"You'd rather focus on other people's Kodak moments
than make memories of your own!"
27 Dresses (2008), Anne Fletcher
than make memories of your own!"
27 Dresses (2008), Anne Fletcher
Domingo, 20 de Maio de 2012
Segunda-feira, 14 de Maio de 2012
Sexta-feira, 11 de Maio de 2012
Quarta-feira, 25 de Abril de 2012
Quotes # 213
I've found you've got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Pois, pois ... # 162
"You'll find the shame is like the pain, you only feel it once."
Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Stephen Frears
Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Stephen Frears
Sábado, 21 de Abril de 2012
Jazz na Guarda
O Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio, com o convidado Jeb Bishop, estiveram no Café Concerto do Teatro Municipal da Guarda na passada Quinta-feira, 19 de Abril.
Um bom concerto que teve a particularidade de congregar 3 Ceboleiros, e que colmatou um excelente jantar por terras frias da beira.
Um bom concerto que teve a particularidade de congregar 3 Ceboleiros, e que colmatou um excelente jantar por terras frias da beira.
Rodrigo Amado Motian Trio
Rodrigo Amado - sax tenor
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Miguel Mira - violoncelo
Gabriel Ferrandini - bateria
Rodrigo Amado
Jeb Bishop
Miguel Mira
Gabriel Ferrandini
Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio
Fotos: O Pescador
Rodrigo Amado - sax tenor
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Miguel Mira - violoncelo
Gabriel Ferrandini - bateria
Rodrigo Amado
Jeb Bishop
Miguel Mira
Gabriel Ferrandini
Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio
Fotos: O Pescador
JJA Awards - 2012 Nominees
Foram anunciadas as nomeações para os JJA Jazz Awards 2012.
No mês de Junho conheceremos os agraciados que serão escolhidos pelos jornalistas profissionais membros da Jazz Journalists Association.
Deixo por cá algumas das categorias mais representativas.
No mês de Junho conheceremos os agraciados que serão escolhidos pelos jornalistas profissionais membros da Jazz Journalists Association.
Deixo por cá algumas das categorias mais representativas.
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Muhal Richard Abrams
Ron Carter
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Musician of the Year
Ambrose Akinmusire
Vijay Iyer
Joe Lovano
Christian McBride
Sonny Rollins
Record of the Year
James Farm - James Farm (Nonesuch)
Keith Jarrett - Rio (ECM)
Christian McBride's Big Band - The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue Records)
Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic - Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform Records)
Craig Taborn - Avenging Angel (ECM)
Miguel Zenon - Alma Adentro – The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
Label of the Year
Clean Feed
ECM
Pi Records
Sunnyside Records
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Amiri Baraka
Stanley Crouch
Will Friedwald
Willard Jenkins
Neil Tesser
Blog of the Year
A Blog Supreme - Patrick Jarenwattananon
Do The Math - Ethan Iverson
Jazz Wax - Marc Myers
Rifftides - Doug Ramsey
Muhal Richard Abrams
Ron Carter
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Musician of the Year
Ambrose Akinmusire
Vijay Iyer
Joe Lovano
Christian McBride
Sonny Rollins
Record of the Year
James Farm - James Farm (Nonesuch)
Keith Jarrett - Rio (ECM)
Christian McBride's Big Band - The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue Records)
Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy Records)
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic - Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform Records)
Craig Taborn - Avenging Angel (ECM)
Miguel Zenon - Alma Adentro – The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
Label of the Year
Clean Feed
ECM
Pi Records
Sunnyside Records
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
Amiri Baraka
Stanley Crouch
Will Friedwald
Willard Jenkins
Neil Tesser
Blog of the Year
A Blog Supreme - Patrick Jarenwattananon
Do The Math - Ethan Iverson
Jazz Wax - Marc Myers
Rifftides - Doug Ramsey
Todas as nomeações aqui.
Segunda-feira, 16 de Abril de 2012
Jazz em Castelo Branco...
...E do bom !!!
Stacey Kent bisa em Castelo Branco, e Brad Mehldau estreia-se para o público da cidade.
No Cine-Teatro Avenida, a não perder.
Stacey Kent bisa em Castelo Branco, e Brad Mehldau estreia-se para o público da cidade.
No Cine-Teatro Avenida, a não perder.
Pois, pois ... # 161
"You've never done an honest day's work in your life!"
The barefoot contessa (1954), Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The barefoot contessa (1954), Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Domingo, 8 de Abril de 2012
Clips de letras # 24
(Foto de Sheila Jordan por David Sinclair)
The Bird meets the Bird
I had a little parakeet that I called Tori. I named him Tori because one of my artist friends, Harvey Cropper, said that Tori means bird in Japanese. I never let the bird out of his cage when anybody came over because he was a real pain in the ass and would land on your face if you were lying down. I taught him to say, “Hello, Bird, hello, sweetheart,” but I would always put him in the cage when anybody came because he wouldn’t talk much when he was in his cage.
So, this one time, Charlie came up to my loft during the daytime. He knocked on my door and said, “Hey, are you home?”
I said, “Yeah, who is it?”
He said, “It’s Bird.”
I said, “Oh yeah, cool. Just a minute, though, I have to get the bird in the cage because otherwise he’ll be jumping all over you.”
Bird said, “No, that’s OK, I don’t really care.”
So I couldn’t get Tori in the cage, but I let Bird in anyway. Bird said, “Can I just rest for a few minutes?”
I said, “Of course.” There was a couch that I called “Bird’s bed,” and I said, “You know where your bed is”.
So Bird goes over to his bed and lies down, and all of a sudden my bird, Tori, flies over to him. I said, “Oh no, look, the bird’s on him.”
Bird was almost asleep, and my bird, Tori, says, “Hello, Bird.”
Bird jumped up because it schocked him. He says to me, “What are you, a ventriloquist?” I said, “No, I didn’t say that. Tori said that.” He says, “Oh, get out of here, of course that was you.”
I said, “No, that was Tori.”
He says, “Oh yeah, right.” So he lies back down again, but this time he’s a little bit more awake. Tori lands right on the side of his shoulder and looks right up in his mouth and says, “Hello, Bird.”
Bird leaps up and says, “Goddamn, that bird does talk.”
I said, “I told you.”
He loved that, because my bird was very clear when he spoke. Tori kept jumping around and saying, “Hello, Bird, hello, sweetheart.”
Bird, needless to say, didn’t get any rest that day. He laughed, gave me a kiss on my cheek, and said, “I’ll see you later.” And he left.
(in Johnson, Ellen and Jordan, Sheila: Jazz child: The story of Sheila Jordan)
I had a little parakeet that I called Tori. I named him Tori because one of my artist friends, Harvey Cropper, said that Tori means bird in Japanese. I never let the bird out of his cage when anybody came over because he was a real pain in the ass and would land on your face if you were lying down. I taught him to say, “Hello, Bird, hello, sweetheart,” but I would always put him in the cage when anybody came because he wouldn’t talk much when he was in his cage.
So, this one time, Charlie came up to my loft during the daytime. He knocked on my door and said, “Hey, are you home?”
I said, “Yeah, who is it?”
He said, “It’s Bird.”
I said, “Oh yeah, cool. Just a minute, though, I have to get the bird in the cage because otherwise he’ll be jumping all over you.”
Bird said, “No, that’s OK, I don’t really care.”
So I couldn’t get Tori in the cage, but I let Bird in anyway. Bird said, “Can I just rest for a few minutes?”
I said, “Of course.” There was a couch that I called “Bird’s bed,” and I said, “You know where your bed is”.
So Bird goes over to his bed and lies down, and all of a sudden my bird, Tori, flies over to him. I said, “Oh no, look, the bird’s on him.”
Bird was almost asleep, and my bird, Tori, says, “Hello, Bird.”
Bird jumped up because it schocked him. He says to me, “What are you, a ventriloquist?” I said, “No, I didn’t say that. Tori said that.” He says, “Oh, get out of here, of course that was you.”
I said, “No, that was Tori.”
He says, “Oh yeah, right.” So he lies back down again, but this time he’s a little bit more awake. Tori lands right on the side of his shoulder and looks right up in his mouth and says, “Hello, Bird.”
Bird leaps up and says, “Goddamn, that bird does talk.”
I said, “I told you.”
He loved that, because my bird was very clear when he spoke. Tori kept jumping around and saying, “Hello, Bird, hello, sweetheart.”
Bird, needless to say, didn’t get any rest that day. He laughed, gave me a kiss on my cheek, and said, “I’ll see you later.” And he left.
(in Johnson, Ellen and Jordan, Sheila: Jazz child: The story of Sheila Jordan)
Caíram nas redes # 6
Ali Jackson, Aaron Goldberg & Omer Avital
Yes! (rec. 2009)
NYJazz Initiative
Mad about Thad (rec. 2010)
Westchester Jazz Orchestra
Maiden voyage suite (rec. 2011)
Sexta-feira, 6 de Abril de 2012
3 Desejos # 50
(Foto de Alice Coltrane por Jeff Dunas)
"I'd like to see my little daughter graduate from the University of Paris.
I would dig an artist's colony. Like one block of buildings, or area, where artists and musicians could get together, and teach, and study. Artists could display their art. Writers – we'd allow them in too, but it'd be mostly artists and musicians. We'd have a library, concerts, and sessions, and rooms for tapings. Artists could come in and record. You know, you've got it!"
I would dig an artist's colony. Like one block of buildings, or area, where artists and musicians could get together, and teach, and study. Artists could display their art. Writers – we'd allow them in too, but it'd be mostly artists and musicians. We'd have a library, concerts, and sessions, and rooms for tapings. Artists could come in and record. You know, you've got it!"
Terça-feira, 3 de Abril de 2012
Pois, pois ... # 160
"Hello handsome. You're a good looking fellow, do you know that?"
Young Frankenstein (1974), Mel Brooks
Young Frankenstein (1974), Mel Brooks
Quotes # 213
Using drugs didn't help me to play, all it did was to hang me up for about fifteen years.
Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Domingo, 18 de Março de 2012
Caíram nas redes # 5
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian
Futher explorations (rec. 2010)
Jimmy Owens
The Monk project (rec. 2011)
Quarta-feira, 14 de Março de 2012
Bennie Wallace Quartet
Um dos grandes programas de rádio para a divulgação do jazz em Portugal dava-se pelo nome de Abandajazz.
Passava então na Rádio Comercial – FM Stéreo, de Segunda a Sábado, entre as 21 e as 22 horas.
As emissões tiveram início em 6 de Outubro de 1980 e completaram 278 horas de jazz em 6 de Outubro de 1981.
Passava então na Rádio Comercial – FM Stéreo, de Segunda a Sábado, entre as 21 e as 22 horas.
As emissões tiveram início em 6 de Outubro de 1980 e completaram 278 horas de jazz em 6 de Outubro de 1981.
«AbandaJazz é um quinteto: António Curvelo, José Duarte,
Raul Bernardo, Rui Morrison, Rui Neves.»
Raul Bernardo, Rui Morrison, Rui Neves.»
O concerto do 1º aniversário das emissões do programa realizou-se na Aula Magna da Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, no dia 25 de Outubro.
A abertura da hostilidades jazzísticas esteve a cargo do quarteto de António Pinho.
A abertura da hostilidades jazzísticas esteve a cargo do quarteto de António Pinho.
António Pinho – piano
José Nogueira – sax alto e soprano
Pedro Barreiros – baixo eléctrico
Mário Barreiros – bateria
José Nogueira – sax alto e soprano
Pedro Barreiros – baixo eléctrico
Mário Barreiros – bateria
Seguiu-se o prato forte da noite, o quarteto do saxofonista tenor norte-americano Bennie Wallace.
Bennie Wallace – sax tenor
Ray Anderson – trombone
Calvin Hill – contrabaixo
Dannie Richmond – bateria
Ray Anderson – trombone
Calvin Hill – contrabaixo
Dannie Richmond – bateria
Um grande programa de rádio, uma grande noite de jazz, restando-nos as memórias, as fotografias e um par de LPs gentilmente oferecidos às respostas dos blindfold tests promovidos.
Bennie Wallace
Ray Anderson
Calvin Hill
Dannie Richmond
Fotos: O Pescador
Pois, pois ... # 159
"La Biblia que es muy sabia es también muy bonita, muy hermosa, muy poética, y hay un punto para referirse a quienes andan desorientados, dice de ellos que son como los girasoles ciegos no ven la luz del sol andan perdidos, pero hay sol, hay luz Salvador, y ella nos guía."
Los girasoles ciegos (2008), José Luis Cuerda
Quarta-feira, 7 de Março de 2012
Quotes # 212
When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don’t even notice.
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Domingo, 4 de Março de 2012
Livros de Jazz # 23
O jazz - Do rag ao rock
Joachim Ernst Berendt
The jazz book - From ragtime to the 21st century
Joachim Ernst Berendt & Günther Huesmann
Duas edições diferentes de um mesmo livro.
A primeira, de 1987, da Editora Perspectiva – São Paulo, Brasil.
A segunda, de 2009, da Lawrence Hill Books – Chicago, Illinois.
Trata-se de uma obra de características enciclopédicas onde Berendt e Huesmann fazem "desfilar" o jazz em diferentes perspectivas que forçosamente se entrecruzam.
Os anos e os estilos, os grandes inovadores, os elementos do jazz, instrumentos e instrumentistas, a voz, as grandes orquestras, os combos, apresentando também uma extensa discografia.
São mais de 700 páginas sobre a música jazz que não se devem medir pela quantidade, mas pelo precioso conhecimento que nos enriquece.
A primeira, de 1987, da Editora Perspectiva – São Paulo, Brasil.
A segunda, de 2009, da Lawrence Hill Books – Chicago, Illinois.
Trata-se de uma obra de características enciclopédicas onde Berendt e Huesmann fazem "desfilar" o jazz em diferentes perspectivas que forçosamente se entrecruzam.
Os anos e os estilos, os grandes inovadores, os elementos do jazz, instrumentos e instrumentistas, a voz, as grandes orquestras, os combos, apresentando também uma extensa discografia.
São mais de 700 páginas sobre a música jazz que não se devem medir pela quantidade, mas pelo precioso conhecimento que nos enriquece.
What's your name # 44
"Joe Farrell" - Joseph Carl Firrantello (1937-1986)
"Johnny Otis" - Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes (1921-2012)
"Red" Holloway - James Wesley Holloway (1927-2012)
"King" Oliver - Joseph Nathan Oliver (1885-1938)
"Bumble Bee Slim" - Amos Easton (1905-1968)
"Johnny Otis" - Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes (1921-2012)
"Red" Holloway - James Wesley Holloway (1927-2012)
"King" Oliver - Joseph Nathan Oliver (1885-1938)
"Bumble Bee Slim" - Amos Easton (1905-1968)
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