Singer Vanessa Rubin ( pictured ) is coming to St. Louis to star in the Black Rep 's production of Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday , which will run Wednesday, February 24 through Sunday, March 14 at the Grandel Theater, 3610 Grandel Square (just west of Grand Ave). The play by Reenie Upchurch tells the story of Holiday's last performance at a New York club, incorporating songs such as "My...
Signs Along The Road Henry Grimes Soft cover; 128 pages ISBN: 978-3-00-020142-4 Buddy's Knife 2007 Bassist Henry Grimes was one of the leading lights on the free jazz scene in the 1960s, playing with many of the music's most famous names, including pianist Cecil Taylor , multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry , reed player Pharoah Sanders and saxophonist Albert Ayler . Financial struggle forced him away...
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...
We have had Post Rock now the much more fun genre of Post F**K, post coital classixxxs as selected by the avuncular Maningrey......Read on In the nuclear winter we are having what else is there to do on a freezing Sunday lie in than a pleasurable fumble with your boy, girl, fourlegged furry friend? For those non smokers amongst us we have to reach for the musical nicotine of the post coital play list....
Roy Hargrove Quintet/Pharoah Sanders (Thurs.-next Sun., Yoshi's San Francisco) Trumpeter Hargrove has made a career out of pushing jazz in different directions, something tenor saxophonist Sanders - best known for his mystical '60s meditations - knows a thing...
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...
Stuart Broomer Contributor: All About Jazz-New York; Musicworks; Point of Departure; Signal to Noise; Toronto Life. SIXTEEN FAVORITE NEW RECORDINGS OF 2009 Derek Bailey & Agusti Fernandez A Silent Dance (Incus) Samuel Blaser Quartet Pieces of Old Sky, Clean Feed (CF 151) Anthony Braxton/ Maral Yakshieva Improvisations (duo) 2008 (SLYD Records) John Butcher Group somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax)...
via The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 1. Pants Yell!: Received Pronunciation 2. The German Measles: Wild EP 3. A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Ashes Grammar 4. Prefab Sprout: Let's Change the World with Music 5. Zaza: Cameo EP 6. Knight School: The Poor and Needy Need to Party 7. Atlas Sound: Logos 8. Girls: Album 9. Vivian Girls: Everything Goes Wrong 10. Let's Wrestle: In the Court of the Wrestling Let's...
Ravi Coltrane with the Geri Allen Trio The Iridium New York, New York November 21, 2009 The Iridium is a major jazz club in the midtown section of New York City. As you approach the club, you can't help but be overwhelmed by the bombardment of intense streaming lights--like a laser light show emanating from adjacent Times Square. On this clear, unseasonably warm evening the club was to feature tenor...
Two measly posts for the whole month ! Pee-thetic, I know, and my excuses are many... rearranging the house to make room for the kids (which in essence means trying to squeeze thousands of records, CDs, DVDs, videos and books into as small a space as possible; the move has forced me to discover these things in my possession: books I have not read, music I have not heard and films I have not seen. I...
Unusually for me, some jazz...guitarist Sonny Sharrock, with Pharoah Sanders on tenor sax, Elvin Jones on drums, and Charnett Moffett on bass, from the 1991 album Ask the Ages. Modern jazz guitar somehow rarely has the body to stand up...
This global block party, by saxophonist David Murray, blends ebullient African-rhythms with funk and jazz, brought by a fiery band that integrates two Gwo ka masters (Guadalupean drummers/vocalists), some sassy urban soul from pianist/vocalist Sista Kee, and the world renowned blues voice of {{Taj Mahal = 8981}}. The Devil Tried To Kill Me is Murray's third release with the Gwo ka Masters, following...
Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler performed his greatest music in a state of spiritual ecstasy. Like fellow seekers John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, he looked to use music as a Buddhist might use meditation or a Baptist might speak in tongues: to make contact with something greater than himself. Recorded in Copenhagen on September 14th, 1964, this may be the finest group Ayler ever led. Featuring the...
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