Something Old: Over the course of 20 issues of Flute Focus I have had the pleasure of listening to and exploring many great music CDs - Check out my old reviews... Something New: From Italy comes a fabulous quartet led by young Stefano Leonardi on flute and alto flute. Something Borrowed, Something Blue...
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A tribute to David (Fathead) Newman by Peter Westbrook
Saxophonist and flutist David ‘Fathead’ Newman was best known as a star soloist with the Ray Charles band, but his multi-faceted career was much more than that. Forrest Dylan Bryant, writing at All About Jazz, summed it up well: “When David ‘Fathead’ Newman picks up his weathered tenor saxophone and begins to blow, he doesn’t compel you to listen with a towering tone or crazy acrobatics. He does it by connecting with his music on a human level, embodying a depth of feeling that suffuses the atmosphere of the room. You can’t help but breathe it in.”
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New Adventures in Jazz Listening - Jim reviews the jazz flute CDs of Jamie Baum Septet with "Solace" and The Zen Bicycle Band with "Zen Bicycle"
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"Jazz Flute Player Wanted for 3 nights plus 1 rehearsal per week with established quartet in a prestigious jazz club. Duties include up to four festival appearances and two CD/DVD recordings per year. Must have a good straight classical tone as well as a more appropriate jazz tone, a full 3+ octave range to D above C, and some ability with multiphonics, jazz vocal tones and special effects. Some alto flute and piccolo required." I've been preparing to respond to an offer like this for years, and if normal professional flute auditions are anything to go by, there may well be at least a hundred applicants, and a short-list of twenty auditioning on the day.
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