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Soho Scene '57: Jazz Goes Mod
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Soho Scene series from Britain's Rhythm and Blues label has been pure joy for me. On these double-CD packages, the smartly curated discs zoom in on a specific year and feature terrific modern jazz from London on one disc and the recordings of American artists British artists were likely listening to on the other. In past posts, I've covered Soho Scene '58, Soho Scene '61, Soho Scene '62, Soho Scene '63, Soho Scene '64 and '65 and Soho Scene ...
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Jazz Goes Mod, 1961
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Many Americans born in the 1950s like to think of London in 1961 as a set from My Fair Lady. Lots of rosy- cheeked Julie Andrews types, coal fireplaces, and men rushing about in forest-green tweed. Also in these same imaginations, teenage guys look like the brooding Beatles during their Hamburg, Germany, period while teenage girls are bubbly and confident, and look like Helen Shapiro or Shirley Bassey. In truth, there was a thriving jazz scene at the clubs and ...
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Jazz Goes Mod, 1962
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1962, London was at a crossroads, musically. Throughout the 1950s, traditional jazz and skiffle dominated the live music scene. Lacking a robust and free radio environment thanks to rigid control of the airwaves by the BBC, young people and adults clung to what they knew. For the senior set, trad jazz, with its upbeat melody and harmony lines, kept spirits high. For the young, washboard folk music provided an earthy refuge from British formality and modernity. But from the ...
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Sten Hostfalt's K*MOD at Shrine NYC Friday Jan 14, 2011
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Sten Hostfalt
Sten Hostfalt's K*MOD Live at Shrine NYC Friday January 14 2011at 6pm (2 sets) / $10 suggested Described as Genuinely Innovative and Groundbreaking by Don Williamson of Jazz Review, Impressive by Time Out NY, Inimitable by Paper Magazine as well as Virtuosic, Original and Highly Exceptional by legendary icons of American music Joe Maneri, George Russell and Jimmy Giuffre respectively. And with three decades spent in creative music and two of them on the NYC and international scene alongside some ...
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Sten Hostfalt's K-Mod Live at Freddy's NYC Jan 27 @ 8 PM
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All About Jazz
Sten Hostfalt - guitar, compositions Ole Mathisen - tenor saxophone Tim Luntzel - bass Marko Djordevic - drums Directions: 485 Dean Street, Brooklyn NY any train to Atlantic/Pacific st or 6 to Bergen St. “Takes You On A Journey Where Anything Is Possible" - ALL ABOUT JAZZ “Impressive, Intense" - TIME OUT NY “Inimitable, There Are Few Musicians Like Sten Hostfalt" - PAPER MAGAZINE ...
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