PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
First Tony Bennett Holiday Album in 40 Years, TONY BENNETT: A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS FEATURING THE COUNT BASIE BIG BAND - Available Everywhere Oct. 14. (PRNewsFoto/RPM Records/Columbia Records)
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Sam, the Man. 2 p.m. Oct. 6--- In conjunction with the opening of the "Million Dollar Quartet" musical in Chicago, I revisited my 1987 interview with Sun Records founder Samuel Cornelius Phillips. It was good stuff. It also keeps...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Jackson Ward community came alive this weekend with the 18th annual 2nd Street Festival. The festival kicked off on Friday night with a dance party featuring Johnny Houston and The Legends, but it wasn't until Saturday that all four performance stages would show some of Richmond's best musicians.F...
kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
Luxury Holiday Blog - Tropical Sky (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Whether you want to experience the landscapes that inspired your favourite songs or see the stars in action, one thing’s for sure - you’ll find what you’re looking for in the USA . We have whittled down our favourite US music destinations…
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
ROWLAND TO PERFORM LIVE WITH A FULL BAND PHOENIX, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellar Phoenix-based jazz vocalist Dennis Rowland -- who began his career fronting the legendary Count Basie Orchestra -- will headline a voter registration rally on Friday, October 3 at the Arizona campaign headquarters for Obama For America. The 7-10PM event is hosted by Phoenix-area attorneys Pamela Covella and Booker T. Evans...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Harry Scorzo, one of the most skillful and original jazz violinists today, brings a group of masterful jazz veterans to play tunes he's written in tribute to his childhood jazz heros: Count Basie, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock. You'll hear a pure, well crafted and mature jazz voice on the violin, great tunes, and great playing...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
It was nearly dawn after a round -- several rounds -- of music and conviviality during the 1969 New Orleans Jazz Festival. A few of us were sitting on the balcony of Bobby Hackett's hotel room on Bourbon Street...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Victoria: With a large dance floor, a magnificent view of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the sweet but dynamic sounds of the SWIFTSURE BIG BAND the scene is set for a fine evening of dancing at the Fleet Club.
Ducksnorts (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
We drove to Vegas on Thursday afternoon. Neko Case, Silverchair, Interpol, and Thievery Corporation accompanied us on our journey. Not literally, of course; our car isn’t that big. On Friday we rode the monorail all over the Strip, gawking at the utter freakishness that is Sin City. This place always makes me feel lonely, although it’s [...]
Reuters (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Leading R&B drummer Earl Palmer, best known for his New Orleans recording sessions with the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles at age 84, his family said.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Jazz musician Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum - who appears this weekend at the Blue Wisp - spent his 80th birthday on Sept. 8 exactly the way he planned it - doing nothing.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Test of Time Records proudly announces the release of the remastered Holy Mama by the Junior Mance. This album was originally released in 1976 and is now available on CD for the first time here in the U.S. This work by the Junior Mance-led trio, with Martin Rivera on bass and Salvatore LaRocca on dr...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Actor Jack Nicholson, rocker Jon Bon Jovi and NBA star Shaquille O'Neal are among 30 nominees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
