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| A Life Remembered: Local jazz-piano legend 'seemed to know every tune' In a University of Illinois Sousa Archives oral history, he said students at his school were offered piano lessons. "Well, it interested me, so I began to study at school. The school had two full-time, dedicated piano teachers! Wonderful," he said then. "They had a voice, choral teacher, (both) full-time.
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| Honoring Marian McPartland, the jazz icon who smashed glass ceilings But McPartland — who died in 2013 at age 95 — reached millions of listeners through her indispensable National Public Radio show, "Piano Jazz." And she continues to do so, thanks to its rebroadcast at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on WDCB-FM 90.9 and an audio library at www.npr.org. McPartland's witty ...
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| 'After Bach' Offers Brad Mehldau's Well-Tempered Jazz When Johann Sebastian Bach compiled the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722, he wrote that the 24 preludes and fugues were "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study." Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau is one ...
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| Gil Goldstein On Piano Jazz Composer and arranger Gil Goldstein came to the piano by way of the accordion, which he has rediscovered and added to the jazz lexicon. Collaborations with Jaco Pastorius and Bill Evans fostered his career and led to work with David Sanborn, Michael Franks and Al Jarreau. These collaborations ...
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| Jazz pianist Derek, 90, tells of his extraordinary life These are the words of a 90-year-old pianist who is hoping to bring isolated people together in the community through his jazz workshops in Croxley Green. Music has been prevalent throughout Derek Mander's life so he is inviting people to join in the workshops with their own instruments or just come ...
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| Eric Mintel's new show shares his love of jazz The veteran jazz pianist is known in the area for his jazz concerts, often with his trio, and he is now hosting a TV show that aims to inform viewers about the music, and ... Musicians he's interviewed include New York jazz pianist Jim Ridl, and Steve Rudolph, a piano player from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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| The many facets of Johnny O'Neal play out at Winter's Jazz Club The last time I heard O'Neal, he was accompanying clarinetist Buddy DeFranco at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2009, the two musicians revisiting DeFranco's recorded work with piano titan Art Tatum. This was a thankless task for O'Neal, for no one can match Tatum's superhuman keyboard virtuosity, ...
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| Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones among headliners at 2018 Monterey Jazz Festival For example Norah Jones, the singer/songwriter/pianist/guitarist who came to prominence for the softly melancholic folk music approach to her songs even though she was schooled in jazz piano and her first record deal came from the legendary jazz record label Blue Note. And there's Lucinda Williams, ...
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| Taking Giant Steps: Lakewood High Jazz Ensemble To Play Apollo Theater The students will also get to break out and play different shows in the city, including at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Band members will also visit renowned jazz clubs and have mentor sessions with professional musicians. To help finance the trip, the students released "Swingin' on 54," a ...
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| Guitar or Piano? Grover Kemble and Jerry Vezza will serve 'Tales and Tunes' at the Bickford, April 5 Jazz favorites Grover Kemble and Jerry Vezza have been gracing area stages together for 25 years. On April 5, 2018, they're back, leading an ensemble in an evening of Tales and Tunes at the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre in Morris Township. Each man is a master: Kemble of the guitar, Vezza of ...
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