NTU 07-10 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recently I found out about these important figures in the animation world and what they contributed and I found it really interesting so I had to post something... Nine Old Men was the name given by Walt Disney to his core team of animators (even though they were in their thirties or forties at the time) who created some of Disney's most famous works, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs onward to...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Saxophonist and composer Seamus Blake has become an established bandleader and a first call sideman for the likes of John Scofield and the Mingus Big Band. On this album, he is joined by David Kikoski on piano, Lage Lund on guitar, Matt Clohesy on bass, drummer Bill Stewart on drums. "Dance Me Home" is an uptempo performance with creamy saxophone improvisation that is fast and intricate with...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The 100 Pipers Jazz Utsav 2009 on Saturday and Sunday will feature some of the biggest names in international jazz.
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
New York, NY (CNS) – Sirius XM Radio has announced the launch of a new 24-hour commercial-free channel devoted to the music of jazz legend Miles Davis. The Miles Davis Radio will run on a limited basis from November 20 to 25 on Sirius channel 72 and XM channel 70. Miles Davis Radio will be hosted [...]
Orbitcast (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis will soon have a channel dedicated to his life and music, starting this Friday, November 20th....
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will launch Miles Davis Radio, a 24-hour commercial-free channel devoted to the music and career of Miles Davis, one of the greatest visionaries and most important figures in jazz history.
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Review: John Scofield's Piety Street Band plus Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio (London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, November 13, 2009, Review by Rod Fogg) Not everyone with tickets for the Scofield concert bothered to show up in time for trombonist Dennis Rollins , but more fool them. Rollins plays fat and funky low down, rich and vibrant high up and with astounding precision. The trombone has...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
With a program that consistently attracts a host of wonderful performers and where living legends appear alongside rising stars, London Jazz Festival (LJF) opens at The Barbican this Friday with a spectacular celebration of 100 years of songwriting. Led by trumpeter/arranger extraordinaire Guy Barker, a 40-piece jazz orchestra and a dazzling array of stellar vocalists draw on significant anniversaries...
KK & R Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Paraphrasing Last FM Kurt Rosenwinkel is a jazz guitarist who was initially influenced by guitarists such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield, but has emerged as an individual stylist recalling Lennie Tristano in the 1940s and 50s. His chordal language is amongst the more advanced for a guitarist, touching on ideas from George Van Eps and Ben Monder. ..... one of the leading jazz guitarists of his generation...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From Data Breaker : Sun Circle, Story of Rats, Eric Ostrowski, Aures (Josephine) Sun Circle (Greg Davis and Zach Wallace) explore beatless space, but in a more expansive manner. Whereas Mem1 score the body's inner gurgles and expirations, Sun Circle, as their moniker implies, radiate solarized drones that wax and wane in intensity in subtle increments. The sound is akin to that of Davis's Kranky Records...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Westchester, NY - Fresh from their sold-out September concert featuring guitarist John Scofield, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra will perform "Sax Masters: The Music of Coltrane, Cannonball, Bird and More" at 8 PM on Sat., Dec. 5 at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY. (Snow date Sun., Dec.6, 7 PM.)...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
All of these shows are now sold out: Sonny Rollins at Barbican Marcus Miller at Barbican Chick Corea at Barbican (both shows) Naturally 7 at Theatre Royal Stratford East (tickets still available for shows at Royal Festival Hall and Fairfield, Croydon) Branford Marsalis at QEH Tomasz Stanko at QEH Dave Holland/Overtone Quartet at QEH Tord Gustavsen at QEH John Scofield at QEH Vijay Iyer at Purcell Room...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Enterprising music students from Newcastle College have booked the upstairs room at the Bridge Hotel on a Tuesday night throughout November to play some jazz. What a good idea! A cast of thousands - well okay, I lost count at nine - got up and ran through some standards, playing for two hours and more. The guitar - led ensemble kicked - off with 'Green Tea' a tune by guitar hero John Scofield. Familiar...
Do Bianchi (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Above: Kermit debuted his new album last month in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall, paired with a menu by Alice Waters. It’s a funny thing about the food and wine world: so many of the folks I know who work as food and wine professionals have at some point in their lives played [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Machinists who Wednesday gathered outside Local 751 in Everett for a regularly scheduled meeting expressed disappointment at Boeing's decision to locate the second 787 assembly line in South Carolina, but said that the union wasn't to blame for the outcome.
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