And the Jazz Grammy winners are…
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
Verve
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Avant Gershwin
Patti Austin
Rendezvous Entertainment]
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist
Track from: Pilgrimage
Heads Up International
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Pilgrimage
Michael Brecker
Heads Up International
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
Terence Blanchard
Blue Note
Best Latin Jazz Album
Funk Tango
Paquito D’Rivera Quintet
Paquito Records
Tonight at the Rex don’t miss the Nancy Walker Quartet with Kirk MacDonald 9:30 pm. Friday things get going early with the Hogtown Syncopators followed at 6:30 by the Justin Bacchus Group and then Kirk MacDonald returns, but this time with his Quartet. Saturday it’s David French & Trios followed by Aubrey Dale’s “MY ID” at 9:30 pm. Sunday Sara Dell warms things up before the Kervin Baretto Quartet take the stage at 9:30 pm.
Pianist Steve Koven is in at the Opal Jazz Lounge until Saturday.
The Pilot has the Kirk MacDonald Quartet in Saturday afternoon from 3:30 – 6:30 pm, and then it’s the Suger Daddies in Sunday.
Cheers!
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Recorded August 12, 1978 at the Bayshore Inn in Vancouver, Trombone Heaven features two trombone players at the top of their game.
“They are the High Priests of jazz trombone… and there’s no one around today who’s even remotely on their level.”- Bill Watrous
This is straight up, unabashed classic brass jazz. Starting off with a medley of Here’s that Rainy Day and Stardust, they then move through standards including All Blues, Just Friends and Ow.A select few were lucky enough to experience this performance first hand, and now for the first time the rest of use can enjoy this brilliant moment in time as well.
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The New York City based duo of guitarist Tom Dempsey and bassist Tim Furguson hae been playing and recording together for close to 20 years. While they have performed together in various formats from trio to sextet, including Dempsey’s 1988 recording Blues in the Slope and their co-led 2002 Quartet CD Perspectives, the foundation of this musical relationshiphas always been playing duo.
For their new recording What’s going on?, Tom and Tim return to this unique format for a collection of stellar performances.The CD features a rich array of compositions from some of the jazz world’s best loved composers, as well as two originals penned by Dempsey and one by Furguson.
“What a marvelous duo! Great tunes, terrific solos and careful listening to each other. Tom Dempsey and Tim Ferguson do it all and SWING!”
- Jim Hall
With all of these years behind them it’s obvious that the two have a unique identity as a duo. From a standard like Stardust, to Strayhorn’s Isfahan and Marvin Gaye’s anthem What’s going On? each performance is approached with insight, sensitivity and a lot of swing. Just how I like it.
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