VH1 Reality World (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Yesterday, Sean “Diddy” Combs held a huge birthday celebration at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. And the big names were there to help him celebrate. The guest list was certainly impressive. I couldn’t possibly give you photos of all the celebrities that showed up, but some of the more notable ones were Kim Kardashian, Russell Simmons, Spike Lee, Regina King, Robin Thicke, Nelly,...
mnml ssgs (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
just a quick post, my girl has been going on a big maurice fulton bender recently, and this has encouraged me to revisit this mix of his, which is very dear to my heart. this mix kept me company on many long, boring drives between melbourne and canberra... despite maurice being around since the year dot and generally being recognised as a house legend, i still feel he is massively under-rated. as far...
Review Site (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Personnel: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Adrian Simon, Jesse Dixon Singers (vocals); Vincent Nguini (acoustic guitar); Bill Frisell (electric guitar); Herbie Hancock (piano); Gil Goldstein (harmonium, keyboards); Alex Al (bass instrument); Abraham Laboriel, Pino Palladino (bass guitar); Leo Abrahams (fretless bass); Robin DiMaggio, Steve Gadd (drums); Jamey Haddad (percussion); Brian Eno (electronics)....
SoulCulture.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Hip Hop influenced pianist Robert Glasper follows the likes of McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock as the Blue Note label’s latest piano star to push the classic trio format into uncharted territory. A loose-limbed and expressive soloist, Glasper incorporates fractured and insistent melodic loops in his heavily rhythmic style. Lauded free jazz/Working Week saxophonist Larry [...]
NSG's BloG - Working Class Superstar Stories! (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
WHat a GREAAAT VIdeo!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoisNv1ftw Taken for NSG Blog. :) http://www.nsgmusic.blogspot.com
The Message Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
This is sort of a short one today, but I just realized that I've never used Organized Konfusion for one of the Satrday Samples. Anywho, here's the song "The Extinction Agenda" off OK's album of the same name and the sample that coincides with said track, Herbie Hancock's "Rain Dance." I still don't know what part of the song they flipped, but whatever it is is, it's sure dope.Organized...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Anger can be a great musical catalyst. The story is told about Miles Davis's historic 1964 concert at Lincoln Center, that the band was angry that Miles had preemptively waived their fees for charity. The performance, duly celebrated in two albums, My Funny Valentine and Four and more , can be said to have that urgent yet sinuous edge that make it one of the essential live musical performances. The...
Lefsetz Letter (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
We’re too old. That’s what Herbie Hancock said at Quincy Jones’ Music Consortium. He told a story. Of being in Japan and getting one of the original PlayStations. Now Herbie considers himself to be technologically adept. When he got back to the States, he hooked the PlayStation up, even though the instructions were in Japanese. But he couldn’t [...]
Line Out (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Symphony For The Superhero , a symphony by local composer Mateo Messina (best known for composing the Juno score, as noted before ), is going down at Benaroya, starring the one and only Cut Chemist - turntablist, producer, innovator. Bridging hiphop and the symphony is no small feat- in fact, it's a fucking recipe for disaster in the wrong hands- but I think this cast of characters is up to the task....
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
By combining rare archival stills, interviews with 75 jazz artists and live recordings culled from 25 hours of concerts, Icons Among Us is a dynamic and engaging document of many of the greatest jazz musicians of today. It contains interviews and performances from the likes of Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Medeski Martin and [...]
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
MoviesOnline recently sat down with Michael Jackson?s musical director, Michael Bearden, to talk about his new film, Michael Jackson?s THIS IS IT , which offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this past summer in London?s O2 Arena. Bearden is...
XO's Middle Eight (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Twenty four years on, I still love Arcadia's So Red The Rose . Only 8 vocal tracks, nearly flawless, and each simultaneously lush and angular. It was produced in 1985 by the late Alex Sadkin , who also produced Duran's Seven And The Ragged Tiger , and albums by Grace Jones and Thompson Twins. Rumor has it the album will be re-released in 2010. I hope it contains the extended versions, which are sublime....
Cacophonous Bling (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Last Saturday BBC 6 digital radio broadcast a two hour Derrick May special. Here's a blurb from the BBC website. Pioneering DJ Derrick May returns to 6 Mix with three brand new exclusive DJ sets, showcasing tunes from his musical past, present and future Derrick - best known for his 1987 dance anthem Strings of Life under the name Rhythm Is Rhythm - has been an iconic name on the techno scene for over...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The 18th annual St. Louis International Film Festival , which begins Thursday, November 12 and continues through Sunday, November 22, once again will feature the St. Louis premieres of several recent music-related movies, including two that should be of particular interest to jazz fans. The first of those two films is Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense , which is based on the Documentary Channel's...
Know The Ledge (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Until Franchise buys DJ hero so I can go over and review it for myself, this New York Times article by SETH SCHIESEL will have to do. “Over all the game includes more than 90 new mixes using more than 100 songs, fromEminem to Jay-Z (who consulted on the game) to Herbie Hancock, Beck, Isaac Hayes, Young MC, David Bowie, Tupac [...]
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