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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010
LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE's ZIGUALA IN STORES MARCH 9th: The Group's Third Album Puts a Global Repertoire Through a Latin Grinder What if America lost the war for cultural imperialism, rock 'n' roll never existed, and Latin music became the common language for popular sounds the world around? You dont really have to imagine it. Just slap on Ziguala, the new record from Las Rubias del Norte. The group hails...
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
One city is "famous for its sinful food and its scrumptious music and its freewheeling spirit, for legendary jazz performers such as Jelly Roll Morton. The other is a stolid, serious and responsible locale famous for ... well, Jared, the Subway guy. ... But America loves an underdog. And Indianapolis is no slouch in the cultural realm."...
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Isomatic UK Weblog (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
This evening we went to the St Leonards Hotel , Dorset, to see John Maddocks Jazzmen for only the second time. This traditional jazz band comprises John Maddocks (clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, vocals), Peter Wilkinson (trumpet, vocals), Tony Farr (trombone), Chris Satterley (keyboard, vocals, pictured), Peter McCurry (string bass, tuba), Dave Broomfield, (banjo, guitar) and Brian Barker (drums). Our...
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Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
I hate to succumb to the Internet bad habit of posting something without listening to it first, but this seems as obvious as a Bill Cartwright elbow to the head. Plus, it’s bound to be an improvement on the last well-known Chicago tribute that involved the guy from Coldplay mewling about the shores of Lake [...]
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The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Click Her To Download : The history of recorded music in Chicago during the 20th century was broad and deep, traversing sonic areas both familiar and unknown. The earliest crude recordings on Edison cylinders date back to the turn of the century and carry on through the rise of 78s, 45s and LPs cut at major studios like Universal Recording Co., RCA , and Chess by many artists who would become musical...
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CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live , 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio/Sirius 86 : Today's guests: Woodpigeon It's time for our Top 5 Must See Gigs of the Weekend! We've combed the gig listings and the concert calendars and, with your help , we've come up with some fantastic shows. This week, four of five shows are located in intimate clubs . Dark beer parlours made for live music, but...
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Rifftides (Free subscription) | 01/04/2010
I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style, hell, they're all Jelly Roll style. --Jelly Roll Morton When...
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Pasadena Events Calendar (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders (CJS) is New Orleans’ premier classic jazz orchestra. This group has acquired a unique following of music lovers that spans the generations; young and old are among the eager fans when the band takes the stage. The Creole Jazz Serenaders’ repertoire includes creole jazz from the early years, [...]
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andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, James Brown and the Doors are among the songs that have been named as the 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame, reports rollingstone.com. Twenty-five recordings from various genres will be added to the Hall, which currently includes 851 songs altogether. Songs are eligible 25 years after [...]
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Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Photo: Wyman/WireImage.com; Walter/WireImage.com Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, the Doors, James Brown and Janis Joplin have been named as 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Twenty-five recordings from a variety of genres will be added to the Grammy Hall, which currently includes 851 titles altogether (songs are eligible 25 years after release [...]
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Music News: Satchmo tunes jazz up 2010 roster -- The Recording Academy announced 25 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, adding to a roster of timeless tunes that now includes 851 titles.
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Patrick Jarenwattananon at A Blog Supreme has thrown down the gauntlet once again, this time asking which jazz albums should be included in a list of the decade's finest. Jazz has always been a great musical sponge, from Jelly Roll Morton's idea of the "Spanish tinge" to today's multi-culti improvisational stew. But the jazz that meets different music on it's own terms and maintains it's...
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JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Downbeat: The Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology. Edited and Compiled By Frank Alkyer. In July of 1934 the first issue of DownBeat magazine hit newsstands in Chicago. For the next seven-plus decades and counting the publication has been synonymous with jazz. DownBeat has chronicled every facet of jazz; every trend; every new and emerging sound. They have charted the birth and rise...
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Cecilia Ann (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
NEXT STOP CHICAGO--TWO BIG ROCKPILE EVENTS!! ROCKPILE Symposium--Music and Poetry: The Art of Poetry Collaboration. Tuesday, November 17th 5pm to 8pm Columbia College Chicago, Ferguson Hall 600 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 +1 312-663-1600 About: Since Kenneth Rexroth and Langston Hughes first collaborated with jazz musicians (but then Jelly Roll Morton claimed to have collaborated with...
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