All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Miles Davis Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Prestige Year Miles Davis Kind of Blue:Legacy Edition Columbia/Legacy Year In 1955, after a few years working with pick-up bands and fuelled by a legendary comeback appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, {{Miles Davis = 6144}} assembled the band that's since become known as the First Great Quintet. Miles, sub-titled The New Miles Davis Quintet, represents...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Concord Records is wrapping up its epic reissue program of saxophonist John Coltrane’s music recorded for the Prestige label in the late 1950’s. As the name implies, this set tracks Coltrane’s appearances as a sideman for the label. His most notable sideman appearances during this period are outside the scope of this set, and those performances with Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis...
RooftopBlog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
In this new Bill Cosby vlog, the Cos talks about meeting Bob Dylan for the first time in 1963, and as you can see, he was thoroughly not impressed with the guy. The first thing that came to mind after watching this video was Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” a play which revolves around [...]
the sad red earth (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
from Jammin’ the Blues Directed by Gjon Mili Sax: Lester Young & Illinois Jacquet Trumpet: Harry “Sweets” Edison Piano: Marlowe Morris Drums: Philly Joe Jones & “Big Sid” Catlett Guitar: Barney Kessell Bass: Red Callender Dancers: Lindy Hop legends Archie Savage and Marie Bryant Full ten minute short film available at Daily Motion.
01Date Dating (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Miles Davis Quartet - My Funny Valentine (1956 Prestige Records Version) Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) from the album ‘COOKIN” Miles Davis Quintet - Tune Up / When Lights Are Low www.dailymotion.com
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Lewis Porter shared a wonderful story with me. After Porter’s Lester Young came out, Jackie McLean called him up. “Where is Miles Davis in this book?” McLean wanted to know. “Miles got a lot of stuff from Lester Young.” ---...
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/arts/music/14ali.html Rashied Ali, Free-Jazz Drummer, Dies at 76 By WILLIAM GRIMES August 14, 2009 Rashied Ali, whose expressionistic, free-jazz drumming helped define the experimental style of John Coltrane’s final years, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 76. The cause was a heart attack, said his wife, Patricia Ali. Mr. Ali, who first encountered Coltrane...
Bemsha Swing (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Here's a pretty good but not quite good enough explanation of the importance of Kind of Blue . There are a couple of inaccuracies. The author, Fred Kaplan, states that a "scale" consists of the 12 notes in an octave. Well, that would be the chromatic scale--but most music is not based on the chromatic scale but on the seven notes of a major or minor scale. All the "modes" are selections...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Mr. Ali’s expressionistic, free-jazz drumming helped define the experimental style of John Coltrane’s final years.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Filed under: News , R.I.P. The jazz world lost one of its greatest drummers Wednesday with the passing of Rashied Ali due to a blocked artery. Best known as a member of John Coltrane 's mid-'60s groups, Ali performed as recently as this past weekend at the Newport Jazz Festival. He was 74. Born Robert Patterson in Philadelphia, Ali first learned to play drums in the US Army. He cited Art Blakey as...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Jymie Merritt came up in Philadelphia during the evolution of bebop and hard bop, when the town was a hotbed of musical activity. Players like {{John Coltrane = 5851}}, {{Pat Martino = 3225}}, {{Benny Golson = 7090}}, and {{Philly Joe Jones = 8188}} were getting started there, and musicians like {{Charlie Parker = 10115}}, {{J.J. Johnson = 8101}}, {{Dizzy Gillespie = 7040}} and {{Miles Davis = 6144}}...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009
All About Jazz is celebrating Philly Joe Jones' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Philly Joe JonesPhilly Joe Jones was born with the name Joseph Rudolph Jones in the city of Philadelphia on July 15, 1923. His mother, a piano teacher taught him the basics in music... more Website | Videos | Articles...
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
1. Red's Good Groove 2. Love Is Here to Stay 3. This Time the Dream's on Me 4. Excellent 5. Take Me in Your Arms 6. Falling in Love With Love Red Garland - piano Blue Mitchell - trumpet Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone Sam Jones - bass Philly Joe Jones - drums vbr ::Red's Good Groove::
Vedasri (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
All About JazzThe Best Of Johnny GriffinAll About JazzCovering 20 years from his stellar Riverside quartet recordings with pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Philly Joe Jones to his 1978 return ...and more » http://vedasri.com/?q=drew+roy
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Miles with his first quintet, released on the Prestige label. There are three short additional tracks with studio chatter included. 1. If I Were a Bell (Loesser) 8:14 2. You're My Everything (Dixon, Warren, Young) 5:18 3. I Could Write a Book (Hart, Rodgers) 5:09 4. Oleo (Rollins) 5:53 5. It Could Happen to You (Burke, VanHeusen) 6:36 6. Woody 'N You (Gillespie) 4:59 Miles Davis - Trumpet John Coltrane...
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