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Two Great Jazz Releases: Remastered albums do Dizzy Gillespie justice

jazzman — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:14:02 +0000

This summer, the jazz community saw the re-release of
two great Dizzy Gillespie albums. Having been digitally
remastered, the audience can step back over 50 years
and hear the best of “Dizzy” in its true, almost live-sounding
quality.

The 1st of these two albums is Showtime at the Spotlite,
an album that was initially released in 1946
after being recorded at a live show on 52nd
Street in New York City. This 2-disc recording
features the following tracks:

Disc 1:
1. Shaw ‘Nuff / I Waited For You
2. Our Delight
3. Groovin’ High
4. The Man I Love
5. Ray’s Idea
6. Cool Breeze
7. Oo Bop Sh’Bam
8. ‘Round Midnight
9. Second Balcony Jump
10. Day By Day
11. Convulsions
12. Woody ‘n You
13. Lazy Mood
14. One Bass Hit
15. Things To Come
16. I Waited For You

Showtime At
The Spotlite

(Get at Amazon.com)

Disc 2:
1. Shaw ‘Nuff / I Waited For You
2. Our Delight
3. Second Balcony Jump
4. Things To Come
5. The Man I Love (Incomplete)
6. Intermission: Don’t Blame Me
7. Grosvenor Square
8. One Bass Hit
9. Things To Come
10. I Waited For You

This rare recording represents the 1st generation of Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band legacy. It features an all-star cast, including Thelonious Monk, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke,James Moody and Milt Jackson to name a few. SHOWTIME AT THE SPOTLITE is a priceless documentation of great musical genius at a special moment, superbly captured in live performance. Both innovative and a lot of fun, this is Dizzy Gillespie straight-on telling the world where it’s at. The album was re-released Sept. 1st, 2008.

The 2nd album was re-released August 5th this year and offers a digital remastering of The Cool World Of Dizzy Gillespie. The original album was released back in April of 1964 and features the trumpeter’s interpretations of the score of the obscure film “The Cool World” – although these tracks were not heard in the film. This album, in particular, has music historians thinking twice and digging deeper to see what else can be found among Dizzy’s “buried stash.”

Tracks included on this album:

1. Theme From The Cool World
2. The Pushers
3. Enter, Priest
4. Duke’s Awakening
5. Duke On The Run
6. Street Music
7. Bonnie’s Blues
8. Coney Island
9. Duke’s Fantasy
10. Coolie
11. Duke’s Last Soliloquy

Both of these albums are “winners” and would accent any collection. It is great that these two labels found these works and decided to give them the attention they deserve. Showtime At The Spotlite was remastered by Uptown Label, and The Cool World Of Dizzy Gillespie was produced by Verve. A blast into the past, these rare albums should be at the top of the list for Gillespie fans!

Dont’ Miss The 2008 Sweet & Hot Music Festival: Aug 29th-Sept 1st in Los Angeles, CA

jazzman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:29:16 +0000

The Sweet & Hot Music Festival, taking place at the LAX Marriott over Labor Day Weekend, presents a diverse lineup of excellent musicians in a family-friendly environment at affordable prices.

This year, the Festival features the likes of Ernestine Anderson, the Jack Sheldon Orchestra, Herb Jeffries, Ernie Andrews, the Jennifer Leitham Trio, and Banu Gibson, along with the world premiere of some unreleased Chet Baker recordings and an ongoing jam session in the lobby.

But with entertainment happening in eight venues within the Marriott, Sweet & Hot offers more than jazz. There’s also blues, gospel, R&B, honky-tonk, and children’s and novelty music. There’s Pianorama, hosted by Yve Evans, in which pianists are given 15 minutes each to “play his or her butt off.” There’s ballroom and swing dancing. As performer Ava DuPree puts it, “there’ll be comedy, drama, magic, the bold, the beautiful, the young, and the restless, all served up with a little vaudeville on the side.” It all happens at the LAX Marriott August 29-September 1.

[Source: www.lajazz.com]

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Album: Blues, Dues, and Love News

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Jazz Bakery In Culver City To Feature Yosvany Terry Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet

jazzman — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:54:49 +0000

Featured Artist: Yosvany Terry Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet
Dates: August 13th-16th
Location: Jazz Bakey – Culver City, CA

Grammy award winning saxophonist, chekeré player and composer Yosvany Terry fueses the traditional sounds of his native Cuba, with fiery post-bop, sophisticated harmonies, and avant-garde innovation. His quartet features Yosvany Terry on, saxophone and chekeré, Osmany Paredes on piano, Yunior Terry on bass, and Ernesto Simpson on drums. They perform at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City August 13-16.

Yosvany Terry received his earliest musical training from his father, Eladio “Don Pancho” Terry , violinist and Cuba’s leading player of the . His father was also known as the founder and director of the “Orquesta Maravillas de Florida,” one of Cuba’s most important charanga bands. Mr. Terry went on to receive his classical music training and graduated from both the prestigious National School of Art (ENA) and Amadeo Roldan Conservatory.

While in Cuba, Yosvany was known for his musical innovation performing with the likes of legends, such as Chucho Valdez, Silvio Rogriguez, Fito Paez, and Cubanismo, as well as forming the influential group, Columna B. Their work represented the new voice of young Cuban jazz players. ” Columna B became this limitless work-shop, where everything could be tried and experimented with. We learned how to polish and develop our craft in a very special and intuitive sense “, comments Terry. Columna toured throughout the US and Europe, and in 1998 premiered their Inroads Commissioned-piece by Arts International (through the Ford Foundation) at Stanford Jazz Festival.

Yosvany came to New York in 1999 and was immediately recognized as a “spectacular talent” in the Jazz scene, playing with Roy Hargrove, Steve Coleman, Eddie Palmieri, Dave Douglass, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, and bassist Avishai Cohen.

Always a student, Mr. Terry has absorbed and incorporated American jazz traditions with his own Afro-Cuban roots to produce compositions and solo work that flow from the rhythmic and hard driving avant-garde to sweet sounding lyricism. His voice and style are unique and complex, and with his new Quintet he has married Cuban and American musical traditions to create a new and exciting sound.

Born in Santa Clara Cuba, Osamany Paredes started playing piano at the age 8. He graduated in 1991 from the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música de La Habana and moved to Mexico in 1992, where he became well known as a jazz musician and is now the latest heavyweight to hang his hat here in the United States. His style is Traditional with a very modern edge. It is Afro-Cuban jazz for the new millennium. Paredes is an aggressive stylist with a bright-sounding, percussive approach and penchant for fiery improvisations, yet time and again he reveals a sweet side on the likes of the stately contradanza and boleros. Having studied classically in Cuba, then working in Mexico City and other spots with such powerhouses as Israel Cachao Lopez, Patato Valdes and Dafnis Prieto.

Latest Album: Metamorphosis

Information:

Jazz Bakery
3233 Helms Ave.
Culver City, CA
(310) 271-9039
www.JazzBakery.org