WWdN: In Exile (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hey, it's time to dig into The Vault and pull out an old story from 2003, about the time I auditioned for On The Road. It contains, I hope, an important lesson about staying focused that isn't just for actors...
Riverfront Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
If the famously tragic jazzman Chet Baker had avoided heroin and depression and instead taken to sipping cocktails and cracking wise with the Rat Pack, he might have ended up sounding a bit like Jeremy Davenport , the trumpeter, singer and St. Louis native who's returning home for his annua...
The Shifted Librarian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
@hp @hpnews why don’t you list the EX485 for email or chat tech support? only option is to call? is there a general email address I can use? [shifted] @PreThinking That’s exactly why I no longer recommend the #pre, even tho I’ve used the [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
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,...
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Death of the Cool : Cool was once associated with reticence, savoir-faire, and irony, none of which is much practiced or regarded these days. (Robert McHenry, November 20, 2009, American) Who and what was cool? Cary Grant was cool, and of course Steve McQueen . Thelonious S. Monk (anybody remember when Time captioned a picture of him “Melodious Thunk”?) and Horace Silver, Fairfield...
Lux Lotus (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Sunday nights are probably my favorite time of the week, although that's a relatively recent development in my life. I used to work every day nonstop and lately, I keep a low profile on the weekends. Radical, I know. Sunday...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Zoe - vocals ; Andy Champion - double bass ; Noel Dennis - trumpet & flugel horn ; Richard Brown - drums ; Mark Williams - guitar. As Mark Williams and I arrived in Saltburn tonight, darkness rained heavily on the small seaside town yet, lucky for some, the Community Centre was bathed in a welcoming ecclesiastical light with a large banner proudly announcing : JAZZ CONCERT TONIGHT ; "Are you...
East Side Jazz Club (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
8.30 - 11.00pm £5 on the door Dick Pearce (trumpet & flugel) Steve Melling (piano) Geoff Gascoyne (bass) Clive Fenner (drums) "More than any other British jazz trumpeter, Pearce probably deserves the mantle of heir to Jimmy Deuchar, offering a style that contains a fractured lyricism reminiscent of his forebear. Pearce began his career as a military band musician and subsequently emerged...
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
after i read the book 'lady sings the blues' i was told it was not really written by billie. what can you do? years before i read the book i saw the film of the same name. i thought it was great. diana ross seemed to have thrown herself into the role heart and soul and when she was on the floor in the bathroom dealing with withdrawal i was truly upset. billie holliday is one of my favorite singers....
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I was shocked to discover that Stacy Rowles, trumpet playing daughter of piano legend Jimmy Rowles, has died at the relatively tender age of 54. Stacy was a very lyrical player in the same way that Chet Baker was without sounding like Chet. I remember buying a CD of Stacy's thinking she was a singer (which in fact she also was) only to find out she was trumpet player - a trumpet player par excellence...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
1. Nature Boy 2. Datura 3. Caravanesque 4. Wide Sky 5. Mevlana Duke 6. Secretly Happy 7. Poinciana 8. Sensuendo 9. Suite De Caravan 10. Estate (Summer) Jon Hassell (trumpet); Rick Cox (guitar, bass clarinet, samples); Ry Cooder (guitar); Rick Masterson, Rose Okada (tambura); Ronu Majumdar (Indian flute); Jacky Terrasson (piano); Joachim Cooder (drums); Jamie Muhoberac (zendrum). The ambient "water...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Chet Baker Strollin' Enja 2008 Chet Baker Broken Wing Inner City 2009 John Proulx Baker's Dozen MAXJAZZ 2009 As iconic as any jazz musician, {{Chet Baker = 3578}}'s gentle, understated playing and crooning ran counterpoint to his tumultuous life. Two late life recordings capture an introspective legend, voice ravaged by time, playing thoughtful and resonant solos. The third disc is a loving tribute...
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Harry James was a trumpet player with enough technique to play anything- he certainly could've been a great classical player had he chosen that route. Here he shows off those chops, and his great jazz skills, in a video from the Forties, I suppose. It wasn't that long ago that all sorts of bands were led by virtuosos of their instruments-James, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Maynard Ferguson,...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Sadly we only made it for the second half of this sparsely attended gig, everyone else was probably with Lance Liddle down at the Cluny. When Caz and I arrived we increased the audience by a good 40%! There is, however, something quite nice and intimate about nights like this. The attenuated band featured Dave (trumpet and vocals) Eric Stutt (drums) Barry Ashcroft (bass gtr) and Chris Finch (keyboard)....
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