...jAzz in books

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“We Are The People of the Sun”

Ben LaMar Gay 

Nublu, Nyc 

January 11, 2019 

50TH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN DAY PARADE

Dancefloor Jazz!

Peri Bop - Bebop DanceArt Experience

Dancefloor Jazz!

Irven Lewis Dance Theatre 

It’s finally here... The Trailer that is. 

Dashingly pleasing rendition of Merry Christmas Baby with the great Ramsey Lewis Trio, featuring Eldee Young (bass) Redd Holt (drums)

“I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows if I want, and then these really tiny, laser highs if I want, as well.”

Cécile McLorin Salvant, 26, brings much of her touring set list to the Grammy-nominated jazz vocal album, For One To Love on Mack Avenue Records, released on September 4, 2015. Nothing about the songs on this album, or this young artist, says meek, mild, or clean — unless it’s the efficient way Salvant cuts through the crap down to the meat of the bare bone of the covers and originals she takes on.

The daughter of a Haitian doctor and French/Guadeloupian/American teacher, the Miami-based Salvant spoke about her aversion to sounding “clean and pretty” in a November 5, 2015 NPR interview.

The classically trained singer turned to jazz later than most. But when she did, she did on her own terms — with strictly intelligent, in-depth material in mind, sometimes harking way back to ancient times, with her own modern, multi-cultural, feminist spin. (Have you heard her do “John Henry” or “Stepsisters’ Lament?” She’s awesome.)

"I never wanted to sound clean and pretty," she told NPR. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows if I want, and then these really tiny, laser highs if I want, as well."

Salvant is up against some stiff competition: Denise Donatelli’s Find A Heart, Lorraine Feather’s Flirting With Disaster, Jamison Ross’Jamison, and Karrin Allyson’s Many A New Day. But then the vocal album category is usually the biggest jazz deal, year after year, and the most recognized outside the genre — next to best jazz instrumental.

Other notable jazz-related Grammy nominations announced yesterday morning include bassist Christian McBride for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo” on “Cherokee” from Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue) with his trio, saxophonist Jimmy Greene for “Best Jazz Instrumental Album” on Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue) and “Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals” on “When I Come Home,” smooth jazz saxophonistKirk Whalum for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album” on The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV (Rendezvous Records), and Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra for “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album” on Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma Music).