BUZZGRINDER (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Welcome to a week of fancy reissues and box sets. Everyone’s been abuzz about Nirvana’s Bleach reissue. Maybe now’s the time for me to, you know, own a copy of that album. Sad, I know. Also, some other Nirvana reissues, a couple Neutral Milk Hotel 180 gram vinyls, a 4-disc Guided [...]
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Reissues are the stars release list this week, with remastered editions of Nirvana's Bleach, two Devo albums (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and Freedom of Choice), and the Rolling Stones' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I asked blogger and avid gig-goer Patrick Hadfield what he had down as unmissable in the LJF. Here's his answer. Thank you, Patrick! LJF gathers together a variety of gigs, with a high concentration of international stars. These are "must see" gigs, I think, if only because I feel the need to see these stars play. But, in fact, it is only with hindsight that one finds out which gigs really...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Alan Pasqua - Body And Soul (Video Arts Japan/Zoom ) Amy Cervini - Lovefool (Anzic ) Astor Piazzolla - Live & Studio (Phantom ) Beegie Adair - Great American Songbook Collection (Green Hill ) Beegie Adair - The Great American Songbook Collection (Green Hill ) Beegie Adair - The Great American Songbook (Green Hill ) Bill Evans - Bill Evans Album (Phantom ) Bill Evans - Complete Recordings (Indie...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Fifteenth Street Friends Meetinghouse 15 Rutherford Place New York, NY 10003 November 12, 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Cost: $15 / $10 Students and Seniors On Thursday evening, November 12th, 2009, Unseen Worlds presents a night of piano music at 15th Street Friends Meetinghouse in Manhattan, only 3 blocks walking distance from 14th Street Union Square...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Carla's Christmas Carols? For many, the idea of their favorite jazz artist releasing an album of seasonal songs usually smells of crass commercialism or pure pandering, but leave it to pianist/composer/arranger Carla Bley to produce an album that's as reverentially in the spirit of the season as it gets, while being musically deep enough to fit within her substantial discography with complete relevance...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
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...
The big take over (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The sound quality of the 180 gram vinyl pressing of this one as well as their second album The Good Earth is absolutely unbelievable. It’s so nice to have these albums available again and with such improved sound quality to boot. The vinyl version features a digital download code where you can download the entire Lp for free plus bonus tracks not found on the Lp. The bonus tracks, including a...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ (SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)on Sunday 11a-4p November 1, 2009 Upstairs at Vitellos.The schedule will be 11a-1:00p Master Class and Improv all instruments welcome 1p-2p Networking lunch -2-4 Master Class and Playing with the PRO"S.Beginners, young professionals and working Pro's! Music fans...
RVAjazz (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
German free-jazz pioneer Gunter Hampel with his Trio + Bass is headlining the Jazz Beyond Festival in Richmond on September 25. The event is being hosted by Richmond free-jazz unit New Loft and will also feature brianjonespercussionensemble and Chromatic Mysteries with Elliot Levin from Philadelphia. Hampel, a true multi-instrumentalist, explores the woodwind and percussion families equally: bass...
The Musings of Kev (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
OK, I haven't done this in a while, and--with 25 days worth of music on my computer, it's bound to come out differently than the last time. You probably know the drill for this one, but if not, let's explain: 1. Open up the music player on your computer (or your iPod, possibly). 2. Set it to play your entire music collection. 3. Hit the "shuffle" command. 4. Tell us the title of the next...
Showcase (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Keith & Julie Tippett live in Jazz à Luz 2007 video YouTubeThe great couple is joined here by Paul Dunmall for a beautiful improvisation.Famous as Julie Driscoll before her marriage, since the 1970s she has concentrated on experimental vocal music, married jazz musician Keith Tippett and collaborated with him. Her name is now 'Julie Tippetts', thus using the original spelling of her husband's...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
s 1) Jazz in London for August is out. It's twelve A5 pages, there's plenty going on with full programmes at Ronnie's, the Vortex, the Pizza Express in Dean Street, the 606 and the Bull's Head. The recommended list will get filled in later... but I do notice .... A new entrant - Mainstream jazz on the first Monday of each month at the Corus Hotel in Lancaster Gate. The music is £15. Gets you...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth due out on September 8th.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Re: this June 23 post about reissues of the Feelies ' Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth , there's further info to relay, courtesy of publicist Howard Wuelfing. Geek out, y'all. Release date for both The Feelies re-issues on Bar None: September 8, 2009 Both albums will be issued in original sequence with download cards included in each package that will give purchasers access to bonus tracks as well...
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