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Video: Brew Moore, 1961
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Many tenor saxophonists in the late 1940s and '50s played like Lester Young—once they figured out how to run alternate melody lines on the chord changes of standards and blues in the upper register. One of the San Francisco's foremost disciples of Young was Brew Moore. He was so enamored of Young, he held his saxophone off to the side just as Young did. But rather than mimic his mentor, he combined the Young approach with Charlie Parker's ferocity. Sadly, ...
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Listen to This Miles Davis and "Bitches Brew"
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Michael Ricci
THE FIRST CLOSE CRITICAL TREATMENT OF THE ALBUM THAT SHOOK JAZZ WITH ITS ELECTRIC SOUND AND ROCK-INFLUENCED STYLE Listen to This stands out as the first book exclusively dedicated to Miles Davis's watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. Victor Svorinich traces its incarnations and inspirations for ten-plus years before its release. The album arrived as the jazz scene waned beneath the rise of rock and roll and as Davis (1926-1991) faced large changes in social conditions affecting the African American consciousness. ...
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Signature Brew, Music-Based Brewery Opens Up For Public Crowdfunding
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HypeBot
Have you ever dreamed of going into business with some of your favorite artists & bands? Now you can by investing in London's own Signature Brew alongside Frank Turner, Baby Godzilla, Chicane, HooDoo Pop, Ed Harcourt and many more! Signature Brew, a London-based brewery, offers music and beer fans the opportunity to tap into creative collaboration by co-owning a brewery with world-renown musicians. The Signature Brew crew seeks to attract new investors to fund the expansion necessary to meet the demand ...
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Brubeck Institute Announces New Series, Take 5 Jazz At The Brew Schedule
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Keith Michaud
University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute this week announced its new Brubeck Institute Presents series and the fall schedule for its popular Take 5 Jazz at the Brew series and Take 5 Jam Sessions. Chris Brubeck, Peter Epstein, Steve Allee and Jamie Baum will each play Brubeck Institute Presents dates this fall, with Stefon Harris and Christian McBride already slated to perform in February and March. Allee, Baum and Harris also will be featured guest artists with the Pacific Jazz ...
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High Brow And The Shades Brew Spicy Funk And Jazzy Rock On New CD
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Eric Taylor
Toss in the sardonic observations and mélange of jazz and rock of Steely Dan, and then spice it up with the sweaty funk and Latin pulse of Earth, Wind & Fire. The resulting dish? None other than the Minnesota band High Brow and the Shades. In an age of gimmicky, computer-controlled dance acts, High Brow flash back to the ‘70s and ‘80s, when R&B stations actually played beat-driven artists with real soul and hot-shot instrumentation. On their latest album, Dancin’ ...
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Who Knows? (richie Nagan, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage) with Special Guests Badal Roy & Muruga Booker at Witches Brew Sunday August 7th
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Mark Whitecage
WHO KNOWS? featuring RICHIE NAGAN—guitar, vocals PERRY ROBINSON—clarinets MARK WHITECAGE—alto sax
with special guests BADAL ROY—tablas MURUGA BOOKER—drums, percussion
Witches Brew Coffee House 311 Hempstead Turnpike West Hempstead, NY 11552 (516) 489-9482 SHOWTIME: 5:00-8:00 PM ADMISSION: Admission is free and they will pass the hat to raise funds for “100 years in paint 100 yards of canvas," — Master tabla player Badal ...
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You Say You Want a Revolution (We All Want to Change the World): Bitches Brew Live, or How Miles Davis Saved 21st Century Jazz
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Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing) by Carl L. Hager
Bitches Brew was recognized as the proverbial “shot heard 'round the world" within weeks of being released by Columbia Records in April, 1970. In his musical choices—particularly the electric instrumentation, radically new editing approaches, and recent personnel changes—Miles had set off a fiery explosion that continues to reverberate throughout jazz to this day. A good number of critics have spoken violently against it and still do. Whether they were annoyed or confused by his new direction in music, it's a ...
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The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn receive praise for infectious brew of Dixieland jazz, swing, and classic blues
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Lauren Rogers
Getting thumbs up from a music legend is like a badge of honor, and the Blue Vipers of Brooklyn wear it well. On June 11, 2007, country icon Willie Nelson raved, “The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn provided fantastic entertainment." It's not hard to see what impressed Nelson. The Blue Vipers deliver a potent sting, an infectious brew of Dixieland jazz, swing, and classic blues. Although based in New York, the Blue Vipers' latest album, Permanent Magic, is steeped in the ...
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Miles Davis "Bitches Brew Live"
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
Many years ago when there was evolution and revolution in music, change was palpable. Today, too much music is just churned out by the latest technology. Only the faces change. The music machine is fueled by “product" and (or) stuff that sounds too much like something that's already been done before. But as the 1970s dawned, jazz was losing a lot of its audience to indifferent music and the onslaught of rock. Miles Davis, keenly aware of this transformation, watched ...
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Melvin Gibbs' free download series stirs a "Bitches Brew" in week six
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Melvin Gibbs
The Phree-dem Downloads free music series presented by bassist/producer Melvin Gibbs continues into its' sixth week with the composition “HeruGlyphic." Gibbs features keyboard player Onaje Allan Gumbs on this track from his “Melvin Runs The Hoodoo Down" project This project, which takes the music of the Miles Davis' album Bitches Brew as it's starting point, is based on a production technique Melvin calls “infrapolation." “HeruGlyphic" also features Alex Harding on bass clarinet and the beatboxing of Napoleon Maddox of the ...
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