Kotaku (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, James Brown – Denver's historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom has seen them all since its inception as a ex-servicemen's club in the 20s. On a night...
Kotaku Australia (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, James Brown – Denver’s historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom has seen them all since its inception as a ex-servicemen’s club in the 20s. (more…)
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, James Brown and the Doors are among the songs that have been named as the 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame, reports rollingstone.com. Twenty-five recordings from various genres will be added to the Hall, which currently includes 851 songs altogether. Songs are eligible 25 years after [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Photo: Wyman/WireImage.com; Walter/WireImage.com Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, the Doors, James Brown and Janis Joplin have been named as 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Twenty-five recordings from a variety of genres will be added to the Grammy Hall, which currently includes 851 titles altogether (songs are eligible 25 years after release [...]
Jakob Montrasio's Net. (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Listened to I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston. Listened to Riding With The King (With B.B. King) - Eric Clapton. Listened to Summertime, Part 1 - Sam Cooke. Listened [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Music News: Satchmo tunes jazz up 2010 roster -- The Recording Academy announced 25 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, adding to a roster of timeless tunes that now includes 851 titles.
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
John Waters as the other creepy old Santa... A John Waters Christmas is hitting the road this December. Six dates are scheduled with a New York City stop at BB King's on December 22nd. The show takes the form of...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
After all of the angst and financial mess following the Festival Productions-Festival Network LLC transaction nearly three years ago, one positive has emerged. Ben Ratliff had the details this month in the New York Times in his article Historic Sounds of Newport, Newly Online.Before Festival Network...
ireallylovemusic (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
track listing : ring-a-ding ding let’s fall in love be careful it’s my heart a foggy day a fine romance in the still of the night [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As Latin-jazz legends go, saxophonist Ray Santos ranks high on the list. Few living Latin-jazz artists today can claim to have played in and arranged for the bands of Machito, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez. To give you an idea of what this trifecta means, it would be akin to a saxophonist playing in the Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Woody Herman bands. In addition, Ray is one of only a handful of...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Perth Amboy, NJ -- Morris Nanton passed away peacefully at home Sunday morning, November 15. He was born in Perth Amboy and lived there all his life. He served his country with honor in the U.S. Armed Forces with the 5th Army Division Band during the Korean War. He graduated from Perth Amboy High School and Juilliard Conservatory of Music in New York after attending on full scholarship. Known throughout...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Wolfgang’s Vault expanded their operations over the past few years from selling the contents of Bill Graham’s vault to offering streams and downloads of live music from many genres. Music fans have benefited greatly from the expansion as we can now stream for free - or download at a reasonable price - thousands of concerts that were otherwise unavailable in any form. [Thelonious Monk at...
The Graham English Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
"Here's a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk. Registration is required but it's oh so worth it. The New York Times has the backstory of how these recordings ended up at Wolfgang's Vault."
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959
Statis Beatnik (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
To me there are a few musicians that rank up there as godlike figures. Jimi Hendrix, Squarepusher, Toots, Al Green....... (the list does go on a bit) but one of the top spots will always be taken up by Thelonius Monk. I have a similar list in each musical genre so here is my top 3 for Jazz piano players in this order: 1. Thelonius Monk 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Art Tatum Many may object but here is a video...
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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
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