No Boundries Jan 27, 2008
Then she beefed up her piano skills studying with two of the 20th century's greatest jazz pianists, Jaki Byard and Don Pullen, both of whom had been members of Charles Mingus' bands. "They were good teachers for me," she says, "but I was never really cut out to be a student, and I was never really cut out to play someone else's music.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Catching up with Jerry Seeco Oct 2, 2007
During this time Jerry also pursued private arranging studies with some of the area s most notable educators, including Everett Longstreth, Herb Pomeroy (with whom he also studied jazz theory) and Jaki Byard. And, while studying with Jaki Byard, he performed with Byard s Big Band. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Charles Mingus recording strikes a chord Jul 19, 2007
As the disc's title suggests, it documents a March 18, 1964 performance by the mercurial bassist-composer Mingus, Dolphy on alto sax, flute and bass clarinet, Clifford Jordan on tenor sax, Johnny Coles on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano and Dannie Richmond on drums. Later that year, this same group would embark on a series of extraordinary concerts, beginning at New York's Town Hall and then moving on to play all over Europe. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
A whirl through the old and new Jun 3, 2007
Charles McPherson filled the alto chair, joined by tenor saxophonist Bobby Jones, trumpeter Eddie Preston, drummer Dannie Richmond, and pianist Jaki Byard, who plays here with astonishing urgency. The group stretches out with long, uninhibited takes of "Reincarnation of a Lovebird," "Peggy's Blue Skylight," "Blue Bird," and "Pithecanthropus Erectus," and sprinkles in short takes of "Love Is a Dangerous Necessity" and (the one non-Mingus tune, included perhaps with a wink) "I Left My Heart in San... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Teenage kicks by the book Mar 23, 2007
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Listening Post Jan 7, 2007
And shortly before his recent death, Ferguson himself - the "famous high note trumpeter" onetime sideman Jaki Byard used to call him disdainfully - performed a duet with trumpet player Bergeron on this disc on a tune called "Maynard and Waynard." Now that Ferguson is gone, Bergeron - a very busy West Coast studio and session player - seems to be applying for the role of the new Maynard Ferguson. Lots of high notes are hit, none immortally. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
