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Mintzer Meets Coffin (11:57)
Posted: 2011-01-26

Live at the 2011 Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans featuring Jeff Sipe, drums; Kofi Burbridge, keyboards, Bill Fanning, trumpet and introducing Felix Pastorious on bass with Bob Mintzer and Jeff Coffin, both on tenor sax.

Jazz Video Training Program (3:35)
Posted: 2011-01-18

You can now apply for the Jazz Journalists Association EyeJazz project: Applications to the eyeJAZZ Training Program are now being accepted. Successful applicants will receive a free pocket video camera and instruction in basic video production and editing and in jazz journalism and storytelling. The aim of training program is to produce a cadre of videomakers able to use inexpensive but high quality video equipment to produce short 'eyeJAZZ' videos that report on how, where and by whom jazz is being created in our communities. No previous video production experience is necessary to take part in the training program, high school and college students with a strong interest in jazz as well as experienced journalists, musicians and presenters-- and anyone else who meets the simple application requirements-- are encouraged to complete the two-part application before February 15, 2011.

Billy Taylor Memorial Video (5:21)
Posted: 2011-01-02

Billy Taylor - July 24, 1921 - December 28, 2010

Digs Groucho Marx (9:18)
Posted: 2010-12-26

A conversation with Theodore Walter Rollins, December 23, 2010

Moanin' - Art Blakey (9:48)
Posted: 2010-12-19

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live in Japan, 1961, accompanied by the Sharps and Flats Big Band featuring Bobby Timmons, piano/composer; Jimmy Merrit, bass; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone; and, Art Blakey on drums.

See you at JEN! (2:40)
Posted: 2010-12-12

Bret Primack, aka, Jazz Video Guy, looks forward to the JEN Conference in New Orleans, January 6-8, 2011.

Recording Sonny Rollins (4:31)
Posted: 2010-12-06

JazzVideoGuy | October 26, 2010 | 14 likes, 0 dislikes Meet Richard Corsello, the man who has worked with Sonny Rollins as recording engineer and mixer for over three decades.

I Remember Lee Morgan (10:24)
Posted: 2010-11-29

Bassist Bob Cranshaw played on Lee Morgan's immortal "The Sidewinder." Here, he remembers the session, and offers his thoughts on the great trumpeter, who died tragically at the age of 33.

Some of his best-known performances include Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder and Grant Green's Idle Moments. Cranshaw also served as the sole session bassist to Sesame Street and The Electric Company songwriter and composer Joe Raposo, and played bass guitar on all songs, tracks, buttons and cues recorded by The Children's Television Workshop during Raposo's tenure.

Although he lacks the name recognition of other bassists, Cranshaw has performed and recorded with a wide range of leading jazz artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson, Johnny Hodges, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, J. J. Johnson, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, James Moody, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, George Shearing, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, George Benson, and Joe Williams. Along with Wes Montgomery's brother Monk, Cranshaw was among the early jazz bassists to trade his upright bass for an electric bass. Cranshaw was criticized for this by jazz purists, although he was forced to switch by a back injury incurred in a serious auto accident.

Throughout his long and distinguished career he has also performed on hundreds of television shows and film and television scores. He appears on The Blue Note Story, a 90- minute documentary of the famed jazz label.

Cranshaw was also a founding member of the short-lived MJT +3 (Modern Jazz Two) that included Frank Strozier on alto saxophone, Harold Mabern on piano, Willie Thomas on trumpet, and Walter Perkins on drums. The Chicago-based group produced several albums, a number for Vee Jay Records. Another vintage Cranshaw jam, 1964's Blue Flames, featuring Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine and Otis Finch, was recorded for Prestige Records. Cranshaw also played live shows for tap dancer Maurice Hines, along with friend and drummer Paul Goldberg. His career spans the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long association with Sonny Rollins. Cranshaw has been in Rollins's working band on and off for almost five decades, starting with the 1962 album The Bridge.

Sonny's Tour Manager (6:03)
Posted: 2010-11-22

Peter Downey is the man behind the scenes when Sonny Rollins goes on tour. Peter also produced Sonny's triumphant 80th birthday concert.




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