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Sonny Rollins on Disco Monk
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In May 1979, Sonny Rollins recorded his composition Disco Monk at the Berkeley, Calif., studio of Milestone Records for his album, Don't Ask. Two months later, Sonny performed the song at the Pori Jazz Festival, held at the Riihiketo School in Pori, Finland. Now the live version of Disco Monk appears for the first time on Sonny's new album of concert performances: Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy). The little-heard song on stage is a masterpiece, combining a ...
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Moving from the Disco Ball to the Jazz Supper Club
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Singer Evelyn Thomas, best known for 1980s hit songs in the disco and Hi-NRG dance club genre, is revisiting her roots as a singer. While not abandoning her dance music work, she has gone back to jazz. And she’s loving it. Thomas made her local jazz debut Saturday night, September 13, at JD’s Bistro & Grille in Port Charlotte FL with her backing trio. She drew an enthusiastic audience for her blend of material from the canon of jazz standards, ...
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Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63
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Michael Ricci
Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn't comfortable embracing. “I grew up on rock 'n' roll," Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title. Indeed, as disco boomed then crashed in a single decade in the 1970s, Summer, the beautiful voice and face of the genre ...
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CBS-FM Sets 'Legends of Disco Live' at Hammerstein Ballroom 3/31
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Seth Cohen PR
CBS-FM welcomes Legends of Disco “Live" at the Ballroom; Recreating a Studio 54-Style Dance Party at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC, Saturday, March 31, 2012—Featuring: Chic with Nile Rodgers, Tavares, France Joli, the Trammps featuring Earl Young and Harold Melvin's Blue Notes CBS-FM and Legends Entertainment Group build 'the ultimate time machine': a one night dancing experience recreating the disco phenomenon that swept a generation to their feet! Take a giant step back in time to the glory days of ...
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The Disco Biscuits Release New LP Otherwise Law Abiding Citizens
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JamBase
GET THE NEW ALBUM AT DISCOBISCUITS.COM OR ON ITUNES Released exclusively at Camp Bisco as the gates opened on Thursday, The Disco Biscuits' latest studio album, Otherwise Law Abiding Citizens, features the studio incarnations of many of the group's live show fan favorites in addition to some of the band's latest material. Advance copies of Otherwise Law Abiding Citizens were sold to eager fans as they waited in line to enter the sold out Camp Bisco X. Copies were available ...
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Gimme Five: Five Disco Songs That Don't, You Know, Suck
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso Nobody is arguing that there weren't excesses. “Disco Duck," that song about CB radios, Barry Gibb's chest hair. But don't let one or two—OK, a teetering truckload—of bad apples spoil the whole batch. The 1970s had their moments. Even amidst those dark days when pointing straight up counted as a dance move. Here are five examples of disco songs that don't, you know, suck ... No. 5: LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA, “LOVE'S THEME" This track, which lumbered to ...
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The Disco Biscuits: New Album Jan Colorado Run/ Nye Tix
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JamBase
RING IN A NEW BISCO YEAR IN DENVER & BOULDER The Disco Biscuits have announced a four-night run in Colorado, Thursday January 13 through Sunday January 16, 2011. The band will spend two nights at the Boulder Theater, Thursday and Friday January 13-14, before heading to Denver to close out the long weekend at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday and Sunday January 15-16. An extremely limited Early Bird four-day ticket will be made available to fans for $100 at noon ...
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Disco Biscuits: NYE Run
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JamBase
THREE NIGHTS AT TERMINAL 5 IN NY; TWO NIGHTS AT TOWER THEATER IN PHILLY The Disco Biscuits will begin a New Years Even run with three nights at Terminal 5 on 12/27-12/29, followed up by two nights at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia from 12/30-31. All five New Years shows will go on-sale at BiscoTix on Thursday, Sept. 30 at Noon ET. The regular on-sale for these shows will be on Monday, October 4 at Noon ET There will be ...
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Disco Biscuits: Late Summer Tour
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JamBase
TOUR STARTS AUGUST 25 IN DEWEY BEACH, DELAWARE
The Disco Biscuits From DiscoBiscuits.com:
We just finished plotting our late August/September run that will take us to some familiar places as well as some new ones. Presales for most of our newly-announced headline dates are live NOW at BiscoTix! We start in the Northeast with a beach party in Dewey Beach. We hope to recreate the magic that we created in South Carolina earlier this month. Then we head down to ...
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North Coast Music Fest: Umph, Disco Biscuits, Pretty Lights
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JamBase
CHEMICAL BROS, UMPHREY'S MCGEE, DE LA SOUL, NAS, DAMIAN MARLEY, DISCO BISCUITS, AND MORE
Umphrey's McGee The North Coast Music Festival, set to take place on September 3-5, have announced their single day lineups, and are offering single day tickets for only $35.
For a limited time, additional 3-day passes will remain available at $75. Local consumers who wish to avoid the convenience of e-commerce can grab a physical ticket at North Coast Music Fest's exclusive retail partners, Gramaphone ...
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