Oscar Peterson Trio at Newport Jazz Festival Jul 3, 1959
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to Oscar Peterson Trio performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959
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Why Art Tatum Was Never A Superstar
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
"What was it about Tatum that kept him in relative obscurity? Part of the problem, I suspect, is that his personality was almost entirely opaque. We're told that he liked baseball and drank Pabst Blue Ribbon beer by the quart, but little else is known for sure about his private life."...
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'You never saw Art Tatum sweat'
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Above, the headline of Terry Teachout's appreciation in today's Wall Street Journal of the master. Up top, Tatum in a 1954 TV performance of Jerome Kern's "Yesterdays." From the article: ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• For the critic, the word "best"...
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OBITUARY: Dick Katz, 85, Jazzman of Many Gifts over 6 Decades, is Dead
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Dick Katz, a pianist, record producer, educator and writer whose knowledge of jazz from the stride-piano era to 1960s modernism made him a valuable presence on New Yorks jazz scene for six decades, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 85. The cause was lung cancer, said his son Jamie. Mr. Katzs piano idols were soloist royalty: Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Fats Waller. But he was a more reserved musician,...
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TT: You never saw him sweat
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Like most columnists, I try to keep up with anniversaries, but the centennial of Art Tatum's birth--October 13--slipped past me....
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Walking-around music: MP3s on my phone, sorted by artist
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
Explore : Actors and Actresses, Big Joe Turner, Bill Evans, Bill Monroe, Bill Withers, Billy Bragg, Blues, Bob Dylan, Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Buck Owens, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Chet Atkins, Chet Baker, Coleman Hawkins, Country, Digital Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Dr. Dre, Duke Ellington, Eddie Harris, Electric Light Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Eminem, Emmylou Harris, Entertainment, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Everything But the Girl, Flatt and Scruggs, Folk and Folk-Rock, Frank Sinatra, Grant Green, Hank Williams, Howlin' Wolf, Ike and Tina Turner, Iris DeMent, Irma Thomas, James Brown, James Taylor, Jay-Z, Jazz, Jeff Buckley, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Smith, Joe Jackson, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Les McCann, Lester Young, Little Richard, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Louis Armstrong, Lou Reed, Marshall Crenshaw, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, Miles Davis, Mos Def, MP3, Muddy Waters, Music, Neil Young, Nina Simone, Otis Rush, OutKast, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Patsy Cline, Patti Smith, Paul Desmond, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd, Prince, Radiohead, Randy Newman, Rap and Hip-Hop, Ray Charles, Rhythm and Blues, Richard Pryor, Richard Thompson, Rickie Lee Jones, Robyn Hitchcock, Rock and Pop, Rock and Roll, Ruth Brown, Sam Cooke, Soul, The Beatles, The Carter Family, The Pretenders, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tina Turner, TV, TV Shows
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Barbara Stowe on the concert that launched Greenpeace
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By John Mackie, Irving and Dorothy were key figures in the Don't Make a Wave group which founded Greenpeace in 1970. The money to send a protest ship to Amchitka Island was largely raised through a concert Irving Stowe arranged for Oct. 16, 1970 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. A tape of the show has just been released by Greenpeace.Sun: I understand your dad used to tape live shows in the early...
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Dinner With Gershwin
Pilton Sucks dotCom (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Friends and readers. Practice your scales and you to can tinkle the ivorys with grace and ease. The radiogram long before the advent of CDs or such like and while the I Pod wasn’t even a twinkle in the eye of the electronic multi nationals, was the entertainment of the day. On the lid lay LPs of Count Basie, Art Tatum, [...]
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The Beatles cover Hendrix at a venue near you
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Forget the Rock Band video game, software is being developed that not only recreates Beatles performances, it allows the Fab Four to play other artists' music in their own style Fancy some tickets to a live performance by the Beatles – with Jimmy Hendrix on guitar? This could become a reality thanks to Zenph Studios, a North Carolina company that is developing software which not only recreates...
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DVD/VIDEO: STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Stanley Jordan
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
This week, our video spotlilght shines on guitarist Stanley Jordan, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Wednesday, November 4 through Saturday, November 7 at Jazz at the Bistro. Jordan is known for his two-handed tapping technique, which he developed as a teenager in the 1970s and is used to pr...
- StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Stanley Jordan - St. Louis Jazz Notes
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Fantastic Mr Fox Soundtrack
Teaser-Trailer.com (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The soundtrack of the Fantastic Mr Fox will be available in ... Movie Trailer http://teaser-trailer.com
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EDUCATION: Class Will Study "The Great Jazz Soloists" Beginning Thursday, November 5
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Author, photographer and radio host Dennis Owsley will teach another series of jazz history classes beginning at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 5 at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd.Owsley's topic this time is "The Great Jazz Soloists," and the course will cover the work of jazz grea...
- Class will study "The Great Jazz Soloists" beginning Thursday, November 5 - St. Louis Jazz Notes
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Jazz album review: The Eddie Thompson Trio
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
THE EDDIE THOMPSON TRIO The Unforgettable 1982 Concert * * * * * Hep Jazz CD 2094, £11.74
- Jazz album review: The Eddie Thompson Trio - Scotsman.com Living - Books
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Exodus to Jazz continues with Johnny O'Neal on Friday
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The Exodus To Jazz series of jazz gigs continues with the Johnny O’Neal Trio on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside with sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm in Frontier Hall at the hotel. Doors open...
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God turns 100
EconoSpeak (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Today is 100th anniversary of the birth of Art Tatum, who was certainly the best jazz pianist to ever walk the earth. I lifted the title from the name of the thread on a jazz e-mail list group I subscribe to. It comes from a story told about Bud Powell - another hall-of fame jazz pianist. He was playing in a club on 52nd street when Tatum walked in the door. Powell stopped cold, right in the middle...