Sean Sullivan Interview

SEAN Sullivan is wonderful singer-guitarist who is based in New York. He is diversified in so many ways as he explains in our interview from his personal background to the styles he mixes with jazz, blues, bossa & his own compositions along with his one of a kind interpretation of the Great American Songbook.

How refreshing it is to find a young male singer to keep our music alive & fresh who has his own fabulous sound rather than trying to sound like somebody else.

Listen to our interview & his debut recording SQUARE ONE & you will hear this musician-singer put his whole heart & soul in everything he does.

A special treat is hearing the great musicians behind Sean especially the Late David "Fathead" Newman.

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Kristin Korb Interview

Kristin Korb is a young, talented & beautiful bass player, vocalist, arranger, composer & teacher.

I have enjoyed her music for several years but seeing her in person on the recent Jazzdagen Arbors Jazz Alive Cruise gave me an even greater appreciation of her multi-talented abilities. This lady can swing with the best of them.

Listen to my interview with her & you will agree that the future of jazz is in good hands.

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Shepley Metcalf Interview

Shepley Metcalf's debut recording is SOMETHING IRRESISTIBLE Songs of Fran Landesman & Simon Wallace. Shepley's beautiful voice combined with these fun less familiar songs  are "cool" & "hip".

Finding Shepley is a delightful discovery that I want to share with you.

I hope you'll listen to my interview with great Jazz vocalist Shepley Metcalf.

 

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Brothers Lazaroff Gives 'Em What They Need

Brothers Lazaroff recently celebrated the release of their new CD titled "Give 'Em What They Need".

We are pleased to share the title track, recorded at Lola in the Saint Louis downtown Loft District. Check out the "Free Jazz" in the middle and toward the end of this track.

Brothers Jeff and Dave are the Riverfront Times' 2010 Music Awards winner as Best American/Folk Band in St. Louis!

We wish Brothers Lazaroff much success! 

 

STEPHANIE TRICK AT HOME

Thanks to HECTV for this rare video of Stephanie Trick playing her piano at home prior to our interview with her for I LOVE JAZZ on HECTV.

This RISING STAR OF JAZZ has been at numerous jazz festivals around the world & will appear with the piano greats at the upcoming 3rd Arbors Invitational in January 2011.

We are proud indeed to present Stephanie once again on donwolff.com

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Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff---One More Time For The Final Time

This is the final never before released video of Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff at The 1988 Mid-America Jazz Festival in St Louis, Mo.

This video is being released here on the web page before being placed on our fan page or UTube as a way of showing our appreciation for your support & friendship.

More unreleased video clips from our Mid-America Festival & Arbors Jazz Parties collection will be released in the future.

You can contact me at donwolff@me.com

Enclosure

Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff---One More Time

Our next to last never before released video clip of R&R at The Mid-America Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Mo. in 1988 has Milt Hinton & Gus Johnson joining in the fun doing DINAH. I recorded most every festival although the quality improved with age. I recommend the Arbors Records DVD of R&R Together which does not have this clip along with the 2 others seen here before & 1more which will be released soon here before anywhere else.

Enjoy the good old days with 4 of the giants of jazz.

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STEPHANIE TRICK MEETS THE CLASSICS

Jazz Meets The Classics---Again !

Our interviews with Stephanie & The Classical Jazz Quartet in past weeks (available below) reveal renewed interest in Jazz Meets The Classics.

In this video Stephanie Trick is once again seen at her concert at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St Louis, Mo.

This concert has now been released on CD-STEPHANIE TRICK LIVE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL & is available at her website.

Enjoy ANITRA'S DANCE as performed by this young, talented, dedicated & charming musician.

Thanks for watching & listening to I LOVE JAZZ on HECTV & LIVE365.COM

We appreciate your support & comments.

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Michael Silverman-CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET

Jazz meets the classics when Michael Silverman & his quartet released their newest CD-CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET.

I first heard this wonderful group at their 1st performance when they called themselves BACH TO THE FUTURE.

Our interview with Michael explores the wonders of mixing great Classical music with Jazz.

Satchmo said "There are only two kinds of music-good & bad"

This, my friends is GOOD music.

They will be in performance at the FOCAL POINT in Maplewood, Mo. on Friday October 29 for JAZZ FUSION NIGHT.

You can hear clips from their new CD-CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET on our I LOVE JAZZ SHOW on LIVE365.COM

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More: STEPHANIE TRICK-LIVE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL

Stephanie performs LIZA from her solo concert, which is now issued on her new CD release: STEPHANIE TRICK LIVE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL. You can purchase this & her previous CDs on her website.

Stephanie is featured in our RISING STAR IN JAZZ segment on I LOVE JAZZ on HECTV. You can follow the link on this web page to see this & all past shows on HECTV.ORG

We will provide more videos of this concert in future weeks.

Thanks for watching & listening to our I LOVE JAZZ Shows on LIVE365.COM & HECTV.ORG

We are anxious to receive your comments, requests & suggestions at donwolff@me.com 

Our HALLOWEEN PARTY will be featured on next friday's I LOVE JAZZ internet show on LIVE365.COM

We look forward this week to our interview with Mike Silverman to talk about the CLASSIC JAZZ QUARTET new CD release & their upcoming performance at the Focal Point in Maplewood, Mo. on friday Oct. 29, 2010.

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New Video- Stephanie Trick Live At The Sheldon

As we promised last week-we present here -the entire interview with Stephanie Trick, a portion of which is featured in our newest edition of I LOVE JAZZ on HECTV. Stephanie is our RISING STAR OF JAZZ. Our interview with her was prior to her 1st solo concert which was recorded & is now released on her newest CD-Stephanie Trick-LIVE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL. Because of time constraints only a short segment of the interview is shown on TV but it's all here just for you.

WE also show you the first two tunes from the video, which are also featured on our LIVE365.COM internet show.

Links to all I Love Jazz Shows are on this web page & you can see all previous TV shows at HECTV.ORG

Stephanie is an accomplished pianist, specializing in Harlem stride, an orchestral and virtuosic style of two-handed piano playing that developed on the East Coast in the 1920s. A native of St. Louis, she graduated with a major in music from the University of Chicago in 2009 and is now playing professionally across the country as well as in Europe with an emphasis on classic jazz. In addition, check out her website. 

Hope you enjoy this video! More to come next week.

Thanks for watching & listening-we are anxious for your feedback at donwolff@me.com

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SOPRANO REUNION-ST. LOUIS BLUES

As promised last week-my favorite video clip is now being featured on the I LOVE JAZZ television show on HEC-TV. The new season has a new segment "VIDEO GEMS" which will feature clips from my private video collection. This 1st show of the new season which has just begun this week also features FREDDY COLE & our young, talented & beautiful stride pianist, STEPHANIE TRICK as our RISING STAR OF JAZZ. You can see this show as well as all previous shows by following the link on this web page.

My favorite video clip comes from the 1995 Mid-America Jazz Festival & features THE SOPRANO SUMMIT consisting of Milt Hinton on the bass, Bobby Rosengarden on the drums, Bucky Pizzarelli on the guitar, Derek Smith on the piano, KENNY DAVERN & BOB WILBER on clarinet & soprano sax.

I love the way the musicians swing, improvise & compete as the pace quickens. This is swing jazz at its very best.

Although the television version is incomplete, the entire version is presented here for your enjoyment.

Let us know how you enjoy our I LOVE JAZZ SHOWS on HECTV & LIVE365.COM as well as our weekly video clips from our private collection which will one day be housed at THE WOLFF JAZZ INSTITUTE at HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY, the only BLACK HISTORICAL COLLEGE in this community-which would like to accept your collections & donations as well.

THANKS for your support.

 

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Sweethearts On Parade

Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff appear once again here in a never before released video from the Mid-America Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Mo. in 1988. Tom Hustad, Emeritus Professor of Marketing, Kelley School of Business at Bloomington, Indiana will soon release his book on Ruby Braff & we look forward to this release. Tom collects all of Ruby's recordings & videos so dedicate this clip to him.

Thanks to everyone for the many 75th birthday wishes. I am especially appreciative of hearing from so many local jazz musicians.

Our new I Love Jazz Show on HECTV.ORG will begin next week featuring Freddie Cole & young, talented, & beautiful Stephanie Trick. Stephanie has a new CD coming out soon & we will feature her full interview & clips of her concert here in upcoming weeks but 1st we will feature the complete video of the Soprano Reunion here at Mid-America which will be shown in part on the new show. This clip is my most favorite video clip & I look forward to sharing it with you here on donwolff.com.

Thanks for your continued support as together we strive to keep our jazz music alive & well.

I'm don wolff  & I LOVE JAZZ

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