National Public Radio has activated a link to my interview with Scott Simon about Vince Guaraldi. This is it. … [Read more...]
Archives for November 28, 2009
Recent Listening: Hal Weary, Bill Frisell, Emil Viklický
Hal Weary, A Rendezvous with Déjà Vu (halwearyjazz). Weary is a pianist from the west on the rise in New York City. The quintet numbers on his debut CD draw on the hard-bop/gospel spirit of Horace Silver and Art Blakey. On "Tenderly," he touches on but soon departs from Erroll Garner. … [Read more...]