Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced 10 elite drivers from New Jersey are among 692 nationwide newly inducted into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
On Aug. 29, 2008, several hundred bicyclists took to the streets, where they stopped traffic in an effort to promote awareness of bicyclists on the roads. Critical Mass happens the last Friday of every month.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Nate Najar, one of only a few guitarists who play jazz on a classical guitar, will join bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Chuck Redd to pay tribute to Charlie Byrd. For two nights, on November 21 and 22, Najar will visit Annapolis, Md (The Charlie Byrd Trio's homebase for the last 25 years of Charlie's career) and sounds of swing, blues and of course bossa nova will fill the air. Says Najar, "Charlie Byrd...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
25 Best: Jazz Legends - 25 Best: Jazz Legends (Madacy Special MKTS ) Al Green - Lay It Down (Blue Note ) Ala Heiler - Changes (Zyx ) Andre Previn - What Headphones (DRG ) Andre Previn - What Headphones? (DRG ) Andreas Schmidt & D - In Berlin (Pid ) Art Kassel - Music, Maestro, Please (Living Era ) B.B Cooper - Saracubana-Stewart Curtis Trio Plays BB Cooper (Pid ) Basil Coetzee - Sabenza (Pid ) Bill...
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
A celebration of the music of Brazil would be staggeringly incomplete without a separate spotlight on Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, the greatest Brazilian composer of Brazilian popular music. Born in 1927 in Rio de Janiero, his early musical influences were “West Coast Cool” Jazz musicians like Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, and he mixed that sound with the Brazilian samba and European...
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
April is not bringing Spring along fast enough, so in an effort to make at least my ears think its warm out, here's ten days of jazzy music from Brazil. Hopefully you'll get to hear some old favorites, and learn a few new names as well. Plus, we have the first ever concert tickets give away this week, so keep on checking in! If we're gonna talk Brazil, then for American ears, we're gonna talk Bossa...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
The truly legendary producer, arranger, and composer Teo Macero passed away February 19, at the age of 82. There have been dozens of obits; our own bio outlines his amazing contribution to music both popular and marginal for the latter half of the 20th century. And while he is best known as the Columbia [...]
Later On (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
Barney Kessel was one of the great jazz guitarists. I saw him in concert (along with Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd) when I lived in Iowa City, a great pleasure. Wikipedia: In the 1950s, he made a series of albums called “The Poll Winners” with Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. He was [...]
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 01/29/2008
Antonio Carlos Jobim (also commonly known by his nickname “Tom”) isn't exactly an unknown in the States, given his centrality to the establishment of Bossa Nova. Still, as this past Friday would have been his 81st birthday, he seems an appropriate guy to talk about. Jobim was born in the neighborhood of Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro in 1927, and had planned on being an architect before he became a musician...
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 11/18/2007
“Y oigo el eco de esos tangos de Arolas y de Greco que yo he visto bailar en las veredas”. - Jorge Luis Borges, El tango. . “Sunday 2 a.m. / Tango / Solidad” 01. µ-Ziq - Strawberry Fields Hotel Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique (Planet Mu, 2007) 02. Federico Aubele - Mona Gran Hotel Buenos Aires (ESL, 2004) 03. Agustín Carlevaro - [...]
Confused of Calcutta (Free subscription) | 10/21/2007
Dandleword: A word or short phrase that conveys depth and richness of meaning, a richness completely out of proportion to the size of the word or phrase. [Don't bother trying to research this, I made the word up. After all, it's Sunday. Those of you who knew me in Calcutta may also remember that I had [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/04/2007
This is quite a painful disc to listen to. Not because of the music--which is beautiful--but because of the events surrounding it. Recorded in October 1962, it was to be tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's final album. Less than four months later he died of lung cancer. This fact rather sticks in the mind like a house guest who has outstayed his or her welcome...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/17/2007
Venezuelan pianist and composer Aldemaro Romero, whose music was interpreted by artists from Tito Puente to Dean Martin, died Saturday. He was 79.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2007
Venezuelan pianist and composer Aldemaro Romero, whose music was interpreted by artists from Tito Puente to Dean Martin, died Saturday. He was 79.
BigBlog.com: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 09/16/2007
CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelan pianist and composer Aldemaro Romero, whose music was interpreted by artists from Tito Puente to Dean Martin, died Saturday. He was 79.
