Clark Terry
Legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry is still going strong at age 83, performing a benefit concert this past weekend for the music programs at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls...New York Philharmonic trumpeter William Vacchiano, who taught both Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis and never missed a performance during his 38 years with the orchestra, has died at age 93...New Orleans jazz musicians continue to adjust and regroup after Hurricane Katrina, vowing "We will swing again". Meanwhile, the famous Preservation Hall Jazz Band has reassembled and is on tour...A new book by Stuart Nicholson titled Is Jazz Dead?(Or Has It Moved to a New Address) argues that jazz, arguably America's most important native art form, is actually more at home these days overseas. Certainly, U.S. musicians have found hospitable audiences throughout Europe and in the Far East for decades now. And in a 21st century twist, American jazz musicians with independent releases who want to sell their wares in Japan can now turn to CDJam, a sort of import/export equivalent of the popular CD Baby website...Guitarist Lionel Loueke, who's from Benin, Africa and was seen in St. Louis this past May as a member of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters 2005, is releasing a CD with his trio Gilfema...Lastly, the popular website All About Jazz has chosen Sonny Rollins to kick off its new series of podcasts, which promote upcoming CD releases with interviews and audioclips. Future subjects will include Denny Zeitlin, Hendrik Meurkens and French singer/songwriter Oscar Lalo, and you can check out the Rollins podcast here.
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