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Bill Kirchner: For All We Know
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Carol Fredette was a lovely and much-admired singer who see-sawed between cabaret and jazz. When she sang jazz, her voice grew hushed, as if telling you a secret. It also could become husky and rich, as on songs like This Is Always and Long Ago and Far Away. Born in 1940, she started singing right after college in the late 1950s with the touring big bands of Sal Salvador, Larry Elgart and Neal Hefti. Sadly, none of those dates were ...
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Bill Kirchner: Evening of Indigos
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Saxophonist Bill Kirchner was on a roll in 1993. He had studied with saxophonist Lee Konitz, pianist Harold Danko and arranger Mike Crotty. He was leading a nonet that recorded several albums. His arrangements had been recorded by Konitz, Dizzy Gillespie and Patti Austin. And he had annotated numerous projects for a range of major labels. But that year, Bill was diagnosed with a non-malignant but life-threatening tumor in his spinal cord. The tumor was removed after two major surgeries, ...
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Recent Listening: Bill Kirchner
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Bill Kirchner, An Evening Of Indigos (JazzHeads) Soprano saxophonist and composer Kirchner’s concert in New York a year ago has appeared in its entirety as an album. Kirchner overcame daunting physical problems to be able to play the concert—indeed, to be able to play at all. Throughout the jazz community it is known that removal of a tumor on his spinal chord kept him alive but also left him with a limp and with his right hand all but immobilized. ...
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Bill Kwan Brings Jazz Concepts To Singer/Songwriter Fare
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G Sibley
On Poison & Wine, jazz vocalist Bill Kwan experiments with new sounds and styles, delivering an impeccably curated collection of songs by the some of the most transcendent songwriters of our generation. With lyrics filtered through his own heartbroken lens, he delicately reconstructs the tracks much like a jazz singer interpreting the great classics. A lovelorn rendering of these painful-yet-beautiful songs, Poison & Wine was released on August 17th, and debuted a video for the lead track, “Missing,” last month. ...
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"An Evening Of Indigos," 2-CD Set By Saxophonist/Composer/Arranger Bill Kirchner, Due Oct. 16 From Jazzheads Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Renowned as a renaissance man of jazz—as an influential bandleader, sideman (on all of the saxophones, clarinets, and flutes), composer, arranger, record and radio producer, educator, writer, and editor—Bill Kirchner is also one of jazz’s most deeply soulful soprano saxophone stylists. He plays soprano exclusively on his forthcoming album An Evening of Indigos, a 2-CD package featuring Kirchner in the intimate company of pianist Carlton Holmes, a veteran of the leader’s now-inactive nonet; Nashville-based bassist and vocalist Jim Ferguson; and ...
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Grateful Dead Drummer Bill Kreutzmann to Release Groundbreaking Memoir
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Michael Ricci
DEAL: MY THREE DECADES OF DRUMMING, DREAMS AND DRUGS WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD SET TO COME OUT MAY 5 BILLY & THE KIDS TO PERFORM “EUROPE SEVENTY 2.0" FEATURING ROBERT RANDOLPH AT THE CAPITOL IN PORT CHESTER, NY, MARCH 28 TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20 ONE NIGHT ONLY “SPRING '90 REVISITED SHOW" FEATURING BIG GIGANTIC'S DOMINIC LALLI AND THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT'S JASON HANN AT THE OGDEN THEATRE, DENVER, CO, APRIL 20 The Grateful Dead are perhaps ...
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Bill Kirchner at the New School
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back on Oct. 7, soprano saxophonist Bill Kirchner performed at New York's New School, where he teaches. Bill was accompanied by singer Holli Ross, singer/bassist Jim Ferguson and pianist Carlton Holmes. It was an extraordinary evening—so extraordinary that I wondered whether anyone was recording it. It turns out the school videotaped the concert and has made it available at YouTube. Before I show it to you, a few words about Bill and why he's such an inspiration. In addition to ...
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Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann Discuss Forty Years Of Collaboration In DRUM! Magazine
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif., The editors of DRUM! Magazine are a patient bunch. After all, they've tried for the past two decades to secure a cover story on Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, the former drummers for The Grateful Dead. But while Hart always seemed game to talk about drums and drumming, and was over the years featured in many DRUM! articles, Kreutzmann proved far more elusive about granting a dual interview. Until today. The March 2011 issue of DRUM! Magazine ...
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Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, George Porter Jr. - 7 Walkers (2010)
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso Grateful Dead co-founder Bill Kreutzmann, great groovy Meters bassman George Porter Jr. and hoodoo guitarist Papa Mali have joined together to form 7 Walkers, a rousing fusion of Bay area jam-rock with greasy New Orleans rhythm and blues. Their self-titled debut, issued Nov. 2 on Response Records, bills itself in the liner notes as a love letter to New Orleans—where many of the band members have connections: Kreutzmann's mother was born there, and Louisiana native Mali has ...
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