Tag: Dazzle
Why Jazz Matters: Track 14
by Norman Provizer They call Highway 61, which runs from New Orleans to Minnesota, the blues highway. Following the Mississippi River, the highway, metaphorically at least, transported the Delta blues to the outside world. If you check a map, of course, you quickly discover that Highway 61 doesn’t come anywhere near Colorado. And yet the […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 12
by Norman Provizer If you are not a jazz fan, the odds are that you have never heard of Bob Belden. In fact, even if you are a jazz fan, there’s a good chance that the name of this Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and arranger, who was born near Chicago in 1956, might not ring a […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 9
by Norm Provizer A few months ago in this column, I made mention of the tribute Snoop Dog paid to Herbie Hancock when the Kennedy Center honored the great jazz pianist in 2013. At the event, Snoop referred to Hancock as the person who “invented hip hop.” While that testimonial might be a bit overly […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 8
by Norman Provizer If you were to draw up a very short list of the most significant bass players in the history of rock, one slot would definitely be reserved for Jack Bruce who died just a week before this past Halloween at the age of 71. Before he turned 20, this Scottish-born musician was […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 7
by Norman Provizer In 2002, just before she turned 23, singer/pianist Norah Jones struck gold with the release of her debut disc, Come Away with Me. Fueled by the hit tune “Don’t Know Why,” the music from that inaugural CD seemed to be everywhere. It went from gold (500,000 copies sold) to platinum (1 million […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 6
by Norman Provizer Sankofa is a term from the Akan people of southern Ghana and the neighboring West African states of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Togo. Essentially, the term means that you need to reclaim your past before you can move ahead. It’s an idea frequently symbolized by a bird that is looking backward […]
Why Jazz Matters- Track 5
by Norm Provizer This month, drummer Ginger Baker celebrates his 75th birthday. From the perspective of the 1960s, when Baker propelled Cream (the first rock super group with Baker, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce) and Blind Faith (with Steve Winwood and Clapton), the very idea that the drummer, who had a lot of habits, would […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 2
by Norm Provizer At the start of the 1950s, a Cleveland disc jockey by the name of Alan Freed took the phrase “rock and roll” and attached it to the emerging new music that blended rhythm and blues with pop vocals and rockabilly. So, if you have ever wondered why the Rock and Roll Hall […]
Ten Pound Elephant
by Tim Wenger Ten Pound Elephant is what you want to hear when craving mellow, toe-tappin’ jazz. They take a saxophone and keys and mesh it together well with guitar, bass, and drums on their new record. The song “Talk To Me” gives off not only the vibe of being in a packed, sweaty […]
Andy Skellenger’s 30th Birthday Party and World Music Celebration
In a world music collaboration of epic proportions, tabla player and muli-instrumentalist Andy Skellenger will celebrate his 30th birthday by bringing together a selection of Colorado’s premier musicians for an unprecedented night of live instrumental music. In this concert will be featured a wide variety of genres, from Flamenco and Salsa to West African, Indian […]
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