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Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
From Steady Bloggin ': " Hooray for bootlegs. The cover is self explanatory – this is a compilation collecting the original sources used by Large Pro in creating Breaking Atoms. Naturally the main target demographic here are the sample nerds. However this also works as a good mix of assorted classic rock/funk/soul/jazz jams so you can enjoy it even if you don’t give two shits about...
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Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to The Jazz Messengers performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 4, 1959
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit Mack Avenue Records 2009 Composer / arranger / ageless wonder {{Gerald Wilson = 11438}}, most of whose recent albums (Monterey Moods; New York, New Sound; Theme for Monterey; State Street Sweet) have been built around sectional themes, returns "home" on Detroit to paint an earnest musical portrait of his adopted city, one that not only spawned the nation's...
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Disc Four of this collection of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's recordings as a sideman for the Prestige label finds him continuing to serve under the leadership of pianist Red Garland, taking selections from several Garland LP's of the period (1957.) Joining Garland and Coltrane are Donald Byrd on trumpet, George Joyner (Jamil Nasser) on bass and Art Taylor on drums. "All Mornin' Long"...
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Rob's Record Reviews And That (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Devon Sproule + Mantler, Norwich Arts Centre, 16th October 2009 This was an interesting evening's entertainment. You certainly got your money's worth, but I think I'm getting too old to stand in one place for 2+ hours these days! First up, and introduced by Devon Sproule, was Mantler, aka Chris A. Cummings, a singer and electric pianist from Canada. I was bit worried when a dumpy, balding bloke (yeah,...
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Disc three of this collection of John Coltrane’s recordings for Prestige as a sideman find him in familiar territory, recording with the pianist Red Garland, whom Coltrane would perform with on several occasions during his tenures with the Miles Davis Quintet. This was a very important period of time for Coltrane, he had recently given up narcotics after being dismissed from the Davis band and...
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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
By the time Ernest “Ernie” Barnes, Jr. (1938-2009) passed away this past April, he had truly achieved the American dream. He went from being a “fat” and “introverted” child who wasn’t allowed into art museums because he was black to a renowned artist with exhibitions in prestigious galleries. Along the way, he was also an [...]
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Review: Weekend Two of the Byrd Retrospective Festival consists, in part, of explosions of ballet classics — but with certain aspects of the source material clearly revered by Spectrum Dance Theater artistic director Donald Byrd, even as he turns them inside out.
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Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Spectrum Dance Theater artistic director Donald Byrd celebrated his 60th birthday last summer, and the company is extending the party with a series of retrospective concerts, looking back over his tenure here as well as dipping into his career before he took over stewardship in 2002. Opening nigh...
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City Room (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Taking Questions: The drummer Craig Holiday Haynes responds to readers.
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Concord Records is wrapping up its epic reissue program of saxophonist John Coltrane’s music recorded for the Prestige label in the late 1950’s. As the name implies, this set tracks Coltrane’s appearances as a sideman for the label. His most notable sideman appearances during this period are outside the scope of this set, and those performances with Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis...
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
"The Color Purple," based on Alice Walker's powerhouse novel, makes a return trip to the Aronoff's Procter & Gamble stage, in a production every bit as precise and impassioned as it was when it was last on the Aronoff stage 18 months ago.
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
The original liner notes to this archival release note that this is a blowing session, where the individual emotion of the musicians takes precedence over the material composition. Stating that the blowing session was the essence of jazz in New York in the 1950's, they make the case for the primacy of hard bop as the lingua franca of jazz. These statements are borne out by the music which is mostly...
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Great Minds Think Like Me (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This song is so sweet! The way the singers voices blend together, along with the tempo and the lyrics ... creates an outrageously beautiful, touching song. Here's La Chanze and Elisabeth... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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