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Aaron Parks: Progressive Jazz Piano
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Aaron Parks has played piano on the last three Terence Blanchard recordings. I’m a big fan of those and the have made certain that the band was mentioned as an integral aspect of them. Now Mr. Parks has his chance to shine with Invisible Cinema, his debut on Blue Note Records. The Boston Globe says…
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Jazz: Cool Birth Graphic Novel
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It’s rare that these two favorites of mine cross paths: graphic novels and jazz. It’s happening now with the forthcoming Jazz: Cool Birth, a jazz club murder mystery, from author/designer Gary Scott Beatty. “I hope to pull readers into the late night clubs of 1957, feeling the music through the visuals,” Beatty explains. “Jazz album…
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Me on Twitter
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Twitter is a free service for people to communicate through the exchange of quick, frequent messages (or “tweets”). I’ve been using it to share what I’m listening to, and still will. I’m increasing the scope of what I do with it, though. Since it’s not always easy for me to write up a post about…
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Saxman Curtis Haywood Helps Feed the Children
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Saxophonist Curtis Haywood is donating a portion of his sales of his self-titled debut recording to two causes: Feed the Children and Self Help Africaposition. Feed The Children helps supply food for the people of Ethiopa and around the globe, while Self Help Africa Self Help Africa is an international development agency engaged in promoting…
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Review: The Dixon-Rhyne Project – Reinvention
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Hammond B-3 master Melvin Rhyne garnered himself a place in jazz history for his work with the legendary Wes Montgomery. Thus it was with caution that saxophonist Rob Dixon approached him about creating and recording a modernized approach to the jazz organ quartet. This Reinvention was to take place with the help of drummer Kenny…