Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Satoshi Inoue 井上智 was born on November 12, 1956 in Kobe, Japan and studied at Kyoto’s Fuji School of Music from 1979 to 1981. Between 1981-1988, he led his own groups in Japan.
Moving to New York City in 1989 he studied at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he met Jim Hall, who has been on the faculty of the university since his senior year.
Over the years, Inoue has toured with jazz greats such as James Moody, James Williams, Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Foster, Slide Hampton, Barry Harris, Jimmy Heath, Arnie Lawrence, Jack McDuff, Junior Mance, Jon Faddis, Akira Tana, The Clayton Brothers and Toshiko Akiyoshi.
His own band has gigged at New York’s top jazz venues, and for twelve years, Inoue has brought American musicians to Japan to conduct fall tours for concerts and workshops, including the Big Apple in Nonoichi festival. His lectures on jazz standards appear monthly in a Japanese jazz magazine called Jazz Life.
Guitarist Satoshi Inoue, who performed together on Hall’s widely used instructional video collection called Jazz Guitar Master Class Volumes 1&2, continues to compose, record and perform.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
The masking and social distancing continues as we are heading into another month of factions of society refusing the vaccination, putting themselves and others in harm’s way. Keeping myself safe with limited exposure to outside forces, this quarantined jazz voyager remains for the most part, secluded. So this week I am selecting an album by Tia Fuller that was released on May 25, 2018 titled Diamond Cut on the Mack Avenue label.
Having known her since she was a student at Spelman College, she has since worked with Beyonce, emerged to international acclaim on the jazz scene and landed as a professor on the faculty of Berklee College of Music, while still holding down a demanding career as a solo artist.
Track Listing | 62:24 All songs composed by Tia Fuller except where noted
- In the Trenches ~ 6:18
- Save Your Love for Me ~ 5:40
- I Love You ~ 6:22
- Queen Intuition ~ 6:01
- Joe’n Around ~ 4:15
- Crowns of Grey ~ 5:55
- The Coming ~ 6:59
- Soul Eyes ~ 5:40
- Delight ~ 5:02
- Fury of Da’mond ~ 4:00
- Tears of Santa Barbara ~ 4:25
- Joe’n Around (Alternate Take) ~ 3:07
- Tia Fuller ~ saxophones
- Adam Rogers ~ guitar
- James Genus ~ bass
- Bill Stewart ~ drums
- Terri Lyne Carrington ~ percussion 7,8
- Sam Yahel ~ organ 2,7
- Jack DeJohnette ~ drums 4,5,7-9
- Dave Holland ~ bass 4,5,7-9,11
- Terri Lyne Carrington ~ producer
- Gretchen Valade ~ executive producer
- Sharon Green (4) ~ product manager
- Will Wakefield ~ production manager
- Margo M. Davis ~ production manager (for EP/LPG)
- Paul Antonell ~ recording engineer
- Paul Blakemore (3) ~ mastering
- Jeremy Loucas ~ mixing engineer
- Dean David Albak ~ editor
- Maria Ehrenreich ~ creative director
- Al Pryor ~ a&r (evp of a&r)
- Raj Naik ~ art direction, design
- Samantha Reese ~ makeup
- Steven Blank ~ photography, set designer
- Jerris Madison ~ photography, wardrobe stylist
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Dick Wilson, born November 11, 1911 in Mount Vernon, Illinois was raised in Seattle, Washington, but attended high school in Los Angeles, California. He started on piano and learned saxophone in Seattle from saxophonist Joe Darensbourg. He became a member of Darensbourg’s band in 1930.
In 1936, he joined Andy Kirk’s Clouds of Joy, where he spent the next five years. With Mary Lou Williams and Pha Terrell, Wilson was one of the most striking musical personalities in the band. He cultivated a style that has been compared to Lester Young’s because of similar characteristics in their solos.
Tenor saxophone Dick Wilson, best known for his work with the Andy Kirk big band, passed away from tuberculosis on November 24, 1941 in New York City.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Ariel de la Portilla was born on November 10, 1975 in Matanzas, Cuba where he lived until immigrating with his parents to Miami, Florida when he was five. Growing up in the Little Havana neighborhood he was surrounded by the sounds of Cuban and Brazilian music as well as simultaneously experiencing American music and culture that gave his childhood a distinctly unique dichotomy that later proved to have become a crucial aspect of his life, education, and musical identity.
After graduating from high school in 1994, he left Miami to pursue his interests in the double bass. Awarded a music scholarship to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, he dedicated most of his time to studying classical bass and jazz. He remained at CCM until recruited by the University of Miami in 1996 to study under the instruction of Don Coffman, Matt Bonnelli and Lucas Drew.
Since arriving in New York City, he has performed with jazz and Latin musicians including Ray Vega, Dave Valentin, Patato Valdez, Candido Camero, Edy Martinez, Willie Martinez, Peter Erskine, Eddie Daniels, and Sonny Bravo.
Bassist Ariel De La Portilla is currently a member of the Ze Luis Quartet and a new conceptual guitar trio, Lengua Moderna.
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Three Wishes
When asked by Nica what his three wishes would be, Junior Cook only had one response:
- “I gave them to you before, and since those three didn’t show up, I’ve given it up.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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