Hot Rod Jazz God, Part 2: An Open Letter to Rod Stewart
Um, Mr. Stewart, if you're reading this, first I want to apologize. In the past I wrote some things that you may have found slightly offensive. Like those bits about harmless Uncle Rod who shows up on holidays with a bottle-shaped microphone and comparing your interpretation of standard jazz melodies to a bull in downtown Pamplona. ...
Motel 5: As For You
The phone in my office rang twice. I let the machine get it. The voice on the other end sounded desperate.
“Hey, West, I need a band to play Bill Gates' house.
Rough life, I mused, planning private parties for billionaires. Imagine all the stress involved in picking out the hippest flower arrangements, trendiest color schemes, ...
Sinatra Slang
Based on The Frank Sinatra Scrapbook by Richard Peters (1982) with additions from Sinatra fans on the internet.
18 KARAT All the way, full-out: “An 18 karat idiot."
BABY Used as an exclamation as well as a term of endearment.
BAG As in “my bag," a person's particular interest.
BARN ...
Paul Desmond-isms
Alto saxophonist Paul Desmond worked with pianist Dave Brubeck for 18 years. He's best known for his composition “Take Five," which helped make Brubeck's record Time Out a mega-hit. Desmond's saxophone playing was always marked by an unusual fluidity and warmth. Through a number of solo records, he expanded on a relaxed but sophisticated sound.
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Rod Stewart: Hot Rod, Jazz God
That smirk. That roguish, self-satisfied, da-ya-think-I'm-sexy smirk. It's back and getting bigger everywhere you look. On Leno. On Letterman. In fashion magazines. Holiday TV specials. What's next--a Super Bowl halftime smirkfest? 2000 should have been the end of The Smirk. His rock star career, which started in swingin' London during the late 1960s and peaked artistically ...
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Set in an “insect noir" Manhattan of the early fifties, BugHouse is the tumultuous story of Tenor saxophonist, Jimmy Watts, as he leads his talented jazz band ...
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What is Jazz?
Some say jazz keeps one foot planted in tradition while the other seeks new footwear, or maybe a warm bath and some talcum. If that's true then Charles Mingus must surely be a case in point.
Mingus, a socially conscious musician and bandleader, wasn't content to repeat Jimmy Blanton's advances or rest on his laurels after ...
President Bush Talks Jazz
Earlier this week, representing allaboutjazz.com, I had the extreme pleasure to speak with President George Bush to determine his view on the future of jazz music in America. This interview was months in the planning. I am very grateful to the Bush campaign for allowing me this opportunity and I especially wish to express my utmost ...
Man Slides His Trombone And Kills Musician In Front Of Him!
By Randy Jeffries/Weekly World News
Bocholt, Germany -- A band musician died of a brain injury when the trombonist behind him jerked the slide of his trombone forward and struck the trumpeter in the back of the head.
Police say the tragedy occurred as the Gratzfeld College band was rehearsing the spirited American jazz classic, “When ...
Yogi Berra Explains Jazz
By Steve Chalke
Interviewer: What do you expect is in store for the future of jazz trumpet? Yogi: I'm thinkin' there'll be a group of guys who've never met talkin' about it all the time... Interviewer: Can you explain jazz? Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half ...
Olympic Bastid Records Cuts To The Cheese
Rolph Nemo, producer and owner of upstart Olympic Bastid Records, makes no apologies for offering what other labels would turn down in a heartbeat. “Some think these recordings should be burned," says Rolph, “they weren't meant to be. The truth is, just as Armstrong, Parker and Ornette had moments of sublime insight, so did they also ...
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2 0 0 6 CD Reviews Body and Soul Remixed! by Coleman Hawkins Back Of My Hand by Tempus Fugit Monk Meets the Beatles by Thelonious Monk 'Bone Madonna by Madonna Me and Mr. Johnson by Jimmy Smith Streetwalkin' Blues by The Jive-Ass All-Stars Bridgeleap Plays the Albert ...
