DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Feeling the limitations of the jazz combo format that was prevalent in the late 1940s, Miles Davis assembled a nonet to play music that allowed for more orchestration and color, while still maintaining the improvisational elements of that era's be-bop sound. With orchestrations from the great arranger Gil Evans , as well as band members Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis , the band performed briefly in...
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | yesterday
I hadn't done one of these in a long time, so now seemed as good a time as any. 1. "I Can't Get Started" - Charlie Parker 2. "Cheree" - Suicide 3. "Hold On, Hold On" - Neko Case 4. "Do The Rump" - The Black Keys 5. "Armanar (The Pole Star)" - Muhammad Dammou 6. "Cabocla Jurema/Ponto de Janaina" - Maria Bethânia 7. "Is This It"...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
African Methodist Choir - African Hymns (Arc Music ) Alessandr Magnanini - Someway Still I Do (Phantom ) Bob Baldwin - Collector's Pack (NuGroove ) Bruce Turner - Dirty Bopper (United States Of Distribution LTD. ) Bruce Turner - The Dirty Bopper (United States Of Distribution LTD. ) Caledonia Jazz Band - Street People ( ) Collage - Fifty-Four Minutes Twenty Seconds (Wool ) Collage - Fifty Four Minutes...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Birth of the Cool Performed by The Don Wilson Trio Lecture by Bob Perkins October 25, 2009 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA This writer could think of no better way to spend an autumn Sunday afternoon than to stroll over to the fabled Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to hear the revered local disc jockey Bob Perkins reflect upon the groundbreaking {{Miles Davis = 6144}} album,...
The Atheist Experience (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Okay, so I read on Pharyngula this morning that Ray Comfort, the World's Stupidest Christian™, rescheduled his giveaway of his bowdlerized Origin of Species on university campuses for today instead of tomorrow, evidently because he heard that people were preparing to counter it by printing up information from the NCSE's enjoyable Don't Diss Darwin site . So naturally, he had to do an end-run around...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By: Ron Hart Toward the end of his life, pianist Bill Evans' image was the exact opposite of the button-down, bespectacled young square who first burst onto the jazz scene in 1956 as the rising young lion on the jazz circuit who landed into history as the piano player for Miles Davis' 1958 masterwork Kind of Blue. Rocking a gentleman's mullet, full beard and wire-frame glasses with the tint, Evans...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
New York, NY (CNS) – Sirius XM Radio has announced the launch of a new 24-hour commercial-free channel devoted to the music of jazz legend Miles Davis. The Miles Davis Radio will run on a limited basis from November 20 to 25 on Sirius channel 72 and XM channel 70. Miles Davis Radio will be hosted [...]
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
by ERICA LIEPMANN , Causecast Associate Editor The Chinese government has occupied Tibet for over a half century, during which time thousands of monasteries have been destroyed, Tibetans have been killed and the country's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was forced to flee the country. The Tibet House was founded in the late 1980s at the request of the Dalai Lama himself to ensure that whatever the...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
In this week's magazine, Em & Lo explore the smart, sophisticated, and well-read mothers who cannot get enough of the Twilight saga. Sam Anderson explores whether or not Vladimir Nabokov wanted us to read his last novel. Dan Kois talks with both Liv Ullman and Cate Blanchett about their production of A Streetcar Named Desire , coming to BAM at the end of the month. David Edelstein reviews The...
Orbitcast (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis will soon have a channel dedicated to his life and music, starting this Friday, November 20th....
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
MOG continues to tease us with short videos showing parts of the upcoming MOG All Access music service. Last week they showed a video on playlist creation - the best part was seeing how search works. Now they've uploaded a new video that shows robust music discovery through playlist searching. Type in any number of artists and see playlists that include all of those artists. You can also combine artist...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will launch Miles Davis Radio, a 24-hour commercial-free channel devoted to the music and career of Miles Davis, one of the greatest visionaries and most important figures in jazz history.
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...
55 Secret Street (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Protector. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have designed a limited edition collection of jewelry for Asprey called The Protector, inspired by the snake. The collection also includes a $525 silver baby spoon with a serpent-shaped handle. All net proceeds will go to Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity founded by Jolie that raises awareness and funds to educate child victims of...
On An Overgrown Path (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
We Want Miles is at the Cité de la Musique in Paris until Jan. 17, 2010 and we will be there . Miles Davis in Paris opens up another music and place path. Miles' Joaquín Rodrigo inspired album Sketches of Spain featured in a post last year in which I asked was Rodrigo was out of step with his time musically and politically ? Which has a certain topicality as Rodrigo was born on November...
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troyrainey2009 | 10/29/2009
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johnriggs2009 | 10/29/2009
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