Theater Amy Brenneman ‘Staying on Top’ • Amy Brenneman adds both luster and depth to the female characters she portrays, whether on stage, television, or in film. As she has gained acclaim and influence through a succession of hit TV shows, from “NYPD Blue,” to “Judging Amy,” and “Private Practice” she has been able to …
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Marsha Mason In 2007, ‘The Goodbye Girl’ graduates to ‘The Allergist’s Wife’ arsha Mason began her career as a stage actress (see credits at right). Yet, she is best remembered for her film career, which earned four Academy Award nominations between 1973 and 1981. Those were also the years …
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Kenny Barron or two months in Spring 2010, four headliners from the 2009 Monterey Jazz Festival are touring the U.S., supported by one headliner’s rhythm section. Before the tour began, Cristofer Gross conducted two interviews with two of the musicians – vocalist
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Kurt Elling Moving Ahead: Meet the man Jazztimes calls the ‘thinking man’s vocalist’. Vocalist Kurt Elling has earned extraordinary acclaim for his recordings and live performances. Although he has remained uncompromising in his artistic exploration of both music and language, he has been riding atop the jazz polls for …
VIDEOS Shorter Time ACS (Carrington, drums; Geri Allen, piano; Esperanza Spalding, bass, Weather Report’s ‘Mysterious Traveler,’ at Montreux, celebrating Wayne Shorter’s 80th birthday (June 2013) • WATCH _______ ACS, July 2013 A beautiful piece from Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Esperanza Spalding. WATCH _______ Hancock Carrington in a familiar setting, drumming for a Herbie …
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Dianne Reeves Chatting with the jazz vocalist before her concert with Gregory Porter. n 2016, Dianne Reeves was the veteran and Gregory Porter the up-and-coming artist on a bill at the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts in Costa Mesa, California. Several months before the concert – which was …
ALL ORIGINAL Karrin Allyson With the 2018 release of her first recording of originals, a look back. Two qualities that distinguish enduring jazz vocalists, beyond the ability to sing in tune, are the character of the voice and phrasing. A great contemporary example is Karrin Allyson. Allyson’s current tour, which comes to Catalina’s Jazz Club …
TWO-BASS HIT TIERNEY SUTTON The great jazz vocalist releases great recordings while holding fast to a great group of musicians. ierney Sutton, who was born in Wisconsin and later moved to New England, was living in the San Fernando Valley, a few miles from where I grew up, when we arranged to meet for the …
VIDEO Harris and Blackout Can’t Go Wrong at TED Conference With Nicholas Payton and David Sanchez 90 Miles in Copenhagen RECORDINGS Click image to purchase recordings by Stefon Harris on Amazon. Cloud of Red Dust Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory Stefon Harris Evolution Stefon Harris Music of Horace Silver SFJAZZ Collective Music of Stevie …
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Jane Monheit Playing favorites with the sultry jazz vocalist. Vocalist Jane Monheit was at her home outside New York City when we reached her for background on an article to promote her October 2012 concert at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. She would share the bill with guitarist-singer …
