Blues, bop and ballads are the order of the day on this swinging archival release with pianist Gene Harris joined by his "British Group," consisting of Jim Mullen on guitar, Adam Cleyndert on bass and Martin Drew on drums. Mullen in particular is a wonder, comping behind the piano and stepping out for stinging and soulful solos of his own. Recorded live at the Pizza Express, the music has...
These two CDs have two major things in common: they each represent the very best of jazz piano, and they're both recorded live, with appreciative audiences whose rapture is contagious. With no studio fixes and no second chances, they also provide that pure, breathless excitement that comes from working without a net...
James Moody is in Detroit this week. Mark Stryker, the music critic of The Detroit Free Press, heralded the event with a column that begins: James Moody is my hero, and he should be yours. At 84, the irrepressible saxophonist...
Well, we have snowy roads here and I haven't been able to get into the office: which is quite out in the country up a narrow, windy and hilly lane -and treacherous in bad weather. So no excuse for not getting cracking with all my home jobs! I'm listening to some lovely music on the ipod - played by Gene Harris (which my friend Marlene introduced me to) - glorious jazzy,bluesy piano - try this link...
Gang Starr - Rarities Volume N (2003) (Rapidshare) 1. Alicia Keys - Streets of New York (feat. Nas & Rakim) (4:53) 2. Chauncey Black - Shame on You (4:31) 3. Evi-Dence - Find (DJ Premier Remix) (3:27) 4. Freddie Foxxx - P.A.I.N.E. (4:30) 5. Gang Starr - The Lesson (Full Version) (5:48) 6. Gene Harris - Listen Here (Guru Remix) (4:05) 7. Heavy D & The Boyz - A Buncha Niggas (feat. Gang Starr)...
8.30 - 11.00pm £5 on the door Jim Mullen (guitar) Mike Gorman (organ) Clive Fenner (drums) Glasgow born Jim Mullen is possibly best known for his long association with the legendary sax player Dick Morrisey. Their popular group Morrisey Mullen was at the forefront of the jazz-funk movement in the UK, producing seven albums. Jim has also gained acclaim backing vocalist Claire Martin on three...
Gene Harris Ballad Essentials >>>> Download Ballad Essentials <<<< artist: Gene Harris album: Ballad Essentials Tracklist: 1 Sweet and Lovely mp3 2 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and out mp3 3 Until the Real Thing Comes Along mp3 4 This Masquerade mp3 5 At Last mp3 6 Everything Happens to Me mp3 7 Black and Blue mp3 8 When You Wish Upon A Star mp3 9 You Don't Know What Love
This is the 92nd anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie's birth. There are many ways to celebrate it. The Rifftides staff offers two. The first video is from the Bern Jazz Festival in 1985. The band is Dizzy, James Moody, Gene Harris, Ray Brown and Grady Tate. The tune is "Ow." It was made famous by the great Gillespie big band of the 1940s. So were Moody and Brown...
This is the 92nd anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie's birth. There are many ways to celebrate it. The Rifftides staff offers two. The first video is from the Bern Jazz Festival in 1985. The band is Dizzy, James Moody, Gene Harris,...
Columbus State Community College is moving forward with a hunt for its next president after convening a search committee and hiring a firm to field applicants.
The jazz palette is long and wide. Within any given performance format there exist seminal artists as different as saxophonists {{John Coltrane = 5851}} and {{Lester Young = 11573}}, trumpeters {{Miles Davis = 6144}} and {{Lester Bowie = 5209}}, and pianists {{Art Tatum = 4818}} and {{Gene Harris = 7450...
I’ve read several different autobiographies & biographies over the past several months. Bobby Womack. Sly Stone. Marvin Gaye. James Brown. Fred Wesley. They all had one name that recurred within their pages: Stevie Wonder. Across genres & decades, Stevie’s music has sold literally tens of millions of copies chronicling many different emotions & experiences along [...]
At the NYC and Toronto *PMH parties, we handed out limited edition mixes that we created in conjunction with Stones Throw Records. The mixes got some really great nods, so we thought it might be cool to put them out on a more regular basis. *PMH mix no.003 comes straight from DJ K-ROCK, who threw [...]
This is a question that has always bothered me, because while I know that trading for an "ace" has paid off in getting a particular team to the postseason, i'm not quite sold on their ability to help a franchise to a World Series ring. In order to figure this out, i've compiled a small list of trades for "aces", but it's admittedly incomplete. However, I still wanted to post about...
Gene Harris Ballad Essentials >>>> Download Ballad Essentials <<<< artist: Gene Harris album: Ballad Essentials Tracklist: 1 Sweet and Lovely mp3 2 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and out mp3 3 Until the Real Thing Comes Along mp3 4 This Masquerade mp3 5 At Last mp3 6 Everything Happens to Me mp3 7 Black and Blue mp3 8 When You Wish Upon A Star mp3 9 You Don't Know What Love is mp3 10 Thats All mp3...
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