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Martin Luther King + Jazz
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Today in the States, it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday since 1986 but not observed by all states until 2000. I thought it would be fitting to hear seven jazz tributes to the civil rights leader and the movement. Each of the jazz pieces that follows is a heartfelt work rooted in the church and King's spirit: Here's John Coltrane playing Alabama on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual TV show in San Francisco. The song uses the cadence ...
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Red Piano Records To Release "Cosmopolitan Greetings" From Frank Carlberg/Joe Morris/Pascal Niggenkemper/Luther Gray
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Available October 16, 2015 Brooklyn-based Red Piano Records is proud to announce the release of Cosmopolitan Greetings, a collective effort by four veterans of the improvised music scene. This album marks the recorded debut of this quartet, with a line up featuring guitar legend Joe Morris, pianist/composer Frank Carlberg, bass wizard Pascal Niggenkemper and unsung drum master Luther Gray, in a program of three Carlberg compositions, and three collective improvisations. In the liner notes Carlberg describes the genesis of Cosmopolitan ...
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Dance Theatre Of Harlem To Headline NJPAC's Martin Luther King Celebration
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Christine Saunders
Join NJPAC as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with two very special events Dance Theatre of Harlem Friday, January 17th at 7:30PM At NJPAC’s Prudential Hall Performing arts workshops “Embodying the Dream” Saturday, January 18th from 10AM to 12 Noon Experience the poetry-in-motion of the legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem, as they headline NJPAC’s Martin Luther King celebration on Friday, January 17th in Prudential Hall. The renowned ballet ...
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Jazz This Week: The Bad Plus, Caboladies, Brett Walberg, a Tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It looks to be a full weekend of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with one of the top trios in jazz making a return visit to our fair city; an up-and-coming saxophonist making his local debut; an intriguing program of electronic music and video; a couple of local concert series presenting their first offerings of 2013; plus, as the saying goes, much more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, The Bad Plus return to St. Louis for their ...
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In 1968, Martin Luther King Said This About Technological and Societal Change...
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Digital Music News
Jazzwax List: Martin Luther King
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz in the 1960s and beyond routinely paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. On what would have been the civil rights leader's 83d birthday, here's a list of worthy jazz paens: John Coltrane—Alabama (1964). This composition was written in honor of the six black girls killed by the 16th St. BaptistChurch bombing in Birmingham, Ala., on September 15, 1963. The cadence Coltrane chose for the song recorded in November 1963 was based on on Martin Luther King's I Have ...
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Luther Thomas's Probingly Incisive Alto in a Good Setting
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
There are a number of the late Luther Thomas's recordings on Ayler records. One of the very best is the download digital release of Finally! Total Unity in 3 Phases (aylDL-041). It's a 2006 quartet date that brings some lucid Thomas alto sax within the context of the ubiquitous Jeffry Hayden Shurdut on guitar and drums, Ed Chang on computer electronics, home-made reeds and tenor, and Motoko Shimizu on toys, recorder and voice. The quartet sets up interesting textural clouds ...
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"Things Are Getting Better", New CD by Luther Hughes & the Cannonball-Coltrane Project
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
"It all started as I was sitting around one day listening to The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago, a landmark album recorded in 1959. This album was the only time Cannonball and Coltrane appeared together on record other than their work with Miles Davis. As I was listening to this album I thought it might be fun to re-create and perform the original arrangements. While I was mulling over this idea, two dear friends came to mind—Glenn Cashman and Bruce ...
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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JazzStage.net
On the Importance of Jazz Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, WPFW News (Washington), On the Importance of Jazz, [23 August 2002] God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create—and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that ...
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Joe Morris and Luther Gray - Creatures (Nottwo, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Guitarist (and occasional bassist) Joe Morris and drummer Luther Gray have collaborated in a number of settings before, notably in the company of Petr Cancura on saxophone, with whom they made a couple of excellent albums last year. On this occasion they are a duo, creating music which develops in slowly and with nimble interaction building in the duet setting. They are like minded colleagues who share a sense of musical adventure, probing an exploring the sonic thicket they develop. ...
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