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breath of life (Free subscription) | 03/15/2010
Third World—the longest running reggae band ever—kicks off the week and we follow with Build An Ark, an exciting jazz ensemble out of Los Angeles. We close with 10 versions of "Moment's Notice" featuring composer John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Slide Hampton, John Blake, Suturo O'Farrill, Dexter Gordon, The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra, Billy Hart, McCoy Tyner, [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | 03/15/2010
“Moment’s Notice” is the first original composition recorded by John Coltrane that went on to become a jazz standard.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
If you were to spend just a bit of time poking around geofflapp.com, you might think that the Montreal pianist was one of these 20-something musicians who is new to the scene but has plenty of Web mojo. His site links to his Facebook and Twitter accounts and indeed, via song.ly, he tried this year to promote Canadian jazz by directing people to hosted MP3s by Canadian jazz musicians. At his site, Lapp...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Ray Charles singing and playing 'Merry Christmas Baby' in 1979. According to a comment @ YouTube the players are; Bass - Bert Thompson Guitar - John C Marshall Hammond - Jimmy Jackson Drums - George Green Ten Sax - Sal Nistico Trombone - Slide Hampton Trumpet - Carmell Jones Trumpet - Benny Baily Merry Christmas Baby: A Compilation Ray Charles Christmas Music @Amazon.com Ray Charles The Spirit...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to Maynard Ferguson & Orchestra performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
All About Jazz is celebrating Kevin Eubanks' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Kevin EubanksKevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American jazz guitarist who has been the leader of the Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno since 1995. He played with Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Slide Hampton... more...
nancycrouch2009 | 10/29/2009
Slide Hampton Spirit of the Horn >>>> Download Spirit of the Horn <<<< artist: Slide Hampton album: Spirit of the Horn Tracklist: 1 Cherokee mp3 2 All in Love is Fair mp3 3 A Flower is A Lovesome Thing mp3 4 Tribute Suite Lament Basin Street Blues mp3 5 Tribute Suite April in Paris mp3 6 Tribute Suite Lester Leaps in mp3 7 Tribute Suite Moments Notice mp3 8 Tribute Suite Dolphin
breath of life (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
This week we feature jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and Rio Samba-ista Ana Costa, plus nine versions of Benny Golson's classic composition, "I Remember Clifford," featuring Art Blakey, George Cables, Ernestine Anderson, Don Byas & Bud Powell, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Kalamu ya Salaam and Slide Hampton. R.I.P. Brownie.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band I'm BeBoppin' Too Half Note 2009 Dizzy Gillespie The Cool World Philips-Verve 2009 The legacy of {{Dizzy Gillespie = 7040}}'s pioneering bebop big band could not be served better than by the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, the successor to the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band that featured Jon Faddis. Since his departure the band dropped "Alumni"...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
"Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr. Valerie Capers "...a sheer delight." Dizzy Gillespie "Valerie is like no one else. Her playing is rich and warm and overflowing with life and love." Sheila Jordan The Valerie Capers Quintet: Monday and Tuesday, September 21-22, 2009, 7:30 and 9:30pm...
East Side Jazz Club (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
8.30 - 11.00pm £4 on the door Geoff Simkins (alto sax) Nikki Iles (piano) Chris Laurence (bass) Clive Fenner (drums) Geoff Simkins started playing jazz in his early teens. His first instrument was drums, but he quickly changed to the alto saxophone turning professional in 1977. Geoff has played concerts, clubs and festivals in the UK, Europe and beyond. He often works with American musicians...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Mostly Jazz Host Tom Hampson, heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on WXXI AM1370, will be in the studio to present the final episode of WXXI’s 2008 Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF) series. Hampson, who was involved in the 1970s WXXI...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
[Angela Wellman, Trombonist, is Founder of Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, “The country's first Public Conservatory of Music”] “Oakland Conservatory youth musicians onstage Sunday” InsideBayArea.com By Angela Woodall Oakland Tribune Posted: 05/27/09 Updated: 05/28/09 “From Aaron Copland to Modest Mussorgsky, young Oakland musicians will take the stage Sunday at Skyline...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
Jazz pianist/vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery died on Thursday at his home in Palmdale, California. The youngest of the three Montgomery brothers (including famed guitarist Wes and bassist Monk), Buddy also performed over the years with vocalist Big Joe Turner, trombonist Slide Hampton, and the Mastersounds. The Indianapolis native was 79 years old. [MercuryNews.com] British composer Nicholas Maw [...]...
This is London (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Ghost bands don't come more spirited than Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Alumni, says Jack Massarik.
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nancycrouch2009 | 10/29/2009
Slide Hampton Spirit of the Horn >>>> Download Spirit of the Horn <<<< artist: Slide Hampton album: Spirit of the Horn Tracklist: 1 Cherokee mp3 2 All in Love is Fair mp3 3 A Flower is A Lovesome Thing mp3 4 Tribute Suite Lament Basin Street Blues mp3 5 Tribute Suite April in Paris mp3 6 Tribute Suite Lester Leaps in mp3 7 Tribute Suite Moments Notice mp3 8 Tribute Suite Dolphin Dance mp3 9 Walkin...
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