IAJE Day 1 - Canadian Jazz Broadcaster Ross Porter

January 9, 2008. Posted by David Tallacksen.

Add new comment | Filed under: cool guy, IAJE 2008, Jazz Alive, jazz radio, jazz recordings, maple syrup, rhonda, ross porter

Ross Porter is a cool guy. First, he loves jazz - so much that he writes books about it and makes TV about it and basically lives it. And he also makes some great Jazz radio. And he's got his own wiki entry. Oh yeah, he also shared some real maple syrup with Rhonda Hamilton when she interviewed him. It's a great conversation - Ross starts out talking about his book - The Essential Jazz Recordings. Take a listen:

Ross Porter Interview

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IAJE Day 1 - Heritage for Tomorrow

January 9, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: aaron goldberg, bob brookmeyer, clifford brown, conservatoire national superieur, conservatoire national superieur de musique, erik satie, french composer, harland, IAJE 2008, ingrid jensen, jerome kern, lionel loueke, new york voices, paquito d rivera, paris conservatory, pianist erik, reuben rogers, special session, stan getz, three songs, young musicians

Heritage for Tomorrow is a quartet from the Paris Conservatory (or, officially, the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris...ahh, the French...). They are led by the bassist Riccardo del Fra.

The quartet performed three songs during the IAJE Special Session earlier today. I had not heard of the three young musicians who joined del Fra onstage, but I was impressed.

Here's the first song they played together.

Heritage for Tomorrow - Song One

They also played a Bob Brookmeyer composition, a nod to the French composer and pianist, Erik Satie.

Heritage for Tomorrow - Erik Satie

Finally, the quartet performed a thoroughly modern reading of "I'm Old Fashioned." I'm not sure Jerome Kern would recognize it. I barely could.

Heritage for Tomorrow - I’m Old Fashioned

That's it for today's early events. Tonight, I'm checking out shows from the Aaron Goldberg Trio with Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland, the Clifford Brown/Stan Getz All-Stars, New York Voices with Paquito D'Rivera, Lionel Loueke, and Ingrid Jensen's band, Nordic Connect. Come back soon for that. - Josh

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IAJE Day 1 - Kurt Elling Keynote

January 9, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

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The first day of IAJE is fairly slow, as far as action goes. Not a lot to report yet, but I did attend the IAJE Special Focus Session earlier today. The focus is "New Visions for New Times."

"Change" seems to be the unofficial word for 2008. Like "subprime" was for 2007...

Anyway, Kurt Elling gave the keynote address. Good stuff. If there's anyone in jazz that can weave talk about art, Buddhism, and a poem from Rainier Maria Rilke about the bust of Apollo, it's Kurt Elling. Hear what he had to say. - Josh

IAJE 2008 Keynote Address - Kurt Elling.

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