Recent Posts Tagged With 'jazz saxophonists'

• Sonny Rollins 2010 Calendar

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 21:13 in jazz, photographs, sonny rollins, jazz saxophonists

  I ordered a copy of the official Sonny Rollins calendar as a Christmas present for a friend, the biggest Sonny Rollins fan I know. I've attended Rollins' concerts with my friend in places ranging from Austin, Texas, to Chicago. My pal's also flown to...

• Jazz Blog Special: Stan Getz, \'West Coast Jazz\'

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 17:25 in jazz, jazz blog special, jazz saxophonists

  I love virtually all of Stan Getz's recordings from the mid-'50s. My favorite, though, is probably "West Coast Jazz."The 1955 release features West coast jazz, East coast style ... cool jazz with some heat. Drummer Shelly Manne, bassist Leroy Vinnega...

• Pinton, Kullhammar, Zetterberg & Nordeson: \'Chant\'

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 19:20 in jazz, jazz saxophonists

  There's a lot of friction when Alberto Pinton crosses his baritone saxophone with Jonas Kullhammar's tenor. It's a soft rubbing sound that smooths out into some of the most enigmatic jazz I've heard recently. And when Kullhammar picks up his own bari...