Ah, Jazz. The timeless musical form has continued to draw the finest and most dedicated musicians to its complex and expansive stylings for nearly a century now. Since its humble beginnings in the early 1900′s, Jazz has become a blanket-term to encompass a variety of sub-genres, all of which are unique and challenging in their own, wonderful ways. We’ve churned through our catalog to pull out some of IODA’s finest Jazz releases. Dig it man:
Kermit Ruffins
“Good Morning New Orleans” (mp3)
from “SIGGRAPH 2009 New Orleans Music Sampler”
(Basin Street)
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This collection from Basin Street Records benefits the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp and is a collaboration with SIGGRAPH 2009 that is coming to New Orleans. The Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp was founded in 1995 with the support of the City of New Orleans. Since then, the camp has grown from a one-week affair serving 35 youth to a three-week intensive program training 100 young people, ages 10-20, in music and dance. In addition, the Camp offers three week-long training programs in music business, recording engineering and music notation technology for advanced students. The camp employs the services of the leading New Orleans jazz educators and performers, and annually hosts a highly accomplished national jazz musician as an artist-in-residence. This sampler features Basin Street Record artists and new orleans greats such as Henry Butler, Kermit Ruffins, and IODA’s beloved Theresa Andersson. Get an awesome tasting of New Orleans Jazz as it stands today!
Artist: Preservation Hall Jazz band
Title: New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1
Label: Preservation Hall
Genre: Jazz : New Orleans
Release Date: 5/7/09
UPC: 635961142720
Territory: World
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans proudly releases their brand new recording, New Orleans Preservation, Volume 1. Recorded January 20-22 in the hallowed venue from which they derive their name, this exciting new CD features the stellar multi-generational lineup currently represented in their extensive international touring schedule. Boasting an impressive collection of classic gems of traditional New Orleans jazz as sung by Charlie Gabriel, Mark Braud, Walter Payton, and Clint Maedgen, this album faithfully reproduces all the energy and spirit that has made this all-star lineup an international sensation for almost fifty years. Available now, New Orleans Preservation, Volume 1 is living proof that Traditional New Orleans Jazz is alive and well in the Crescent City and beyond. Preservation Hall is a noted jazz performance hall located in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Opening its doors in 1961, the Hall was created as a sanctuary, to protect and honor New Orleans Jazz which had lost much of its popularity to modern jazz and rock n roll. Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the hall’s founders, wanted a place where New Orleans musicians could play New Orleans Jazz, a style, they believed, should not disappear. Today, over 40 years later, the hall is still going strong. On any given night, the hall is filled to capacity with eager jazz fans. Check out this great record for a tasting of the magic within Preservation’s historic walls.
Eric Legnini
“Rock The Days – (Blackjoy remix – feat. Sandra N’Kaké)” (mp3)
from “Remixes Ep”
(Discograph / B-Flat)
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Born in Huy, Belgium, Eric Legnini is one of the most talented young pianists around. After spending two years working in New York with American pianist Richie Beirach, Legnini now performs and tours Europe with his own group, The Eric Legnini Trio. He has played with leading musicians such as John Ruocco, Félix Simtaine, Michel Hatzi, Dré Palemaerts, Emanuel Cisi, Toninho Horta, Philippe Catherine, Serge Reggiani, Hein van de Geyn, Marcia Maria, Jacques Pelzer, Aldo Romano, André Ceciarelli, Belmondo 5tet, on top of touring with world famous Toots Thielemans. In 1990, Eric legnini was appointed teacher of jazz piano at the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music and that same year, Belgian TV featured a one-hour film about Eric’s life in belgium and the United States. Legnini has composed the soundtrack for “Ombres et Lumières,” directed by Samy Brunet, and also had the opportunity to compose and perform the music for a dance performance, “Si par une nuit…” for the Enzo Pezzella Company. In the Belgian jazz referendum organized by Belgian radios RTBF and VRT, Eric LEGNINI was elected by the listeners as the best Belgian piano and keyboard player of the year in 1998, as well as the Belgian critics poll’s best Belgian piano player. In October 2005, he received the Belgian DJANGO D’OR award for jazz mastery and in 2006′s he earned the Belgium award for “Octaves de la Musique” in the jazz category. Now that’s an impressive resume. Take a listen to these cool remixes featuring Lyrics Born!
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Tags: Eric Legnini, Kermit Ruffins, Louis Armstrong, Lyrics Born, Preservation Hall, Theresa Andersson
