breath of life (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A week to give thanks. We open with newly re-mastered material from Nigeria's Fela Kuti. Then comes N'Dambi with one of the best Soul albums of 2009. And we close with majestic interpretations of "Wise One" by John Coltrane, Dwight Tribble, Archie Shepp, Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch, Bobby Hutcherson, and Ravi Coltrane. Give mucho [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... they perform Trane’s compositions. For this Mixtape we start with the father and end with the son (Ravi Coltrane), and in between we cover a lot of ground. 01 The John Coltrane Quartet - Crescent Of course the original is a classic, after all we are listening to the classic John Coltrane Quartet: Trane on tenor, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and the mighty,...
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 [...]
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... hours of concerts, spotlighting musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Ravi Coltrane, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus and East St. Louis native Russell Gunn. Then on Sunday, November 21, Jazz St. Louis and SLIFF will co-sponsor a free screening of Chops starting at 6:00 p.m. at Winifred Moore Auditorium , 470 E. Lockwood Ave. on the campus of Webster...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... hours of concerts, spotlighting musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Ravi Coltrane, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus and East St. Louis native Russell Gunn.Then on Sunday, November 21, and SLIFF will co-sponsor a free screening of starting at 6:00 p.m. at , 470 E. Lockwood Ave. on the campus of Webster University. The film tells the story of kids in...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
THE FIRST 350 TICKET HOLDERS FOR OUR OCTOBER 31ST PERFORMANCE, WILL RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL, 2010 LINES BALLET CALENDAR. Alonzo King LINES Ballet Fall Season 2009 October 23-25, October 28 - November 1 Jason Moran and the MOROCCAN Project The program features a world premiere with original music by visionary jazz pianist Jason Moran. Moran has performed alongside some of today's jazz greats including Ravi...
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... with an array of artists and genres, including My Brightest Diamond, DM Stith, Jay-Z, Alice and Ravi Coltrane, The New Pornographers, The Polyphonic Spree, The National, Devotchka, Jens Lekman and Kanye West. Osso will be performing interpretations of Sufjan Stevens' electronica album Enjoy Your Rabbit--each song named for a year of the Chinese zodiac--recomposing computer keystrokes...
