Buddy Rich News

When Sandford Berman died of cancer in 1991 at 68, his dream of educating the region's youth about jazz and blues through the medium of television did not die with him - it just took an 18-year hiatus.

BUDDY KEEPS THE BEAT: Buddy Rich and his band play at the Sheraton Sand Key during the Clearwater Jazz Festival in 1981.

Here's what I'm planning to play on the Jazz Connection tonight - Monday 12 October - on Radio Cardiff: Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich a ' Berniea TMs Tune Tune in at 8pm on 98.7 FM or watch and listen live online at www.radiocardiff.org Name: Andy Roberts Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom By day I'm a journalist working as a website producer for BBC ...

Dixie State College Jazz and Percussion Ensembles will have the first performance of their season Oct.

Ever since Matt Wilson first saw Buddy Rich on an old I Love Lucy rerun, he's taken to hitting things: Initially, it was pots and pans in the living room, later a snare and cymbal on the "PTA and 4-H concert circuit." An Illinois prairie town native, Wilson made his way to the big city - Wichita, Kan.

The 30th annual Clearwater Jazz Holiday runs Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 15 to 18, at Coachman Park on the waterfront in downtown Clearwater.

Sea Breeze Jazz For over a decade, brass master Dan McMillion, an alumnus of the Woody Herman and Buddy Rich ensembles, has been maintaining the legacy of Maynard Ferguson to a very high standard in the Central Florida region, winning a Grammy nomination for Up Your Brass .

Bob Dylan takes the stage at the Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday, Oct. 7. COURTESY OF COLUMBIA RECORDS MUSIC Still a rollin' stone Although just saying the name Bob Dylan conjures up visions of the turbulent 1960s, the truth is few musicians of his fame and stature have ever toured so far and so hard for so long after their initial impact on the ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Rich's birthday today! Buddy Rich Arguably the greatest jazz drummer of all time, the legendary Buddy Rich exhibited his love for music through the dedication of his life to the art.

Pinoy guitarist and composer Johnny Alegre has already made a name for himself in the world of Jazz.

Songwriter Impresses Jazz World with His Recent Album Release "Girl in Blue" As a teenager back in the late '60s, Les Veale had his transistor radio glued to his ear, soaking up the pop, soul and blues sounds of the time.

It was a late morning in a junior high school located in Long Beach, New York when a lonely, rarely used baritone saxophone chose an adolescent student named Roger Rosenberg as its sole and rightful owner.

Scott Yanow's liner notes to An Old Soul sketch a quick survey of contemporary big bands, observing that, in this era of drastically diminished returns in the jazz world, big band leaders are increasingly drawn from studios and academia, making performer-leaders rare to non-existent. Arranger-led big bands may make for groups that reflect one ...

For almost four decades the United States Military Academy Banda s Jazz Knights have brought musical excellence to their audiences by presenting the best in big band favorites, popular music, and original compositions and arrangements for jazz ensemble.

Jazz vocalist Rebecca Parris closes out the summer concert series at Maudslay Arts Center in Newburyport Saturday night with her traditional program of standards, ballads, blues, Latin and contemporary tunes.

Why are so many good jazz gigs led by drummers these days? Possibly it's just labor logic: the star system has broken down, the circuit has shrunk and there are fewer high-profile working bands led by great front-line soloists - saxophonists, trumpeters, guitarists.

This past weekend I went up to DC with a friend from church to hear a free big-band jazz concert.

The Compaq Big Band has kept New England swingin' since 1975, with a big band repertoire from the '30s and '40s , as well as the best swing charts from the '50s right up through the hottest big bands of today.

A native of Athens, Greece--Panos Vassilopoulos has previously been most known for his educational DVD releases, including a oeOstinatos and Polyrhythms,a and a oeA Step Furthera which Modern Drummer magazine proclaimed was, a oepushing the kit to new heights!a A self-taught drummer, Vassilopoulos takes his inspiration from such legends as Buddy ...

The Compaq Big Band has kept New England swingin' since 1975, with a big band repertoire from the '30s and '40s , as well as the best swing charts from the '50s right up through the hottest big bands of today.