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HiM: Many In High Places Are Not Well

by Farrell Lowe
July 25, 2003

Many In High Places Are Not Well is a gentle and iridescent collision of color and cultures. The group combines elements of reggae, West African kora music, hip hop, and trance into a unique solid amalgam of modern music. Whether one calls it “jazz" or “not jazz," doesn't matter--this is inspired music played by people who care about what they're expressing, and they do it very well.

Drummer Doug Scharin formed HiM in 1995, and after numerous personnel changes and ...

HiM: Many In High Places Are Not Well

by Mark Corroto
July 25, 2003

There is a new intersection in music town, where jazz meets rock, dub, world, soundtrack, and studio manipulation. While the foundations for this intersection may first have been laid down by Sergio Leone, Miles Davis, and Teo Macero, it has certainly been made into high art (or at least garage art) by groups such as Pinetop Seven, Gastr del Sol, Town & Country, and Pillow.

Fitting in the ‘no category’ section of your record store, Doug Scharin’s varying lineups as ...

HiM: New Features

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2001

When is rock music jazz? I’m not talking jazz/rock fusion, but rocked-out jazz. In the case of the latest music experimentations by the band know as HiM, calling their music jazz would be like labeling Wynton Marsalis avant-garde. Founder and multi-instrumentalist Doug Scharin and his brainchild have been through more style changes than Elton John’s wardrobe. HiM has dabbled in dub, afro-funk, electronics, rock, post-rock, electric-Miles and post-electric-Miles music. Their previous recording, Our Point Of Departure (Perishable) applied Miles’ On ...

Documentary: Lee Morgan: I Called Him Morgan

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 23, 2024

Lee Morgan is still not fully appreciated for all of the music he left behind and how he changed the sound of the trumpet. The glorious way he bent notes and tore into solos with economy and fervor became a fingerprint of sorts. He first stood out as a purposeful hard-bop player in Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and then recorded a long string of superb albums as a leader for Blue Note. In 2016, Kasper Collin, a Swedish ...
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Lee Morgan: I Called Him Morgan

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 22, 2017

Jazz is the only form of American music that comes with a built-in film noir. As a nocturnal sub-culture, jazz has its own language, its own style and its own cynical way of looking at the world. Along the way, the 100-year-old jazz story has amassed dozens of secrets and unsolved mysteries. What happened the night Chu Berry died in a car crash in Ohio? What exactly happened to Lester Young while he was incarcerated for drug possession in an ...
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Flea: Jazz saved life, but rock ’n’ roll got him laid

Source: Michael Ricci
November 19, 2014

Jeff Preiss film also stars Glenn Close, Elle Fanning, John Hawkes With Glenn Close, Elle Fanning, Flea and John Hawkes on the marquee, Low Down boasts one of the biggest casts of the year. But this feature directing debut from documentary cinematographer Jeff Preiss is the definition of a small, intimate and highly personal picture. A biopic about late, great and little-known jazz pianist Joe Albany, Low Down is a collection of scenes inspired by the recollections of Albany’s daughter, ...
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Henry Rollins Shares '4 Pillars' That Took Him from Ice Cream Scooper to Black Flag [video]

Source: HypeBot
July 19, 2012

Henry Rollins went from college dropout to scooping ice cream at a Washington, D.C. area Häagen-Dazs to the lead singer of seminal punk band Black Flag, actor and more. But he does not believe it was creative genius that got him there. “I don't have talent," Rollins insists in a video interview. “I have tenacity. I have discipline. There was no choice for me but to work really hard... The tasks I set out for myself are what I do ...
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Travis Barker The Talk Of Tinsel Town, But Enter Music Publishing Traps Him Again During "Travis Barker" Week From April 18 To 25

Source: JCM Media
April 13, 2011

San Jose, Calif.,—Travis Barker consistently keeps the media and the drumming community fascinated. Whether it's his latest hip-hop record, Blink-182 reunions, plane crashes, or reality TV he never stays far from the public eye. That's why Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines, worldwide and online, will celebrate “Travis Barker Week," from April 18 to the 25th on its web site. (drummagazine.com) Each day, the company will feature recent and older, archived stories about Travis' career. The editorial content ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: You Can Call Him Al

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 6, 2011

With more than 35 years as a top recording artist and a number of radio hits to his credit, singer Al Jarreau likely needs no introduction to most readers of this site. Jarreau, who turns 71 next month, has performed in St. Louis many times, and he'll be back here next Friday, February 11 to play the Touhill Performing Arts Center under the auspices of Jazz St. Louis. To mark the occasion, today ...
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Victor Goines Follows Jazz Wherever It Leads Him

Source: Michael Ricci
March 5, 2010

Victor Goines, saxophonist and clarinetist, and Wynton Marsalis, composer, trumpeter and music director of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, have known each since they attended Martinez Kindergarten in New Orleans. While Marsalis lived in Kenner and Goines lived in the city, the young musicians nevertheless kept crossing paths, drawn together in honor bands and all-state orchestras. As a teen, Goines attended St. Augustine High School, but frequently visited the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, where Marsalis was ...
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Michael Jackson's Doctor Left Singer Alone After Giving Him Powerful Drug

Source: Michael Ricci
August 13, 2009

Michael Jacksons personal physician left the performer alone and under the influence of a powerful anesthetic to make telephone calls the morning the pop singer died, according to three people familiar with the investigation.

By the time he returned, Jackson had stopped breathing, the sources said.

Dr. Conrad Murray, identified in court records as a suspect in a police manslaughter investigation, legally acquired the operating room drug, propofol, from a Las Vegas pharmacy and gave it to Jackson as treatment ...
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Jackson Doctor Injected Drug That Killed Him

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2009

A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death says the pop star's personal doctor administered the powerful drug that authorities believe killed him.

Jackson regularly received the anesthetic propofol (PROH'-puh-fahl) to go to sleep. The official, who requested anonymity because the probe is ongoing, told The Associated Press today that Dr. Conrad Murray gave Jackson the drug the last night of his life.

Michael Jackson 911 call: 'He's not breathing' Jackson's personal doctor ...
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Michael Jackson's Legal Problems May Outlive Him

Source: Billboard Magazine
June 27, 2009

Superstar singer Michael Jackson will be remembered for a lot of things, from hit records to a galvanizing stage presence to his enormous personal troubles. But lately the King of Pop had become the King of Litigation, having been sued by royalty, veterinary hospitals, lawyers, “she's not my lover" Billie Jean, Wall Street, the family of somebody who died, Sotheby's auction house, the director of “Thriller," the actress who appeared in “Thriller," African singers, concert promoters, public relations help, and ...
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