Vijay Iyer

Jazz Now: What’s it Like Today?

by Rachel Cantrell on September 20, 2009

This week, NPR Jazz is asking bloggers like me to list five albums I’d use to introduce someone to today’s jazz. This is incredible because (a) I love today’s jazz, and (b) this is justification that I’m not crazy for running a blog about jazz — there’s more like me out there! Even though I’m [...]

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Upcoming Jazz Festivals!

by Rachel Cantrell on August 27, 2009

Now that our jazz band’s gotten settled in and the music’s been passed out (like Ellington’s In a Sentimental Mood and a Gordon Goodwin commission, Principal of the Thing), we’re left with a few more things to do, including: (a) rehearsing quite a bit, and (b) arranging a local trip to some awesome jazz concert [...]

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Jazz Through The Generations & Freedom4U

by Rachel Cantrell on August 21, 2009

So a lot of things happened this past week: (A) I started school (and I started jazz band, woo!). (B) I reconnected with some HOBY alumni (HOBY.org) at Six Flags Magic Mountain. (C) I drove up (with my family) to see Jazz Through the Generations hosted by Freedom4U. School is fantastic and hectic as always; [...]

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Listen to This: 6 Reviews on 6 NPR Newport Jazz Webcasts

by Rachel Cantrell on August 11, 2009

So the NPR Newport Jazz festival is over, which means NPR’s posted most of the performers online via webcast. (But rrg! I can’t find Tony Bennett anywhere.) This is pretty lame, but I’ve been waiting to listen to the Dave Brubeck Quartet webcast all day. I’m jiggling in my seat from anticipation right now. The [...]

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Listen to this: NPR’s Jazz at Newport

by Rachel Cantrell on August 8, 2009

If you’re really into listening to new ideas in jazz, then go check out NPR’s Jazz at Newport this weekend (August 8-9) to listen to live webcasts of musicians like Hiromi Uehara, Esperanza Spalding, and Tony Bennett. Currently I’m listening to the Vijay Iyer Trio, which is super interesting so far. Supposedly the pianist in [...]

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