We’ve just posted a slew of new live events on the gigs page. Head on over to check them out and find some live music near you to hear.
Also, if you know of a baritone saxophonist’s gig coming up, let us know so we can add it to the calendar! Leave a comment on this post with any memorable gigs you’ve seen lately.
We are delighted to announce two more additions to the Transcriptions page! Pepper Adams‘ solo from the classic Mingus recording of Moanin’ on Roots & Blues. The other is a Ronnie Cuber solo on a Bob Dylan cover from a Steve Gadd album. Thanks goes out to Bob Trachtenberg for these new transcriptions. Enjoy!
A new Nick Brignola Transcription is up on the Transcriptions page. This one on the tune “Like Old Times”. Thanks goes out to Alec Trent for submitting this one!
Head over and check it out!
Pepper Adams enthusiasts in London have a new event to look forward to.
Colin Mils and his big band are presenting the music of Pepper Adams (arranged by Tony Faulkner) on Marth 30th, 2014.
Check down below, or click on the image at the right for the specifics of the gig.
UPDATE (more information):
On March 30th, Uk baritone saxophonist Colin Mills will be putting on a concert of big band music in London, dedicated solely to the compositions of Pepper Adams. Joining him on the gig of music arranged by Uk arranger Tony Faulkner, are top London players such as Mike Fletcher, George Crowley, Callum Au, Tom White, Louis Dowdeswell, Russell Bennett, Neil Bullock and Rob Barron.
Colin was selected by the BBC as the Uk representative in the 2012 European Jazz Orchestra and has been playing in big bands for nearly 20 years. Colin is a specialized baritone player with a fluent range over 4 octaves, heavily influenced by the greats of the baritone world, such as Mulligan, Adams, Gullen, Brignola, Bluiett and Carny. Colin now regularly plays with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, the Jay Craig Big Band and smaller bands such as Bad Ass Brass, and his own small band projects.
The gig is March 30th at the Gunnersbury pub in Chiswick, London. The gig starts at 1230 and it’s £10 in on the door.
Saxes: Michael Fletcher, Gemma Moore, Andy Isherwood, George Crowley, Colin Mills,
Trombones: Callum Au, Tom Dunnett, Tom White, Ross Brennan,
Trumpets: Louis Dowdeswell, Richard Freeman, Russell Bennett, Gavin Broom,
Guitar: Ian Lawes
Drums Neil Bullock
Bass: Tom Mark
Piano: Rob Barron
Now is the best time to sign up for summer jazz camps and workshops! Some camps offer early bird discounts or have limited spaces. Check out a list of some of the prominent jazz camps and workshops below.
Several summer jazz camps and workshops have baritone saxophonists on faculty, but there isn’t a summer program out there that can rival The Litchfield Jazz Camp for presence of the baritone saxophone. This 5 week camp lists Claire Daly, Gary Smulyan, Lauren Sevian, and Andrew Hadro as faculty at the camp.
Click here to read more about the program at The Litchfield Jazz Camp!
Leave a comment if you have been to one of these camps or have one to recommend!
Some Brooklyn, NY (Ditmas Park) musicians recently had their van broken into and a baritone saxophone was stolen. If you see or hear about this horn please contact:
sashabrowntown@gmail.com
Thanks to Luke Miller we have posted a new Nick Brignola transcription on the well known Clifford Brown tune, ‘Joy Spring’. This is off of Nick’s album, Raincheck. Go to the transcription page and check it out!
Gary Smulyan has won the top spot in the 2013 Downbeat Magazine readers poll.
Rounding out the top are James Carter, Ronnie Cuber, Scott Robinson, and Hamiet Bluiett.
Congrats to everyone!
Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band
“The Music of Pepper Adams and Tony Faulkner”
Wednesday Nov 13
Sets at 8PM & 10PM
$15 cover
Trumpets Jazz Club
6 Depot Square
Montclair, NJ 07042
973-744-2600
http://www.trumpetsjazz.com/
On Wednesday, November 13 at 8pm Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band will perform music by guest composer/arranger Tony Faulkner and his new arrangements of the music of Pepper Adams, at Trumpets in Montclair NJ. This performance is part of a tour of Pepper Adams‘ music, organized by Gary Carner; Jazz historian, record producer,and author of the acclaimed biography, “Pepper Adams-Joy Road”. Prior to New Jersey, they will have visited New York, Cincinnati, Champaign IL, Macomb IL, Detroit, Toronto, and Montreal, with performances, book signings, lectures and workshops.
The program for this concert features Adams’ compositions: “Dobbin”, “Freddie Froo” “Philson” , along with Faulkner’s compositions: “Morris Dances”, “Song for Stewart” and a NY/NJ premiere “”Park Frederick III.”
This is Tony Faulkner’s first tour of the U.S and Canada. Faulkner, who hails from Leeds, England, is also a drummer, and has been on the Jazz scene in England since 1965. He has worked with many Jazz legends; Kenny Wheeler, Benny Goodman, Paul Gonsalves, Art Farmer,Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Nat Adderly, Al Cohn and many more.
Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, was an American Jazz baritone saxophonist and composer, who worked with many legends of Jazz such as:Chet Baker, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan and most notably the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, now known as The Vanguard Orchestra.
For more information on this concert, Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band, the Pepper Adams Joy Road Tour, Gary Carner and Tony Faulkner please visit dianemosermusic.com.