The exhibition "We want Miles - {{Miles Davis = 6144}} le jazz face a sa legende" is on until the 17th January 2010 at the Musee de la musique in La Villette, in Paris, France. It is an unusual exhibition that gives jazz a rare opportunity to look inside itself and to be seen and heard. We go on a journey through the life and times of Miles Davis guided by the inspirational curator Vincent...
And to round off three little jazz posts. This is an astounding piece of music, the uncensored version of 'Fables of Faubus' by Charlie Mingus from 1961. It's this kind of mock-sloppy, deeply political and conceptual music that would later be taken on by artists like Archie Shepp and Marion Brown as the radical wing of the 'New Thing' in the late 60s. I'd pay close attention to an absolutely incredible...
A Herman Leonard photograph of Ella Fitzgerald performing at the New York nightclub Downbeat in 1948. Watching rapturously are Duke Ellington, center, and Benny Goodman, in glasses behind Ellington. Love me some Ella Fitzgerald - yes, I am a huge fan! Listen to this: Verve just released “Twelve Nights in Hollywood,” a four-CD boxed set of Ella Fitzgerald singing 76 songs at the Crescendo,...
WITH all the multi-disc jazz boxes that have come out in recent years--the complete Miles Davis on Columbia, the complete Charlie Parker on Savoy, the complete Duke Ellington on RCA and so on--its hard to believe that any significant tapes by any major musician might still be languishing undiscovered in a record companys archives...
By Tad Hendrickson Hannah Rothschild talks about her new documentary, 'The Jazz Baroness,' to be shown on HBO2. Check here for show times. Jazz has always had its fair share of characters. Usually they are musicians, but occasionally nonmusicians enter the story thread. Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter was the pre-eminent patron of the New York City jazz scene back in the '50s and '60s bebop heyday....
The Lovers, by John Connolly (Atria; 344 pages; $26). Stripped of his license, Connolly's haunted detective, Charlie Parker, investigates one of the lingering mysteries of his life, his father's inexplicable shooting of two unarmed young lovers and his...
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. -Charlie Parker Punk and Mariachi music are two genres with very, very, very little crossover possibility. Yet The Bronx have decided to blast that out of the water by renaming themselves as Mariachi El Bronx and releasing an album of Mexicano ditties. And it bloody works. The music is upbeat,...
Filed under: All About Jazz Hannah Rothschild talks about her new documentary, 'The Jazz Baroness,' to be shown on HBO2. Check here for show times. Jazz has always had its fair share of characters. Usually they are musicians, but occasionally nonmusicians enter the story thread. Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter was the pre-eminent patron of the New York City jazz scene back in the '50s and '60s...
Presumptuous Chapeau Alheio: Marche' aux Puces, ParisPhoto: A.F., 1984 ... WITH CHARLIE PARKER... ... WITH STRINGS! (The Master Takes) April in Paris Just Friends Everything Happens To Me I Didn't Know What Time iIt Was East of the Sun and West of the Moon I'll Remember April They Can't Take That (smile) Away From Me April in Paris (live) {et voila'!}
Stuff White People Like : Historically speaking, the music that white people have kept on life support for the longest period of time is Jazz. Thanks largely to public radio, bookstores, and coffee shops, Jazz has carved out a niche in white culture that is not yet ready to be replaced by Indie Rock. But the biggest role that Jazz plays in white culture is in the white fantasy of leisure. All white...
Mark Toomey (alto), Jeremy McMurray (pno), Peter Ayton (bs), Kevin O'Neill (dms). Laid back alto playing from Mark who flew bird-like through the changes on a choice selection of standards and originals. These included, "East of the Sun", "Autumn Leaves", "Stella By Starlight", "There Will Never Be Another You", "All The Things You Are" - complete with...
Feeling the limitations of the jazz combo format that was prevalent in the late 1940s, Miles Davis assembled a nonet to play music that allowed for more orchestration and color, while still maintaining the improvisational elements of that era's be-bop sound. With orchestrations from the great arranger Gil Evans , as well as band members Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis , the band performed briefly in...
I hadn't done one of these in a long time, so now seemed as good a time as any. 1. "I Can't Get Started" - Charlie Parker 2. "Cheree" - Suicide 3. "Hold On, Hold On" - Neko Case 4. "Do The Rump" - The Black Keys 5. "Armanar (The Pole Star)" - Muhammad Dammou 6. "Cabocla Jurema/Ponto de Janaina" - Maria Bethânia 7. "Is This It"...
Review: Sheila Jordan 81st birthday gig (Bull's Head, London Jazz Festival, November 18th 2009, review by Georgia Mancio) "It’s quite something to stand up and convey a song. It looks easy…," mused a member of the audience at the busy Bull’s Head on Wednesday night. "...but it’s difficult to convey overly emotive songs, and it’s difficult to convey jokey...
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker (Classic Jazz Archive) >>>> Download Charlie Parker (Classic Jazz Archive) <<<< artist: Charlie Parker album: Charlie Parker (Classic Jazz Archive) Tracklist: 1 Swedish Schnapps mp3 2 K. C. Blues mp3 3 Just Friends mp3 4 Laird Bird mp3 5 April in Paris mp3 6 Au Privave mp3 7 Laura mp3 8 Segment mp3 9 Mango Mangue mp3 10 Overtime mp3 11 Victory Ball mp3 12 Cardboard mp3...
Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter >>>> Download Plays Cole Porter <<<< artist: Charlie Parker album: Plays Cole Porter Tracklist: 1 Easy to Love mp3 2 What is this Thing Called Love mp3 3 Begin the Beguine mp3 4 Night and Day mp3 5 What is this Thing Called Love mp3 6 What is this Thing Called Love part 2 mp3 7 I Get A Kick out of You mp3 8 Just One of Those Things mp3 9 My Heart Belongs to Daddy mp3...
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