Harold Mabern interview
With the abundance of jazz going on in Vancouver this week as part of the jazz festival, it might be easy to overlook Harold Mabern, who appears at The Jazz Cellar this coming Friday and Saturday with the Mike DiRubbo Quartet. Born in Memphis in 1936, Mabern played in Chicago before moving to New York [...]
Back to the Future (blindfold test . . . sort of)
Here we’ve got six talented Vancouver youngsters who show a lot of promise. Can you identify them? Post your answers and comments in the Jazz Forum. UPDATE [June 20 2007]: The musicians have all been correctly identified as Dave Say (tenor), Vince Mai (trumpet), Saul Berson (alto), Miles Black (piano), Brent Gubbels (bass), and Stan [...]
Jillian Lebeck
Songs and Melodiestalie records tr1112 Jillian Lebeck – voice, fender rhodes, wurlizter, bellsEvan Arntzen – clarinetJon Bentley – saxophones/clarinetsSeamus Blake – guitar, voiceMiranda Clingwall – flute, electronicsPeggy Lee – celloPaul Rushka – bassPaul Townsend – drums (1) Nelson Sound(2) Fisherman’s Woman(3) Gone By(4) Intro(5) Lost in a Dream(6) Round and Round(7) Julia(8) Starlight(9) A Cloud, [...]
Mike DiRubbo interview
Alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo has been a sought after saxophonist on the New York Jazz Scene for the better art of 15 years. He has recorded for Criss Cross, Sharp Nine and his latest release “New York Accent” is on Vancouver’s own Cellar Live label. The CD features piano legend Harold Mabern and is a [...]
Altered Laws
MetaphoraArtist Jazz Recordings AJR 103 Tom Keenlyside, sax, flutes, melodicaMiles Black, piano, acoustic guitarMiles Hill, acoustic bassBernie Arai, drumsMelody Diachun, vocalsThe Babayaga String Quartet It’s RealPabloOlindaOne O’clock SlumpMind the GapIsabellaQuando Ela VoltaOzymandiusBack BaconEclipse Recorded at Keenlyside Studios, Vancouver, BC, April 3 and 4th, 2007Mixed at Studio 56 by Don Thompson, May 13 and 4, 2007 [...]
Bob Murphy Quartet
Downtown East Side PicnicArtist Jazz Recordings AJR102 Tom Keenlyside – saxes and fluteBob Murphy – pianoDoug Stephenson – bassBuff Allen – drums 1. Free on the Inside2. Just Because You Can3. Overheard4. Downtown East Side Picnic5. Dancer6. Nocturne7. The Wall8. Resolve Original compositions by Bob Murphy. Recorded August 31, September 1 and 2, 2006 at [...]
Harold Land, Jazz At The Cellar 1958
For many years, since the recording of this famous date in 1958 tapes have been circulating with this very special band. Tenor saxophonist Harold Land at the height of his powers, pianist Elmo Hope, bassist Scott Lafaro and drummer Lennie McBrowne. It is now for the very first time available commercially on CD from Lonehill [...]
