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Roy Ayers: Jazz-Soul Godfather
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By the late 1960s and very early '70s, a growing number of young jazz musicians saw the writing on the wall. Rock was attracting massive media attention, ever-larger crowds of young listeners, and larger paydays. To compete, many jazz artists gave up their acoustic instruments for electronic counterparts and began playing a new form of jazz that was heavily influenced by hard rock and psychedelic mysticism. But not all jazz musicians determined to remain relevant rushed to embrace rock. Some ...
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Godfather Of Jambands Col. Bruce Hampton Dies After Collapsing On Stage During Birthday Concert
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HypeBot
"Colonel" Bruce Hampton, guitarist, founding member of Hampton Grease and a respected veteran of the jam band scene, died after collapsing on stage during his 70th birthday concert. I had the pleasure of working with Bruce over the years, and he was every bit a smart, talented and special as the accolades pouring in suggest. Jamband icon Col. Bruce Hampton was performing an encore at a concert celebrating his 70th birthday when he collapsed at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. ...
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Roman Miroshnichenko on tour with the Godfather of Fusion
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Roman Miroshnichenko
In May 2011, The Super Guitar Duo of Larry Coryell and Roman Miroshnichenko will perform at one of the biggest guitar festivals in Europe—The World Of Guitar—founded in the small Russian city of Kaluga. During the years, «The World of Guitar» has presented admirers with the greatest names of classical and modern guitar music. This time on the festival's stage will play the duo of the two virtuosos: Larry Coryell who is a famous jazz-rock fusion pioneer and Roman Miroshnichenko ...
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'Godfather' Actor Al Martino Dies in Pa. at 82
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Michael Ricci
SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) -- Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in “The Godfather" and recorded hits including “Spanish Eyes" and the Italian ballad “Volare" in a 50-year musical career, died Tuesday. He was 82. Martino died at his childhood home in the Philadelphia suburb of Springfield, in Delaware County, according to publicist Sandy Friedman, of the Rogers & Cowan public relations firm. Friedman didn't cite a cause of death. Starting in 1952, Martino was ...
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Claude Thornhill: Godfather of Cool
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Michael Ricci
Claude Thornhill was a pianist, composer, and arranger whose 1940s big band helped shape the sound of modern jazz, with orchestral bop and ethereal ballads tinged with classical influences that set the stage for later masterpieces by Miles Davis and Gil Evans. Through his unusual instrumentation and subtle sense of dynamics, Thornhill and his collaborator Evans created music that was powerful yet quiet and that “hung like a cloud,” as Evans said. This week Night Lights pays a symbolic centennial ...
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The Godfather of Neo-Soul, Roy Ayers Takes over at the World Famous Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC.
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All About Jazz
On October 29th and 30th, Roy Ayers will be making his debut at New York City’s legendary Blue Note Jazz Club on West 3rd Street in the prominent East Village. At 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM on two consecutive evenings, the renowned icon will appear on stage performing a plethora of his chart topping hits and eternally revived tunes.
As one of the greatest living vibraphonists and vocalists, Roy Ayers is among the best-known, most-loved and respected Jazz and R&B ...
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The Godfather Trilogy Gets Face Lift Restoration
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Michael Ricci
'The Godfather': A restoration offer they couldn't refuse The trilogy's face-lift took a team of experts, several hundred thousand dollars and two years. Expect more color and clarity, especially in key scenes.
Fans who pick up the recently announced “The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration," due out from Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 23, are likely to see things in the 1972 Mafia saga and its two sequels they've never noticed before. The differences could be subtle ...
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Godfather of Jazz Releases First CD of Series and Bids Farewell to Toronto
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All About Jazz
Bob Erlendson's farewell show at Toronto's famed Hugh's Room, July 12, 2008 showcases material from his CD “All About Jazz - Volume I". Bob is a Canadian Jazz icon, well known as a pianist/composer and mentor in jazz circles. Bob was featured by Lenny Breau in Guitar Player magazine in the 80's, in the film The Genius of Lenny Breau and in the book One Long Tune... Bob has performed with Lenny Breau, Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, Moe Koffman, & ...
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