Actual Jazz

CiCi’s (04 de diciembre de 1952), powerful and stunning singing has earned her the title of “First Lady of Jazz” by the Barbados Advocate, a leading newspaper on the island. The list of celebrities who have attended CiCi’s captivating performances includes luminaries such as the late jazz legend Sarah Vaughan and prototypical rocker Mick Jagger.This sultry and soulful singer has performed at the finest venues in Barbados where she’d been enchanting audiences for over 20 years. She has recently won a Cornerstone Award at the Barbados Music Awards, and had previously earned a Music Service Award from the Barbados Tourism Authority in 2004 for her contribution to music on the island.Prior to her recent move to Canada, she performed regularly at the prestigious Sandy Lane Resort with her own jazz band, and she had joined the venerable VSOP Dixieland Jazz Band for a weekly headliner at the Waterfront Café in what had become for many years an island institution for locals and repeat tourists...

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Woody Allen y la New Orleans Jazz Band protagonizaron el día 29 de Diciembre de 2009, en el teatro Calderón de Valladolid, el primero de los conciertos que ofrecerán en la gira programada por España y en la que visitarán ciudades como Granada, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca y Pamplona, entre otras. Hasta el teatro Calderón, lleno para disfrutar de la música de la banda en la que Allen, quien previamente recibió la Espiga de Honor de la Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (Seminci) toca el clarinete, se acercaron distintas personas del mundo de la política, la cultura y la economía de Valladolid empezando por la Corporación Municipal, encabezada por el alcalde de la ciudad, Javier León de la Riva. En el escenario y acompañados por una tenue luz, la banda comenzó el concierto minutos después de las 20.30 horas con sus tradicionales sonidos de jazz a los que, según señaló Allen en una intervención ante el público tras la segunda canción, se sumarían temas de estilos vinculados a desfile...

The trade routes that link the East-Coast of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and to Europe represent a cross-fertilization of cultures and a metaphor for the multi-faceted singer and songwriter, Miriam Chemmoss. Miriam was raised in a potent brew of East-African, Middle-Eastern, and European cultures. She spent her formative years between Kenya, Tanzania, Europe and now the US where she came to college in the late 90's. Miriam received classical training in music, and performed at solo and choral competitions as a youth; helping her develop into the disciplined artist she is today. In 2004, Miriam moved to New York City where she would develop her performance skills more as a member of “the Marvalletes Revue” under the direction of original Marvallete, Pam Darden, in a revival of the famous Motown girl group. A year later, she joined the legendary “Soukous Stars” band; experts at Congolese Rumba (Zaiko) (And winners of the 2004 International Reggae and World Music Awards). She carv...

Freddie Hubbard, (Indianápolis 1938) nació en el seno de una familia de músicos. Practicó el melófono en la "John Hope Junior High School", pero apenas un año después cambio a la trompeta, compatibilizando ese instrumento con el corno francés. En aquella época, trabajo con el grupo "The Contemporaries" y con la banda de los hermanos Montgomery -Wes a la guitarra, Buddy al vibráfono y Monk al bajo eléctrico). En 1958 se traslado a New York y superada la primera impresión de su visita a la Gran Manzana, tocó en el "Turbo Village" primero con el saxofonista Joe Cameron y después con su propio grupo. En 1959 viajo a San Francisco como miembro de la banda de Sonny Rollins con la que estuvo dos escasos meses. En 1660 estuvo con el octeto de Slide Hampton y el sexteto del trombonista J.J. Johnson y ya entonces era un asiduo de los famosos lunes del "Birdland". Ese mismo año debutó como líder de session grabando para "Blue Note" un álbum de cin...

Marco Fumo Pianista - (Americana / Clásica / Jazz)

Jules Day is creating quite a buzz as she bursts onto the L.A. jazz scene with a voice and stage presence that belie her 22 years of age. Jules’s young jazz career has experienced a meteoric rise with regular appearances at Southern California’s top jazz venues including Hollywood’s Catalina Bar & Grill and Culver City’s The Jazz Bakery. Jules recently found herself not only on the cover of the L.A. Jazz Scene monthly newspaper, but the subject of an in-depth article by publisher Myrna Daniels. Daniels, in the article, noted that she had seen several singers go on to find great success and predicted, “I think Jules Day will one day belong to that select circle of performers.” Don Heckman, jazz critic for the Los Angeles Times, reviewed Jules’s Hollywood performance as “having the vibe, the enthusiasm, and the sheer irresistibility of a star in the making.” Heckman wrote, “At 21, Day has the blond and slender look of a youthful Diana Krall, but the resemblance stops there. Unlike Kr...

Keith Jarret (Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, 8th may 1945) (American pianist and jazz musician)

Brad Mehldau Pianista

Voices Now - the brussels int. Young Jazz singers - 4Th edition, December 2008 The Winners 2008 First Prize "Barbara Bürkle" (Germany) Barbara started her vocal studies at the Academy for Music in Mannheim. Later, she worked with a.o. jazz singers Sheila Jordan, Judy Niemack, Rachel Gould, Norma Winstone. She toured with several bands (England, Italy, South Africa...) with her own quintet. She won in 2007 the “7th International Choral Ensemble Competition” in Taiwan. She recorded “A tribute to Cole Porter” in 2008.- Link #1: http://www.themusicvillage.com/Pages/program/ProgSINGERS/singers2008s1.html Link #2: http://www.jazzinbelgium.com/event/id=12866 Link #3: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=275586993 Actual Jazz

Al DiMeola (Jersey City, 22 de julio de 1954), guitarrista estadounidense del actual jazz. DiMeola es uno de los grandes representantes de la fusión jazzística, en su caso tanto con el rock como con las llamadas músicas del mundo, fruto de su interés por otras tradiciones musicales extrañas al ámbito occidental. Es un virtuoso tanto con la guitarra eléctrica como con la acústica. Algunos datos bio-discográficos DiMeola estudió durante un breve periodo de tiempo en la Berklee School of Music en Boston a comienzos de los años setenta, antes de aceptar en 1974 reemplazar al guitarrista Bill Connors en el grupo de fusión Return to Forever (un grupo que incluía instrumentalistas como el tecladista Chick Corea y el bajista Stanley Clarke). Con su presencia, el grupo obtuvo un gran éxito comercial, con discos como Where Have I Known Before, de 1974; No Mystery, de 1975, y Romantic Warrior de 1976, que llevó a que DiMeola iniciase carrera en solitario. Su carrera está jalonada brillantes ejemp...

Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville has always added an indefinable something to the family ensemble that no one else can provide: not just his intense spiritual vibe and stunning instrumental virtuosity, but even more a level of musical intelligence which both reflects and expands upon his experience as a skilled player in several musical idioms. Charles, the second oldest Neville brother, has the most diverse musical background. His experience on saxophone has included rhythm & blues, funk, jazz, be-bop, popular and even American Indian music. He cites as influences Louis Jordan, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Professor Longhair. He is also the only brother that lived away from New Orleans for long periods of time, making places like New York, Memphis and Oregon his home. The Neville Brother most known for his pursuit of Eastern spiritual knowledge is also the family's keeper of the horn. His brothers affectionately refer to him as "The Horn Ma...

David Torkanowsky Pianista

Geri Allen Pianista

OSCAR PETERSON (Pianista)

Norma Winstone was born in London and first attracted attention in the late sixties when she shared the bill at Ronnie Scott's club with Roland Kirk. Although she began her career singing jazz standards, she became involved in the avant garde movement, exploring the use of the voice in an experimental way and evolving her own wordless approach to improvisation. She joined groups led by Mike Westbrook, Michael Garrick and sang with John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Gibbs and John Taylor, and worked extensively with many of the major European names and visiting Americans. In 1971 she was voted top singer in the Melody Maker Jazz Poll and subsequently recorded her own album Edge od Time for Decca, which although long deleted has now been re-released as a CD on the Disconforme label. Web Side: http://www.normawinstone.com/biog.htm Norma Ann Winstone MBE (born 23 september 1941, in Bow East London) is a British jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning over forty years she is bes...

“I’ve always been drawn to the space of silence between the notes. It’s in the silence that the secrets of songs reveal themselves.” – Kate McGarry Born into a large, musical family in Hyannis, Massachusetts, Kate began making music at an early age. She and her nine siblings would put on talent shows for their parents, playing and singing together at every opportunity. “We befriended the musicians,” says Kate. “We would go as a family to hear them and sing along. Hearing live music as a child was as important to me as anything in my life. I never considered doing any other work than singing. To my family, music was one of the healing arts. It was just as good as being a doctor.”Kate’s early musical inspiration came in the form of the Beatles, the Mills Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire, and the Celtic music she would hear at the local Irish pub. But then she heard Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, and her life’s calling became obvious. “The chord and harmonic structures were mysterious and b...

For recordings released during the Eligibility YearOctober 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties. * Jazz . Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) + Randy In Brasil - Randy Brecker + Floating Point - John McLaughlin + Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley (Various Artists) - Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers + Miles From India - (Various Artists) Bob Belden, producer + Lifecycle - Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern . . Best Jazz Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) + Imagina: Songs Of Brasil - Karrin Allyson ( http://actualjazz.blogspot.com/2008/11/karrin-allyson.html ) + Breakfast On The Morning Tram - Stacey Kent ( http://actualjazz.blogspot.com/2008/11/neoyorkina-de-nacimiento-y-licenciada.html ) + If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything - Kate McGarry ( http://actualjazz.blogspot....

Gonzalo Rubalcaba (nacido el 27 de mayo de 1963 en La Habana, Cuba) es uno de los más importantes pianistas del jazz actual. Virtuoso instrumentista y prolífico compositor, fusiona la música cubana con influencias americanas en un poderoso e innovativo híbrido musical. En su música se siente permanentemente la impronta de la cubanía elevada a categoría de lenguaje universal. Conocido por su gran habilidad en el piano desde los 1990s, sus más recientes trabajos han mostrado una madurez más abierta. Rubalcaba es, sin discusión, uno de los más importantes pianistas de jazz vivos en la actualidad. Aunque no estuvo motivado en razones políticas, emigró y vivió algunos años en la República Dominicana para más tarde fijar sus residencia definitiva en Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Estados Unidos de América. Biografía ( http://www.apoloybaco.com/ ) Discografía Concierto Negro (1987) Mi Gran Pasion (1987) Live in Havana (1989) Giraldilla (1990) Discovery: Live at Montreux (1990) The Blessin...

Stefano Bollani (Pianista)

Chick Corea  Pianista

Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian jazz singer, particularly popular in Canada and Japan for her versatile voice and her adventurous repertoire, which spans such divergent genres as show tunes, rock, and country music. In 1983, she travelled to Toronto to seek a musical career. In 1986, she founded a trio with bassist David Piltch and pianist Aaron Davis. Offered a record deal in 1989, the Holly Cole Trio released an EP, Christmas Blues, that year, which featured a striking version of The Pretenders' "2,000 Miles". This was followed by their first full album, Girl Talk, in 1990. A succession of releases through the early 90s fleshed out the trio's musical daring. For example, 1991's Blame It On My Youth, covers songs by Tom Waits ("Purple Avenue", aka "Empty Pockets"), Lyle Lovett ("God Will"), includes show tunes such as "If I Were a Bell" (from Guys and Dolls) and "On the Street...

Herbie Hancock (Chicago, 12 de febrero de 1940), pianista, teclista y compositor estadounidense del actual jazz. Excepto free jazz, ha tocado prácticamente todos los estilos jazzísticos surgidos tras el bebot: hard bop, fusión, jazz modal, funk jazz, jazz electrónico, etc.; en 2005 publicó el disco Possibilities, en el que se aproxima también a la música de baile.

Leonard Bernstein (Pianista)

Shirley Horn Pianista

Hugo Fattoruso: Teclados (piano) Osvaldo fattoruso: Batería (drums) Leonardo Amuedo: Guitarra (guitar) Daniel Maz: Bajo (bass)

Cantante de formación clásica, siempre estuvo animada por su padre, el compositor y guitarrista flamenco, Antonio Fernández de Moya. Fue alumna de la soprano lírica Maryan Bryfdir durante seis años en el Centro de Arte Lírico de Granada. Superó las pruebas de canto de 5º grado de la Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music del Reino Unido. Entre 1989 y 1995 comenzó la primera etapa formativa y profesional en el universo del jazz de Celia Mur, dedicándose de forma exclusiva a ese lenguaje, a sus músicas afines y al estudio de la voz como instrumento. Para perfeccionar sus estudios en el canto jazzistico, se inscribió como alumna en varios seminarios internacionales en Valencia,Sevilla y Castellón, teniendo como profesorado a músicos y cantantes importantes del mundo del jazz, entre ellos: Sheila Jordan, Perico Sambeat, Paolo Fresu, Javier Colina, Marc Miralta, Mark Turner o Jorge Pardo. Más adelante y como consecuencia de esa experiencia docente, fue profesora de canto en los semi...

Meet Atilia, a rising star from Malaysia, that stunned many people at Java Jazz 2008 with her great performance. Atilia is set to be the next crooners in Malaysia. She has crisp husky voice that sounds very beautiful. Her mom, Salamiah Hassan is not a stranger for Malaysians, one of the most renowned jazz and evergreen singers in the country. Does the fact give her some advantages or setbacks? “No one wants to be the shadows of another.But with my mum, I take it as a blessing and priviledge. After all, without her, where would I be now?” she said. “She was my drive, my catalyst, my support and the shoulder that I cry on when I need to bawl out. In all, no one can have a better best friend than what I have with my mum.” Born in the southern state of Johor, and grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Atilia feels complete support from her family. That boost up her confidence in creating some of the finest melodies in Malaysia. The evident is revealed in her debut album, “Sangkar” that has launched in M...

George Benson (Pittsburgh, 22 de marzo de 1943) es un guitarrista estadounidense de jazz; ha hecho también algunas exitosas aportaciones al jazz vocal (su voz es grave y su canto similar en su manierismo al de artistas como Stevie Wondwr y Donny Hathaway). Se trata de uno de los artistas de jazz más populares de las últimas décadas, habiendo recibido además encendidos elogios por parte de la crítica. Niño virtuoso de la guitarra, grabó su primer single "It should have been me" a la edad de los 10 años. Su música ha abarcado tanto el swing y el bop como el hard bop, el quiet storm y la fusión del jazz con el pop y el soul; en Benson se pueden reconocer las influencias de Charlie Christian y Wes Montgomery. Es un guitarrista con un gran dominio de la velocidad de ejecución y del swing. Benson comenzó su carrera artística como cantante, actuando en nightclubs a los ocho años y grabando cuatro caras para el sello X de RCA en 1954; formó también una banda de rock a los 17 en la qu...

Jarreau (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1940) lleva muchos años en el mundo de la música y está en posesión de varios Grammys, como el que obtuvo en 1977 al mejor cantante de jazz, en 1982 al de pop y en 1993, al de rhythm and blues. La ilusión de su vida es la de pertenecer a una big band, hacer duetos con bajistas o pianistas y trabajar con una orquesta sinfónica en un disco cuyo tema central es la leyenda sobre un dios indio, y todo lo ha conseguido. La única opinión negativa que ha salido de su boca, respecto a lo que música se refiere, es hacia el rap. Llego a declarar que era una desgracia para la música negra, ya que su único baremo es el éxito. "El rap no es mi terreno. Puedo tomar prestadas cosas de su música pero discrepo con el tipo de mensajes que lanza. Si lo llegara a hacer sería con mucho cuidado. Y es que no me importaría tener un gran éxito comercial, de hecho lo quiero tener, pero no haría ciertas cosas para conseguirlo". Su trece primeros álbumes, hasta "...

Para comenzar diciembre he elegido esta Big Band. (Motivado por un pedido que he recibido desde Toronto). GRP All-Star Big Band es una maravillosa agrupación que reúne a varios de los mejores músicos de jazz.El video que aqui les presento ( http://es.youtube.com ) fue realizado en Japón (“Manteca” - Live In Japan 1993) Músicos:John Patitucci (contrabajo), Dave Weckl (batería), Randy Brecker (trompetista, hermano del recientemente desaparecido Michael Brecker), Arturo Sandoval Trumpet, Flugelhorn Bob Mintzer Arranger, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) Byron Stripling Trumpet, Flugelhorn Chuck Findley Trumpet, Flugelhorn Dave Grusin Piano, Arranger, Performer, Executive Producer Eddie Daniels Clarinet, Arranger Eric Marienthal Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano) Ernie Watts Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) Gary Burton Vibraphone George Bohannon Trombone Nelson Rangell Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano) Phillip Bent Flute Russell Ferrante Piano Tom Scott Arranger, Director, Leader, Sax (Baritone...