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'Solar' Wasn't by Miles Davis
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Who wrote what and when? This question pops up often when jazz fans try to figure out who composed their favorite jazz standards. And like most lamppost shadows that form in the dead of night, nothing is as it seems. For example, Richard Carpenter is credited as the composer of Walkin'. Yet little is known about Carpenter or his involvement in the song. Those familiar with Carpenter know that he was a music publisher whose name magically appears on songs ...
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"Solar" (Davis) or "Sonny" (Wayne)?
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
A long-running discussion (or argument) about the authorship of a major jazz tune may have been resolved once and for all. The tune is “Solar,” copyrighted in 1963 with name of Miles Davis as composer, nearly a decade after he recorded it. It is a 12-bar piece based, with certain departures, on the harmonic structure of “How High The Moon.” Here, from the compilation album Walkin’, is the trumpeter’s 1954 recording with Davey Schildkraudt, alto saxophone; Horace Silver, piano; Percy ...
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Charles Mingus Complete 1960 Nat Hentoff Sessions (Solar Records, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
When the great bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded the albums included in this collection for the Candid label in 1960 he was arguably at the peak of his powers. Beginning with the epochal album Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus that takes up most of disc one, he instructs the band to play a mock live set, recorded in an empty studio with a pianoless quartet featuring Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone and bass clarinet, Ted Curson on trumpet and ...
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - The Complete Cookbook Sessions (Solar, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
During the late 1950's and early 1960's tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis was a very busy man, playing in well regarded groups with Johnny Griffin and this group with the organist Shirley Scott. The organ and tenor format was very popular in the clubs of the northeast US during this time period with fertile scenes in New York, Newark, Philadelphia and other places. This set collects the three “Cookbook" albums Davis and Scott made with Jerome Richardson on flute and ...
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Afronauts of the Caribbean, Systema Solar Break Loose
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Chris M. Slawecki
A new craft is winging its way through the sonic solar system, built from creaky amps and sleek laptops, powered by dayglo Caribbean sun and the brilliant pulse of street parties, and steered by hip-hop Afronauts from one of the globe's new music hotspots.
Welcome aboard Colombia's Systema Solar, the funkiest Technocolor hip-hop and DJ crew/Latin sound system ever to be pulled by donkey or graced with slammin' beats. Uniting Afro-Colombian roots with rap, scratching with Afro-Latin percussion, and unstoppable ...
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A Tribute to 'Trane Featuring Guru's Jazzmatazz & Superproducer Solar
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Mary Curtin Productions
Boston, MA--31st John Coltrane Memorial Concert: “A Tribute to ‘Trane” featuring special guests Guru’s Jazzmatazz with Superproducer Solar; joined by DJ Doo Wop, Brownman, and David Scott. Hosted by Eric Jackson. Presented by Northeastern University's Center for the Arts (CFTA) and the John Coltrane Memorial Concert (JCMC). September 27, 8 pm. Northeastern University, Blackman Theatre, Ell Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston [conveniently located near the Ruggles stop on the Orange Line or the Northeastern stop on the Green Line (E ...
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Trina to Supply Cells for Solar-Powered Plane
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PC Magazine
LOS ANGELES - For travelers weary of watching air fares tick upward due to soaring fuel prices, here's an encouraging piece of newsa plane that can fly around the world on solar power. On Monday, solar cell maker Trina Solar Ltd said it would supply nearly 300 photovoltaic cells to France's LISA Airplanes for its Hy-Bird solar and fuel cell powered airplane. The cells, which will be on the plane's wings and horizontal tail, will supply enough energy to power ...
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Gotv Adds Umph and Solar Stage
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All About Jazz
Gathering Of The Vibes Adds Umphrey's McGee, American Babies & More
Umphrey's McGee The 13th annual Gathering of the Vibes has made a number of additions to the lineup. Umphrey's McGee has been added to the Main Stage, while Groovesect will take part in the “opening night campout" with Dark Star Orchestra and Donna Jean & the Tricksters. GOTV has also announced that Scrapomatic, Nate Wilson Group, David Gans, The Heavy Pets, The Durkins, Caravan of Thieves, Roxy Perry, The ...
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Harlem Blues and Jazz Band Revelry by the River for Solar One's First Anniversary
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All About Jazz
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“An Evening Celebrating Solar One's First Anniversary
“Revelry by the River” at Stuyvesant Cove Park
The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band
Solar One - Community Environmental Center (CEC) Stuyvescant Cove Park is hosting “Revelry by the River” on June 16th from 5:30pm to 9pm to raise funds for the park and its learning center located on the East River between 18th and 23rd Streets. The evening’s entertainment features the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, a ...
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