In the eight years following his release from a mental hospital in 1947, Parker produced a great deal of astonishing jazz Charlie Parker's Relaxin' at Camarillo , written after his six-month stay at the Camarillo State Mental hospital, showcases a new composure and lyricism in his playing, perhaps indicating a change of lifestyle. The bebop colossus returned to the studio after being released in early...
Soul Jazz is always worth keeping an eye on for some interesting tunes, but movie fans are getting in on the act with Can You Dig It? Black Action Films 1969-1975, which is out today. Available as a two CD...
Health Care Reform I think it’s important to make a few things crystal clear in defining the Health Care reform debate. I’ve been actively engaged in the discussion at the state level and the federal level for more than 4years now. I testified on behalf of HB 62, (a State Single Payer bill), authored by Dr. Floyd McDowell and sponsored by State Rep. Dennis P. Williams. It was presented...
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Parker's deal with the record shop-owner was a defining moment for the saxophonist, as it led him to create some of the most memorable jazz improvisation of all time In February 1946, Hollywood record shop-owner Ross Russell signed a deal with the then 25-year-old Charlie Parker. Over most of the next two years, the saxophonist produced many of the recordings that came to be regarded as his own best...
Press release: Fresh Flavas opens African Continuum Theatre's 2009-2010 season featuring new work from award-winning playwrights including Tony nominated Samm-Art Williams and Thomas Bryant at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Be Part of the Process Share your thoughts with the playwrights after each reading during a feedback session. Fresh Flavas provides local and national playwrights of color with...
I've Decided, In My Wisdom To, Try And Further You Understandings Of Chemistry To Set You All A Challenge To Make An A3 Poster, On the Development Of Atomic Structure, From I Think Dalton To JJ Johnson. With Specific Detail To The Different Theories And The Experiments Which Provided Proof. This Is To Be Handed To Me By Not Latter Than The 24th September. There Will Be A Certificate For The Best. All...
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DENTON – UNT's second scrimmage of fall practice is 8:45 a.m. today at Fouts Field. Coach Todd Dodge wants to see improved tackling from his defense and for his offense to build on the consistency it showed during the team's first scrimmage last week. UNT still has several position battles going on, including starting jobs at guard and the backup spot at middle linebacker. Starting cornerback...
By Jeff McIntyre, Assistant Sports Editor FLORENCE - There are some big shoes to fill in the secondary this season at North Alabama. The Lions lost three-year starter Bobby Brooks at free safety along with Anton Bowen at strong safety. All-America cornerback David Raymond also is gone from the group that recorded 25 of the team's 32 interceptions in 2008.
The music world is in mourning. Guitarist and guitar designer Les Paul died today at the age of 94. The Los Angeles Times obituary is here . In the early 1950s, the Gibson Les Paul, an electric guitar designed with input from Mr. Paul himself, came on the market. It would have a huge impact on rock ’n ’ roll. (Les Paul had designed one of the first solid-body electric guitars back in the...
Wikipedia says The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave Miles Ahead a four-star rating (out of a possible four stars), and called the album "a quiet masterpiece... with a guaranteed place in the top flight of Miles albums." 1. "Springsville" (John Carisi) – 3:27 2. "The Maids of Cadiz" (Léo Delibes) – 3:53 3. "The Duke" (Dave Brubeck) – 3:35 4....
THERE was a time when Papo Vazquez, an Afro-Puerto Rican trombonist, did not understand jazz. Blame it on John Coltrane, whose classic 1961 album, “Live at the Village Vanguard,” landed in Mr. Vazquez’s record collection when he was 14. “That was the second jazz record I ever owned,” Mr. Vazquez, 51, said at his apartment here. The first was J. J. Johnson’s...
It's hard to peg Dick Katz. The pianist was on the New York jazz scene starting in the early 1950s. He has played with virtually all of the greats, including Oscar Pettiford, Coleman Hawkins, J.J. Johnson and others. He has recorded on quite a few significant albums, including Benny Carter's masterpiece Further Definitions. He has arranged sessions. He's been an entrepreneur--co-founding Milestone...
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