Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I’m a big fan of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, but I wasn’t aware of this odd film featuring Kirk and John Cage, with Cage providing the libretto and some of the mix and overdubs to Kirk’s music. Some people think Kirk is just a freak show, the man who can blow three horns and play a [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Perth Amboy, NJ -- Morris Nanton passed away peacefully at home Sunday morning, November 15. He was born in Perth Amboy and lived there all his life. He served his country with honor in the U.S. Armed Forces with the 5th Army Division Band during the Korean War. He graduated from Perth Amboy High School and Juilliard Conservatory of Music in New York after attending on full scholarship. Known throughout...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Title: My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style Artist: Dream Warriors Hip hop jazz and toasting from Toronto. Who knew? I kid, I kid. They’re actually very polite. My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style I love the fusion of jazz and hip hop. Both are dynamic styles, whose artists make up new rules as they go along. Hip hop looked to jazz for funky hooks, break beats and themes to create tonal...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
On Saturday evening, Nov. 7 at 8:00PM, a stellar show will grace the stage of the Beanrunner in Peekskill, NY, 201 S. Division St.(914-737-1701... reservations recommended). On that night, the Andy Polay Quintet will perform miles of Miles, Honks of Herbie, no shortage of Shorter, mounds of Monk, and more as the 'Trane steams for a few hours of hot, spicy jazz...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"Pedal Up" by Rahsaan Roland Kirk After the intro, Kirk feels around for the mikes, to make sure they’re in the right place, and starts playing both saxophones slung around his neck. During this tune, he remembers a few of his favorite things for a few moments, like a seemingly random thought that pops up in the middle of a conversation. At the end, he’s gone full blown and his...
Soul Cocina (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Tune: My Favorite Things by John Coltrane brussels sprouts tajines cooked in tajines hard knock radio jj on the radio Cover to Cover with Jennifer Stone grinders grooveyard slim and slam old school hip hop new hip hop that doesn't suck brown butter phirni homemade ice cream sandwich Django Reinhardt old records old radios old record players hand made tortillas old cufflinks figs persimmons slow braised...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
This month, the world's most famous jazz club celebrates five decades of playing host to an extraordinary procession of musical legends Fifty years ago this month, what was to become the most famous jazz club on the planet – Ronnie Scott's – staged its first gig. The location wasn't today's glitzy Frith Street supper club, with its soft-lit ambiance, plush furnishings and coolly expert...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Listen to Rahsaan Roland Kirk performed at Fillmore Auditorium on April 18, 1968
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
By: Dennis Cook The studio debut of the 2009 configuration of JFJO is perhaps the "jazziest" effort from them in some time. While often seen as the genre's wild child (a well earned tag), the Fred works in a smoother, slinkier vein on One Day In Brooklyn (released September 1 on Kinnara Records), fitting for what may be the most forthrightly sensual lineup in their 15 year history...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
The Austin Jazz Workshop a nonprofit group of professional musicians dedicated to jazz performance and education in Austin public schools, is proud to release its fifth compact disc recording, Mystery Note: Austin Jazz Workshop plays Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The disc features Alex Coke and Michael Melinger on flutes and saxophones, Ron Westray on trombone, Floyd Domino on piano, Michael Stevens on bass,...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Title: Buena Artist: Morphine Buena Live - Transmusicales Rennes - December 1993 Morphine had a unique sound based on several factors. Their front man, Mark Sanders was a major part of that. He had a great voice and sense of phrasing, and played a two string bass (check out the close up of the bass neck and head at the beginning of Honey White ). Another part of the sound was the baritone saxophone...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Hotplate is a new concept from SFJAZZ that features a different Bay Area artist each month, interpreting the music of their favorite jazz legend. Generously supported by The Wallace Foundation, the Hotplate program provides new performance opportunities for local jazz talent and is set to run continuously through 2011...
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Long story, by Ben Sisario in today's New York Times Arts section, short: 25-year-old LeRoy Stevens, who last fall moved from Chicago to New York City, decided to get to know Gotham by plotting a map of every record store...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
All About Jazz is celebrating Rahsaan Roland Kirk's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Rahsaan Roland KirkKirk was born Ronald Theodore Kirk in Columbus, Ohio, but felt compelled by a dream to transpose two letters in his first name to make Roland. In 1970, Kirk added "Rahsaan" to his name. Preferring to lead his own groups... more...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
Chad Bernstein found his mollusk muse in a Key West tourist shop. While on vacation a few years ago Bernstein, then a student at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, saw a pile of conch shells for sale. He had just witnessed the famous salute to sunset in Mallory Square, where locals blow a long mournful blast through the natural horn.
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