Wayne Shorter, with quartet and Philharmonia, shines Oct 26, 2009
The footprints of saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter are all over the jazz landscape ... WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET With NEC Philharmonia. (Boston Globe)
Music: the week ahead Oct 22, 2009
JAZZ, BLUES & CABARET WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET WITH THE NEC PHILHARMONIA The legendary saxophonist and his all-star quartet with pianist Danilo P. rez, John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade join forces with the NEC Philharmonia to debut a new Shorter composition, culminating a weeklong celebration of 40 years of jazz studies at the New England Conservatory. (Boston Globe)
‘Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC’ Oct 17, 2009
This landmark program, the first of its kind in the country, will be celebrated with a week of jazz at Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC. Performers include the Wayne Shorter Quartet (Oct ... Pictured: Wayne Shorter. (Boston Globe)
Gretchen Parlato brings a big repertoire to her gig at the Regattabar Thursday Oct 11, 2009
Her material avoids standards and torch songs in favor of progressive fare from different moments and styles, with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock among her touchstone influences. For Parlato, 33, who plays Regattabar on Thursday in support of her quietly mesmerizing new album, In a Dream, going understated actually maximizes her assets. (Boston Globe)
'Kind of Blue' at 50: Behind Davis' Masterpiece Oct 7, 2009
Davis, who always insisted that he didn't want to look back, never tried to capture the album's mood when he'd perform "So What" and "All Blues" with his second great quintet of the mid-'60s that included pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Shorter. "We'd play them three times as fast," said bassist Ron Carter, who joined Davis' band in 1963. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
NEC toasts its unique niche Sep 13, 2009
The festivities peak Oct. 24 with a marquee two-part concert by saxophone master Wayne Shorter - first with his quartet, then with the NEC Philharmonia orchestra ... If you play saxophone, you don t have to sound like Wayne Shorter. (Boston Globe)
Julian Lage and his group practice patience Sep 11, 2009
JIMMY KATZJulian Lage says his quintet s sound is somewhere between a traditional folk group and the Wayne Shorter Quartet ... It s somewhere between a traditional folk group and the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Lage said. (Boston Globe)
The First Black Prez Aug 27, 2009
Wayne Shorter wrote Lester Leaves Town as a tribute, too. And Dizzy Gillespie ran for president as the title of his 1963 opus suggests, but Prez remained the only commander in chief in the jazz world. (Slate)
This day in history Aug 25, 2009
Jazz musician Wayne Shorter is 76. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 73. (Boston Globe)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29 Aug 20, 2009
Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter is 76. Actor David Canary ("All My Children,""Bonanza") is 71. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Entertainer Spotlight on Roger King (41) Aug 7, 2009
Starting his own jazz quintet called King-Tet, he concentrated on the sound Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock produced during the early sixties cool jazz period. That s when I really, really grew as a musician, just playing straight ahead jazz. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir Jul 24, 2009
James Brown, Mavis Staples, Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Count Basie, Dinah Washington, Otis Redding, Johnny Mathis, Donny Hathaway and Mongo Santamaria. 3. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A royal treat from a lively Steely Dan Jul 23, 2009
The pair were flanked not by the gurus who recorded the original tracks - Wayne Shorter, Steve Gadd, Larry Carlton, the list goes on - but those musicians descendents, and in truth this band brought vitality to the preternaturally polished proceedings that has been missing from Steely Dan concerts in recent years. In a band as devoted to measured virtuosity as this one, the subtlest surprises go a long way. (Boston Globe)
"Straight No Chaser" The Music of M... Jul 20, 2009
"His music is a brew indeed, wildly contrasting rhythmic bottoms and electronic serial sound, wrote Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), author of Blues People and Black Music ( Harper Perennial ). Born in 1926, Miles grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a privileged life. His family had a big house in the city and a 200-acre country estate where he loved to ride horses when he was a boy. Miles began playing the trumpet when he was 13-years-old, after receiving the instrument from his father and... (Suite101.com)
Jazz legend delights season's first Animal Crackers crowd Jun 24, 2009
Don Ellis, Chuck Mangione, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Bob James and Peter Erskine all at least partially owe their success to Ferguson. "It's like playing with a piece of history," Dubaniewicz said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Way down yonder Jun 17, 2009
Before they head to New Orleans to study with Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and other jazz royalty, six young composers and performers in The New Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Ensemble will give their only public performance tonight. Five of the sextet are Berklee College of Music grads, and about half of all students in the Monk Institute performance program at Loyola University are Berklee alumni. (Boston Globe)
Henry VIII reigns supreme May 17, 2009
s, Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi, Wayne Shorter, King Sunny Ade, Jeff Beck, and Ornette Coleman. There are more than 650 concerts scheduled, 450 of them free. (Boston Globe)
Fly to Montreal for $170 each way May 14, 2009
Concert appearences will include Jeff Beck, Chris Botti, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, Ornette Coleman Quartet, Maria Schneider, Wayne Shorter Quartet, The Lost Fingers, Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez, and George Wein and the Newport All-Stars. The best part of this gigantic event is that the non-stop entertainment, from noon to midnight, is held right in the heart of downtown Montreal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
First Monk Institute class in New Orleans graduates May 1, 2009
Wayne Shorter really helped me balance life and work as a musician, while Nicolas Payton helped me remove the negative aspects that affected my music, and also showed me how to brake down the barriers between musical genres, Au said. The opportunity to work with living history, these great musicians, has helped me become both a better band leader, as well as a better participant in an ensemble, Vadim Neselovskyi, pianist, said. (The Maroon, LA)
30th Anniversary of the Detroit International Jazz Festival 2009 Edition of the Labor Day Weekend Classic to Celebrate Family Jazz Dynasties and the Detroit Jazz Legacy Apr 30, 2009
"We're thrilled to have Chick Corea and his fabulous trio with Stanley (Clarke) and Lenny (White) on opening night. And then, of course, there's Wayne Shorter with John Patitucci, Brian Blade and Danilo Perez...it just doesn't get much better than that!" Festival fans will also be treated to a performance by vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and recently signed Mack Avenue artist Christian McBride will make a return appearance with his new quintet, Inside Straight. Other cool presentations include a... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
UAA's jazz week gets under way Monday Mar 16, 2009
Local talent will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Monday, with a "Tribute to Wayne Shorter." The players will feature Kerry Maule, trumpet; Richard Baum, saxes; Kevin Barnett, piano; Dirk Westfall, bass; and John Nyman, drums. Galper, Johnson and Bishop will present open-to-the-public workshops, with a session on rhythm sections at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and a piano master class at 11 a.m. on Wednesday and a jazz theory class at 1 p.m., also on Wednesday. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kisor has perfect homecoming with Marsalis band at Orpheum Mar 4, 2009
Alto saxophonist Sherman Irby stood out on Lou Donaldson's "Blues Walk" and Chris Crenshaw and Marcus Printup got deserving applause on a Wayne Shorter number. Through it all, the audience's eyes were on Kisor, who managed to distinguish himself in a number of ways. (Sioux City Journal)
Katie Holmes' Movie Career Still Over Feb 27, 2009
Because he s not Wayne Shorter or Louis Armstrong, you re not sure how his horn is going to sound. But his playing, and his enthusiasm, gets under your skin. (Fox News)
