea: “Five Trios Box” (Stretch)
Gary McFarland & Gabor Szabo: “Summer Sketches” (Cherry Red)
Albert Mangelsdorff: “Originals Vol. 1” (MPS)
Miles Davis: “Kind of Blue – 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition” (Legacy)
George Duke: “My Soul – The Complete MPS Fusion Recordings” (MPS)
Joe Farrell Quartet: “Hurricane Joe!” (Hannibal)
Monty Alexander: “Alexander The Great” (MPS)
Return To Forever: “The Anthology” (Concord)
Peter Herbolzheimer: “Big Band Man – The MPS & Polydor Studio Recordings” (Universal)
Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra: “Ten” (Water Baby)
George Shearing/Niels Pedersen/Louis Stewart: “The MPS Trio Sessions” (MPS)
Mario Castro-Neves & His Orchestra: “Brazilian Mood” (Decca/Vocalion)
Baden Powell: “The Legendary MPS Albums” (MPS)






Melhor Livro/Best Jazz Book
Scott Yanow: “The Jazz Singers – The Ultimate Guide” (Backbeat Books)
In memoriam: Freddie Hubbard, Teo Macero, Neal Hefti, Joe Beck, Hiram Bullock, Jimmy Cleveland, Johnny Griffin, J.T. Meirelles, Enio Santos, Jimmy McGriff, Phil Bodner, Butch Cornell, K. Abe, Bob Florence, Tony Reedus, Miriam Makeba, Israel "Cachao" López, Ray Ellis, Jo Stafford, Dave McKenna, Bobby Durham, Dave Carpenter, Ronnie Matthews, Jimmy Giufree, Lee Young, Joe Cocuzzo, Bill Reichenbach, Esbjorn Svensson, Bill Finegan, Chauncey Welsch, Gene Puerling, Dennis Irwin, Walter Santos, Bobby Tucker, Allan Ganley, Ozzie Cadena, Buddy Miles, Pete Candoli, Araken Peixoto, Warren Brown, William Claxton, Omar Clay, Nappy Brown, George Davis, Gayle Dixon, Mel Graves, John Edward Greeley, Connie Haines, Neal Hefti, Paul Landerman, Norman Hedman, Prince Lasha, John Osnes, Earl Palmer, Ancha Parghel, John Pearse, Joe Romano, Mary Ann Russo, Rosetta Reitz, Merl Saunders, David Sibley, Yma Sumac, Herbie Steward, Richard Sudhalter, Nelson Symonds, Frankie Tam, Andrew "Mike" Terry, Lawrence Wheatley, Peter Wyboris, Wilbert Arnold, Page Cavanaugh, Buddy Charles, Arnie Chycoski, Kenn Cox, Dick Dickinson, Davy Graham, Lars Hollmer, Frances Lynne, Jimmy Minger, Derek Moore, Al Nori, Norman Perrin, Jack Quigley, Lita Roza, Robert Ward, Guy Warren, Monty Waters, Klaus Weiss.

R.I.P.: Freddie Hubbard

Just got the sad news from my dear friend Doug Payne. I can't believe. I'm devastated. I'll miss Freddie Hubbard forever.
Yesterday I listened twice to the CD reissue of "The Love Connection", which, in fact, I have been listening to obsessively for the past month, along with other Hubbard albums I had been posting here during all this month.
Recently I found out that "The Love Connection", magnificently arranged (& co-produced!) by Claus Ogerman, was the one who represented Freddie Hubbard in the "peak of the peak" of his form, at the height of his powers, even more than any of his CTI dates that I adore. It's passionate + technically impeccable playing from the first to the last note.

He was my favorite trumpeter. I always considered Miles Davis more "important", because of his revolutionary spirit, something that I've always admired. But Hubbard was MY personal favorite. The first one I began to collect when I was 9 or 10, and my passion for CTI began. The first LP I bought on which he was featured was Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar", with liner notes by Ira Gitler. Two days later I found Milt Jackson's "Sunflower", whose intro of the opening track, "For Someone I Love," I used to listen each and every midnight as the theme of the "TAP Pelos Caminhos do Mundo" program on the JB-AM radio in Rio.

Then I got Hubbard's own Grammy-winning "First Light" (with Airto Moreira on percussion), followed by "Sky Dive," "Polar AC," (both also featuring Airto) "Red Clay" (his CTI debut) and "Keep Your Soul Together". Many years later, thanks to Doug, I also got the original vinyl pressings of the two "Hubbard/Turrentine In Concert" volumes, as well as of the compilation "The Baddest Hubbard".

It was a dream come true when I produced him in studio for a track for the Roberto Avila album in 1989.
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2007/08/freddie-hubbard.html

Later on, I had the chance to include Hubbard's tracks in compilations I produced (most notably the best-selling "CTI Acid Jazz Grooves" in 1997) and I supervised some of his CTI reissues for the Asian market. I regret the fact that his eagerly awaited "comeback album for CTI", which started to be recorded in '97 with arrangements by German pianist Jurgen Friedrich, was never completed, although JazzTimes magazine devoted a cover story to it. The track selected to be the first single was a jazzy version of James Horner's "My Heart Will Go On", the love theme from the "Titanic" movie.

Besides "The Love Connection" and all his CTI sessions as a leader, as a sideman (with Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Don Sebesky, George Benson, Randy Weston and Stanley Turrentine) and and as a member of the CTI All Stars, I strongly recommend Hubbard's albums with Woody Shaw (when he re-signed with the ressurrected Blue Note label), the superb live dates with the VSOP Quintet (specially "Live Under The Sky" and "Tempest in the Colosseum"), and a haunting track ("Portrait of Jenny", backed only by Dorothy Ashby's harp and David Garfield's celeste) from "Bundle of Joy", one of his many controversial albums for Columbia, the label for which he also cut the excellent "Super Blue" (reissued on CD inaugurating the Mosaic Contemporary label), the explosive live date "Gleam" released only in Japan (including a great version of Stevie Wonder's "Too High") and many studio dates like "Liquid Love", which featured Brazilian percussionist Mayuto Correa. Another renowned Brazilian musician, Paulinho da Costa, played congas on "Bundle of Joy," whose title track sounds like the perfect freeway soundtrack while driving from West Hollywood to Venice Beach. And Hubbard guested on Raul de Souza's best-selling album ever, "Sweet Lucy," (Capitol) for which he also wrote the liner notes.

From his early years, besides several good-to-very good albums as a leader for Blue Note and Atlantic, the highlights are the appearances as sideman on Oliver Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth" and John Coltrane's "Africa-Brass" (both produced by Creed Taylor, originally released on the Impulse! label and reissued in the 90s on CTI), as well as the historic Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz" (Atlantic). Not to mention two other Taylor-produced Quincy Jones sessions, "Walking in Space" and "Gula Matari", both from the A&M/CTI era.

Last June 2008, Hubbard was the cover story of DownBeat magazine, in an article about his 70th birthday and the making of his last album, "On The Real Side" (Hip Bop), done with the big help of fellow trumpeter David Weiss.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/12/rip-freddie-hub.html

A "new" Freddie Hubbard DVD, titled "One Of A Kind", is scheduled for release by the View Video company in the USA on January 20, 2009.
The DVDs filmed live at the Village Vanguard (previously released on LaserDisc) and at the Varsaw Jazz Festival are still available. Two other LaserDiscs, "Freddie Hubbard Live at the Blue Note" and "Wolf Trap Salues Dizzy Gillespie - An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master" (on which Hubbard performs humiliating solos on "Tanga" and "Tour de Force") are still awaiting a DVD reissue. I also recommend the DVD "The Chosen One / DownBeat 1975 & 1976 Readers Poll Winners", on which, among other numbers, Hubbard plays a furious version of "Straight Life".
I hope that someday some Japanese label could release the videos broadcasted by NHK TV from his performances with the VSOP and CTI All Stars supergroups, as well as his concerts as a leader in the Aurex and Live Under The Sky Festivals.

Here are the links for some of the previous posts about Hubbard's albums:

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Hubbard%22+%2B+%22CD+of+the+Day%22

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Hubbard%22+%2B+%22Vinyl+of+the+Day%22

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Hubbard%22+%2B+%22EP+of+the+Day%22

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2008/03/dvd-of-day-best-of-freddie-hubbard-in.html

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/search?q=%22California+Concert%22

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Freddie+Hubbard%22

Again: I'm devastated.
Rest in Peace, Freddie.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/12/rip-freddie-hub.html

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/12/jazz-trumpet-gr.html

http://www.jazztimes.com/columns_and_features/news/detail.cfm?article=11645
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"Freddie Hubbard had the most incandescent spirit of almost any musician I ever had the opportunity to play with. He struck serious fear in those of us who thought we were ready to play with him. All of us who played with Freddie, like Billy Childs, Kenny Garrett, Carl Allen and Benny Green, among many, many others, we were taught to play hard, with fire, with intelligence, to leave NO question as to who you were as a musician. I will carry his memory with me for the rest of my life." - Christian McBride
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From left to right:
keyboardist Julinho Martins, guitarist Roberto Ávila, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, engineer Pedro Santos, and producer Arnaldo DeSouteiro during the recording sessions for Roberto Ávila's "Come To Brazil" album at Sigla Studios (1989)
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"Freddie Hubbard was, I believe, the greatest jazz trumpet stylists of my generation. His influence is still being felt in the sound of many young trumpeters today. His warm tone and formidable technique will be considered marvels well into the future.Personally, I was so fortunate in that Freddie played on my very first album as a leader "Takin' Off". He was exactly the person I wanted and his contribution was groundbreaking. On a tune called "One Finger Snap" on a subsequent album of mine, his beginning improvised solo line worked so seamlessly that it became a kind of generic "melody" that most musicians still believe was the composed melody, when in fact it was not.
He and I crossed paths musically in several albums. In the group VSOP he was a founding member who's artistry helped propel that project, which began as a one time tour, to a decade of memorable musical inspirational moments for me.His legacy is secure in that he played a seminal role of the shaping of the evolution of America's foremost contribution to the musical arts, jazz." - Herbie Hancock

CD of the Day - "Freddie Hubbard: The Love Connection"

CD of the Day
Freddie Hubbard: "The Love Connection" (Sony) 2008

Produced by Freddie Hubbard & Claus Ogerman.
All Arrangements (Rhythm, Brass & Strings) by Claus Ogerman, who also conducted the orchestra in all tracks.
Executive Producer: Dr. George Butler
Featuring: Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Chuck Domanico, Chester Thompson, Rubens Bassini, Jumma Santos, Joe Farrell, Al Jarreau, Chuck Findley, Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young, Steve Madaio, Tom Scott, Dick Hyde, Phil Ranelin, Phil Teele, Ernie Watts, Guy Lumia et al.

Ogerman considers his score for the closing track, "Lazy Afternoon," his personal favorite arrangement ever! Curiously, but not surprisingly, since he adores that haunting Jerome Moss melody, recently Ogerman recorded a new arrangement of the tune on his album with Danilo Perez, "Across The Crystal Sea," featuring Cassandra Wilson on an impeccable vocal performance. This track is nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist".
But all the tracks on "The Love Connection" are outstanding, starting by the exciting title tune on which Claus shows his underrated skills as brass arranger (skills that were overshadowed only because of his genius as a string orchestrator; or, like Freddie himself wrote in the back cover, as "the greatest string composer of the century.") There are great solos by Freddie on trumpet and Chick Corea on MiniMoog, propelled by Stanley Clarke on electric bass, Chester Thompson (then a member of Genesis) on drums, and the late Rubens Bassini on congas & tambourine.
"Brigitte", dedicated to his wife, pictured with him in the album cover, had been previously recorded on the CTI LP "Keep Your Soul Together". But this orchestral is far superior, also thanks to Corea's solo on the acoustic piano and the late Chuck Domanico's pulse on the acoustic bass.
Then comes another wondrous orchestration, featuring French horns and strings: Claus' own composition "This Dream". A dream made in heaven, indeed. Hubbard's tone on the flugelhorn is simply glorious and astonishing, making the highly difficult melodic line sound apparently very simple. Maybe his greatest flugel performance ever.
"Little Sunflower" got a lot of airplay in the USA jazz radio stations at the time of the original release in 1979, mostly due to the presence of Al Jarreau, then at the height of his popularity. Al added beautiful lyrics to one of Hubbard's most famous tunes, previously recorded as "Sunflower" on a marvelous self-titled LP recorded by Milt Jackson (with Hubbard as guest soloist) for CTI in 1972, arranged by Don Sebesky, who is also nominated for a Grammy in the same category on which Ogerman was nominated. Both Corea and Bassini shine once again, but Jarreau doesn't scats. And Hubbard sounds superb on the flugel one more time.
Now, if you really love music, order this Japanese CD reissue right now (it was never reissued domestically in the USA, unfortunately).

Vinyl of the Day - "Freddie Hubbard: The Baddest Hubbard"

Vinyl of the Day
Freddie Hubbard: "The Baddest Hubbard" (CTI) 1975

Compilation Produced by Creed Taylor
Featuring: Don Sebesky, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Richard Wyands, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, George Benson, Joe Henderson et al.

LD of the Day - "Freddie Hubbard: Live at the Village Vanguard"

LD of the Day
Freddie Hubbard: "Live at the Village Vanguard" (Pioneer) 1982

Featuring: Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Lenny White
Directed by Bruce Buschel
Including intimate interviews with jazz historian Gary Giddins and with VV's founder, Max Gordon, on the Vanguard's kitchen!

Book of the Day - "Freddie Hubbard: Jazz Giants"

Book of the Day
"Freddie Hubbard" (Jazz Giants) 1990

It includes transcriptions of some of Hubbard's better known compositions such as "First Light", "Red Clay", "Little Sunflower", "Sky Dive", "Delphia", "Suite Sioux", "The Intrepid Fox", "Bundle of Joy", "To Her Ladyship" and many others.

DVD of the Day - "Freddie Hubbard: All Blues"

DVD of the Day
Freddie Hubbard: "All Blues" (Alpha) 2004

Filmed live at the Warsaw Jamboree Jazz Festival, Poland, October 1991
Featuring: Ronnie Matthews, Jeff Chambers, Ralph Penland, Donald Braden and special guest Mickal Urbaniak
Includes good versions of "Bolivia", "All Blues", "God Bless The Child" and "Blues for Duane"

Freddie Hubbard memorabilia - DownBeat 1974 Poll

Freddie Hubbard was elected # 1 Trumpet player of the year in the DownBeat 1974 Readers Poll, having received 977 votes. Miles Davis came in second with 899 votes, followed by Maynard Ferguson (512), Dizzy Gillespie (339) and Randy Brecker (255). Click on the image to enlarge it and see the complete results, published in the December 19, 1974 issue of Down Beat.

New Year's Eve Party at the Jazz Bakery in LA!

Jazz Talk: Jews, Blacks and Jazz

Jazz at Lincoln Center continues its 2008-09 Jazz Talk series with Jazz Talk: Jews, Blacks & Jazz. Many commentators, both black and white, have noted a special relationship between Jews and blacks. This is nowhere more evident than in jazz. In our third annual exploration of jazz and race, musician Don Byron, writer Stanley Crouch, musician Dave Liebman and Dr. Jeffery Melnick explore this controversial topic in a panel led by Dr. Lewis Porter.

For a full schedule of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2008-09 season events, go to: www.jalc.org or for more information on the Jazz Talk series, go to: www.jalc.org/jazztalk.

January 29, 2009, 7 p.m.
Irene Diamond Education Center at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through www.jalc.org or CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located on Broadway at 60th Street, ground floor. Box office hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Joao Gilberto's concerts in Italy are cancelled

Due to health problems, João Gilberto was forced to cancel, today, the three concerts (on January 2, 3 & 4, 2009) he was supposed to perform at the Teatro Mancinelli, in Orvieto, during the 16th Winter Edition of the Umbria Jazz Festival, officially titled "Umbria Jazz Winter". Now, both parties are starting to negotiate Gilberto's apperance in the Summer issue of the Umbria Jazz Fest, scheduled for July 10-19 in Perugia.

EP of the Day - "Bill Evans, Earl Klugh & Regina Carter"

EP of the Day
"Spartacus" (SPA) 2008

Side A
1. Earl Klugh Trio - "Love Theme From Spartacus"
Side B
1.Regina Carter - "Love Theme From Spartacus"
2. Bill Evans - "Spartacus Love Theme"

Norah Jones live with W. Nelson & W. Marsalis

NORAH JONES TO MAKE SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE AT
WILLIE NELSON + WYNTON MARSALIS CONCERT
FEBRUARY 9 & 10 AT ROSE THEATER

Norah Jones will make a special guest appearance at the Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis concerts at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 9 and February 10 at 8 p.m.

Jones is scheduled to perform a selection of songs on both nights. The concert is part of Blue Note's 70th Anniversary events taking place throughout New York.

In January 2007, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis performed live in The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the event was recorded for the CD "Two Men with the Blues" released on Blue Note Records and for the DVD "Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City" released on Eagle Eye Media, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment.
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Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street.

All single tickets can be purchased through www.jalc.org or CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located on Broadway at 60th Street, ground floor. Box office hours: Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. (or 30 minutes past curtain) and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. (or 30 minutes past curtain).

Ticket prices for Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis are $30, $50, $75, $100, $125 and $150.

CD of the Day - "Pat Thomas: Desafinado"

CD of the Day
Pat Thomas: "Desafinado" (Universal) 2008

Produced by Creed Taylor
Arranged & Conducted by Lalo Schifrin
Featuring: Rudy Collins, José Paulo, Carmen Costa et al.
The first CD reissue ever of Pat Thomas' first album for the MGM label (the CD came out in Japan, of course...), "Desafinado," recorded in 1963, was devoted to "exciting bossa nova stylings", like its subtitle says. It means it includes the first bossa tunes to become hits in the USA, such as the two Luiz Bonfá tunes for the "Black Orpheus" soundtrack: "Manhã de Carnival" (retitled "Carnival" with a strange set of English lyrics that I had never heard before; and no one takes the credit for this mess...) and "Samba de Orfeu", heard in a wordless version, as also happens to Djalma Ferreira's "Recado" (mistitled "Ricardo Bossa Nova" and with the name of his partner Luis Antonio nowhere to be found).
For music historians, it will be a delight to listen to the original English lyrics written by Jon Hendricks for "Desafinado" ("Slightly Out of Tune") and "One Note Samba". Both would be later unauthorized by Jobim.
There also the seldom heard English lyrics to Ary Barroso's "Bahia" (registered in the USA as "Baia") and "É Luxo Só" ("Soft Nights"). Lalo prepared unhinged bossa scores to the French classics "C'est Si Bon" and "Que reste-t-il de nos amours? ("I Wish You Love"), achieving better results in two songs by Margo Guryan: "Could Be" (co-written by the genius Gary McFarland) and "To Welcome The Day".
The late Brazilian singer Carmen Costa, by then living in the USA, appears on percussion, alongside her husband at that time, José Paulo.

R.I.P.:Eartha Kitt

AN APPRAISAL
Forever Feline, Forever Fierce
By STEPHEN HOLDEN - NY Times
Eartha Kitt, who died at 81 on Christmas Day, created a catwoman archetype that is now as embedded in our collective pop psyche as Mae West's swiveling sex goddess.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/arts/music/27kitt.html?th&emc=th

Nate Harasim & Darren Rahn to perform for Presidential Inaugural Gala

Nate Harasim and Featured Guest Darren Rahn to Perform for Presidential Inaugural Gala

Pianist Nate Harasim and guest saxophonist Darren Rahn will perform for the “A Time for Hope” 2009 Presidential Inaugural Jazz Gala at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Virginia (Washington, D.C.) on January 20, 2009. This high energy duo from nuGroove Records, also known for their work with the emerging group De’Nate’, are set to light up the stage at 5PM.

"This event is presented by High Society Productions and Cool Jazz Forever. A percentage of each ticket will be donated to Hope Farm, a mentoring program for African-American and Latino boys designed to create successful men and leaders in our society. For more info call Tom Kennedy at The Carlyle Club at 703-548-5953," as stated on www.presidential-inauguration.com Tickets are $350.

Arnaldo DeSouteiro's "Jazz Rock" in Korea

"Jazz Rock", the brand-new CD compilation produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for the Verve label, is now available in Korea.

To order your copy through Bugs CD Mall, please click on the links below:

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EP of the Day - "Eliane Elias: Runnin"

EP of the Day
Eliane Elias: "Runnin" (Fall Out) 2007

Side A - Vocal Mix
Side B - Dub Mix
Remixed by Darryl James & Fred McFarlane

Greg Cerrone tomorrow, Dec 27, @ Bypass

Bypass Genève
Carrefour de l’Etoile 1,
1227 Les Acacias Genève
Ph: 0022 300 6565

Quincy's "Summer in the City" on Lesen

lesen.de - Musik, Filme und BücherVeröffentlicht am 16.2.1998. Coverabbildung. Quincy Jones. Summer In The City ( Jazz Club). CD. Hörproben. Artikel am Lager. EUR 6,99* ...

Quincy Jones' "Summer in the City" compilation, produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, is a best-selling CD at Lesen webstore.
To order your copy, please click on the link below:
https://lesen.de/jazz/detail/-/hnum/4754677?rk=jazz&rsk=hitlist

Best jazz choices for New Years' Eve - NYT

New Year's Eve, Just Slightly Downsized
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

This year the holiday has been scaled back, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to celebrate. The Times's pop and jazz critics offer their choices of the best New Year's Eve events in New York.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/music/26anew.html?th&emc=th

Arnaldo DeSouteiro on Myyearbook00’s Blog

2008 November « Myyearbook00’s BlogMyyearbook00’s Blog ... You can compare both releases while reading this deep article by Arnaldo DeSouteiro. Link in comments Post by. Related Tags: ...

"Fashion Organic Girl" tomorrow @ Bypass!

Tomorrow, at "Bypass", don't miss the "Fashion Organic Girl - Who's the DJ? 2" party!
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Bypass Genève
Carrefour de l’Etoile 1,
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(Switzerland, of course)
0022 300 6565
Tracklist features dancefloor hits produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro and remixed by some of the world's greatest DJs!

"Summer in the City", a best-seller in Korea, on Dosirak CD Mall

음악에너지-dosirakSummer In The City (Verve Jazz Club : Trends). Quincy Jones. 2007-09-14 ... Swinging The Big Band : Jazzclub/Legends. Quincy Jones. 2006-09-22 ...

"Summer in the City", the Quincy Jones compilation produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for Verve, is now a best-seller also in Korea!

To order and read the album review, please click on the link below:

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EP of the Day - "Stanley Turrentine: Disco Dancing"

12" EP of the Day
Stanley Turrentine: "Disco Dancing" (Fantasy) 1978

Produced by Stanley Turrentine
Arranged & Conducted by Richie Rome
Side A
1. Disco Dancing (Richie Rome) 7:58
Side B
1. Heritage (Sonny Henry) 3:50
2. Feel The Fire (Peabo Bryson) 5:03

Marsalis to lead "A Celebration of America"

WYNTON MARSALIS, SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR TO LEAD
“A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA”
HOSTED BY ANDERSON COOPER & SOLEDAD O’BRIEN
LIVE ON CNN

To be held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on
Monday, January 19th at 7 p.m.

Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present “A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA” in the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2009 live on CNN at 7 p.m.

The evening’s program will look back on the life of one of the greatest of all Americans, and forward to a new era under a new President. An all-star cast will illustrate that American democracy and America's music – jazz – share the same tenets and embody the same potential for change, hope and renewal, which Dr. King himself called America's “triumphant music.” Special guest stars will be announced shortly.

“A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA” by Jazz at Lincoln Center is made possible through the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

"Summer in the City" in Switzerland @ City Disc

https://www.citydisc.ch/music/detail.cfm?lang=i&section=&art_nr=9468915&navid=142

Quincy Jones' "Summer in the City", the CD compilation produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, is available at CityDisc in Switzerland:

citydisc.ch - SucheQUINCY JONES ABC THE/MERCURY BIG BAND JAZZ SESSION ~ JONES QUINCY ... SUMMER IN THE CITY ~ JONES QUINCY Pubblicazione: 28. settembre 2007

R.I.P.: Page Cavanaugh

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-cavanaugh24-2008dec24,0,2303094.story

Page Cavanaugh dies at 86; pianist-singer led Southland jazz trio
By Dennis McLellan - LA Times
December 24, 2008

Page Cavanaugh, a veteran pianist-singer whose trio was a popular nightclub and recording group in the late 1940s and '50s and who became one of Southern California's most enduring lounge jazz artists, has died. He was 86. Cavanaugh, who also was a composer and arranger during his more than 60-year career, died Friday morning of kidney failure at a skilled nursing facility in Granada Hills, said Phil Mallory, Cavanaugh's bass player for 18 years.

During the early days with his trio, Cavanaugh appeared with Frank Sinatra at the Waldorf-Astoria and elsewhere, played for NBC Radio's "The Jack Paar Show" and appeared in movies such as "A Song Is Born," "Romance on the High Seas," "Big City" and "Lullaby of Broadway."

"He was always a creatively fascinating artist throughout his long career," music critic Don Heckman told The Times. "What he did with his most famous group in the '40s and '50s was to develop a new style, in which all three members of the group would sing in unison in a whisper fashion."

It was a time, Heckman said, "when jazz and popular music were in much closer sync than they are today, so that groups like Nat Cole and George Shearing and Page Cavanaugh could play with a distinctly jazz flavor and still reach large audiences and sell a lot of records."


The Page Cavanaugh Trio, which placed in Top 10 polls in Down Beat and Metronome magazines from 1946 to the early '50s, had chart hits such as "The Three Bears" and "She Had to Go and Lose It At the Astor." Cavanaugh, whose trio also performed at clubs such as Ciro's and the Trocadero in the '40s, had his share of long-run gigs, including regular stints at the Captain's Table on La Cienega Boulevard in the early '50s and at the Money Tree in Toluca Lake in the '80s and '90s.

In the early '60s, he formed a seven-piece group, The Page 7, that recorded for RCA and appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other TV programs. Around the same time, he opened his own club in Studio City.

But Cavanaugh, who performed solo in Las Vegas for a number of years in the '80s, had his share of career ups and downs. "At the end of the '50s, when rock 'n' roll came in, prices went down, and you couldn't get arrested," he said in a 1992 interview with The Times. "I'd end up playing in bowling alleys. It was a bad time."

Still, he said, "a life in music was a good choice for me. It's been a damn roller coaster, flying high one day, poor as Job's turkey the next. But I can't think of anything I'd trade it for."

Walter Page Cavanaugh was born Jan. 26, 1922, in Cherokee, Kan., and grew up on his family's farm. Both of his parents played ragtime piano, and he switched from his first instrument -- ukulele -- to piano when he was about 9. He later won high school solo piano competitions four years in a row and earned a scholarship to Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kan. But he stayed less than a semester and joined a Kansas-based band.

At age 20, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the Bobby Sherwood band, with whom he toured until he was drafted during World War II. While serving in the Army Signal Corps, he joined the Three Sergeants, a trio with Al Viola on guitar and Lloyd Pratt on bass, which played for officers' club dances and other functions. After the war, they became known as the Page Cavanaugh Trio.

The latest edition of the Page Cavanaugh Trio -- featuring Mallory on bass and Jason Lingle on drums -- released its last CD, "Return to Elegance," in 2006. Cavanaugh made his final appearance with his trio in June 2007 at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, where the band had played on Thursday nights for more than a decade. "He loved to entertain," Mallory said.

Cavanaugh, who never married, had no immediate surviving family members. There will be no services.

NY State Budget - Severe Cuts for Funding Music

New York State Budget – Severe Cuts for Funding Music – A Call to Action:

Background: New York State has a significant budget deficit and as a consequence Governor Patterson has proposed various cuts and new taxes. A number of these directly concern our membership including (a) cutbacks in funding for the arts; and (b) cutbacks in school funding that will directly hit the already vulnerable music budgets. Needless to say these measures will reduce opportunities to play, hear, record, and be educated about music. They also will have an economic negative impact on membership.

What We Encourage You To Do: Please contact your congressional leaders by email, phone, or in person to encourage them to oppose the proposed budget cuts. Below provides information from the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations that may be helpful.

The Governor's proposed cut for the arts in the current 2008-09 budget stands at
$7 million.
And the total cut to the 2009-10 arts budget is almost $10 million from the start of the 2008-09 fiscal year.
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CURRENT ARTS BUDGET 2008 - 09

The Governor's proposal remains unchanged. He proposes eliminating the NYSCA funds that have not yet been awarded from the OCTOBER and DECEMBER cycles totaling $7 million. This means that almost all of the almost 600 organizations in those two cycles will not receive any funding.....including those who have general operating support pending. The inequities are staggering!

This proposed reduction is the second one in this current budget (don't forget there was almost approximately a 10% reduction a couple of months ago). It will bring the NYSCA budget down to $38.9 million from $48.5 million at the start of the current fiscal year.
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2009 - 10 ARTS BUDGET

The Governor's budget proposes a "$7 million dollar" cut to NYSCA in 2009-10, or $38.9 million for local assistance/grants to the field. HOWEVER, this is actually almost a $10 million cut or approximately a 20% reduction from the beginning of the current fiscal year when the budget was $48.5 million. This means that there will not be an additional cut to NYSCA if the Governor's second proposed cut is approved by the Legislature.

NYSCA Operations budget is almost $5.5 million....down from $6.1 million at the beginning of the current fiscal year and down from $5.7 million after the mid-year cuts.
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OTHER ARTS CHANGES IN THE 2009 - 10 BUDGET

The Governor proposes merging the New York State Theatre Institute with the Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center ("The Egg"). Under the Executive Budget, the New York State Theatre Institute becomes a subsidiary of "The Egg", the Theatre Institute will continue to provide artistic and educational programming for children and families from its current facilities in Troy under the merger. State support for the new organization will be $3.65 million.
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ACTION STEPS

We must all take responsibility and act. In this economy no one can afford to sit on the sidelines. So here is what we all need to do:

1. NOW>>>>>>Make appointments to meet your legislators at home...in their district offices before the first week in January. These face to face meetings really matter. Tell your story; dramatize the impact of these cuts in your district. These meetings must take place before the first week in January when the legislative session will begin. We assume the first agenda item will be the Governor's proposed cuts to the current budget.

2. NYS ARTS will mobilize an EMAIL CAMPAIGN before the Legislative Session begins to deal with the current budget reductions. When you receive the email, send it to everyone you know.

3. Come to Albany the first week in January. The arts community must be there when the session convenes to deal with the Governor's proposed cuts to the current budget. We will confirm dates for you.

4. Mark ARTS DAY February 3 on your calendar. Come to Albany. Meet with legislators. Attend the ARTS DAY Reception at the New York State Museum from 5 - 7 pm. A huge turnout will be very important.

5. Watch for NYS ARTS Advocacy Webinars in January. Gather the tips and tools you need to meet with legislators and understand the complexities of the budget issues.

6. The Regional Captain Network, your local advocacy leaders, will be meeting in December to plan and strategize in response to the budget proposals.

CD of the Day - "Quintet of the Americas: Sounds of Brazil"

CD of the Day
Quintet of the Americas: "Sounds of Brazil" (MSR Classics) 2008

Produced by Barbara Oldham. Engineered by Paul Cox.
Recorded January, 2008 in Levenson Recital Hall (Brooklyn College), NY, it's a superb album featuring works by Brazilian composers Gaudencio Thiago de Mello ("Chant No.2 - Uirapurú do Amazonas," "O Canto da Yara," "Canoa Furada," "A Hug for Pixinga," "Varre-Vento" and "Pra Dormir na Rede"), Pixinguinha ("As Proezas de Nolasco"), Ernesto Nazareth ("Brejeiro," "Odeon," "Escorregando," "Apanhei-te Cavaquinho"), Ricardo Romaneiro ("Ventos") and Marcelo Zarvos ("Changes - Sextet for Winds & Piano").
Thiago de Mello (organic percussion), Blair McMillen (piano) & Scott Kuney (guitar) join the five virtuoso members of the Quintet: Sato Moughalain (flute), Matt Sullivan (oboe), Edward Gilmore (clarinet), Laura Koepke (bassoon) & Barbara Oldham (French horn).
Arranged by Daniel Wolff, Stephen Quint, Barbara Oldham & Marco Granados.

The Quintet of the Americas is one of the Western Hemispheres finest chamber ensembles. The Quintet is in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University. Since its founding in Colombia in 1976, Quintet of the Americas has delighted in performing music of South America. Following its successful recording "Dancing in Colombia," the ensemble is proud to be releasing this CD of music with Brazilian roots.

The idea for this disc originated with the Quintet s arrangements of music by Ernesto Nazareth and Pixinguinha. More music from Brazil was added to the Quintet s collection when their long-time friend and inspiration, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist & composer Thiago de Mello, began performing with the Quintet in arrangements of his brilliant songs by Daniel Wolff. Further collaborations with Brazilian pianist and composer Marcelo Zarvos led to the commissioning of "Changes." Rounding out the album is another commissioned work, "Ventos," by the gifted young São Paulo-born (and NY-based) composer, Ricardo Romaneiro.

Quintet of the Americas was founded in 1976 in Bogotá, Colombia, by five players from the United States who were the principal wind players of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. Two-time recipients of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Adventuresome Programming Awards, the Quintet s programs have included repertoire as varied as commissioned pieces involving electronic music, Sephardic music, Native American music, music from the African Diaspora and music influenced by jazz, as well as music involving the Quintet s collection of folk instruments including drums, flutes, rattles, conch horns, etc., and music with theatrical elements such as lighting, masks, and choreography. The Quintet has toured extensively in the United States, and in Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, the Caribbean, Ukraine and the Republic of Georgia.

The Quintet is currently in residence in the Department of Music and Performing Arts in the Steinhardt School at New York University. The group's extensive residency experience has included the Chamber Music America Residency Program in Chicago involving Northwestern University, the Chicago Youth Symphony and the People's Music School; Austin Peay State University (Tennessee); and several years at Hunter College (New York) and New York's Americas Society. The group has performed outreach programs for Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts, Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, 92nd Street Y, Midori and Friends, Fondacion Batuta in Colombia, Queens Symphony, and Young Audiences. In 2002, the Quintet gave master classes and concerts for the Special Secondary Music School in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and at the National Conservatoire in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. The Quintet presents a yearly one-week intensive Institute for Woodwind Quintets and Wind Chamber Music at New York University for high school and college students. The Quintet presented a Carnegie Hall debut recital in 1992 featuring three commissions for Quintet with orchestra.

Other important concerts have included the Carnegie Hall American Music Week Series at Weill Recital Hall, the Bermuda International Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, the Inter-American Festival in Puerto Rico, the Bar Harbor Festival, the Chautauqua Festival, the Pan American Music Festivals at the Library of Congress and the O.A.S. in Washington, the Festival Internacional de Música Contemporanea in Bogotá, Colombia (1993), the First International Congress on Women in Music and two Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festivals.

"Summer in the City" @ YES.FM

yes.fmDiana Krall · Summer In The City (Jazz Club) · Quincy Jones · Elton John Deluxe Edition · Elton John · The Singles Collection ...

"Summer in the City", the acclaimed Quincy Jones CD compilation produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for the Verve Music Label, can be listened on YES.FM through the link below:

http://www.yes.fm/usuario/fge1951

"Jazz Improv" - New Year Subscription Offer

New Year Subscription Offer
Specials on Jazz Improv Magazine Subs, CDs, Back Issues

Go to http://www.jazzmagazinesubscriptions.com/ and take advantage of any or all of five irresistible deals on subscriptions and back issues of Jazz Improv Magazine. This is our way of multiplying the holiday cheer and helping you overcome recession worries.

Order a two-year subscription to Jazz Improv Magazine and get two back issues (including companion CDs) absolutely free ($5 shipping charge). That's a $50 value. Save $100 when you order any of our Specially-Priced Holiday Back Issue Super Value Packs - You'll get 8 of our back issues and companion CDs for only $99 plus shipping. There are three different packages to choose from!

This offer is good only through December 31, 2008 (Please no exceptions!). To get this special pricing you must order through this link: www. or by calling our order department at 215-887-8808 and telling our operators "HOLIDAY CODE 2008."

CD of the Day - "Judy Roderick: When IM Gone"

CD of the Day
Judy Roderick & The Forbears: "When Im Gone" (Dexofon) 2008

This is an "enhancd disc". All lyrics and more can be found on this disk (just put in any computer and click on whenimgone.html)
Produced by Judy Roderick & Dexter Payne. Executive Producer: Bill Maxfield
Finally, from early 1980's sessions, the Judy Roderick CD, 4 songs with the legendary Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John) on piano & Hammond B-3. For those who remember the Judy Roderick & the Forbears cassette... this is the same set, remastered for Compact Disc, plus Judy's solo recording of "Floods" from 1976.
Featuring: Dexter Payne (reeds), Don DeBacker (guitar), Washboard Chaz Leary (percussion), Tim Martin (bass).
My personal favorite tracks: "(American) Money Blues", featuring a great Dexter Payne solo on alto sax, and an inspired reading of "Dream of You".

"...she had me hooked from Jumpstreet" - Dick Waterman
"Judy was the first of her generation of blues women, and still one of the best. To this day, her phrasing, tone and above all her originality are unmatched. A very important singer." -Dave Van Ronk

David Foster & Arnaldo DeSouteiro on "Wherehouse.com"

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"Do It Again" available @ BIG W Entertainment

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Eumir Deodato's "Do It Again", the best-selling compilation CD produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for the Verve Music Group, can be purchased by Australia customers through BIG W Entertainment. To order, please click on the link below:

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R.I.P.: Kenn Cox

Kenn Cox (Piano)
(born 1940, Detroit/MI;
died Dec. 19, 2008, Detroit/MI)

Obituary: The Detroit News.

Maceo Parker live at Jazz Café in 2009

Mean Fiddler presents
Maceo Parker
Jazz Café
Thu 21 & Fri 22 May (7pm)
Tickets £22.50 Adv
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Teddy Thompson brings you a special Christmas song

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS, TEDDY THOMPSON AND FAMILY BRING YOU...A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SONG

Teddy wrote the track, "Christmas," specifically to go along with his annual Christmas show, being held in London this year. The song features Teddy's Dad, Richard Thompson, on guitar and his Mum and Sister, Linda and Kamila Thompson, on backing vocals. Teddy is donating all his royalties from the song, as well as all proceeds from the sold out Thompson Family & Friends show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on December 17th, to Amnesty International.

Download Christmas exclusively at iTunes.

Teddy's "A Piece of What You Need" (Verve Forecast) featuring "In My Arms" is also available now!

Get it at iTunes.

Ed Neumeister Jazz Orchestra debuts, tonight, in LA!

We are happy to announce the formation of ENJO (Ed Neumeister Jazz Orchestra).

If you are in Los Angeles area, please come and join us for the World Premiere of ENJO Monday December 22 at the Jazz Bakery, my favorite jazz club in the entire LA jazz area. (btw, still owned by singer Ruth Price)

ENJO will be playing pieces, mostly, commissioned from European Bands and Orchestras; with the exception of a few pieces currently being played by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in New York, this music will be heard for the first time in the US.

December 22, 2008 (shows 8:00 pm and 9:30pm)
The Jazz Bakery
3233 Helms Ave.
Culver City, CA 90034
The Jazz Bakery Information & Reservations: 310-271-9039

CD of the Day - "Dave Brubeck: Classical Brubeck"

CD of the Day
Dave Brubeck: "Classical Brubeck" (Telarc 2-CD set)

Featuring Michael Moore, Randy Jones, Bobby Militello, Alan Opie, Russell Gloyd et al.

Vinyl of the Day - "Esta É A Turma de Samba"

Vinyl of the Day
"Esta É A Turma de Samba" (Albatroz)

Featuring: Edison Machado, Dom Um Romão, Luiz Bonfá, Maria Helena Toledo et al.

Peter Delano returns to NY

The Return of Pianist Peter Delano celebrating his Suunyside release "For Dewey"

“..Just listening to the sheer energy, joy and overall mastery of For Dewey, makes one more than half-past ready for Peter’s re-entry in the new millennium. I’m willing to bet it is going to be a giant step.” - Ira Gitler

"I can’t remember hearing anyone of his age that well developed...plus that ear, that technique." - Gary Bartz
One of the original New York “young lions,” pianist Peter Delano, makes a welcome, much-anticipated return to his New York stomping grounds with a special appearance at the APAP Convention on Saturday, January 10th, 2008 at 4:20pm in the Harlem Suite of the Hilton Hotel, in celebration of the 1996 recording with Dewey Redman, just released on Sunnyside Records, "For Dewey." The first time I watched him was in 1994, on the LaserDisc "Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters - Verve 50th Anniversary", later reissued on DVD in 2002, but only in Asia.

New York pianist Peter Delano thrived in the nineties….a leader of the pack, a photogenic child prodigy, an impossible teenage amalgam of McCoy Tyner’s chordal power, Bud Powell’s linear luminosity, and Keith Jarrett’s pianistic poetry. A student of Red Rodney’s pianist Gary Dial, Delano performed and recorded with the likes of Michael Brecker, Gary Bartz, and Lewis Nash, and burst on the scene with his self-titled 1993 Verve debut, at the age of seventeen, followed by his 1994 Polygram release "Bite of the Apple." He enrolled at Columbia University, but tragically, suffered a debilitating back injury that forced him to stop playing, until he resumed his career in 2007.

"For Dewey" - recorded in 1996 and released on Sunnyside for the first time ever – is a posthumous tribute to the late great tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, with Danish drummer Anders Hentze and bassist Doug Weiss. As Ira Gitler wrote in his liner notes, “Peter continued to fulfill his great promise with his ‘94 release, "Bite of the Apple." What is now "For Dewey" was to be his third CD. It didn’t make it to the public because Peter began to matriculate at Columbia University. He wasn’t available to tour ‘in support’ (as they say) of his recordings and labels want their artists to be visible. For Dewey was yet another forward step. The originals reflect a still-growing Peter, as do his interpretations of the three standards. Redman is a presence on three of the five originals and there is magic in the interaction of the two principals.”

"For Dewey" represents for Peter Delano not only a return to the world of recorded music; it also marks the re-emergence of a shining star in a galaxy of jazz talents.

CD-Single of the Day - "Eliane Elias: Movin' Me On"

CD-Single of the Day
Eliane Elias: "Movin' Me On" (BMG) 2004

Produced by Eliane Elias, Engineered by Joe Ferla
Co-Produced by Marc Johnson & Steve Rodby
1. Movin' Me On (Eliane Elias/Marc Johnson)
2. Movin' Me On (Da Blanke Street Mix) - Remix Producer: Kyle "Small" Smith
3. Tangerine (Johnny Mercer/Victor Schertzinger)

R.I.P.: Derek Moore

Derek Moore (Clarinet)
(born April 19, 1931, UK;
died July 15, 2008, UK)

Obituary: The Guardian.

Single of the Day - "Esther Phillips: For All We Know"

Single of the Day (45rpm, pic sleeve)
Esther Phillips: "For All We Know" (Kudu) 1976

Produced by Creed Taylor, Arranged & Conducted by Joe Beck
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Featuring: Don Grolnick, Will Lee, Chris Parker, Nicky Marrero, George Devens, Ronnie Cuber, Michael Brecker, Frank Vicari, Randy Brecker, Barry Rogers et al.

Creed Taylor on "Zune"

http://social.zune.net/artist/Creed+Taylor/42FE0100-0600-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933/overview

Zune.net Music - Creed TaylorArnaldo DeSouteiro · Joel Dorn · Orrin Keepnews · Tommy LiPuma · chartssee all · This week All time · The Nervous Beat ...

R.I.P.: Buddy Charles

Buddy Charles (piano, vocal)
(born 1927, Chicago/IL;
died Dec. 18, 2008, Chicago/IL)

Obituary: Chicago Tribune.

"Party Time" tomorrow @ Bypass!

Setlist includes many tracks produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro and remixed by some of the world's finest DJs.
Bypass Genève 2008
Carrefour de l’Etoile 1,
1227 Les Acacias Genève
Ph: 0022 300 6565

Swing in the New Year at Dizzy's Club in NY!

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
NEW YEAR'S EVE

Paquito D'Rivera & Cuban Jazz: The Next Generation
with Luis Mario Ochoa, Manuel Valera, Armando Gola,
Ernesto Simpson & Pedro Martinez

Early Diz: $150 per person
doors open at 6pm, music begins at 7:30pm
(Includes music charge, three-course meal and CD)

Midnite Diz: $250 per person
doors open at 10pm, music begins at 11pm (Includes music charge, three-course meal w/additional tasting plate, one glass of wine per course/per person, champagne toast and CD)

Latenite Diz: $20 per person
Antonio Madruga Trio & Special Guests
music begins at 1am
(No reservations required. Come for Midnite Diz and stay for Latenite Diz.)

RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW!

RSVP by calling: 212-258-9595 or 212-258-9795

Win tickets to The Fly's New Year's Eve

Bosh! presents
A Rogueish New Year's Eve Party at The Fly

Mean Fiddler has a pair of tickets to The Fly's New Year's Eve Bash to give away to the lucky winner who can answer this question:
Rogues are head up a great line-up for a NYE special, but what amphibious creature is the bass player named after???
Answers to competitions@meanfiddler.co.uk by Wednesday 28 December latest.

CD of the Day - "Selected 2008 Classics & Jazz"

CD of the Day
"Selected 2008 - Classics & Jazz" (Universal, 2-CD box set ) 2008

Disk 1 includes 23 tracks featuring performances by Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott, Lang Lang, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez, Maurizio Pollini, Jonas Kaufmann, Danielle de Niese, Thomas Quasthoff, Joan Sutherland, Friedrich Gulda, Gustavo Dudamel, Andrea Bocelli and many others.
Disk 2 includes 13 tracks featuring Melody Gardot, Julia Hulsmann Trio, Lizz Wright, David Sanborn, Charlie Haden, Tok Tok Tok, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Ledisi, Till Bronner, Marcin Wasilewski, Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock & Stevie Wonder and Nils Petter Movaer.

Box Set of the Day - "To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story"

Box set of the Day (3CD + DVD)

Nina Simone: "To Be Free - The Nina Simone Story" (Sony) 2008

Jazz singer and pianist Nina Simone was such a prodigious talent that even a four-disc box set might seem too small a canvas to fully sketch her genius, but "To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story" is nonetheless an ideal introduction. The three CDs contain 51 tracks covering Simone's career from 1953 to 1993, from her beginnings as a classically trained supper club artiste through her period of political awakening into her later, idiosyncratic blend of jazz, blues, pop, and rock. Including tracks from her periods at the Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, RCA, PM, CTI (which released the controversial "Baltimore" LP, my favorite Nina album ever) and Elektra labels. The fourth disc is a DVD containing a documentary film with live concert footage that was completed in 1970 but never released until this set. The set also contains eight previously unreleased songs and a book with essays and track-by-track commentary. Includes 24 live tracks and 8 previously unreleased songs, plus the first ever Nina Simone DVD featuring a stunning documentary and 9 additional performances

Truly one of of the greatest African-American female vocalists of the 20th century Nina Simone (1933-2003) holds a special position of honor for the fearless role she played as an uncompromising ambas­sador of cultural pride at the height of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements from the late 1950s to the 1970s.

The musical roots and branches of Nina Simone’s life are explored in depth. Includes an alternative of the classic track, Ain’t Got No-I Got Life, which continues to be featured in Müller’s advertising campaign.

Aside form the 3 discs & dvd, it comes complete with previously unseen photography from Simone‘s family archives, photos from the personal collection of Nina Simone historian Sylvia Hampton as well as meticulously researched track-by-track annotations written by David Nathan.

Single of the Day - "Grover Washington,Jr.: Masterpiece"

Single of the Day (45rpm, pic sleeve)
Grover Washington, Jr.: "Masterpiece" (CTI) 1973

Radio edit version of The Temptations' hit written by Norman Whitfield and covered by Grover on his Kudu album "Soul Box"
Arranged & Conducted by Bob James
Produced by Creed Taylor, engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Featuring: Richard Tee, Bob James, Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad, Airto Moreira, Ralph MacDonald, Eric Gale, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Bernie Glow, Wally Kane, Hubert Laws, George Marge et al.

EP of the Day - "ET & Deodato"

EP of the Day
E.T. with Deodato: "Hurt Me With Your Love" (Posse) 1985

Produced by Eumir Deodato & ET
Written by D. Mettee & G. Holof
Radio Version Mixed by Deodato, Instrumental & Club Versions Mixed by Kenny Beck
Recorded at Deodato's Duplex Sound Studio, Tribeca Park, NY

From the original press-release signed by Rich Weinman of Posse Records:
"Now, you must admit for the last couple of years the world of dance music has been dominated by the great Shannon, Chaka and His Royal Badness.
Now for something new and refreshing... let me introduce to you the electric lady E.T.
Producer Deodato is the key to this highly erotic production. A very European flavour is evident throughout this track. At 128 bpm's, "Hurt Me With Your Love" reminds me of a cross between "Forbidden Love" and "Love to Love You Baby." The romantic overtones are HOT and STEAMY, and it sounds like E.T. is constantly on the verge of orgasm.
Close your eyes and imagine yourself entralled in the arms of the beautiful E.T."

April Hall lights up Scullers in January

JAZZ SINGER APRIL HALL LIGHTS UP SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
New CD Just Released: "Fun Out Of Life"

Bee Boy Records has just released jazz singer April Hall’s "Fun Out Of Life." In sync with the new disc, Hall is booked for a special engagement on Wednesday, January 7 at 8:00 p.m. at Scullers Jazz Club in the DoubleTree Guest Suites-Boston [400 Soldiers Field Road, Allston]. Tickets at $20.00 can be purchased on line at www.ticketweb.com or by calling: 617-562-4111. For full information, call: 617-562-4111. Scullers is wheelchair accessible.

Hall’s crackerjack band at Scullers will feature Tim Ray on piano, Kenny Hadley on drums, Mark Poniatowski on bass, Jon Damian on guitar, Tom Hall on tenor and baritone sax and Amadee Castenell on tenor sax and flute. April Hall is set to take Scullers and Boston by storm!

Singer April Hall is a Florida native who grew up on a cattle ranch! She has roots steeped in southern tradition, music and culture. Her deep heritage in gospel and blues combine with urban soulfulness, jazz and sophistication to create music that’s pure, gutsy, and unmistakably authentic.

Her new CD, "Fun Out of Life" features jazz standards such as “I’ve Got The World On A String” (which is sung as a ballad), “You Must Believe In Spring,” and “This Can’t Be Love.” "Fun Out of Life" is a followup to her 2000 release "Something Like That," which received rave reviews for her bluesy, gutsy, folksy style.

Kristin Korb trio live in LA, tomorrow!

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 6PM-10PM
KRISTIN KORB TRIO
Kristin Korb (Voc/B), Llew Matthews (P), Steve Barnes (D)

“Kristin Korb’s subtle linkage between her voice and her bass make her shine in a crowded field.” Don Heckman-L.A. Times.

Imagine a player who sings in the tradition of Ella and plays the bass with the authority and swing of the great Ray Brown. With these and many other strong influences, Kristin Korb has created a style and presence all her own. She has appeared with many jazz luminaries, incl., Clark Terry, Bobby Shew, Jeff Hamilton and many others.

“I’ve never heard anyone scat quite that fast! She has a great feeling – very musical.” - Ray Brown

The Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel
BRASSERIE JAZZ LOUNGE
5985 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-642-7500, www.CrownePlaza.com
No Cover; $15.00 Minimum Food or Drink;
Validated Parking; Los Angeles Jazz Society Card Members Receive 15% off Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages

Ingrid Powell live @ Sheraton LA on Friday

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 6PM-9PM
INGRID POWELL QUARTET @ The Sheraton LA Downtown Hotel
Ingrid Powell (vocals), Thom Rotella (guitar), Edwin Livingston (bass) & Paul Kreibich (drums)

Jazz vocalist/songwriter Ingrid Powell is taking Los Angeles by storm with her 4.5 octave range. Her debut CD "Wild Is Love" to be released early 2009, demonstrates her vocal dexterity and musicality. The CD, produced with an impressive core of professional icons, such as multi-Grammy award-winning producer/recording engineer, Elliot Scheiner, Grammy nominated guitar virtuoso Jorge Strunz (of famed duo Strunz & Farah that recorded for Fantasy in the 80s), as well as drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, bassist Carlitos del Puerto, pianist/arranger Tamir Hendelman & drummer Jimmy Branly. This Friday performance as well, features top LA jazz notables, including writing partner Thom Rotella (Herbie Hancock, Stanley Turrentine). Don’t Miss It!

The Sheraton
Los Angeles Downtown Hotel
JAZZ AT THE LOBBY BAR
711 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-488-3500, www.Sheraton.com/LosAngeles

No Cover - Self Parking (First 2 Hrs FREE) – 50% OFF All Bar Snacks
(Full Bar Selection) – 20% OFF Dinner At The Grill – Special “Jazz” Room Rate
Make A Night Of It!

Monterey Jazz Festival awarded

Monterey Jazz Festival Wins "World's Best Jazz Festival" Award In 2008 JazzTimes Readers' Poll For Third Consecutive Year
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars Receive Two Grammy Nominations For Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

MJF Veterans Terence Blanchard And James Moody Nominated For “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” Grammys
Grammy Nominations Are Historic First For Monterey Jazz Festival Records

MJF Commissioned Work, Appearing Nightly At The Black Orchid By Carla Bley Also Nominated For Grammy

The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958, is proud to announce that the 2008 JazzTimes Readers’ Poll has named the Monterey Jazz Festival as the top jazz festival in the world for the third consecutive year.

The JazzTimes Readers' Poll win reflects MJF’s commitment to presenting the best cross section of creative artists in the jazz world, showcasing the genre's most promising emerging talents, and presenting the country’s top student jazz bands. Highlights of the 51st Festival, held September 19 - 21, 2008, included stellar debuts from Cassandra Wilson, the Derek Trucks Band and Jamie Cullum, with highly anticipated returns of jazz legends and NEA Jazz Masters Nancy Wilson, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter.

MJF/51 Artist-In-Residence, bassist Christian McBride was in full form with a number of his ongoing electric and newly-minted acoustic endeavors, and the Monterey fans were treated to several special projects that were crowd-pleasers: Willow Lake from the Maria Schneider Orchestra (her second commissioned composition for the Festival); the polished Tribute to Cannonball Adderley with Tom Scott, Terence Blanchard and Nancy Wilson; the Kurt Elling Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane homage, Dedicated to You; and Cuban Lullabies from Maraca. In 2008, 43,000 people attended MJF/51.

The Festival is also proud to announce that NEA Jazz Master and longtime MJF veteran, saxophonist James Moody, and 2007 MJF Artist-In-Residence, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, have both been nominated for Grammy Awards in the “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” category for their improvisations from the Dizzy Gillespie-penned classic song, “Be-Bop” off the Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival recording on Monterey Jazz Festival Records.

Collectively known as the “Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars,” this stellar group of three generations of jazz masters included James Moody on saxophone; Terence Blanchard on trumpet; Benny Green on piano; Nnenna Freelon on vocals; Derrick Hodge on bass; and Kendrick Scott on drums. The band made two appearances at MJF/50 in 2007 and appeared in a nationwide, 52-date tour across twenty-two states in the first quarter of 2008, performing for over 43,000 fans. The Monterey Jazz Festival Records Grammy nomination will be Mr. Moody’s fourth; Mr. Blanchard has been nominated for eleven Grammys and has won the award three times.

Since the label was launched in 2007, the not-for profit Monterey Jazz Festival Records (an imprint of Concord Records) has released thirteen historic records, including never-before-released live sets from Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Shirley Horn (her "Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival" was recently named by the web magazine Slate as the #2 jazz album of 2008), Thelonious Monk, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Sarah Vaughan. The 50th Anniversary All-Stars’ Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival represents the label’s first non-archival recording, and is the first of the ongoing series to be nominated for Grammys. The Grammy winners will be announced on February 9, 2009 on CBS.

In a related development, the Festival is also proud to announce that the Carla Bley Big Band recording for the WATT/ECM label, "Appearing Nightly," has been nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album” category. The title track, “Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid” was commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival and made its premiere at MJF/48 on September 17, 2005 on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena. In addition, the web magazine Slate has named Appearing Nightly as the #5 jazz album of 2008.

The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival will take place September 18 - 20, 2009 and will feature a roster of jazz legends and talented newcomers alike. For MJF/52, the Festival has named as Artists-In-Residence the New Orleans-born trumpeter and multiple Grammy Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize recipient, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The full roster for the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival will be announced on March 30, 2009; tickets will go on sale the same day. Updates can be found on the web at www.montereyjazzfestival.org

CD of the Day - "Hubert Laws: Say It With Silence"

CD of the Day
Hubert Laws: "Say It With Silence" (Sony) 2008

Produced & Arranged by Hubert Laws. For more details: http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2008/10/coming-soon-freddie-hubbard-hubert-laws.html

R.I.P.: Frances Lynne

Frances Lynne
(born Dallas/TX;
died Dec. 4, 2008, San Francisco/CA)

The singer Frances Lynne sang with Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond in the late 1940s, then went on to sing with Charlie Barnet and Gene Krupa. In the 1950s she sang with the clarinetist Jerry Wald's orchestra whose saxophonist Al Cohn wrote vocal charts for her. Later she settled in San Francisco, sold cosmetics and from time to time sang in a local gay bar with a country & western band. Obituary: San Francisco Chronicle.

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What you're saying

Dear Arnaldo,

Our records show that you live in California's 23rd district. You helped build the most powerful and effective grassroots movement in America.

Now, you're helping to define how this movement will support President-elect Obama's agenda and continue to bring the change we need. The more voices that are part of this process, the better the results will be.

And so far, the response has been remarkable -- 550,000 people completed the online supporter survey. And this past weekend, supporters organized more than 4,000 Change is Coming house meetings in 2,000 cities across all 50 states.

Take an inside look at a house meeting in Virginia. Watch the video, see photos from meetings all across the country, and share your feedback. Supporters like you are deciding how this movement will go forward. And your dedication is incredible.

House meetings were held in 2,000 cities. In Florida there were 302 events across the state. In Pennsylvania there were 165, and Ohio had 160. From these meetings, survey responses, and thousands of conversations on My.BarackObama and email, your ideas about the future of this organization are taking shape.

Here are a few things you shared in the survey:
House meetings were the primary way supporters got involved in the campaign;
People are excited to volunteer around a number of top issues, including education, the environment, health care, poverty, and the economy;
86 percent of respondents feel it's important to help Barack's administration pass legislation through grassroots support;
68 percent feel it's important to help elect state and local candidates who share the same vision for our country;
And a staggering 10 percent of respondents indicated that they would be interested in running for elected office;

This feedback is essential to our next steps, because this movement is fueled by your ideas and your passion.

Watch the house meetings video and get involved by taking the survey or hosting a meeting of your own:
http://my.barackobama.com/meetingvideo

Between now and Barack's inauguration, we'll continue to collect your ideas and feedback. After the inauguration, we should be able to announce a clear plan for the future of this movement -- a plan determined by you.

Thanks for being a part of this journey to bring about change in the years to come,

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

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Larry Coryell's "Vera Cruz" video

YouTube - nikobass4's Channel
Vera Cruz (Milton Nascimento) - 9:01 Note: (a) Arnaldo DeSouteiro, who suggested to Creed Taylor many of the Brazilian participants here, kindly provided ...

"Opus Samba" in Austria at T-Mobile Jukebox

https://www.music.t-zones.at/track/Fabio_Fonseca_Trio/Cochise/15028212/&cref=30

T-Mobile Jukebox - Music that stays with youKünstler: Fabio Fonseca Trio; Album: Opus Samba; Label: Believe Digital; Dauer: 6:12; Preis: 1,90€. Weiterempfehlen. Probehören kaufen

"Opus Samba", produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for JSR

CD of the Day - "Deanna Witkowski: Length of Days"

CD of the Day
Deanna Witkowski: "Length of Days" (ArtistShare) 2005

Nice originals (the sensual opening track, "Beautiful Hands," reveals the strong influence of Eliane Elias) and creative renditions of such tunes as "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo," "Straight, No Chaser," "In The Still of The Night" and specially "I'm Beginning To See The Light" (done in a delightful afro-cuban groove) make this album by NY-based pianist/vocalist Deanna Witkowski a highly recommended item. She's supported throughout the session by Dave Ambrosio (bass), Vince Cherico (drums) & Donny McCaslin (sporano & tenor daxophones).

Vinyl of the Day - "Azymuth: Butterfly"

Vinyl of the Day
Azymuth: "Butterfly" (Far Out) 2008

After three years performing Herbie Hancock's "Butterfly" in live concerts with Ithamara Koorax all over the world, Azymuth's keyboardist José Roberto Bertrami decided to suggest to London-based impresario Joe Davis (head of Far Out label) that the group should record it on their next album.
Now released both on CD and LP formats, with "Butterfly" used as title track, this turn out to be Azymuth's best album during their Far Out era. "Butterfly" is also the opening tune of the CD, but appears as the first track of Side B on the vinyl version.
To kick off Side A, Davis and producer David Brinkworth chose "Os Cara La", with a hypnotic funk groove propelled by Alex Malheiros' pumping bass and Ivan Conti's thundering drums, sounding reminiscent of their best work for Milestone in the early 80s.
The three musicians contribute with strong originals, with Bertrami's "Triagem" being the most efervescent one. Bertrami's keyboard arsenal includes Fender Rhodes, Hammond, Vocoder, Mini Moog. Alex doubles on acoustic guitar. Ivan is also heard on percussion.
Arthur Verocai wrote string scores for "New Dawn" and "Butterfly", besides adding electric guitar to the remake of "Morning" (Manhã), originally recorded in 1975 for the Som Livre LP which included "Linha do Horizonte."
Other guests: Robertinho Silva, Tiago Martins, José Carlos "Bigorna" Ramos (Zé Bigorna), Paulinho Guitarra and Alex Pilkington.

EP of the Day - "Raul de Souza/Maze"

12" EP of the Day (USA, 33rpm)
Raul de Souza/Maze (Capitol) 1977

Side A
Raul de Souza: "Sweet Lucy" (George Duke)
Side B
Maze: "Time Is On My Side" (Frankie Beverly)

R.I.P.: Davy Graham

Davy Graham (guitar)
(born Nov. 26, 1940, Leicester/UK;
died Dec. 15, 2008, London/UK)

Obituaries: The Independent, New York Times.

Anna Ly on MSN Music

Anna Ly on MSN Music

O Lamento dos Animais. Desenrolando a Língua. O Meu Carango. Desenrolando a Língua ... Você Está Falando Grego. Desenrolando a Língua ...

Anna Ly - Digestivo Cultural

"Presente de grego? " (imprimir) - 12/12/2008 - Digestivo Cultural ...

Já escrevi muitas crônicas sobre livros, sobre os que dei, os que ganhei, os que curti, mas nunca entrei na seara do livro infantil. Resenhei, recentemente, com muito gosto, um CD da Anna Ly, Desenrolando a língua, que deixou a mim e ao Dudu de queixo caído. Presentaço de Natal para quem gosta de sobrinho, afilhado e filho. Presente para os filhos e para os pais, que não se empobrecem e emburrecem com CDs "educativos" de apresentadoras de programas televisivos e que podem, ufa!, escutar boa música.

Quintet of the Americas live @ Christ Tabernacle

Monday, December 15, 2008 at 7:00PM
Christ Tabernacle in Glendale
64-36 Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, Queens

Latin American Cultural Center of Queens presents a Christmas Concert
Admission Free

This program is part of the Quintet of the Americas Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Program. The Quintet of the Americas is a 2008-09 recipient of a CMA Residency Partnership Program Grant. Funding has been provided by the JPMorgan Chase Residency Grant Program, a program of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Residency Endowment Fund.
Matching funding for this program is sponsored with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. Additional funds provided by The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and The Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Quincy Jones CD in Korea, review

벅스 - 음악, 그 이상의 즐거움Summer In The City (Verve Jazz Club : Trends) 2007-09-14 l ... Swinging The Big Band : Jazzclub/Legends 2006-09-22 l ...


Verve Jazz Club에서 발매한 팝과 재즈계의 카멜레온 Quincy Jones의 [Summer In The City]!! 역시 60년대 본격적으로 재즈계에서 활동했던 그의 트랜드 스타일의 음악들중 하이라이트 트랙들을 모았으며 1969년 ~ 1981년 사이 녹음된 "Killer Joe", "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Summer In The City", "Superwoman", 등 도시속 여름 분위기와 어울리는 대표적인 히트 넘버들의 감각적인 해석과 Toots Thielemans, Ray Brown, Herbie Hancock, Hubert Laws, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard 등 당대 슈퍼세션 참여가 돋보이는 앨범!! Digitally Remastered! Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for Verve.

CD of the Day - "Tok Tok Tok: She and He"

CD of the Day
Tok Tok Tok: "She and He" (Einstein Music/Boutique) 2008

Produced by Morten Klein, All songs by Morten Klein & Tokunbo Akinro
Featuring: Tokunbo Akinro (vocals), Morten Klein (tenor sax & soprano sax, guitar, harmonium, piano, mouth drums, additional percussion), Jens Gebel (Fender Rhodes & Wurlitzer electric pianos, organ & keyboards), Christian Flohr (acoustic & electric bass), Matthias "Maze" Meusel (drums, loops, tambourine, shaker & snaps).

Diana Krall's "Quiet Nights" - The cover

The front cover of "Quiet Nights", the eagerly awaited new Diana Krall album, has finally been announced by the Verve label. Producer Tommy LiPuma had the final word also in the choice of the main promo pic.

Quincy Jones & Dave Brubeck inducted into the California Hall of Fame

(Quincy, on center, with Herbie Hancock and Claude Nobs at the 2008 Montreux Jazz Festival last July)

Tomorrow, December 15, my friends & idols Dave Brubeck (who just turned 88 on December 6), Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson and Jane Fonda, among others, will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony will be hosted by California Governor Arnold Scharzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver at the California Museum in Sacramento. Other 2008 inductees (whose achievements were described by "legendary" by the Governor) are Theodore Geisel (Dr. Suess), Robert Graham, Jack LaLanne, Dorthea Lange, Julia Morgan, Linus Pauling, Leland Stanford and Alice Waters.

Maria Shriver created the California Hall of Fame, which is sponsored this year by Chevron Corp. and Accenture.

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A big article on Quincy appeared on page N - 38 of today's issue of the San Francisco Chronicle daily newspaper.

It can also been read on line through this link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/12/PKOM14IRFM.DTL&type=books

"Quincy Jones' new memoir"
David Rubien - San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, December 14, 2008

There doesn't seem to be a big enough pie for Quincy Jones to get all his fingers in. Even the Earth itself falls short of his grasp.

"You know that tune I arranged for Count Basie and Sinatra, 'Fly Me to the Moon'?" Jones asks. "It went up to the moon with the astronauts in 1969, and Buzz Aldrin played it when they landed on the moon." Jones, 75, is speaking over the phone from his mansion in Bel Air.

Correct that: not just in Bel Air. "All the way at the top of Bel Air."

Yes, it can be revealed that Quincy Delightt Jones Jr. has an ego. That comes with the territory when you reach his level of accomplishment. The dude has so many citations - 27 Grammys (the most ever), scores of Oscar nominations and Golden Globes, dozens of awards for worldwide humanitarian efforts and a few handfuls of honorary university degrees - that he makes a joke about the one he's picking up Monday for his induction into the California Hall of Fame, an honor he's sharing with Jane Fonda, Jack LaLanne, Jack Nicholson, Dave Brubeck and several others.

"I'm going up to Sacramento to pick it up from Ahhhhnold," he says.

On Tuesday, Jones talks at Herbst Theatre for City Arts & Lectures, part of a tour he's on to promote his new book, "The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions." Unsurprising for a Jones project, the book is unique. It has to be one of the most lavishly produced volumes of photos and memorabilia ever published, containing high-quality reproductions of items like Jones' report card from Schillinger House of Music (which became the Berklee School of Music); pages from Jones' appointment calendar from 1955, when he was leading a big band (with handwritten notes like "call Hamp" and "call Bags" and "Dentist"); ledger pages indicating what he, as a producer, was paying musicians ($240 to Ray Charles in 1959 for recording "Deed I Do" and "Let the Good Times Roll"); and the original scribbled-on sheet music for the Jones-produced "We Are the World." You can actually remove these items from their special pockets in the book.

At Herbst, interviewer Ben Fong-Torres - who is reportedly writing a biography of Jones - will have his work cut out for him, because Jones' talking style is strictly stream of consciousness, and mile-a-minute at that. An anecdote about his boyhood in Chicago can lead to a story about Miles Davis, which can segue into Jones' ideas about artificial intelligence, leading him to talk about the French Huguenots and the ghettos of Brazil. And so on.

In that spirit, we will provide a few chronological signposts, then just let Jones rip.

-- Born in Chicago: "My daddy (Quincy Jones Sr.) was a carpenter who worked for gangsters. You can't believe what it was like in Chicago then. It was the biggest ghetto in America, and this was the Depression. All I ever saw was tommy guns, stogies, dead bodies in the streets. When I was 10 years old, I got my hand impaled on a fence. ... I'd probably be dead if we had stayed in Chicago."

-- The family moves to Bremerton, Wash., when Jones is 10. He starts playing piano, then trombone and finally trumpet. Two years later, the family moves to Seattle, and Jones starts doing professional gigs, including with Ray Charles.

"He was two years older than me, and I wanted to be him. He was so independent; he had his own apartment. He came from Florida. He hated Florida. ... He said, 'When I get $600, I want to get as far away from Florida as I can get.' That was Seattle."

-- At 17, Jones joins vibist Lionel Hampton's band, where he starts doing arrangements. This leads to arranging for many others, including Dizzy Gillespie, Big Maybelle and Dinah Washington. Jones releases his first album, "This Is How I Feel About Jazz," in 1957. He moves to France and produces and arranges many albums for Barclay Disques while studying composition with Nadia Boulanger.

"One day I get a call from Grace Kelly in Monaco. She says, Mr. Sinatra wants me to bring 55 musicians to Monaco for a fundraiser. So I put together a band. I get onstage, and he was like a magician. Only about six words passed between us. I didn't even know if I was on his radar screen.

"Four years later, he calls me from Kauai. Says 'Q' - nobody ever called me 'Q' - 'I just heard the record you did with Basie, "Fly Me to the Moon." I like it in 4/4 the way you did it. Would you consider doing that with me and Basie?'

"I said, 'You gotta be kidding. ...' Two days later I was in Kauai. I got to know him. He had a little bungalow with a big picture of Jack Daniel's on the wall. ... People think Frank is this tough guy, but if you know him, he's really sweet and giving. You know, Frank and Buddy Rich got their personalities from Tommy Dorsey. Dorsey was a salty Irish alcoholic, and Frank and Buddy imitated him. ...

"Frank used to say, 'Q, live every day like your last, and one day you'll be right.' "

-- In 1961, Jones goes to work in the artist and repertoire department of Mercury Records. In 1964, he's promoted to vice president, becoming the first African American to hold a position that high in the record industry. He produces several hits for Lesley Gore, including the No. 1 "It's My Party," and goes on to produce and arrange hit records for dozens of artists, ranging from Louis Armstrong to Charles to Aretha Franklin to Little Richard to Paul Simon.

-- Jones composes his first film score in 1961, for Swedish film "The Boy in the Tree," and does his first score for a Hollywood film, "The Pawnbroker," in '64. This leads to dozens of scores, from "Walk Don't Run" to "The Hot Rock," and TV themes for "Ironside," "Sanford and Son" and the "Roots" miniseries.

"I knew it was going to be hard for a black guy to break into movies. ... When I was signed up to do 'In Cold Blood' in '68, Truman Capote did not want me to do that film. He said, 'I just don't understand why you want a colored man's music in a film with no Negroes.' At Universal, they didn't even have any black people in the kitchen then."

-- While Jones is serving as musical director and composer on "The Wiz" in 1978, star Michael Jackson asks if Jones will produce his solo album. Jones agrees, but at first Epic Records declines, saying he's too jazzy. But he produces "Off the Wall," then "Thriller," which becomes the biggest-selling album of all time, eclipsed since then only by the Eagles' greatest-hits disc.

-- Jones produces the song "We Are the World," written by Jackson and Lionel Richie, as a fundraiser for Ethiopian famine victims. Sung by the composers along with pop stars including Bob Dylan, James Ingram, Al Jarreau and Waylon Jennings, the song was a huge seller, raising more than $60 million.

-- Jackson accidentally facilitates Jones' move into full-fledged film producing. Jones was attempting to develop Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" into a film. He had already done the seemingly impossible, lining up Steven Spielberg, whom he befriended during the making of "E.T.," to direct the film, budgeted at $14 million. Spielberg agreed to work for scale. Then the film had to be cast.

"I was in Chicago testifying for Michael Jackson in a plagiarism case. I was in the hotel watching news on the TV and saw this reporter, and something made me think she could act. I asked around and they said her name was Oprah. I had never heard a name like that. Oprah spelled backward is Harpo, and we needed to cast Sophia, who was married to Harpo in 'The Color Purple.' It had to happen."

-- Not only did Jones launch the career of the one of the most successful female entertainers of all time, he did the same for the man who's the biggest star in Hollywood right now: Will Smith. Jones spotted his talent when Smith was rapper Fresh Prince and invited him to audition for the show Jones was producing, called "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

"Will's figured it out. He's bigger than the movies. He's amazing."


THE COMPLETE QUINCY JONES: MY JOURNEY & PASSIONS: Insight Editions, 132 pages. $45. Available discounted online at Amazon ( www.amazon.com) and Barnes & Noble ( www.bn.com).QUINCY JONES: In conversation with Ben Fong-Torres. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. $20. (415) 392-4400, www.cityboxoffice.com. Jones will also be signing books at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960, www.bookpassage. com

EP of the Day - "Cerrone: Tatoo Woman"

EP of the Day
Cerrone: "Tatoo Woman" (Purple Music) 2008

This EP, scheduled for release in Europe tomorrow, December 15, by the Swiss based label Purple Music, is destined to become a dancefloor hit, due to the massive Jamie Lewis remix. Check it out!
Side A
1."Tatoo Woman" (Jamie Lewis Star Wars mix)
Side B
1. "Tatoo Woman" (Sex On The Beach mix)
2. "Tatoo Woman" (Science Fiction Robot dub)

"Electric Chick" available @ FNAC France

"Electric Chick", the best-selling Chick Corea compilation produced in 2008 by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for the Verve Music Group, is now available in France at FNAC.

French customers can order their copy through this link:

http://musique.fnac.com/a2359532/Chick-Corea-Electric-chick-jazz-club-CD-album?Mn=-1&Ra=-28&To=0&Nu=1&Fr=0

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards Ticket On Sale Date

The countdown to Music's Biggest Night has started! The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Wednesday, February 8, 2009. The Pre-Telecast awards ceremony begins at 1 p.m. PST in the Los Angeles Convention Center, immediately followed by the GRAMMY Awards global telecast at 5 p.m. PST in STAPLES Center, broadcast live on CBS.

Members of The Recording Academy are invited to attend the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards and The 2009 GRAMMY Celebration after party. The GRAMMY Awards ceremony is not open to the public and is a benefit of your membership in The Academy. Beginning Wednesday, December 17, at 9 a.m. PST, GRAMMY Awards ticket order forms will be available on the exclusive membership pages of GRAMMY.com

Traffic on GRAMMY.com may be unusually high. It is strongly recommended that you obtain your member password prior to the December 17 on-sale date.

All information regarding pricing, maximum ticket allowances, seating levels and GRAMMY Celebration Party tickets will be available on the ticket form. Please remember that tickets to both the GRAMMY Awards telecast and GRAMMY Celebration Party are non-transferable. Please reference the ticket form for The Recording Academy's policy regarding ticket transfer.

The next 50 is here! We look forward to you joining us as we, along with a global television audience, celebrate Music's Biggest Night!

CD of the Day - "Mark Murphy: A Swingin', Singin' Affair"

CD of the Day
Mark Murphy: "A Swingin', Singin' Affair" (Fontana/Verve) 2008

Produced by Jack Baverstock, recorded April 8-10, 1964, in London (UK), this album was originally released as "A Swingin', Singin' Affair" (Fontana SRF 67537, USA) and "Mark Time!" (Fontana TL 5217, UK).
Now it re-appears on Verve's "Jazz Club" series, including the original liner notes by Dick Tatham.
Reissue Producer: Matthias Kunnecke.
Arranged & Conducted by John Dankworth, Les Reed and Tubby Hayes, includes Murphy's original readings of songs by The Beatles ("She Loves You") and Charles Aznavour ("Ballyhoo"), plus Tony Bennett's signature song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". There's also "My Foolish Heart", "I'll Be Around", "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "The Best Is Yet To Come".

Vinyl of the Day - "J&K: Stonebone"

Vinyl of the Day
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding: "Stonebone" (A&M/CTI) 1970

One of the rarest albums in the CTI history. The last LP of Creed Taylor's association with the A&M label. Never released outside Japan. Never reissued on CD not even in Asia.
Also the last collaboration between the genius Pete Turner (my favorite photographer in the world) and Sam Antupit (the album designer during the A&M/CTI era).
Excellent liner notes by the master Ira Gitler, the top jazz historian along with the late Leonard Feather.
Two intriguing J.J.Johnson's tunes - "Musing" and "Mojo" - plus an extended funky version of Rudy Stevenson's "Dontcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya?" and a typical Joe Zawinul fusion theme, "Recollections" (Kai Winding quotes the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" during his inspired solo). Bob James, who plays celeste on the track, arranged "Recollections"; all others were scored by J.J. Johnson.
Featuring: George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Ron Carter, Grady Tate and Ross Tompkins. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. 5 stars.

Tim Armacost & Craig Bailey live in NY, Dec. 16

Help us welcome Tim Armacost and Craig Bailey for the last concert of 2008 when they bring the Brooklyn Big Band to "Jazz Tuesdays" next Tuesday, December 16 in the Gillespie Auditorium at the New York Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway). There will be 2 shows at 8:00 and 9:30.

Saxophonists Tim Armacost and Craig Bailey formed the Brooklyn Big Band to harness the powerful energy of a core group of musicians who were regulars at Bailey’s Dean Street jam session in the early nineties. Their vision has resulted in an explosive live recording from New York’s famed club, Sweet Rhythm. The co-leaders are committed to presenting new music primarily written and arranged by group members. Performances are marked by an electric mixture of exceptional rhythm section playing, spontaneous creation of compositional elements, and disciplined ensemble work.

The BBB had its first regular engagement in the spring and summer of 2001, playing at Caviar, a new music club near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. One of the early performances was profiled by the WB, New York Television’s channel 11, for its evening newscast. After a hiatus, the group had its second weekly gig at Atlantic Avenue’s Po’k Knockers, for most of the year 2003. The band had its Manhattan debut in the summer of 2004, with two sold out Monday nights at Sweet Rhythm. The success of the Manhattan shows has led to regular performances at Sweet Rhythm. In the summer of 2007, the BBB performed a program of famed producer Teo Macero’s music at Birdland, which became one of the final performances attended by Mr. Macero before his passing at the end of the year.

Admission is 15.00, 10.00 for students.
Tickets will be sold at the door, or call 212-222-5159 for reservations and information.
***********
Jazz Tuesdays
in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium
The New York Baha'i Center
53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway)
Two shows: 8:00 and 9:30 p.m.

R.I.P.: Omar Clay

Omar Clay
(born St.Louis/MO;
died Dec. 4, 2008, San Francisco/CA)

The first time I listened to Omar Clay was on Johnny Hammond's LP "Wild Horses Rock Steady", recorded for Creed Taylor's Kudu label in 1971. Not even in my wildest dreams I could imagine that, three decades later, I would be producing the first CD reissue ever of that album, for which I also wrote the liner notes in 2001, when it was released in Japan as part of the "Kudu Best 12" series. Most recently, I also produced a second CD reissue of "Wild Horses..." in 2007, for the "I Love Kudu - Best 20" series.
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2007/04/liner-notes-by-arnaldo-desouteiro-for.html

Drummer-percussionist Omar Clay died December 4th in San Francisco from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was an active player on the New York scene in the 1960s and 1970s, playing & recording with Max Roach's M'Boom group (on which he played marimba, xylophone, tympani and timbales), as well as with Elvin Jones, Randy Weston, Sarah Vaughan, Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, Ernestine Anderson, Marian McPartland, Frank Foster, Gene Ammons and David 'Fathead' Newman. Since 1979 he lived in California where he also was active as a teacher. He was also a member of Warren Smith & The Composer's Workshop Ensemble, recording on their self-titled 1995 album. For a detailed obituary, printed in the San Francisco Chronicle, please see below.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/12/BALH14KPPI.DTL&hw=jazz&sn=001&sc=571

Omar Clay - drummer who loved to teach - dies
Jesse Hamlin, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, December 12, 2008

Omar Clay, a respected jazz drummer and teacher who recorded with dozens of prominent musicians - among them Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver and Marian McPartland - died Dec. 4 in San Francisco of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 73.

A valued player on the New York jazz scene in the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Clay was featured in master drummer Max Roach's all-percussion ensemble M'Boom, playing marimba, tympani, timbales and xylophone. He was equally at home working with singer Ernestine Anderson and hard-blowing saxophonists like David "Fathead" Newman, Frank Foster and Gene Ammons. During the day, he taught at New York's High School of Music and Arts.

"Omar was one of the great drummers," said fellow percussionist Eddie Marshall, who praised Mr. Clay's clean playing and steady ride-cymbal beat. "He was really a traditionalist. He was a total team player. He never showed off. He didn't thrash, but he swung."

Pianist Larry Vuckovich, who played and recorded often with Mr. Clay in recent years, put it this way: "Omar was one of the most serious, dedicated drummer-percussionists, possessing a wide range of knowledge, not only of jazz but of classical music, both of which he taught. His jazz drumming roots came from the Kenny Clarke bebop style, but expressed a feeling beyond the bebop era, including a strong affinity for Latin music and other world music forms. On the bandstand, Omar held to a very high standard, and at the same time was very supportive and tuned into the other musicians."

Born in St. Louis, Mr. Clay grew up in Steubenville, Ohio. He had a keen ear for classical music, listening to the Russians Shoshtakovich and Rachmaninoff. He got a scholarship to study music at Xavier University in New Orleans but left after a semester to join the Army. He played drums in an Army jazz band stationed in Germany, then got a bachelor of music degree at the University of Michigan. He played and taught in New York for nearly 20 years, working in jazz clubs and in the Broadway pits orchestras for "Raisin" and "Guys and Dolls."

Mr. Clay moved to California in 1979, first to the Monterey and then San Francisco, where he performed with various groups and got a master's degree in music education at San Francisco State University. He taught around the Bay Area until becoming music director at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, where he also coached the golf team for a spell. He retired in 2000 but continued to perform, tour and golf.

Mr. Clay is survived by his longtime companion, Barbara Chew of San Francisco; his mother, Elnora Jackson of Akron, Ohio; and a daughter, Wanda Davis of Hayward.

A memorial is being planned for January.

The family requests donations be made in Mr. Clay's memory to the Forbes Norris ALS Research Center, 2324 Sacramento St., Suite 111, San Francisco, CA 94115; the music department at Tamalpais High School, 700 Miller Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941; or the VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121.

This article appeared on page B - 8 of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Bill Henderson to release new live CD in January

Bill Henderson's new CD, "Beautiful Memory," due January 20 from his own Ahuh Productions
Recorded live at the Vic in Santa Monica in 2007, the album is Henderson's first independently released project
Veteran jazz singer Bill Henderson is caught in classic swinging form, his vocal powers undiminished, on the forthcoming CD "Beautiful Memory: Live at the Vic." Recorded at the Santa Monica club in March 2007, three days after Henderson's 81st birthday, the CD will be released January 20 by his own Ahuh Productions.

Henderson plans a CD release event for Feb. 1 (matinee) at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, and will also appear at the Newport Beach Marriott on Feb. 14. His 83rd birthday bash takes place at Catalina's, Los Angeles, March 17. The singer appears monthly at Charlie O's in Van Nuys.

Come May 17, the Palo Alto Jazz Alliance presents Henderson and Mike Melvoin playing the music of Mercer & Mancini. In early August, Henderson returns to the Litchfield (Connecticut) Jazz Festival.

"Beautiful Memory" is in many ways a retrospective of Henderson's repertoire. With his working trio, pianist Tateng Katindig, bassist Chris Conner, and drummer Roy McCurdy (famous for his association with Cannonball & Nat Adderley), Henderson performs songs such as "A Sleepin' Bee" (one of the standouts from his 1959 debut LP for Vee-Jay) and "You Are My Sunshine" (from the 1963 Verve album Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio). Also included on the new CD are "Never Make Your Move Too Soon," the B.B. King hit; a rare vocal reading of "Royal Garden Blues"; and the seldom-performed Ellington number "Tulip or Turnip."
The CD marks Henderson's 50th anniversary as a recording artist. He made his debut on a 45 version of "Senor Blues" with Horace Silver not long after arriving in New York from his native Chicago. (It remains one of the Blue Note label's top-selling singles.) Between 1958 and 1961, Henderson recorded for Vee-Jay, with arrangements by Jimmy Jones and Thad Jones, and then for Verve, which released the 1963 album with Oscar Peterson, the biggest seller of the singer's career. Henderson joined Count Basie in 1965 at the recommendation of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and spent two years with the band.

In 1967 Henderson relocated to Hollywood at the suggestion of his friend Bill Cosby and for the past 40 years has pursued a successful acting career in film and television. His credits include series such as "Happy Days," "Sanford and Son," "The Jeffersons," "Good Times," "Hill Street Blues," and "NYPD Blue" as well as films like Trouble Man, Silver Streak, Fletch, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump, Lethal Weapon 4, and The Alibi.

He never stopped singing, though his recordings and club appearances became less frequent. In recent years, however, Henderson was less than pleased with some of the roles he was being offered. "When you get older," he says, "directors think of you as being like a grandfather, and they always want you to be angry. When the roles started getting funny, I said I'd better go back to singing again. That's the thing that I really started out to do."

Between 1979 and 2006, Henderson recorded albums for Discovery (two of which received Grammy nominations), Classic, Naim, and Web Only Jazz. In 1999, he split vocal duties with Shirley Horn on Charlie Haden's Verve CD "The Art of the Song." He's appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington, and in New York at the Algonquin's Oak Room and at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall. Henderson was also featured on the 1990 LaserDisc "Nancy Wilson Presents Great Jazz Night - Red Hot & Cool II", on which he sang three tunes filmed at the Baltimore Hotel in LA. Among them, a lovely take on Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer's "Moment To Moment".

Influenced early on by his peers, the late Joe Williams and Dick Haymes, Bill Henderson quickly emerged as an original voice and distinctive musical personality. In an early 1990s review of a Los Angeles club performance, the late critic Leonard Feather characterized Henderson as "one of the few totally qualified male jazz singers still extant" -- and that remains an apt description today.

Marianni Live @ The Zinc Bar - Release Party

This coming Saturday, December 13th, at The "New" Zinc Bar, the CD release party of the second album by the NY-based carioca singer Marianni, recorded live at the “old” Zinc and the follow-up to her debut solo album, "Swimming To The Moon" (2001). This will be her last 2008 performance. So, don't miss the Brazilian beat of the Brazilian beauty.

New Zinc Bar

82 West 3rd Street

(Betw. Sullivan and Thompson)

From 10pm to 2am

CD of the Day - "Don Ellis: Soaring"

CD of the Day
Don Ellis: "Soaring" (MPS/Verve) 2008

Reissue (produced by Matthias Kunnecke for Verve's "Jazz Club" series) of Don Ellis' excellent 1978 LP for the MPS label.
Originally recorded under the supervision of Baldhard G. Falk in Hollywood, California, it features the late Don Ellis playing trumpet, electric trumpet, flugelhorn and even drums (on "The Devil Made Me Write This Piece"). Don's electrified and electrifying big-band includes such great musicians as Gary Herbig, Fred Selden and Sam Falzone, playing on top of an intrepid rhythm section: Bulgarian genius Milcho Leviev (acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, organ & clavinet), bassist Dave McDaniel (who recorded on the Wayne Shorter/Milton Nascimento's collaboration "Native Dancer"), drummer Ralph Humphrey, percussionists Lee Pastora & Ron Dunn, and guitarist Jay Graydon (also heard on "Native Dancer"). The ingenious scores also incorporate an "electric string quartet". Highly recommended.

Win tickets to Susanna Wallumrod

This Saturday, Norwegian pianist/vocalist Susanna Wallumrod will be performing at Joe's Pub for her first ever NYC appearance. Her new album, "Flower of Evil," is as breathtaking as her work with her former band Susanna & The Magical Orchestra, with haunting makeovers of songs by the likes of Thin Lizzy (a duet with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy), Sandy Denny, Black Sabbath and Abba. Joining her will be Helge Sten (Deathprod) on electric guitar and guest drummer Jeremy Gara from the Arcade Fire. Enter to win a pair of tickets by emailing giveaway@othermusic.com. They'll notify the two winners on Friday, December 12th.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13
JOE'S PUB: 425 Lafayette Street NYC
9:30PM / $12 Tickets

"Opus Samba" live @ Cinematheque

OndeQuando.com - Cinematheque - Programação de 08 a 14 de DezembroEm seguida, sobe ao palco o tecladista e arranjador, Fabio Fonseca, que lança seu ... Produzido por Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Opus samba (Jazz Station Records, ...

http://ondequando.com/event/32391/Cinematheque---Programao-de-08-a-14-de-Dezembro
Beligerantes + Fabio Fonseca Trio
(11 de dezembro, quinta)

Nesta quinta, Beligerantes faz show gratuito às 20h, abrindo a apresentação do Fábio Fonseca Trio, marcado para às 22h.
Formada em 2007, os Beligerantes utilizam elementos do rock, da bossa e do reggae para compor sua estrutura rítmica e melódica.
A voz de Rick Yates conduz as canções com interpretação digna de uma performance teatral. Fabiano Alano comanda o violão, Ludhas Nao responde pela guitarra solo, Dande é o baixista e flautista e fechando a cozinha beligerante, o baterista Lino Ayres assume a maioria dos arranjos e a produção da banda.

Em seguida, sobe ao palco o tecladista e arranjador, Fabio Fonseca, que lança seu quarto trabalho solo e o primeiro (quase) totalmente instrumental. Produzido por Arnaldo DeSouteiro, "Opus samba" (Jazz Station Records) pode ser ouvido como jazz ou samba jazz, mas traz em suas doze faixas uma variedade de ritmos e gêneros que vai do funk até a bossa nova, tudo gravado ao vivo pelo trio incandescente, liderado por Fabio, com Pedro Leão no baixo e Mac Willian na bateria e percussão.

O músico, que desde a década de 1980 trabalha com artistas como Marina Lima, Lulu Santos, Fernanda Abreu, Ed Motta, Toni Platão, Edson Cordeiro, Luiz Melodia e Cláudio Zolli, agora mergulha fundo em suas próprias influências/referências.

No repertório do show, músicas do novo CD, como "Cochise" (Ray Santos), "Missing Dom Um" (Fabio Fonseca) o balanço setentista de Stevie Wonder relembrado em "Too high" (do clássico "Innervisions" de 1973), os ensinamentos de Zé Roberto Bertrami (Azymuth) dissecados e reescritos em "Mr. Bertrami" (Fabio Fonseca), o professor Renê Terra é homenageado em "Pro Renê" (Fábio Fonseca), entre outras.

Mal acabou de sair e o disco já está entre os mais vendidos na americana Dusty Groove e na japonesa HMV, com cotação de 4 estrelas no All Music Guide e no jornal O Globo, matérias na conceituada Cadence (USA) e na Prestige Audio Video (França), além de estar sendo executado em rádios e sites internacionais como na Jazzenligne e no programa da BBC de Londres do badaladíssimo Gilles Peterson.

Serviço:
Data: 11 de dezembro (quinta)
Show: Beligerantes – 20h l Gratuito
Show: Fábio Fonseca Trio – 22h l R$ 20,00

"Opus Samba" @ Cinematheque - "Jornal do Brasil"

Jornal do Brasil
Dec. 11, 2008
Caderno B, pag. B7

Música

Fabio Fonseca Trio - O tecladista, produtor e arranjador mostra o repertório de discos recentes, como "Opus Samba". Cinematheque, Rua Voluntários da Pátria 53, Botafogo (2286-5731). 5ª às 22hs. R$ 20. Livre. Cap.: 240 pessoas

"Opus Samba" - Fabio Fonseca Trio live @ Cinematheque

Fabio Fonseca Trio - "Opus Samba"
Tonight, December 11, at the Cinematheque Jam Club
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Darek Oles Trio live, tomorrow, in LA

Tomorrow, December 11, the Darek Oles Trio with special guest Peter Erskine
The Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel
BRASSERIE JAZZ LOUNGE
5985 W. Century Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-642-7500
www.CrownePlaza.com

No Cover; $15.00 Minimum Food or Drink; Validated Parking; Los Angeles Jazz Society Card Members Receive 15% off Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages

Polish born Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz has become one of the most sought-after bass players on the West Coast. He has performed/recorded with Brad Mehldau, Billy Higgins, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano, Charles Lloyd, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Horace Silver, Peter Erskine and many more. Acclaimed guest drummer, Peter Erskine, appeared on over 500 albums and film scores, has won 2 Grammy Awards plus an Honorary Doctorate. He’s played with Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius and Diana Krall, to name a few. A Don’t Miss Night!

Vinyl of the Day - "Stanley Turrentine: Nightwings"

Vinyl of the Day
Stanley Turrentine: "Nightwings" (Fantasy) 1977

Arranged & Conducted by Claus Ogerman
Produced by Stanley Turrentine, supervised by Richard Carpenter
Featuring: Ron Carter, Eric Gale, Paul Griffin, Cornell Dupree, Charles Collins, Erroll Crusher Bennett, Lew Soloff, Urbie Green, Hubert Laws, Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis et al.

10 free Jazz & American Roots concerts in NYC & Washington

(Roseanna Vitro)

10 FREE JAZZ AND AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC CONCERTS
IN NEW YORK CITY & WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State announced today the dates of 10 free concerts, each with two sets of music, in the United States featuring the American music ensembles selected to participate in the 2008-2009 The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program.

Selected for their artistic integrity, musical ability and educational skills, these finalist ensembles will tour internationally with The Rhythm Road program to share their music with the world to promote cross-cultural understanding with special emphasis on countries not regularly visited by American musicians. Tour activities will include public concerts, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, workshops, jam sessions, media outreach and collaborations with local musicians. Over the past three years, 108 musicians from 28 ensembles have toured with the program, visiting 89 countries on 5 continents.
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Free concerts at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, January 31 – June 6, in New York City: Broadway at 60th Street, 5th floor.

Place Date Time Ensemble
NYC January 31, 2009 1 p.m. The Student Loan
NYC January 31, 2009 3 p.m. Vice Verse All Stars
NYC March 21, 2009 1 p.m. Helen Sung & NuGenerations
NYC March 21, 2009 3 p.m. Chris Byars Quartet
NYC April 11, 2009 1 p.m. Ryan Cohan Quartet
NYC April 11, 2009 3 p.m. Hoppin’ John String Band
NYC April 18, 2009 1 p.m. Brian Horton Quartet
NYC April 18, 2009 3 p.m. Roseanna Vitro and The
JazzIAm Band
NYC June 6, 2009 1 p.m. Duende Quartet
NYC June 6, 2009 3 p.m. Eli Yamin Blues Band
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Free concerts at the National Geographic Society, January 29 - June 4, in Washington, D.C.: National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M St. NW.

Place Date Time Ensemble
D.C. January 29, 2009 6 p.m. Vice Verse All Stars
D.C. January 29, 2009 7:15 p.m. The Student Loan
D.C. March 19, 2009 6 p.m. Helen Sung & NuGenerations
D.C. March 19, 2009 7:15 p.m. Chris Byars Quartet
D.C. April 9, 2009 6 p.m. Ryan Cohan Quartet
D.C. April 9, 2009 7:15 p.m. Hoppin’ John String Band
D.C. April 16, 2009 6 p.m. Brian Horton Quartet
D.C. April 16, 2009 7:15 p.m. Roseanna Vitro and The
JazzIAm Band
D.C. June 4, 2009 6 p.m. Duende Quartet
D.C. June 4, 2009 7:15 p.m. Eli Yamin Blues
Band

For more information visit The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad at www.jalc.org/TheRoad. In addition, listen to music and stories about the program free of charge on Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio at:
http://www.jalc.org/jazzcast/program.asp?programNumber=262 and http://www.jalc.org/jazzcast/program.asp?programNumber=205

The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program is made possible with underwriting support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.

Ithamara Koorax - DownBeat website

http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=1320

Brazilian Vocalist Ithamara Koorax to Perform in New York
Down Beat - Daily News Headlines
Posted December 10, 2008

Brazilian singer Ithamara Koorax will make a New York appearance on Dec. 10 in a special concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at the Proshansky Auditorium of the City University of New York. Koorax performs with the Amazon Big Band led by fellow Brazilian percussionist, composer and arranger Thiago de Mello. De Mello recently wrote a jazz suite, "A Flame in the Dark," for the performance.

Thiago de Mello & Ithamara Koorax live in NY

A “United Nations” Concert Celebration:
60th Anniversary of the
“Universal Declaration of Human Rights”
World Premiere: “A Flame in the Dark”
Ithamara Koorax with Gaudencio Thiago de Mello & Amazon Big Band

Join DownBeat and Grammy Award-nominees Ithamara Koorax and composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Gaudencio Thiago de Mello for the World Premiere of “A Flame in the Dark,” his tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello, in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Speakers will include:
William Kelly, President, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Monica Aleman, International Indigenous Women’s Forum
Hossein Alizadeh, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Catherine Albisa, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)
Host:
Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History, The Graduate Center, CUNY

December 10th, Wednesday, 7:30pm
Proshansky Auditorium
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No registration. Please arrive early for a seat.

João Gilberto's Japanase tour is cancelled

João Gilberto has just decided to cancel his 2008 Japanese Tour. He was supposed to travel today to Tokyo, where he would perform on December 13 & 14. His Japanese fans are feeling devastated.

R.I.P.: Jimmy Gourley

Jimmy Gourley
(born June 9, 1926, St. Louis/MO;
died Dec. 7, 2008, Villeneuve-Saint-George/France)

The guitarist Jimmy Gourley died December 7th in Villeneuve-Saint-George, a suburb of Paris, at the age of 82. Gourley played with several Chicago bands before moving to Paris in 1951 where he performed with musicians such as Martial Solal and Bobby Jaspar, but also with many of the American expatriates living in Paris at the time. In 1954 he returned to Chicago for three years, then moved to Paris permanently in November 1957. He played with Kenny Clarke at the Blue Note club, but also had his own trio, often with the organist Eddy Louiss. In the early 1970s Gourley ran his own club in the Canary Islands. In 1994 he took French citizenship. Gourley was able to introduce a bebop-influenced guitar style to Europe where most guitarists in the 1950s were heavily influenced by the dominating influence of Django Reinhardt. Source: Jazzinstitut Darmstadt.
Obituary: Cyperpresse.

Message from the Berklee College of Music

December 9, 2008

Dear Arnaldo,

For many of us, the holiday season reminds us of the importance of our family and friends and of strengthening the bonds among us all. The same is true for the extended Berklee family, especially at a time when the tumultuous global economy is compelling organizations and individuals everywhere to clarify priorities. Our No. 1 priority is our current students and making sure they have the resources they need.

With that in mind, I am pleased to announce a $2 million package of additional loans, grants, scholarships, and work-study support to help keep Berklee affordable for the spring 2009 semester. The program is aimed at domestic and international students coming from families with demonstrated financial need. While I harbor no illusions this effort will meet all the needs caused by the economic downturn, I know it will help many students and their families. We're also extending registration and payment deadlines to give students and their families every opportunity to cope with financial pressures.

- Alumni from around the world always remind me how important it is that Berklee remain current and cutting-edge. We take this mission seriously, and despite the changes in the economy, Berklee is experiencing a period of extraordinary activity and evolution.
- We are creating a new center for music business, liberal arts, and music therapy, with construction set to begin in 2009.
- Applications to the college continue to increase, with early-action applications up more than 30 percent from last year.
- Our new First-Year Student Advising Program (in its second year) is helping entering students navigate Berklee more effectively.
- Our efforts to create a greener campus have reduced our energy consumption by one-third over the last two years.
- We continue to be blessed with an array of wonderful visiting artists and clinicians, including Eva Ayllón, Daniel Lanois, John Mayer, Meshell Ndegeocello, Wayne Shorter, and Don Was, among many others.
- Our Giant Steps capital campaign has crossed the $30-million mark and we are well on our way towards our $50-million goal; in fact, our success in this effort has, in part, allowed us to create this new financial aid program.

The financial crisis may make it increasingly difficult for us to accomplish our goals as quickly as we would like. We know the same is true for you, so we are grateful for any donations you can make, especially now which will be earmarked directly for our scholarship efforts (Make a gift online).

In fact, it is during times of global anxiety that music reminds us of what is truly lasting and worthwhile in life: our common humanity and the friendship and compassion we feel for one another. I wish you the best for a happy and healthy holiday season and I look forward to welcoming you back to campus should you come for a visit.

Sincerely,

Roger H. Brown
President
Berklee College of Music

R.I.P.: Butch Cornell

R.I.P.: Butch Cornell
(born November 21, 1941 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)
died December 07, 2008 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)

The first time I listened to Butch Cornell was on Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar", the saxophonist's legendary debut solo LP for CTI, recorded in November 1970 at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey - and I'm sure that's how thousands of other jazz fans became acquainted with his talents. At that time, Cornell, who had moved earlier that year to NY, was a member of Turrentine's working band since September 1970, along with drummer Billy Kaye and guitarist Ray Prince (Cornell used pedals to play "the bass", so no bassist was needed...)
(Cornell, Kaye, Turrentine & Prince, 1970)

In his LP liner notes for "Sugar", my dear friend and top jazz historian Ira Gitler wrote: "Both organist Butch Cornell and drummer Billy Kaye are members of Turrentine's present combo. Cornell, Chattanooga born, was found by Stanley in Harrisburg, Pa. He was formerly with Willis Jackson. The particular clarity with which he articulates his lines is refreshing."
The original vinyl issue included three tracks: Turrentine's "Sugar" and Cornell's "Sunshine Alley" on Side A, and John Coltrane's "Impressions" on Side B, also featuring George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Lonnie L. Smith, Jr. and Richard "Pablo" Landrum, besides the aforementioned Cornell and Kaye. The cover art (by album designer Elton Robinson) features a controversial shot by photographer genius Pete Turner. "Back in the 1960s I had done a series for Look magazine called 'Black Is Beautiful.' The image on the cover of Sugar is an outtake from that shoot, of a mother licking a baby’s foot. Some people think it’s a sexual thing, but it’s not" Turner told to Marc Myers' excellent "JazzWax" blog last year. http://www.jazzwax.com/2008/04/pete-turner-c-1.html
(btw, that pic is included on Pete Turner's latest book, the superb "The Color of Jazz")

"If ever there were a record that both fit perfectly and stood outside the CTI Records' stable sound, it is Sugar by Stanley Turrentine. Butch Cornell's 'Sunshine Alley' is a solid, funky groover, paced by organ and double fours by Kaye. Turrentine and Hubbard stride into the melody and keep the vamp in the pocket, riding out past the blues line into a tag that just revs the thing up even further," jazz connoisseur Thom Jurek wrote in his review for the All Music Guide.

It's interesting to mention that, around the same time of the "Sugar" session for CTI, Butch Cornell also recorded "Sunshine Alley" when doing a sideman date (on November 23, 1970) for Boogaloo Joe Jones' "No Way!" album for Prestige.

At the time of the first CD reissue of "Sugar" in the USA market, in late 1987, reissue producer (and former CTI publicist) Didier Deutsch added a previously unreleased studio version of Hubbard's "Gibraltar", recorded in that same session. However, the many unreleased alternate takes of Butch Cornell's "Sunshine Alley" remained lost in the vaults, and were never included in any of the several subsequent CD reissues that came out in the USA, Europe and Japan. (For instance, in the 2002 CD reissue, also produced by Didier for Sony, he replaced "Gibraltar" for a live version of "Sugar" recorded during a CTI All-Stars concert at the Southgate Palace.)
Curiously, although having performed with Turrentine on live gigs for a decade, and despite the big critical and commercial sucess of "Sugar" (the LP reached the Billboard charts as #3 Jazz Album, #29 Black and #182 Pop Album!), Cornell was not invited by CTI's head Creed Taylor to take part of any of the Stanley albums that followed (with such keyboardists as Horace Parlan, Eumir Deodato, Richard Tee, Bob James, Harold Mabern and Herbie Hancock). Neither Turrentine invited him to the many other sessions he did after signing with Fantasy Records in 1974.

However, Cornell took part of some Stanley Turrentine's recordings for CTI which were never used on the "official LPs" ("actually they were what Creed used to call 'rehearsal sessions' because he was like testing musicians and tunes before coming up with the final concept for an album," Rudy Van Gelder explains). Some of those tracks eventually appeared in such compilations as "The Sugar Man" (a collection of out-takes released in 1975 including four tracks Cornell recorded in February and March 1971 alongside Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, George Benson, Kenny Burrell and Ray Barretto, with arrangements by Don Sebesky and Chico O'Farrill) and "The Best of Turrentine" (released by CBS in 1990 including two other previously unreleased tracks from the March 9, 1971 sessions). And, needless to say, the original 1970 version of "Sugar" has been included in dozens of compilations released all over the world. For additional details, please visit the definitive CTI website created by Douglas Payne: http://www.dougpayne.com/cti.htm
Bio: Butch Cornell was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began his musical career at the age of 10, studying classical piano with Mrs. Lillian Cadek Dame of Cadek Conservatory. He credits his aunt Rinaldo Anderson for his earliest musical experiences. He began working with Charles Young (Saxophone) and the Pace Setters Band (which also featured Joe Burke on Drums and Joe Bennett on Bass) in and around the Chattanooga area at the age of 14. After graduating from Howard High School, Butch moved to Harrisburg, PA where he formed an Organ (Hammond B-3) Trio and worked several club dates and concerts on the east coast and in the mid-west. His first recording sessions were with Willis "Gator" Jackson and Boogaloo Joe Jones.

In 1970, Butch moved to New York City. During this time, Butch met and worked with several top-rated musicians and singers. He started his long association with Stanley Turrentine in September of 1970, and two months later he recorded the classic "Sugar" album for CTI, which included Cornell's own composition "Sunshine Alley." Since that time he worked with Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Grover Washington Jr., Plas Johnson, Wilfred Middlebrooks, Arthur Prysock, Ernestine Anderson, Alice Day, George Coleman, Kenny Burrell, Woody Shaw, Billy Cobham, Johnny Lytle, and many lesser known artists. After returning to his native Chattanooga, Butch founded a jazz society called "Friends of Jazz, Inc." and became the organist of the Prospect Baptist Church. He died of kidney failure.
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The obituary published at The Chattanoogan.com follows:
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_140473.asp

Randolph, David C. "Butch Cornell" Jr.
posted December 9, 2008

David C. "Butch Cornell" Randolph Jr., 67, of Chattanooga, died on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at Parkridge East Hospital. Butch was of the Baptist faith and attended Prospect Baptist Church. Butch was also a renowned jazz musician and composer. Butch played both the organ and piano.

He was preceded in death by his father, David C. Randolph Sr.; brother, Benny Randolph; daughter, Robin Carter.

He is survived his mother, Katherine Davis Randolph; sons, David Randolph III, Patrick Randolph, Sulaiman Randolph; daughters, Jamila Randolph Battle, Samira Randolph, Cathy Randolph, Cynthia Randolph, Pamela Randolph, Daphne Scott; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at noon on Friday at Prospect Baptist Church with the Rev. Jay Trimble officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday at the church.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to his daughter, Jamila Randolph Battle, 2600 Garden Hill Dr., Apt 103, Raleigh, NC 27614. Arrangements are by J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home, 747 McCallie Ave., 423 266-2131, http://www.javerybryan.com/.

GRAMMY Charity Holiday Auction/Amazon.com CD Offer

Now through December 11, the 5th Annual GRAMMY® Charity Holiday Auction -offers an exclusive array of celebrity-signed music and entertainment memorabilia as well as VIP experiences. Proceeds benefit MusiCares. To visit the auction, click here www.ebay.com/grammy

Some of the items for bid:
" VIP Lunches with actor John Stamos as well as "American Idol" finalist Jason Castro
" Autographed memorabilia from Alice Cooper, Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Foo Fighters, Jonas Brothers, B.B. King, Alison Krauss, Avril Lavigne, Annie Lennox, Ricky Martin, Yoko Ono, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt, Rascal Flatts, Keith Richards, Slash, Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood, Tom Waits and more
" Donny and Marie Osmond Valentine's Day VIP Experience in Las Vegas including tickets to their show at the Flamingo Las Vegas and meet and greet accommodations
" Ozomatli VIP Concert Experience including the opportunity to play percussion onstage with the group
" VIP Coachella and Stagecoach Festival packages featuring parking accommodations, VIP lounge access, and festival passes

We encourage you to visit www.ebay.com/grammy and help us spread the word to your family, friends and any music lover!
In addition, you have the opportunity to support the GRAMMY Foundation through Amazon.com

To celebrate Amazon Music's 10th Anniversary, Amazon has released a limited edition "Amazon.com 10 Years of Music" (www.amazon.com/10yearsofmusic) CD compilation featuring:
" Jewel's "Hands"
" Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way"
" 'N Sync's "This I Promise You"
" Dave Matthew Band's "The Space Between"
" Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why"
" Sarah McLachlan's "Fallen"
" Maroon 5's "This Love"
" Coldplay's "Speed of Sound"
" Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice"
" Bruce Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere"

$1 for each CD sold, up to $25,000, will benefit the GRAMMY Foundation.

Daoud-David Williams & the Spirit of Life Ensemble live in NY

Swing with Daoud-David Williams & the Spirit of Life Ensemble when they return to "Jazz Tuesdays" next Tuesday, December 9 in the Gillespie Auditorium at the New York Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway). There will be two shows at 8:00 and 9:30.

Formed in 1975, Spirit of Life Ensemble (SOLE) is under the leadership of multi-percussionist Daoud-David Williams. The music of this captivating, diversified and a true reflection of the group's name. Their sound is soulful, passionate, and filled with infectious energy, while at the same time inventive and thought provoking in its concept, thereby capturing the spirit of artistic creativity. Although their music is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, it has been strongly influenced by the myriad of musical styles found in the African Diaspora.

The rhythms of Latin America, the Caribbean Islands, Africa, and the African-American musical genres of rhythm and blues, gospel, funk, and the blues permeate the sound of this electrifying ensemble, whose "jazz with a world beat" approach leaves your heart dancing long after your feet have stopped. The collective experience of SOLE members includes performances and/or recordings with icons of jazz such as The Ellington Orchestra, The Basie Orchestra, The Hampton Orchestra, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Barron, John Hicks, Nancy Wilson, Ahmad Jamal, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Buddy Rich, and many others.
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Jazz Tuesdays
in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium
The New York Baha'i Center
53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway)
Two shows: 8:00 and 9:30 p.m.

EP of the Day - "Grand Canyon: Change is Coming"

12" EP of the Day
Grand Canyon: "Change is Coming" (Trobama) 2008

Release Date: December 8, 2008
Side A
1. Change Is Coming (Progress mix)
Side B
1. Change Is Coming (Obamapella)
2. Change Is Coming (Balkan beat box)

Swing U at Jazz at Lincoln Center Winter 2009

JAZZ CLASSES HELP RELEASE
YOUR INNER SWING
SWING UNIVERSITY: WINTER 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing University offers a deeper understanding and appreciation of jazz through adult education classes for everyone from novice to aficionado. Insights and expertise are shared by award winning jazz scholars and historians who have witnessed the history first hand. As well, these courses offer the rare opportunity to learn about jazz from the musicians themselves. Winter 2009 classes include:

BIX BEIDERBECKE with Randy Sandke
Mondays, 1/12; 1/26; 2/2; and 2/9; 6:30-8:30p.m.
Bix Beiderbecke, who played the cornet, was a giant of improvisation who helped make jazz a soloist’s music in the 1920s. Trumpeter Randy Sandke plays Beiderbecke’s music worldwide and is a founder of the forthcoming Bix Beiderbecke Museum.

ORNETTE COLEMAN with Ben Young
Tuesdays, 2/17; 2/24; 3/3; and 3/10; 6:30-8:30p.m.
Alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman created a new approach to jazz music in the mid and late 1950s called free jazz. In 2007, Coleman won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. GRAMMY® nominated jazz historian Ben Young has been the Director of WKCR since 2004.

JAZZ 101 with Phil Schaap
Tuesdays, 1/20; 1/27; 2/3; 2/10; 2/17; 2/24; 3/3; and 3/10; 6:30-8:30p.m.
Discover the A to Z of jazz. Meet the Crescent City pioneers who taught musicians everywhere how to swing and the Big Band Era heartthrobs who brought jazz into prime time. Relive the bebop revolution and follow its descendents – cool, hard bop, modal and free jazz – into the Modern Era.

JAZZ 201 with Phil Schaap
Wednesdays, 1/21; 1/28; 2/4; 2/11; 2/18; 2/25; 3/4; and 3/11; 6:30-8:30p.m.
These in-depth sessions will open your ears to the music of known and lesser-known masters. How did King Oliver help invent the jazz solo? What was Bill Evans' role in Miles Davis' Kind of Blue? In Jazz 201 you'll learn to hear the details.
For a full schedule of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2008-09 season events, go to: www.jalc.org or for more information on Swing U, go to: www.jalc.org/swingu

Irene Diamond Education Center at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY

Courses from $125 to $200. To enroll, contact subscription services at 212.258.9999.

Tommy LiPuma & Arnaldo DeSouteiro on "Zune"

Zune.net Music - Tommy LiPuma
In 1999, LiPuma became chairman of Verve Music Group. ~ Ed Hogan, All Music Guide. similar artistssee all · Bob James · Quincy Jones · Arnaldo DeSouteiro ...

http://social.zune.net/artist/LiPuma/1D800100-0600-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933/overview

Quincy Jones' "Summer in the City" @ Edcox Marketplace

edcox.net - marketplaceQuincy Jones - Summer In The City (Jazz Club) Title: Summer In The City (Jazz Club) Artist: Quincy Jones Label: Universal Classics Format: Audio CD ...

"Summer in the City: The Soul Jazz Grooves of Quincy Jones", produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for the Verve Music Group, is now available at edcox marketplace.
To order, please click on the link below:

http://www.edcox.net/marketplace/music.asp?ItemId=B000UXEYIQ

Special Event from Duke Ellington Society

A Special Event from the Duke Ellington Society
Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008
The Tamir Hendelman Trio
7:30 to 10 PM UTLA Building
(In the Auditorium on the second floor)
3303 Wilshire Blvd. (corner of Berendo)
Los Angeles, Ca

It is a pot luck affair, and people are asked to call Jewel Williams @ 323-234-3062 to coordinate dishes. There is free parking in the structure behind the building, entrance on Berendo. Bring parking ticket inside for validation at the meeting. Suggested donation $5.

The Stamps Family Scholarship Program

Happy Birthday, Dave Brubeck!

Today, December 6, 2008, my idol and dear friend Dave Brubeck celebrates his 88th birthday by playing a concert with his quartet (Michael Moore, Randy Jones, Bobby Militello and Dave, of course) at the Patriot's Stadium Showcase in Foxboro, MA.

Eighty-eight keys on a piano, matched by 88 years of a life dedicated to music.

Happy Birthday, Dave, and may you celebrate many more to come!

My congratulations also to all the wonderful Brubeck family!

Cedar Walton & Roy Hargrove live in NY, Jan 9-10

Cedar Walton & Roy Hargrove
Two Generations of Duo Tones
The Allen Room – January 9-10, 2009

Pianist, composer and arranger Cedar Walton and acclaimed trumpeter Roy Hargrove join forces to make beautiful music in the second concert of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Duo Tones series. Dubbed ‘The Maestro’ by his peers, Mr. Walton is an influential musician whose career has included performances with John Coltrane on his 1959 ‘Giant Steps’ sessions, as well as with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers alongside Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter. His younger companion in this series, Mr. Hargrove has honed his chops with Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins, among others. Together, Mr. Walton and Mr. Hargrove bring two generations of jazz together for an exciting performance.

January 9-10, 2009, 7:30pm
The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, on Broadway at 60th St., New York City.

Tickets at $60 are available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office on Broadway at 60th St., by calling CenterCharge at 212.721.6500 or via www.jalc.org. Box Office hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, Sun. 12pm-6pm.

Linda Eder rocks the Holidays

Linda Eder Set To Perform At Wilbur Theatre
Sunday, December 7, Two Shows, 4:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Singer Linda Eder returns to Boston for two performances at the Wilbur Theatre on Sunday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Wilbur Theatre is located at 246 Tremont Street in Boston’s Theatre District. Tickets at $55 [cabaret seating and front mezzanine section] and $50 [mezzanine] and $45 [balcony, theatre-style seating] will go on sale Friday, October 17 at The Wilbur Theatre Box Office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, on line at www.ticketmaster.com and by phone by calling: 617-/508-931-2000. For more information, call: 617-248-9700.
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Introducing Linda’s New CD, "The Other Side Of Me"!

“It took a year and a half to make my new CD, The Other Side of Me, but in reality, it has been a lifetime in the making,” writes Linda on her website.

“The Elton John song from The Lion King has been playing in my head lately. It's called “The Circle of Life” and I've come to understand it much better than I used to. I've been blessed with a successful singing career — the kind of career that young singers aspire to — and for that I am grateful. I've also been cursed with a self-critical, constantly-searching-for-something mentality that can be hard to live with. This CD represents so many things, but most importantly, it represents the need to be myself.”

“I have talked often in interviews about my early vocal influences; the women whose voices inspired me to build my own voice. I fell in love with a vocal sound and I followed that sound into the types of music that those voices favored. I learned, I emulated, and I took on the role and it has taken me many wonderful places. I love the classic standards, will never abandon them, and I wouldn't trade one minute of my career, but I feel a need to grow, to move forward, and to do that I have to go back to the beginning,” Linda continues.

“As a kid I was a talented but undisciplined piano student. So in one of our early changes of address, the upright piano was left behind. As a young teenager I bought myself a cheap acoustic guitar so I would have a way to accompany my inner poet. What I wrote in those early years and the voice that I used to sing was the truest expression of who I really am. There were no outside influences to color or shape the vowels or direct the emotions. There was no record of past performances to measure up to, just my own words, my own history, and my own voice.”

“I have finally been given the chance to strip away the costume and sing without the voice of others in my head. I've traveled a long road to find my way back home and I have found it. The Other Side of Me is my voice.”

“My co-producer and friend, Billy Jay Stein, and I created The Other Side of Me together. It is an album of American pop and country flavored songs and arrangements. Each song was chosen because it felt like something I wanted say. It is heavy on acoustic guitar with melodies and rhythms designed to make you feel good as you drive down a stretch of highway or a country road. I hope you will find as I do that the songs grow on you rather than wear you out and make repeated listening easy and desirable. I think you will feel good after listening because the messages are mostly positive and uplifting. My desire was not to sing at you but to sing with you . . . to go to a sunny stretch of road and stay there for awhile. If you are looking for the echo of Judy or Barbara you won't find it in this CD. If you want to hear The Other Side of Me . . . here I am. Hop on the Bus!”

CD of the Day - "John Klemmer: Arabesque"

CD of the Day
John Klemmer: "Arabesque" (ABC/Verve) 2008

Originally recorded for the ABC label in 1978, this album now re-appears on Verve's Originals series, in a digipak cover. Reissue supervised by Harry Weinger.
Produced by Stephan Goldman & John Klemmer, it features the LA-based tenor saxophone player surrounded by string arrangements (courtesy of Ian Freebairn-Smith) and an all-star cast. Oscar Castro-Neves plays both acoustic guitar & cavaquinho on three songs ("Paradise," "Desire" and "Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again Forever") and percussionist Airto Moreira adds more Brazilian spice on four tracks.
Also featuring: Pat Rebillot (acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes), Victor Feldman (piano solo on "Desire"), Roger Kellaway (piano solos on "Paradise" and "Mardi Gras"), Abe Laboriel (electric bass), former Return To Forever member Lenny White (drums) and Weather Report Peru-born Back in 1978, "Arabesque" (heavily influenced by Gato Barbieri's albums at that time) peaked at # 4 in the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and reached # 83 in the Pop list.

Benefit concert for Terence Conley, tomorrow, in NY

Benefit Concert for Terence Conley
Hosted by Stafford Hunter
Sunday, Dec 7, 2008 6:00 PM

The Brooklyn Conservatory
58 7th Avenue (bet. Lincoln Pl. & St Johns Pl.)
Brooklyn
11217

Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music valued faculty member Terence Conley was sadly involved in a serious car accident in October and is currently in intensive care. His condition is serious but improving slowly week by week, the road to recovery will be very long and challenging. In effort to help Terence’s family during this difficult period, a benefit concert will be held at the Brooklyn Conservatory. The Conservatory invites one and all to enjoy some great music and asks the public to help us support Terence and his family.

Featuring artists: The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jambalaya Brass Band, Renee Manning Group, Jerome Harris, Doug Booth Tuliva Donna Cumberbatch & Trio, Christine Moore, Lucy Galligher Trio.

Cost: Minimum donation $10. So, donate whatever else you can. (You would pay more than $50 to see the Duke Ellington Orch at the Blue Note alone).
Also: I wanted to let you know that a fund has been established through the Jazz Foundation of America. Donations are tax-deductible. Checks can be written to "Jazz Foundation", with the memo note indicating "for Terence Conley Fund" to: The Jazz Foundation, 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036 -- Attn: Bookkeeper ; call (212) 245-3999 with questions.

R.I.P.: Anca Parghel

Anca Parghel
(born Sep. 16, 1957, Champulung Moldovenesc/Romania;
died Dec. 5, 2008, Timisoara/Romania)

The Romanian singer Anca Parghel died early December 5th in a hospital in Timisoara from ovarian cancer. She was one of Romania's best known singers and had performed all over Europe as well as in the USA. Her diagnosis of ovarian cancer in June prompted a national campaign in Romania to raise money for her treatment. Obituary: San Francisco Chronicle.
Source: The Jazzinstitut Darmstadt

CD of the Day - "Hugh Hopper: Numero D'Vol"

CD of the Day
Hugh Hopper: "Numero D'Vol" (MoonJune) 2007

Featuring: Hugh Hopper (electric bass), Simon Picard (tenor sax), Steve Franklin (keyboards), Charles Hayward (drums).
Free improvisations that grooves from fuzz-bass and Canterbury icon Hugh Hopper and his latest project. For those who think that free jazz is inherently unapproachable, Numero D’Vol proves that it’s possible to be completely spontaneous while creating music with an instinctive focus. Saxophonist Simon Picard, keyboardist Steve Franklin and drummer Charles Hayward join Soft Machine Legacy’s Hopper for a session that proves there’s even room for a backbeat in purely improvised music. There’s also space for contemporary textures and a touch of ambient music as Franklin layers synth washes underneath his more oblique pianism. Picard, also a member of guitarist Phil Miller’s In Cahoots, brings an angular lyricism to this hour-long experiment in rhythm-based collective interaction.
*****
When it comes to a long and diverse career ranging from psychedelic space and progressive rock to free jazz and everything in between, there’s only one bassist who’s done it all: Hugh Hopper. Hopper may not be a virtuoso by conventional definition, but his strong voice, potent grooves and innovative textures have made him an essential and unmistakable component of every project with which he’s been associated.

Hopper was there at the beginning of the British Canterbury scene. A charter member of the under-recorded but vastly influential Wilde Flowers, Hopper joined the legendary Soft Machine in late 1968, and can be heard on many of the group’s classic jazz/rock albums including Third (1970) and Fourth (1971). It was there that Hopper met Elton Dean. Despite the saxophonist/pianist’s free jazz leanings and Hopper’s more compositional approach, the two found much common ground, and their paths would continue to intersect on a regular basis up until Dean’s unexpected passing in 2006.

When Hopper left Soft Machine following the release of Six (1973) he had already been experimenting with tape looping for many years; a concept explored to great effect on his first solo album, the classic 1984 (1974). The more band-oriented Hopper Tunity Box followed in 1977, along with collaborations that included the late Gilgamesh keyboardist Alan Gowen, jazz composer/bandleader Carla Bley, Soft Head and Soft Heap - the first of what would become a series of Softs-related projects defined by the participation of Hopper and Dean.

After a couple of years off in the early ‘80s, Hopper “began to get the music virus again,” joining up with ex-Hatfield and the North guitarist Phil Miller’s group In Cahoots, which also featured Dean. Hopper and Dean were also charter members of Equipe Out, another post-Hatfield band led by drummer Pip Pyle (who also passed away in 2006). But it was a Dutch Soft Machine fan, who told the bassist that if he ever wanted to play in Holland there’d be plenty of people ready to work with him, that resulted in a revived career as a bandleader. Hopper’s jazz/fusion Anglo-Dutch band (later, with the addition of French guitarist Patrice Meyer, Franglo-Dutch band) would work through to the mid-1990s, releasing albums including Meccano Pelorus (1991) and Carousel (1994).

Any working musician will tell you that it’s virtually impossible to put all your eggs in one basket. So while Hopper pursued his own brand of fusion with the Franglo-Dutch band, he was also doing free improvisation with Dean, pianist Keith Tippett and drummer Joe Gallivan; epic mixes of composed and improvised works with ex-Henry Cow woodwind multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Cooper on Oh Moscow (1991); psychedelic improvisations with space rock/jam band progenitor Gong and its various offshoots; and Brainville - a collaboration with Pip Pyle and Soft Machine co-founder Daevid Allen, who called it “the most eccentric three-piece jazz rock outfit of the Canterbury school.”

More recently Hopper continued to expand his innovative looping concept in collaboration with American artist Matt Howarth for the multimedia The Stolen Hour (2004); record two albums of curiously skewed pop songs with singer Lisa S. Klossner; and joined forces with avant rockers Caveman Shoestore to create Caveman Hughscore (ultimately reduced to Hughscore).

Through it all, Hopper has continued to work with Dean on Softs-related projects including the free jazz-centric Soft Bounds, the equally free but more expansive Anglo-Japan group Soft Mountain, and a collaboration with the French Collectif Polysons for 2004’s Polysoft: Tribute to Soft Machine.

Soft Works was formed in 2003 with Soft Machine alumni John Marshall (drums) and Allan Holdsworth (guitar), releasing one album (2003’s Abracadabra). When Holdsworth became unavailable former Softs guitarist John Etheridge was brought in and Soft Machine Legacy was born.

As with all Softs projects, Soft Machine Legacy honors the adventurous spirit rather than the literal letter of Soft Machine, but this time with a much harder rock stance. With Dean the group released two albums for MoonJune - 2005’s Live in Zandaam and an eponymous 2006 studio album. Dean’s death in February 2006 temporarily threw the group into disarray, but with the recruitment of woodwind multi-instrumentalist Theo Travis - an established artist with deep roots in both Canterbury and jazz traditions - the group has moved towards an even more aggressive and open-ended approach that will not only appeal to the progressive rock crowd, but jamband fans as well. A new album has already been recorded with the new line-up, and will be released by MoonJune later this year.

These days Hopper is also occupied with a new group, Numero D’Vol, whose first album will be released by MoonJune in March, 2007. A quartet featuring saxophonist Simon Picard (also a current member of Phil Miller’s In Cahoots), keyboardist Steve Franklin and drummer Charles Heyward, Numero D’Vol has its own take on free improvisation that incorporates reckless abandon with ambient textures, visceral grooves and staggering collective interplay.

Now in his early 60s, Hopper is busier than ever, his significance increasingly appreciated by new generations of musicians and fans.
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Video Clips:
Hugh Hopper interviewed by Mark Hewins
Hugh Hopper & Mark Hewins

Let's talk JAZZ at Midwest

Let’s Talk JAZZ at Midwest – an invitation from the Jazz Education Network

Do you have questions about the future of jazz education? Do you have ideas to share with other teachers and performers? Do you want to help your students appreciate and play jazz? Do you want to help develop audiences for this great music?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then mark your travel itinerary and day planner with this "must do" activity during the Midwest Clinic in Chicago this year:
Friday, December 19, 2008 at 1:00 pm
The Jazz Education Network
hosts an
OPEN FORUM and IDEA EXCHANGE
in the
Crystal Ballroom on the 4th Floor
of the Blackstone Hotel
(no badge or registration needed, ALL are welcome)

The Jazz Education Network invites all teachers, performers, music industry pros, and jazz fans to attend this special event.We’re developing a jazz association by the people, for the people and of the people ---we want to hear your voice!

Members of the JEN Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, and Charter Members will be on hand to talk with you about this new organization –and to listen to your ideas.

Find out more about the Jazz Education Network (JEN) at www.JazzEdNet.org

Ron Carter & Arnaldo DeSouteiro on "Las Cintas Recuperadas"

http://lascintasrecuperadas.blogspot.com/2008/11/ron-carter.html

Las Cintas Recuperadas: Ron Carter... for the first time, voted Best Acoustic Bassist on Down Beat’s Readers Poll. ... Ithamara Koorax (Red River, Ithamara Koorax Sings The Bonfa Songbook), ...
Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Petropolis, May 26, 2001
Mr. DeSouteiro is Brazil’s top jazz producer and CTI historian.

Happy Birthday, Lisa Marie!

I know it's not a "fair" thing to most women, but... since you don't mind and don't hide your age: Happy, Rap & Rappy 40th Birthday, Lisa Marie Smith!
You are as beautiful & bewitching as ever!
All my Love, Admiration & Respect,
Arnaldo DeSouteiro, listening to Chet Baker singing on the "Let's Get Lost" CD soundtrack (let's watch the DVD late at night!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5H2bzk2zcc
Do you remember this folio from '87, when we first met? I'll treasure it forever and I don't mind about Rodney (he was a nice guy...) These pics really turn me on, 'cause you always turn me on anyway!

Brian Lynch Quartet live in Colorado

Trumpet master Brian Lynch will be performing tonight, December 5th, at the University of Colorado on behalf of the Coalition for Creative Music. The performance will be held on the University of Colorado campus in the Glenn Miller Ball Room (located in the University Memorial Center) and admission is free! Earlier in the day at 3:00 PM, Lynch will be giving a master class in Macky Hall, Room 1B03D (17th Street & University Ave).

Glenn Miller Ball Room,
University Memorial Center
1669 Euclid Ave
Boulder, CO 80309 View Map

Tomorrow, December 6, Brian Lynch performs with his quartet at the Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge in Denver.
930 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Sets are at 7 and 9 PM. Admission is $20.

Brian Lynch - trumpet
Jeff Jenkins - piano
Bijoux Barbosa - bass
Paul Romaine - drums

Natalici presents "Homage to Andy - The NY Eighties"

"Homage to Andy - The New York Eighties"
An Exhibition by New York Artist Natalici
Art Basel Miami Weekend

Galeria Paralela
1915 Liberty Ave., Suite 6
South Beach, Miami (1 block from Convention Center)
Open Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7 - 5PM to 10PM
Tel: (305) 763-8908

"Opus Samba": # 10 on DJ Charts

DJ Charts » Nik_Weston_Mukatsuku » it's the Jazzzzzzz baby chart ...Genre: Broken Beat/Nu Jazz. 10, FABIO FONSECA TRIO - Opus Samba · FABIO FONSECA TRIO, Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for JSR (Jazz Station Records). Click to add item to current chart list Login to use your wishlist ...

NIK WESTON (MUKATSUKU)
it's the Jazzzzzzz baby chart June 2008
22-June-2008
Check out the radio shows Konnichiwahwah show on Samurai Fm with Dom Servini www.samurai.fm/konnichiwahwah/index.php and the Forwardsbackwards show syndicated worldwide www.danceandsoul.com/radio/forwardsbackwards.html Gigs : 26 june smiths ec1/7 july June Proud Gallery/11th July supporting Lou Donaldson/Lonnie Smith/Toshio Matsuura +Perry Louis at Jazz Cafe/19th July Big Chill Bar with Nigel Prankster/20th July at Shiftless Shuffle at Freedom. See all releases on the Mukatsuku label and past projects + videos.... www.myspace.com/mukatsuku

1WESTON, Nik presents KEN MORIMURA/THE SOULTWISTERS
The Funky Instrumentals Vol Two (7" + sticker)
Mukatsuku
12 Jun 08
£3.40

2 HAYNES, Roy
Quiet Fire (CD)
Galaxy France
22 May 08
£22.60

3. CARN, Doug
Revelation (LP)
Black Jazz
09 May 08
£19.13

4. BLAKEY, Art & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
A Night In Tunisia (180 gram vinyl LP)
Toshiba Japan
16 Jun 08
£19.13

5. BLAKEY, Art & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
Moanin' (180 gram vinyl LP)
Toshiba Japan
16 Jun 08
£28.69

6. BYRD, Donald
Fuego (180 gram vinyl LP)
Toshiba Japan
16 Jun 08
£28.69

7. EARL KLUGH TRIO/REGINA CARTER/BILL EVANS
Spartacus EP (12" promo)
unknown label Japan
12 Jun 08
£14.77

8. DONATO, Joao
Quem E Quem (reissue) (CD)
Toshiba Japan
19 May 08
£13.90

9. HANCOCK, Herbie
My Point Of View (reissue) (LP)
Blue Note
09 May 08
£19.13

10. FABIO FONSECA TRIO
Opus Samba (CD)
Jazz Station
13 Sep 08
£13.03

CD of the Day - "Marilyn Mazur: Elixir"

CD of the Day
Marilyn Mazur & Jan Garbarek: "Elixir" (ECM) 2008

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2005, but only released in April 2008, "Elixir" (produced by ECM founder Manfred Eicher) is a thought-provoking, compelling, and rewarding listen for adventurous audiences.
Dannish percussionist and composer Marilyn Mazur is a fascinating musician whose skill and flair has adorned jazz projects led by such masters as Miles Davis (check her astonishing performances on the "Aura" CD and on the "Live in Munich" DVD) and Gil Evans, as well as with cult pop star Joe Jackson. Jan Garbarek, the Norwegian reedman, plays mostly tenor sax on this date, sometimes also using soprano sax and flute. He's regarded as one of the most distinctive jazz musicians Europe has produced, known for many recordings under his own name and with Keith Jarrett and Naná Vasconcellos for ECM.
"Elixir" is just these two, a series of concise duet performances where the lines between jazz, folk, and world music blur. Garbarek's chilly but soulful tone soars and sears over, under, and with Mazur's crackling, pulsing, rumbling, dancing range of sounds. Throughout the 21 tracks, Mazur is heard on such instruments as marimba, Indian cowbells, udu drum, bowed vibraphone & waterphone, bells & sheep bells, gongs, cymbals, various kinds of drums and "metal-utensils". Pure magic!

2009 Grammy Nominees: Claus Ogerman, Gilberto Gil, Randy Brecker, John McLaughlin, Don Sebesky - Complete Jazz-Related List

51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Lists
(Lista dos Indicados ao Grammy 2009)

Here's the list of jazz-related albums and artists that were nominated tonight for the 2009 Grammy Awards
For recordings released during the Eligibility Year (October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008)

Gilberto Gil (on the "Best Contemporary World Music Album" category) is the only Brazilian artist nominated. Jazz greats such as perennial winner Pat Metheny, Bob Brookmeyer, Carla Bley, Joe Lovano, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob James' Fourplay quartet, Alan Pasqua, the late Dave Carpenter, singers Cassandra Wilson and Norma Winstone, and my dear friends Randy Brecker, Johh McLaughlin, Claus Ogerman, Don Sebesky and Chick Corea are on the list.
The results will be announced on Febraury 08, 2009, from Staples Center (Los Angeles) during the Grammy Telecast on the CBS Television Network.

And the Nominees are:

Category 45
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Randy In Brasil
Randy Brecker [MAMA Records]

Floating Point
John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix]

Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
(Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers [Concord Jazz]

Miles From India
(Various Artists)
Bob Belden, producer [4Q/Times Square Records]

Lifecycle
Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern [Heads Up International]

Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson [Concord Jazz]

Breakfast On The Morning Tram
Stacey Kent [Blue Note]

If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything
Kate McGarry [Palmetto Records]

Loverly
Cassandra Wilson [Blue Note]

Distances
Norma Winstone (with Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing) [ECM]

Category 47
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

Be-Bop
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [MJF]

Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brönner, soloist
Track from: The Standard (Take 6) [Heads Up International]

Waltz For Debby
Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists
Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]

Son Of Thirteen
Pat Metheny, soloist
Track from: Day Trip [Nonesuch Records]

Be-Bop
James Moody, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) [MJF]

Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea & Gary Burton [Concord Records]

History, Mystery
Bill Frisell [Nonesuch Records]

Brad Mehldau Trio: Live
Brad Mehldau Trio [Nonesuch Records]

Day Trip
Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez [Nonesuch Records]

Standards
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio [Fuzzy Music]

Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band [WATT]

Act Your Age
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band [Immergent]

Symphonica
Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra [Blue Note]

Blauklang
Vince Mendoza [Act Music and Vision (AMV)]

Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra [Planet Arts Recordings]

Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project [Heads Up International]

The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band [Half Note Records]

Song For Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra [Zoho]

Nouveau Latino
Nestor Torres [Diamond Light Records]

Marooned/Aislado
Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates [Picaro Records]

Category 85
Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

The Adventures Of Mutt (From Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull)
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull — Soundtrack [Concord Records]

Alegria
Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Track from: The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]

Claire's Closet
Russell Ferrante, composer (Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern)
Track from: Lifecycle [Heads Up International]

Danzón De Etiqueta
Dave Grusin, composer (Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin)
Track from: Amparo [Decca]

Hit The Ground Running
Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Track from: Act Your Age [Immergent]

Category 86
Best Instrumental Arrangement
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Define Dancing (From Wall-E)
Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)
Track from: Wall-E — Soundtrack [Walt Disney Records]

Down In The Valley
Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia Featuring The Prague Orchestra)
Track from: Landscapes [Cacophony]

Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
Michael Abene, arranger (Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra)
Track from: Symphonica [Blue Note]

St. Louis Blues
Bob Brookmeyer, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
Track from: Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard [Planet Arts Recordings]

Yesterdays
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Featuring Art Tatum)
Track from: Act Your Age [Immergent]

Category 87
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
(An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Alfie
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Traincha & The Metropole Orchestra)
Track from: The Look Of Love — Burt Bacharach Songbook [Blue Note]

Grace
Cedric Dent, arranger (Take 6)
Track from: The Standard [Heads Up International]

Here's That Rainy Day
Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole)
Track from: Still Unforgettable [DMI Records]

Johnny One Note
Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli)
Track from: With A Song In My Heart [Telarc International]

Lazy Afternoon
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Danilo Perez; vocalist: Cassandra Wilson)
Track from: Across The Crystal Sea [Emarcy]

Category 75
Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Shake Away
Lila Downs [Manhattan Records/Blue Note]

Banda Larga Cordel
Gilberto Gil [Warner Music Latina]

Global Drum Project
Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo [Shout! Factory]

Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take)
Youssou N'Dour [Nonesuch Records]

Live At The Nelson Mandela Theater
Soweto Gospel Choir [Shanachie Entertainment]

Category 44
Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Meditations
William Ackerman [Compass Productions]

Pathfinder
Will Clipman [Canyon Records]

Peace Time
Jack DeJohnette [Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm]

Ambrosia
Peter Kater [Point Of Light Records]

The Scent Of Light
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra [SSRI]

Category 14