7. Juni 2016
Anthony Brown / Vince Mai
Jonathon Bakan talks to the percussionist Anthony Brown about the Asian-American Orchestra's revival of Max Roach's "We Insist! Freedom Now Suite", about his own family background with a father from South Carolina and a mother from Japan, about his introduction to jazz through the music of Jimi Hendrix, as well as about the idea behind the Asian-American jazz movement ( Examiner). --- Gavin Fisher talks to the Canadian trumpeter Vince Mai about the soundtrack for the film "Rehearsal" which he recorded in a single marathon four-and-a-half-hour session, about his love for the trumpet and for jazz, as well as about his hope that jazz in movie soundtracks might "bring more people to the jazz listening audience" ( CBC News).
8. Juni 2016
... what else ...
Susanna Sailer reports about the Austrian contractor for glass and storefront construction Franz Baumann who stages jazz concerts in his rural village ( Wirtschaftsblatt). --- The European Jazz Network appeals to those in charge to ensure that the Moers Festival, one of the premier events for improvised music in Europe, will continue ( Der Westen). --- We learned about a new documentary about the South African multi-instrumentalist Ndikho Xaba ( Music in Africa). --- Heinrich Oehmsen is bored by Carla Bley's "Le Leçon Française" performed with the NDR Big Band in Hamburg, but wakes up when Renaud Garcia-Fons and the pianist Dorante meet for a bit of jazz flamenco during the second part of the concert ( Hamburger Abendblatt). --- Bill Brownlee hears the vibraphonist Roy Ayers at the Blue Room in Kansas City ( The Kansas City Star). --- Jennifer Aldrich attends a new exhibition about the Civil Rights Movement and jazz at the American Jazz Museum ( The Kansas City Star). --- Hans Hielscher looks at the importance of jazz festivals for working musicians in Germany ( Spiegel Online). --- Michael Horn remembers doing both a TV and a radio interview with Louis Armstrong in the 1950s, the latter recorded in Armstrong's home in Queens, or more precisely, in Armstrong's bathroom "as he sat on the john" ( Portland Press-Herald). --- Wynton Marsalis commends about the photo "Calling the Indians Out" by photographer Frank Stewart ( Aperture). --- Ulrich Stock attends the Schaffhauser Jazzfestival in Switzerland ( Zeit Online). --- Franziska Buhre remembers her visit to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival with sound clips ( TAZ Blog). --- Nate Chinen talks to the pianist Chick Corea about concerts planned around his 75th birthday ( New York Times). --- Sandy Wells talks to the guitarist Steve Himes ( Charleston Gazette-Mail ).
Obituaries
We read another obituary about the flutist Jeremy Steig ( New York Times). --- We learned of the passing of the singer Jimmy Borges at the age of 80 ( Honolulu Civil Beat), the German guitarist Häns'che Weiss at the age of 65 ( Djangostation, Jazzpages, Bayerischer Rundfunk), the trumpeter Rich 'Taste' Rajewski at the age of 70 ( Chicago Sun-Times), as well as the manager and jazz autobiography ghost writer Claire Gordon at the age of 97.
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