Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
Jimmy recorded multiple albums for Blue Note very quickly during this period to fulfill his contract and move on to Verve Records. This is his second to last on Blue Note after seven years of being on the label. 1. When My Dreamboat Comes Home - 7:29 2. Pork Chop - 7:39 3. Matilda, Matilda! - 2:59 4. Can Heat - 5:24 5. Please Send Me Someone to Love - 6:14 6. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - 3:48 7....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
It's looking like a very good weekend of live music in St. Louis, with a number of events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights, presented in chronological order:Things get started tonight with the veteran saxophonist Lou Donaldson (pictured), who's back in town...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
It's looking like a very good weekend of live music in St. Louis, with a number of events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights, presented in chronological order: Things get started tonight with the veteran saxophonist Lou Donaldson ( pictured ), who's back in town to perform at Jazz at the Bistro through Saturday. For more on Donaldson, see this video post from...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Jazz St. Louis has put online another installment in their ongoing series of podcast interviews. The latest podcast features a conversation between JSL's Bob Bennett and alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who will be in St. Louis from Wednesday, February 3 through Saturday, February 6 to perform at Jaz...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Manhattan Jazz Clubs 55 Bar 55 Christopher St. (btwn. 7th Ave. So. and Waverly Place) 212-929-9883 Leni and Mike Stern hold court, also Sweet Georgia Brown, Billy Bang and Wayne Krantz. American Museum of Natural History On 81st St. off Central Park West (Hayden Planetarium) (212) 769-5100 Fridays under The Sphere at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Musicians Jimmy Heath, Lou Donaldson, Steve Turre,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
Our video spotlight this week shines on the veteran alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who will return to St. Louis to play Wednesday, February 3 through Saturday, February 6 at Jazz at the Bistro. A native of North Carolina, the 83-year-old Donaldson came of age in the post-war bebop era and first rec...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 01/23/2010
Our video spotlight this week shines on the veteran alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson , who will return to St. Louis to play Wednesday, February 3 through Saturday, February 6 at Jazz at the Bistro . A native of North Carolina, the 83-year-old Donaldson came of age in the post-war bebop era and first recorded way back in 1952. He went on to work with many of the leading jazz musicians of the 1950s, including...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010
SFJAZZ ANNOUNCES THE ARTIST LINEUP FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON SEASON RUNS FEBRUARY 19 - JUNE 12, 2010 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: KEITH JARRETT, CAETANO VELOSO, BOBBY McFERRIN, KURT ELLING WITH THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA, BOOKER T., PHAROAH SANDERS, JOSHUA REDMAN, CHARLES LLOYD, MAX RAABE, SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE, MARCUS MILLER, ZAKIR HUSSAIN, LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO, DIANNE REEVES, MACEO PARKER, PUNCH...
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 01/03/2010
download (right click and save as .mp3) (via) 1. Diddy Introduction 2. Bob Marley – Johnny Was 3. The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Bob Marley – Hold Your Head 4. The Notorious B.I.G. – Dead Wrong 5. Al Green – I’m Glad You’re Mine 6. The Isley Brothers – Between The Sheets 7. The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa 8. Supercat feat. The Notorious [...]
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
b. Leo Morris, 13th November, 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Idris Muhammed was born Leo Morris in New Orleans in 1939, (taking this name from an Islamic prophet). Idris became a professional when he was 16, establishing himself as a top-class session drummer / percussionist during the '50's. During this time he performed with rock & roll singer Larry Williams while also recording on hits...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 12/18/2009
Mining a rich vein of music pioneered by the likes of Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell, the grits 'n' gravy soul jazz that was popular in the 50's and 60's in the small clubs of cities like Newark and Philadelphia is the inspiration of this talented group. Apicella is the leader and guitarist, with Stephen Riley on tenor saxophone, Dave Mattock on organ, Alan Korzin on drums, and John Blake, Jr. and Amy...
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/17/2009
Rhys Tranter blogs on literature, film, philosophy and critical theory at A Piece of Monologue. He has just launched One Down, One Up, a jazz website. He writes: “Listening to music often taps into my impatient side, so my favourite tunes are changing all the time. Here are a small selection of tracks that, for [...]
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Give the Drummer Some's 6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere It's your pre-Turkey Day edition of Mining the Audio Motherlode and this week's platters are piping hot. Please help yourself to each course, then pass them on to the...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
From Steady Bloggin ': " Hooray for bootlegs. The cover is self explanatory – this is a compilation collecting the original sources used by Large Pro in creating Breaking Atoms. Naturally the main target demographic here are the sample nerds. However this also works as a good mix of assorted classic rock/funk/soul/jazz jams so you can enjoy it even if you don’t give two shits about...
Outside Counsel (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
To the Lou Donaldson Quartet at the Albright-Knox last night, the second concert in the Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz series. Bruce Eaton has been producing these shows for eleven years, and we haven't been disappointed yet. Donaldson is 82, looks 20 years younger, and plays even younger than that, in a blues-funk mode informed by both swing and bebop. What really impressed us was the tight professionalism...
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