Queerty (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
This video of Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz performing “The Girl From Ipanema” comes from a 1964 flick called Get Yourself A College Girl. Poor Gilberto looks scared to death and is obviously lip-synching, but that just makes us like her more…
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
SMV: THE THUNDER TOUR KESWICK THEATRE 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA TUES., AUG. 19, 8 PM Tickets on sale NOW! Thunder happens when three premier bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten team up for concert dates. The Thunder Tour comes to Glenside's Keswick Theatre on Tues., Aug. 19 @ 8 PM...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
These co-leaders had been stalwarts of the scene for decades by the time they cut these sides in Chicago in 1981. They worked that rich seam of post-bop music that conversely looked back to the music immediately prior to that significant shift. Here, they lay out their credentials in the company of a rhythm section that's right in the pocket and alert to every twist and turn the music takes...
Bosses blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Local Bengt Säve-Söderbergh, president of the Swedish Jazz Federation says that after the Second World War, Stockholm was one of the centres of European jazz along with Paris and Copenhagen. Later, during the fifties and sixties, American artists like Stan Getz, Quincy Jones and James Moody actually moved to Sweden, and toured and recorded with Swedish artists.
Article Archive (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Enjoy The 42nd annual Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
This photo of Miles Davis comes from the cover of the album, "Kind of Blue." Sony This month, as you know, News & Notes is exploring jazz music with a series of profiles, features, and interviews. Our introductory segment, "What Is Jazz?," featured insight from three jazz aficionados, including freelance writer and radio producer Eugene Holley Jr. Here, Holley offers five "can't miss" CDs which serve...
I know Karate, Kung Fu... (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
If you’re wondering whether you’re in a CULT, The answer is YES. Random animated icon It’s the standard desktop/tab clearance time: FIRST: Mood music The Girl From Ipanema/Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto DESKTOP: For some reason, this number compelled me to screencap it….*facepalm* For some reason, my desktop screwed up on me early this morning :( For some reason, I took a shot of [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Summer Jazz Festival at Mills Pond House The Smithtown Township Arts Council presents its third annual Summer Jazz Festival Saturday, July 12 from 5-10 pm. The concert will take place in the festival tent on the grounds of the Mills Pond House. Admission $15 ($10 by Advance Reservation) and $5 for students with ID. For more information, call 631-862-6575, or visit our Web site...
Kay Stanford Jr Kastum (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
If you are into Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz or Brazilian Jazz you may be familiar with the name, Antonio Carlos Jobim. I really dig his music. Some info as per Wikipedia about him: Jobim’s musical roots were planted firmly in the work of Pixinguinha, the legendary musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in the [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Stan Getz At The Shrine Verve 1955 Bookended between The Complete Roost Recordings (Verve, 1950-55) and The Steamer (Verve, 1956), this November 8, 1954 live recording from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles is often overlooked when checklists of tenor saxophonist Stan Getz's early classics are compiled. Originally released over two LPs, it includes in its entirety an outstandingly vibrant 53 minute...
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
During his long career, veteran pianist/composer Roger Davidson has confidently and successfully performed in a variety of genres, including everything from the classics to bebop. He even spent some time leading a chamber music group and also wrote a lot of sacred choral music. Born in Paris, he’s also had a long-time fascination with world [...]
IGN (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Jazz legend lends his chops to the popular franchise.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
When Herbie Hancock's album, "River: The Joni Letters," won the Grammy for Album of the Year in February, everyone was asking: How could...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
From the department of when it rains it pours comes the news that two of the leading pianists in contemporary jazz are performing in separate corners of metro Detroit this weekend.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
MORE TO EXTRAORDINARY TENOR SAXOPHONISTTHAN A GIRL FROM IPANEMA Yesterday marked the 17th anniversary of jazz giant Stan Getz's passing, lost to liver cancer at age 64 in 1991. Though best known for popularizing Brazilian music with mainstream America with 1961's No. 1 selling Jazz Samba and especially 1964's "The Girl From Ipanema" with Astrud Gilberto, there were tremendous depths to this hugely...
