The show with JD Souther was a big hit (despite what Stephen Holden might lead you to believe!). The band played great and JD was totally captivating. There’s a review of the show with a beautiful picture in the NY Times. Also exciting is that this week Falling Up has officially ‘charted’ – reaching number 36 on Jazzweek’s Top 50… (more…)
Few solos in the history of jazz have as much notoriety and hyperbole as the 27-chorus solo played by tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves with Duke Ellington’s band at the Newport Jazz Festival of 1956. The solo was an interlude between “Diminuendo in Blue” and “Crescendo in Blue,” two separate compositions penned by Ellington in 1937 but usually woven together in… (more…)
A few quick hits while preparations for the unfurling of 2012 commence… Falling Up continues to receive a lot of great airplay. Crecent City Ditty just had its first spin on one of the world’s premier radio stations: WWOZ – the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station! Incredibly, every one of the eight tracks on Falling Up has received airtime… (more…)