SFJAZZ keeps knocking it out of the park with their ongoing Alone Together series featuring these inspiring duets including:
Christian McBride and Savannah Harris...
SFJAZZ keeps knocking it out of the park with their ongoing Alone Together series featuring these inspiring duets including:
Christian McBride and Savannah Harris...
Jazz drumming great Joe LaBarbera performed in my hometown of Calgary, Alberta last night with the Atlantic Jazz Collective featuring Norma Winstone (voice), Mike Murley (tenor saxophone), Florian Hoefner (piano) and Jim Vivian (bass). The whole band put on an inspiring and memorable performance.
I was there and frequent Four on the Floor contributor and CJSW radio host Tim Mah was kind enough to capture these brilliant solo moments and share these great clips of Joe LaBarbera in action:
A short Billy Higgins appreciation post today featuring our man Higgins with the George Coleman Octet.
I took a moment to edit and splice together Billy's drum features throughout the concert:
Here's the entire concert:
Great playing from everyone here (George Coleman in particular) and I really enjoyed watching Higgins playing behind Harold Mabern's piano solos.
I am also looking forward to checking out this new documentary from Jazz is Here featuring Willie Jones III:
I've shared these ones before but here's some great commentary and insight on Billy Higgin's legacy from Victor Lewis, Billy Drummond, Carl Allen and Kenny Washington:
And finally, there's many great interviews with Master Higgins to be found on the YouTube and I think it's worth taking some time to hear the wisdom he had to share:
As always, when the Masters speak....we listen.