Celebutopia (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Happy Birthday to K-Ci and JoJo singer Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey (1969), “Lost” actress Cynthia Watros (1969), “Frida” star Salma Hayek (1966), British boxer Lennox Lewis (1965), “A Scanner Darkly” star Keanu Reeves (1964), “Navy NCIS” star Mark Harmon (1951), “Fifth Beatle” Billy Preston (1946; d. 2006), “The Last Boy Scout” actor Clarence Felder (1938), and [...]
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
(The Krupp Bagger 288 is the largest earthmover in the world.)TBP gigs:04 Los Angeles, CA -- Catalina Bar & Grilll05 Los Angeles, CA -- Catalina Bar & Grilll06 Los Angeles, CA -- Catalina Bar & Grilll07 San Diego, CA --...
IGN (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Anniversary edition forthcoming.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Like a fine vintage wine -- an epicurean delight near and dear to Miles Davis (1926-1991) -- the music contained on Kind of Blue reveals added nuance and unexpected pleasures the older it gets. And yet with each year that Kind of Blue ages, it goes through a rejuvenation process that is exciting to behold. The essence of the 1959 album has never been duplicated. That...
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Peace to D-Day One for the look. Rhythm Incursions In Session With D-Day One Tracklist: (00:00) Introduction: In Session with Dday One (00:16) Dday One –This Too Shall Pass * Content (L)abel *unreleased* (World Premier) (04:03) Nosaj Thing – Aquarium (06:20) Dday One – Memento Mori (Impulze Remix) Project Mooncircle *unreleased* (World Premier) (10:40) Logistics - Summer Sun – Hospital Records (13:30)...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Jazz pianist Horace Silver, a founding father of hardbop and soul jazz and one of the most renowned figures of the post-World War II jazz scene, turns 80 on September 2, 2008. Many of his compositions, such as "Opus de Funk," "The Preacher," "Nica's Dream," and "Peace" have become jazz standards...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Three significant jazz masters will be celebrating milestone birthdays in the next several weeks. On August 25, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter turns 75. On September 2, pianist Horace Silver marks 80 years. And on September 4, bandleader Gerald Wilson--perhaps the last great living link to the s...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
NAIRN INTERNATIONAL PIANO TRIO **** COMMUNITY CENTRE, NAIRN
Smithers MINNEAPOLIS (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Afro-Cuban jazz, sometimes called Latin jazz, can go a number of ways, as three current albums show.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
WHO: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan WHAT: SIRIUS' Pure Jazz channel will welcome jazz-influenced rock pioneers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker from Steely Dan. Fagen and Becker will each co-host an hour playing classic jazz favorites. They will also share their thoughts about artists who continue to inspire them, including Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie...
Uncertain Times (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Horace Silver loads of great jazz vids on lechacalnoir
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
SMV: THE THUNDER TOUR KESWICK THEATRE 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA TUES., AUG. 19, 8 PM Tickets on sale NOW! Thunder happens when three premier bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten team up for concert dates. The Thunder Tour comes to Glenside's Keswick Theatre on Tues., Aug. 19 @ 8 PM...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Peter Zak Seed of Sin Steeplechase 2008 Tom Guarna Wingspan Steeplechase 2007 Steeplechase producer Nils Winther has long been a champion of promising artists who deserve to record as leaders but have generally been overlooked. Once signed, many artists have long tenures with the label...
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Jazz albums have crept into my other lists here and there (Abbey Lincoln, Don Byron) and will no doubt make it onto other lists. But here’s a list specifically of my favorite jazz albums, on the occasion of getting the Ken Burns Jazz DVD set and re-watching it. And finishing Ross Russell’s Charlie Parker bio [...]
