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Jazz news, articles, and videos are available from a variety of sources, including newspapers, magazines, websites, and blogs. Many of these sources provide up-to-date information about jazz musicians, performances, and events. Additionally, websites such as All About Jazz, JazzTimes, and Jazz.com provide an in-depth look at the jazz scene, with interviews, reviews, and news about current and upcoming releases. Additionally, many jazz festivals and clubs have their own websites, where visitors can find information about upcoming concerts and other events. Finally, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are also great sources for jazz news, articles, and videos.
At some point in the evening, singer Andy Caine said “No politics, please” but the significance of watching a tribute to Steely Dan, arch-satirists of the American Dream, on the evening of Donald Trump’s inauguration surely didn’t escape the cognoscenti in the audience, even if the riches of Fagen and Becker’s music went over the […]
In the midst of 2003's major news headlines like SARS, the US-led, post-9/11 invasion of Iraq, and the first same-sex marriage in Canada, the Vancouver Jazz Festival began with its own breaking news. On the eve of the festival, the Coastal Jazz offices were broken into and the phone lines cut as 1,700 artists were
The Detroit-born vibraphonist and marimba player Dave Pike was a veteran of flautist Herbie Mann's early 60s soul jazz groups, and a leader who had recorded with Bill Evans, Reggie Workman and Herbie Hancock, when he decamped for Europe in the late 1960s. There he hooked up with stellar guitarist Volker Kriegel, bassist J.A. Rettenbacher, and drummer Peter Baumeister to form the short-lived Dave Pike Set and record for the adventurous German MPS Records label. The Pike Set's recently reissued third album Infra-Red from 1970 reveals a psychedelic groove band as capable of trippy flights as they were funky breakdowns.
The big news about Salt River is the collaboration with Sam Gendel, a celebrated jazz saxophonist who has worked with Amidon in various roles since 2017. However, aside from an extended reedy flight of fancy in “Tavern,” Gendel’s role as producer is primarily to get out of the way, and let Amidon be Amidon, his folky experiments haloed by an aura of extraordinary clarity.