Jazz in Papers/Reviews III

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Tim Garland's new album gets a rave from John Fordham

and Jacob Young looks interesting too

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Graun Festivals 2014 Listing

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Graun Festivals 2014 Listing

There is an obit in the Indy today for Fred Ho (baritone sax) who played with Gil,Shepp and Hemphill etc. Doesn't ring any bop bells with me but I guess Ianesco could advise? He produced c.15 albums as a leader.

RIP Cmrde Ho.

BN.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Steve Lehman [On Meaning and Manifold in the aka collection and much enjoyed] gets five starts from Fordham for this

Graun today

[Serial_Apologist]

Bros - no relation.

[Tom Audustus]

There is an obit in the Indy today for Fred Ho (baritone sax) who played with Gil,Shepp and Hemphill etc. Doesn't ring any bop bells with me but I guess Ianesco could advise? He produced c.15 albums as a leader.

RIP Cmrde Ho.

BN.

You'll find a fairly long & interesting interview with Fred Ho in a podcast at: http://thejazzsession.com/2010/04/05...n-157-fred-ho/

By the way, Jason Crane's 'The Jazz Session' podcast started up again a couple of months ago after a year's break.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

John Surman is due to perform these orchestral pieces (reflecting this fine artist’s deep roots in English folk-song and classical music as well as straight-ahead jazz) with Norway’s Bergen Big Band at the EFG London Jazz festival on 15 November – and on this evidence, it should be an affecting and infectious show.
Fordham Review

Graun autumn gigs

Jason Crane ta Tom Adjustus

[Serial_Apologist]

Graun autumn gigs

Jason Crane ta Tom Adjustus

I can't... affordham.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

I can't... affordham.

nor i

[Ian Thumwood]

Here's a duo I would like to appear on disc.....

[Serial_Apologist]

Here's a duo I would like to appear on disc.....

Hey, they're playing the last part off the Koln Concert there, and guess who's in the audience! Coincidence or what??

[Ian Thumwood]

I noticed that too. It was also apparent that Bill Frisell appeared to be shaking a bit at the moment - maybe he was aware of Jarrett's reputation! Even though he was smiling, Jarrett still looks pretty scary!

Anyone heard the new album of Fats Waller cover by Jason Moran? That seems an intriguing album. It's been too long since we've had a new Bandwagon album!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

way to go; using jazz as a community initiative, not simply a commercial venture

[Serial_Apologist]

way to go; using jazz as a community initiative, not simply a commercial venture

Great exemplary stuff - and of course part of what the AACM was all about when it started out... 50 years ago??

[Ian Thumwood]

It's interesting how you perceive jazz across the States from the perspective of a fan living in the UK. I love the music which is coming from Chicago at the moment and whilst many of the musicians associated with the scene may have come from other towns, the city manages to retain a strong musical identity. Chicago jazz seems to have a harder edge than any other city and seems less willing to compromise. Ernest Dawkin's example offers a salutary one for festival promoters and demonstrates that genuine jazz is viable at jazz festivals. This seems to be less the case on Europe where the integrity of the festivals is compromised by pop and fringe acts.

I don't have anything by Dawkins in my collection but association with the likes of William Parker show that he must be on the right track. He does record for Delmark like so many musicians from Chicago and the liner notes of their various releases all speak of a unique spirit and sense of identity in the jazz scene in the city. Perhaps the view in the article is distorted because a musician from Kansas City made a comment to me in July that he felt jazz wasn't thriving in Chicago but there seemed to be something of a resurgence in Kansas City where musicians were moving from both the East and West coasts. There seemed to be a consensus amongst his colleagues about the regional nature of the current jazz scene in the US.

It does seem strange that the spread of jazz across the States seems to show an appetite for the music especially if the more commercial elements are actually stripped out and the music left to remain as authentic as possible. I don't think that jazz festivals need pop acts to put bums on seats rather they need to start thinking along the lines of Dawkin's and play to the music's strengths.

Granted that I am very biased when reading this article as I am addicted to the Delmark label at the moment and fascinated by what is going on in Chicago. I'm glad Calum posted this article as it paints a picture of the music that all genuine jazz fans would wish to see. If will have to check Dawkins out but if his music is half as good as another contemporary and Chicago resident, Ari Brown, his music will be worth checking out. I don't think Brown's "Groove awakening" breaks any new ground but there are unlikely to be any new releases this year which are quite as enjoyable. This CD has rarely been out of my car this year and is vindication that jazz need not compromise in order to be hugely approachable. Small wonder than Dawkin's festival can attract such audiences when Chicago has so many original musicians on call at the moment. As SA says, this is what the AACM is about and whilst most people on this board will probably be put in mind of historically important bands like AEoC or visionaries like Muhal Richard Abrams, they are still incredibly relevant and, to take the example of Nicole Mitchell alone, continue to produce musicians of global significance.