Four Classic Albums (Dizzy Gillespie At Newport / Dizzy And Strings / Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman / Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra)
Animation Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I have the highest regard for the work of husband and wife team, Faith and John Hubley . Sponsored by the Institute for World Order , Voyage To Next epitomises the 1970’s challenge to the establishment, attacking war and the greed of mankind as seen through the eyes of Mother Earth and Father Time, their voices provided in naturalistic fashion by Maureen Stapleton and Dizzy Gillespie , the latter’s...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Later this month, the documentary film “The Jazz Baroness” will air on cable TV. The film was made by the English artist (and member of the Rothschild banking family) Hannah Rothschild. The “Jazz Baroness” explores the life of Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild de Koenigswarter, the filmmaker’s great-aunt and patron of American jazz. A short write-up (here) [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. The jazz-Brazilian folk experiments first undertaken by alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida in the early and late 1950s became a winning formula for jazz in the spring of 1962. With Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's Jazz Samba LP racing up the charts, many established jazz saxophonists took a shot at the new beat with great...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The innovative jazz education website PlayJazzNow.com has just released a new series of downloadable backing tracks. The latest sets of tracks delve into both classic and contemporary jazz materials. BEBOP STANDARDS is the new collection of tunes popularized by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and their "worthy constituents" in the 1950's. PlayJazzNow offers a fresh take on some of the most...
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Tru Thoughts Records out of the UK has been around for almost 10 years now and many people are probably reading that name for the first time. I'll be honest and admit that before I got back into writing for the site I didn't either. With that being said I highly urge everybody to check out what this label is putting out. One of their most recent releases is from a band called Stonephace . I'm really...
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 $12.98. Listen to Dizzy Gillespie performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Saxophonist Roger Lewis is one of the founding members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Since the 1970s, Lewis and the band have played with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvis Costello. In this interview, Lewis talks about the formation of the band; how the Dirty Dozen decided early on to use all...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau are featured in this all-star celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, music director. Jan 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM Concert Hall 1 hour, 45 minutes $20.00 - $45.00 Ella...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Jazz vocalist Vicki Burns and Master guitarist, Ed MacEachen join forces for a debut performance of a new duo at The Uno Chicago Grill in the Parkchester area of the Bronx. This performance is part of a dynamic new music series called Uno Music Tuesdays. 71 Metropolitan Oval Bronx, New York 718.824.8667...
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...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Bebop was considered a radical departure for jazz music during its formation in the 1940s and 1950s, pioneered by drummer {{Max Roach = 10725}}, {{Charlie Parker = 10115}} and {{Dizzy Gillespie = 7040}} among others. Coupled with tenor saxophonist {{Archie Shepp = 4266}}'s 1960s avant-garde jazz proclivities, the artists respectively helped procure a prismatic and non-traditional perspective on the...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Art D’Lugoff, who was widely regarded as the dean of New York nightclub impresarios and whose storied spot, the Village Gate, was for more than 30 years home to performers as celebrated, and diverse, as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg and John Belushi, died on Wednesday in Manhattan…. …Though most often thought of as a jazz space — among the eminences heard there over the...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Art D'Lugoff, the owner of The Village Gate nightclub located in the heart of Greenwich Village for over 40 years, died on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Riverdale, N.Y. D'Lugoff was 85 years old. After producing concerts around New York...
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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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