Two discs feature the artists' greatest love songs, just in time for Christmas,New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day! LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Concord Music Group's For Lovers series will continue on December 22, 2009 with CDs from both Ray Charles and Isaac Hayes, featuring each artist's greatest love songs. Previously, Concord has issued For Lovers albums by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett,...
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...
While Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar have had their share of differences since the acrimonious breakup of Uncle Tupelo, at least they now have one rather remarkable thing in common -- they've both had the opportunity to collaborate with a noted American writer who happened to be dead. In 1998, Tweedy's group Wilco joined forces with Billy Bragg on the album Mermaid Avenue, in which they set a handful of...
Vasilis Xenopoulos (ten), Paul Edis (pno), Mick Shoulder (bs), Adam Sinclair (dms). Vasy (Xeno? Mr X?) is one of those players you remember come what may. The sound is warm without being hot, cool without being cold. Tonight It captured the Blaydon audience f rom the opening notes of "Gone With The Wind" to the closing bars of "Wee" (a.k.a. "Allen's Alley") this is what...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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,...
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 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...
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.
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...
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