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look back in anger (Free subscription) | yesterday
anna was born i l.a. and began her career at age four. between the years of 1919-1961 she made a total of 55 movies. though popular and extremely special, she never was given a starring role. even worse, her characters always perished. she stated that her tombstone ought to read: 'she died a thousand times.' much had changed in hollywood since her hey day which was at a time when california law forbid...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
Vicki Burns Quartet CD Release Friday, February 5th 6PM The Iridium 1650 BROADWAY (CORNER OF 51ST) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Vicki Burns: Hot New Jazz Singer In Town Barry Bassis Town and Village Vicki Burns is a jazz singer who has been delighting audiences for years. A vocalist with impeccable taste, a sure sense of rhythm and a glorious tone, she infuses each song with heartfelt...
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First of the Month (Free subscription) | 01/31/2010
Birdland, NYC Jan 19-23, 2010 When last (& first) they met, it was billed “The Grand Collaboration.” The production was the brainchild of the great Max Roach, one of the most formidable musicians to emerge in the 40’s with music media named “Bebop.” He is one of the original Boperators of that innovative upsurge of American Classical musical rejuvenation - the soul...
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Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010
Seriously. How can you not love a song called “Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am”? A decade before David Bowie made it rock & roll vernacular; Charles Mingus featured a track named for a phrase he attributed to Max Roach on a classic album whose other song titles include “Eat That Chicken” and “Oh Lord, Don’t [...]
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The Digitel Charleston (Free subscription) | 01/20/2010
Drummer. Arranger. Bandleader. Jazz artist Baxter is joining the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for an evening of dynamic sounds from Max Roach to Thelonuis Monk on Friday, January 22, and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Memminger Auditorium.
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Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 01/10/2010
onus \OH-nuhs\, noun: A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity. a: A stigma. b: Blame. The burden of proof. Onus is adopted from Latin onus, "load, burden." The derivative Latin adjective onerosus yields English onerous, "burdensome, oppressive." The derivative Latin verb onerare has the compound form exonerare, "to free from (ex-) an onus or burden," which yields...
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Ionarts (Free subscription) | 01/01/2010
Ionarts has been around for a good portion of the decade just passed, and it seems fitting to cast a brief look backward, while at the same time wishing all of our readers every blessing for a healthy and happy New Year!1. Requiem: here are just a few of those to whom we said farewell.Musicians: Alicia de Larrocha, Max Roach, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Ruth LaredoConductors:
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Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 12/22/2009
Brooklyn-born drummer Dana Hall is pursuing more than a jazz career in the footsteps of Max Roach, Art Blakey and Billy Higgins. He’s working on a doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago. Already Hall is an assistant professor at the esteemed University of Illinois music school. Now, at age 40, after years of gigging with the likes of Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove and Malachi...
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Outside Counsel (Free subscription) | 12/14/2009
Robert Christgau on Thelonious Monk . Not surprisingly, I agree with the Dean's assessments of Monks' sides. The two Blue Note Genius of Modern Music sets showcase Monk's playing beautifully; 2) Thelonious Monk Trio may be the set I play the most frequently; and although I love his work with Traine and with Rollins, the Charlie Rouse stuff is just wonderful. A good way to enjoy Monk is to focus on...
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Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
An early release on Prestige from the 25 year old New York born tenor sax legend. 1. There's No Business Like Show Business - 6:18 2. Paradox - 4:59 3. Raincheck - 6:01 4. There Are Such Things - 9:28 5. It's All Right with Me - 6:05 Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone Ray Bryant - piano George Morrow - bass Max Roach - drums 320 ::Work Time::
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Ari Hoenig Quartet Niu's Jazz and Blues Bar Silom, Bangkok, Thailand November 5, 2009 There is no other drummer quite like New Yorker {{Ari Hoenig = 2361}}. Watching him play is like marveling at a cross between Animal, the wild drummer of Muppets fame, and {{Max Roach = 10725}}. His approach to drumming is intense above all, ferocious even at times, and yet his harmonic manipulation of his kit is...
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Drummer and composer Ted Sirota draws from a wide range of influences to create an interesting spin on post-bop instrumental jazz. Influenced by afro-pop, funk, reggae, ska and hip-hop as well as jazz, the group creates an interesting instrumental soundscape. Sirota is accompanied on this album by Geof Bradfield on tenor and soprano saxophones and bass clarinet, Greg Ward on alto saxophone, Dave Miller...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Bebop was considered a radical departure for jazz music during its formation in the 1940s and 1950s, pioneered by drummer {{Max Roach = 10725}}, {{Charlie Parker = 10115}} and {{Dizzy Gillespie = 7040}} among others. Coupled with tenor saxophonist {{Archie Shepp = 4266}}'s 1960s avant-garde jazz proclivities, the artists respectively helped procure a prismatic and non-traditional perspective on the...
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soulfullvibes | 06/14/2008
NEW YORK - Bill Cosby quips that he gave up his dreams of becoming a professional jazz drummer and turned to comedy after seeing how easily the pioneer bebop drummer Max Roach handled rhythmically complex tunes that he struggled to get through.
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