Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | yesterday
Funky16Corners Radio v.56 - Solar Heat Playlist Kool & the Gang – Dujii (Dee Lite) Edu Lobo – Upa Neguinho (Philips) Bob James – Take Me To the Mardi Gras (CTI) Cal Tjader – Solar Heat (Buddah) Peddlers – On a Clear Day (Epic) Gabor Szabo – Divided City (Buddah) Ramsey Lewis Trio – People Make the World Go Round (Columbia) Jean Pace – [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone stylist and jazz composer of first rank, refuses to rest on his laurels. At almost 80, he's an elder statesman of jazz who could easily cruise and live off the royalties of "I Remember Clifford," "Whisper Not," "Along Came Betty" and others among his 300 compositions. But such a notion is anathema to him...
The Weight (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Through the efforts of one dedicated man, you can download thousands of digitized recordings that he is currently working to upload from old 78s contained in his personal collection. These tracks, available free of charge, come from the greats of jazz, blues, country, bluegrass and more. They feature legends such as Art Tatum, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bill Monroe, Billie Holiday, Count
The Pop View (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
I was saddened to read the news (via UBM) that jazz musician Johnny Griffin passed away three weeks ago. The reason for the emotion was that it has been only a few months since I had seen him celebrate his 80th birthday with a concert at Ronnie Scott’s. As an Anglophile, I had long heard [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Lee Young, a jazz drummer who served as Nat King Cole's musical director for nearly a decade and broke barriers as the first African American hired for a staff position with a Hollywood studio orchestra, has died. He was 94.
Erica's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Sometimes I just cannot believe the magic that is so readily available and at our whimsical disposal should we seek to find it on YouTube. When I was a kid growing up in the eighties, how else would I have been able to actually SEE Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton & Gene Krupa? I’ve been listening to the King of Swing since I’m 10 years old, thanks to a tape my Aunt Pearl bought my Dad called Benny in...
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Legendary jazz musician Lee Young has died. He was 94. The music pioneer passed away at his home in Los Angeles on 31 July (08). Young forged his love affair with jazz growing up in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1920s, and was the son of two musicians. After years of touring in a carnival act with [...]
Hip-Hop Is Read (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Malcolm X [Soundtrack] (1992) [Rapidshare Link] 1. Revolution by Arrested Development 2. Roll 'em Pete by Joe Turner 3. Flying Home by Lionel Hampton 4. My Prayer by The Ink Spots 5. Big Stuff by Billie Holiday 6. Don't Cry Baby by Erskine Hawkins 7. Beans And Cornbread by Louis Jordan 8. Azure by Ella Fitzgerald 9. Alabama by John Coltrane 10. That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Aound Heaven by Ray Charles...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
One ingredient of Jack Kerouac's On the Road remains noisily vivid - jazz
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Award-winning jazz vocalist and brother of Nat King Cole to perform one night only at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, near the artist district Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) August 5, 2008 -- The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome jazz great Freddy Cole on August 29 at 8 p.m. Doors to the OC Pavilion and Ambrosia Restaurant open at 6 p.m. for pre-show dinner and cocktails...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Music News: Chicago native played with Monk, Hampton -- Paris\Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with America's greats from Thelonious Monk to Lionel Hampton but chose to live in France, died July 25, hours before a concert at his home in Mauprevoir.
Music for Robots (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
This Saturday night, my friends Eamon Harkin and James F!@#$%^ Friedman have their second Prime Time party at LOVE, AKA the best soundsystem in the city, and they've got Soma-head and remixer/producer-extraordinaire Ewan Pearson coming over from the UK for a very special guest appearance. They've billed the party as "a showcase for classically-minded yet forward-thinking dance music, irrespective of...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, 80, who played with America's greats, including Thelonious Monk and Lionel Hampton but chose to live in France, died hours before a concert, his agent said Saturday.
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Johnny Griffin was 80. He was the jazz tenor saxophonist who played alongside such luminaries as Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Thelonius Monk.
The Eagle World (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Associated Press PARIS -- Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with America's greats from Thelonious Monk to Lionel Hampton but chose to live ...
