A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln at the Kennedy Center

May 23, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

Add new comment | Filed under: abbey lincoln, cassandra wilson, concerts, dee dee bridgewater, dianne reeves, Jazz Alive, JazzSet, Live Music, Terri Lyne Carrington

UPDATE: Read the review from The Washington Post here. Critic Mike Joyce tells you about THE BAND! And there's a good photo. BP

On Friday night at the Mary Lou Williams Festival in Washington, DC, four daughters of Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) opened her songbook together, for the first time.

This was a dynamic concert, and generous too. More than five hundred people in the Terrace Theater concentrated on the artists onstage concentrating on words and music that came from Abbey Lincoln's own concentration. We felt the loss of her, and newly appreciated the gift she left us.

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One Minute of Fred Hersch

March 4, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

Add new comment | Filed under: Fred Hersch, Great Live Moments, Jazz Alive, JazzSet

You have probably heard the Waltz in D-Flat major by Frédéric Chopin a/k/a the Minute Waltz because you can play it in 60 seconds. Well, here is Fred Hersch with a Minute Waller, as in Thomas "Fats" Waller (1904-1943), the composer of "Crazy 'Bout My Baby." In 60 seconds.

Our solo Hersch comes from the Village Vanguard as heard on JazzSet in 2006. This weekend, Fred is playing at the Jazz Standard in New York.

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Dee Dee at the White House

January 24, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

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"AHHHH! The President said he has my music in his iPod!

As if that wasn't enough, I met Barbra Streisand!!!!"

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