THE ANONYMOUS® SHOW (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Get your week off to a Jazzy START - Enjoy! Posted in Healthy Living, Listeners, MOBILE, Musicians, Poetry, Suggestions, Video Tagged: Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Stockholm 1963, Wayne Shorter
{ Never Neutral } (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Amongst the many things I owe my father is the discovery of Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto and Carlos Jobim. My father’s collection of European Verve records was a treasure I inadvertently inherited. I am not sure I have ever thanked him the way I should. I just got the mono vinyl version of the [...]
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
By Jim Harrington One of the best jazz albums of the year is McCoy Tyner’s “Guitars.” It’s also one of the finest music DVDs I’ve seen in 2008. The 14-track CD/DVD combo package features the great pianist and his stellar trio members, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette, collaborating with some of the top guitarists in [...]
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
ROUND TRIP, PART TWO Beaver Harris and 360 Degree Music Experience From Rag Time to No Time 360 Records : 1974 BH, drums and percussion; Keith Marks, flute; Howard Johnson, baritone sax; Dave Burrell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Ron Carter, bass; Francis Haynes, steel drum. (possibly not complete) Fans and critics of avant garde jazz too often become involved in drawing [...]
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Photo by lewisha1990 via Flickr Criminal door-to-door "salesmen" of all sorts are all too common in Sherman Oaks (and most likely in other parts of Los Angeles). A couple weeks ago, it was about fake location scouts . Now Senior Lead Officer (SLO) Ron Carter for East Sherman Oaks (that's basically Mulholland to the 101 Freeway, Van Nuys to Coldwater Canyon) warns of aggressive magazine salesmen, one...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Another classic Japanese whisky commercial, this time with Sammy Davis Jr. for Suntory White: Other famous people who made Suntory White commercials: Ray Charles, Ron Carter, Jon Faddis & Clark Terry. [hat tip to Ponta] — Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan (Subscribe) Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe)
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
CHARLES COLSON Take a neighbor or a friend to see The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. When Ron Carter, a Nottingham professor, set out to write the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, he used a billion-word database to survey how words are being used today. In the midst of the study, Carter found something unsettling about [...]
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
T he great pianist McCoy Tyner helped give the world some of its most significant jazz recordings, all before his 30th birthday. Hired as a member of John Coltrane's classic quartet at 21, Tyner would spend the next several years with Coltrane, helping him usher jazz t...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Henry Butler for Impulse from 1987. This one's for Greg and his Orange and Black Spines . Henry Butler-Piano;Ron Carter-Bass;Jack DeJohnette-Drums;John Purcell-Soprano,Flute,Oboe,English Horn;Alvin Batiste-Clarinet;Bob Stuart-Tuba Henry Butler's second Impulse recording is essentially a post-bop performance. The influence of the pianist's New Orleans heritage (which is partly felt on his version of...
IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Carmel City Council members are taking their time to decide whether to bail the mayor out of a $50 million budget gap, after dozens of vocal constituents weighed in on the issue this week.
Kevin Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Even if Tribe never recorded a second album, they would still be regarded as Hip Hop royalty. Luckily, the group, which was now a trio, dropped, The Low End Theory. Tribe perfected the sound they were looking for on their second album. The beats are minimal but effective and Q-Tip and Phife really hit their [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund Hosts Dinner in Honor of Its Founder NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) USA, an organization created to ensure the future of South Africa's children, will celebrate Mandela's 90th birthday with an intimate dinner, Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at the Rainbow Room in New York City. The historic evening will be co-hosted...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Nordström (b. 1974) has been a player garnering much attention over the last few years. As his discography reaches double digits, his sound has consolidated and concentrated into a recognizable tenor approach. Blue is his fifth disc for Moserobie Music and first recording with piano legend Bobo Stenson...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
McCoy Tyner, Guitars (Half-Note). This is one of the most engaging Tyner collaboration projects since he teamed with the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker to record Infinity in 1995 and with Wayne Shorter the following year in the session...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Milt Jackson for Verve from 1965. Milt Jackson - Vibraphone* Cedar Walton - Piano* James Moody - Reeds* Ron Carter - Bass* Otis Finch - Drums Review purloined from Amazon-excellent piece of writing from Stephen Reddy: Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art is one of the many live jazz record dates that should be better known than it is. Perhaps it's because the LP has been unavailable in America...
