Sad news. RIP Andrew Carrico
-Hadro
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Joy Road: The Complete Works of Pepper Adams!
Historian Gary Carner has launched an epic project in dedication of Pepper Adams that includes a week of performances in New York City, a new book about Adams, the release of 2 CDs, and a digital box set.
Click here for the full story!
Updates – Late August 2012
Howard Johnson featured in a TV commercial!
Any one over the age of 25 might remember seeing this commercial on tv from the 80’s. It is a Miller Lite commercial featuring baritone saxophonist Howard Johnson! Jazz, 80’s, baritone saxophone, what more could you want? Howard is definitely a syncopater of progressive riffs.
PS – JazzBariSax.com does not endorse Miller Lite, or beer in general for that matter.
UPDATE – December 2013, found a print ad for this campaign:
Updates – August 2012
A new page was added for Mario Rivera – a great baritone saxophonist long associated with latin music (Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente etc).
Some new videos were added to the videos page, and a bunch of other pages were cleaned up.
60th Annual DOWNBEAT Critics poll results
Greg Tardy won the “Rising Star” Category.
If you are a DOWNBEAT reader, the 77th annual reader’s poll survey is now open. Click below to vote!
New Transcriptions!
3 new Pepper Adams transcriptions have been posted, “Down Tempo”, “Soulful Kiddy”, and “Sudwest Funk”. We also have our very first Scott Robinson solo, on the “Remembering” movement of Bob Brookmeyer’s Celebration suite – originally written for Gerry Mulligan. Head over to the Transcription page to check all of these out!
A big thank you to Ryan Middagh for sending these transcriptions over.
New videos, check out the transcriptions!
We added some new interesting videos to our videos page, and if you haven’t been here in a while check out the transcriptions page, a few new ones there too! Aaron LIngton’s transcription of Pepper Adams‘ solo on Bossallegro is in the lead with 50 downloads!
If you have a great video to suggest, or a transcription you’d like to add, just contact us!
Hurry, help Frank Basile! [UPDATE]
UPDATE: 6/21/2012 – Frank’s project has reached its funding goal and the project can proceed! Excellent work everyone.
Frank Basile has under a week and needs just over $1,000 to successfully fund his Kickstarter project. Having purchased and extensively listened to all of Frank’s previous albums I can safely say that this next one will be great. Remember, this is Kickstarter, so Frank doesn’t get any of the funding unless he reaches that $5,000 goal. Check out the video:
Glenn Wilson’s new project
You can listen to samples and get it on CDBaby, or head over to Glenn’s website to find out more about it. The arrangements are incredibly well written and performed, and the use of the baritone/trombone front-line in this context is gorgeous.
Here’s what Glenn has to say about it:
“The Music – The first time I heard Thomas Chapin’s recording, Haywire, I was immediately struck by the juxtaposition of the raw beauty of the strings with Tom’s working trio and the maniacal-yet-tender compositions. The music has an almost folk-like or classical feel at times but the free jazz bubbling underneath rises to the surface at regular intervals and keeps the listener (and the players) alert and involved. It’s been a great pleasure adapting the music for our instrumentation. Each time we perform this music in concert, listeners are captivated by the vitality, humor and presence of the tunes.”
Glenn Wilson – baritone sax, flute
Jim Pugh – trombone
Dorothy Martirano – violin
Tomeka Reid – cello
Armand Beaudoin – cello, bass
Chris Nolte – bass
Josh Hunt – drums
Matt Plaskota – percussion