Three Classic Albums Plus (Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio / Hamp & Getz / Jazz Giants)
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Thanks to Facebook Friends I've enjoyed some video of the 1958 Cannes Jazz Festival. Dizzy, Lucky Thompson, Ella, Bechet, Eldridge, Coleman's Hawkins and Bill, Stan Getz and more. Sadly the Getz clip, which features 5 tenors - Getz, Hawkins, Byas, Barney Wilen and my personal favourite Guy Lafitte - playing "Indiana", cuts out after Getz's solo. Click here for Ella singing "Just Squeeze...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
As you may recall from parts 1 and 2, our theme in this series is that by concentrating on the lines played by a good string bassist, you can gain an understanding of the shape and structure of a piece...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Playlist Overton Berry Trio – And I Love Her (Jaro) Gary McFarland – Here There and Everywhere (Skye) Vince Guaraldi – Eleanor Rigby (WB) Bola Sete – Golden Slumbers (Paramount) Ray Charles – Yesterday (TRC) Shirley Scott – Because (Atlantic) Brian Auger & the Trinity – A Day In the Life (Atco) The Pair Extraordinaire – And I Love Her (Liberty) Lonnie...
Dartman's World Of Wonder (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
In case you didn't hear about it. the legendary Soupy Sales passed on last month. I didn't really get a chance to give him his just due as I was in the middle of the Halloween countdown and a Soupy post just didn't fit. So, today I offer you Soupy's first album. It's a soundtrack of sorts but more of a companion album to his television show. The show originated in 1953 from the studios of WXYZ-TV in...
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Astrid Gilberto & Stan Getz - Girl From Ipanema Gloria Lynne - I Wish You Love Earl-Jean - I'm Into Somethin' Good Gale Garnett - We'll Sing in the Sunshine Danny Williams - White On White
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
After a recent meeting with Claire Delamore regarding the possibilities of incorporating some jazz into the Lit and Phil's calender of events we talked about the library's extensive music collection and the amount of jazz it contained. As a result, Claire sent the following which I am sure is of interest to North-east jazz enthusiasts. Lance. ----- The Literary and Philosophical Society (Lit &...
East Side Jazz Club (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
8.30 - 11.00pm £5 on the door Tony Coe (tenor sax & clarinet) John Horler (piano) Andrew Cleyndert (bass) Clive Fenner (drums) Tony Coe began his performing career with Humphrey Lyttelton’s band and in 1965 Count Basie offered him a place in the Basie Band sax section. His credits since then include the John Dankworth Orchestra, Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Band, Stan Tracey, Mike Gibbs,...
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The Verve Music Group will launch a new label imprint this fall, it was announced today by Bruce Resnikoff, President and CEO of the Verve Music Group and UMe. Verve Select, with titles to first be made available at www.hip-oselect.com, will specialize in limited edition releases, including deluxe box sets and reissues of classic albums, complete with beautiful packaging, extensive notes, premiere...
The Dangerous Economist (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
The article is called The Song Decoders and it was in the New York Times magazine a couple of weeks ago. It is about a company called Pandora. I think the intro gives you a good idea of what they do. It is below but the entire article is very interesting and raises the question of "can you scientifically predict someone's tastes for a given product?" In economics, we say that tastes and preferences...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Billy Joel and Elton John's upcoming "Face 2 Face" double-bill at the Pepsi Center was announced with an unusually high-profile news conference earlier this week, but as big as the show is, it's not unprecedented.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
With his new quintet, Joe Lovano takes a multicultural approach American saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano is touring with his new quintet, Us Five, and their upcoming show in Prague is the highlight of this season's Agharta Jazz Festival. Born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, Lovano is a powerhouse on the tenor and straight alto saxes, as well as assorted woodwind instruments. He ranks among the top...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
This is the 92nd anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie's birth. There are many ways to celebrate it. The Rifftides staff offers two. The first video is from the Bern Jazz Festival in 1985. The band is Dizzy, James Moody, Gene Harris, Ray Brown and Grady Tate. The tune is "Ow." It was made famous by the great Gillespie big band of the 1940s. So were Moody and Brown...
Shadow of Diogenes (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Today I got out my CD of "Stan Getz & Antonio Carlos Jobim : Their Greatest Hits" which was put out by Verve . Bossa Nova is a Brazilian style of Jazz that loosely translated means "new bump" or "new...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
This is the 92nd anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie's birth. There are many ways to celebrate it. The Rifftides staff offers two. The first video is from the Bern Jazz Festival in 1985. The band is Dizzy, James Moody, Gene Harris,...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Rob Walker in the New York Times Magazine: On first listen, some things grab you for their off-kilter novelty. Like the story of a company that has hired a bunch of “musicologists,” who sit at computers and listen to songs,...
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