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Sir Charles Thompson in 15 Tracks
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Pianist Sir John Thompson could play anything. And he did, from swing and jump blues to bebop and pop, on recording session after recording session. Lester Young dubbed him “Sir" in the early 1940s when they were both performing at Cafe Society in New York. Prez laid the moniker on Thompson to honor his elegant keyboard style, and it stuck. [Photo above of Sir Charles Thompson] Remarkably, Thompson lived to be 98. I say remarkably because being a jazz musicians ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 4)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
After an hour spent chatting in the cozy sitting room of Sir George Martin's summer home several weeks ago, it was time for me to make the two-hour drive back to London. I said farewell to Lady Judith, Sir George's wife, and Sir George and I walked out to my car on the gravel drive. As I looked around for the last time, there seemed to be an unusually casual feel to those trimming his hedges and tending shrubs and ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 3)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sir George and I spent a little over an hour in the gazebo on the lawn behind his summer house. Afterward we retired to his home's charming sitting room to enjoy tea and cookies that his wife, Lady Judith, served. Interestingly, many of his awards were sitting haphazardly on a shelf. Which makes perfect sense. What Sir George has seen and heard and the magnitude of his contributed to world culture transcends metal and wood, as prestigious as the awards ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
After I arrived at Sir George Martin's summer home several weeks ago for my Wall Street Journal interview, the Beatles producer and I chatted briefly outside about my drive. Then he suggested we converse in a low-roofed gazebo atop a slow-rising hill behind his home. As we walked up the lawn, Sir George told me he had to rely on two hearing aids and lip-reading to converse. I asked if he could hear music. He shook his head. “I have ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 1)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
A few weeks ago, I rented a car in London and drove two hours west to visit the Sir George Martin at his summer home for a Wall Street Journal profile. (The interview appears in today's paper, or go here.) Directions took me through horse country, along narrow roads with dense hedgerows, but I managed to arrive at his home right on time, despite the demands of driving on the other side of the road. When I pulled up the ...
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Enter the "Sir Roland Hanna - Colors from a Giant's Kit" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
Bass Player Live! Returns to Los Angeles for Annual Exhibition, Hands-On Clinic at SIR Studios & Exclusive Concert at Key Club Oct 22-23, 2011
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Kim Koury
Music Player Network Presents... BASS PLAYER LIVE! RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES FOR ANNUAL EXHIBITION, HANDS-ON CLINIC AT SIR STUDIOS AND EXCLUSIVE CONCERT AT KEY CLUB OCTOBER 22-23, 2011 FEATURING BASS PLAYER'S “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" PRESENTATION TO FUNK LEGEND LARRY GRAHAM, ROCK VISIONARY JACK CASADY AND MOTOWN MASTER JAMES JAMERSON (PRESENTED POSTHUMOUSLY TO JAMES JAMERSON JR) AT KEY CLUB Also Featuring Performances and Clinics by Bass Heavyweights Anthony Jackson, Rickey Minor, Hadrien Feraud, Andrew Gouche, Jonas Hellborg, Steve Bailey & Many ...
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Sir Roland Hanna Piano Solo: Colors from a Giant's Kit
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Like Jaki Byard, Roland Hanna was a pianist who had absorbed the entire jazz tradition and his playing reflected that. His posthumously released solo session, Colors from A Giant's Kit (IPO), finds him in the mood to cover a lot of ground. There are some quite fetching originals and well-chosen standards, from Duke through Trane. All of it shows us a more intimate side of Hanna that what you'd get, say, in his work with the Jones-Lewis band. His more ...
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Acclaimed Producer/Composer Sir Gant Releases Debut Solo Project "The Journey"
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Chandra Lynn
Elegant Mediaworks debuts The Journey, a new adult-contemporary/jazz/soul album release by Sir Gant & The Invisible Force, now available at sirgant.com, iTunes and most popular download sites. Written and performed by acclaimed producer/composer Dean Gant (a.k.a. Sir Gant), the music on this record showcases his personal style at its best. The record features a formidable roster of musicians including Marcus Miller, Gerald Albright, Paulinho da Costa, Steve Ferrone, Al McKay, Omar Hakim, Nathan East, Ricky Lawson, David T. Walker, Rahmlee ...
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Bob "Sir Bob-O" Washington, 1922-2011
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Chris M. Slawecki
In Kirkland, WA, on March 20th, 2011, one day shy of his 89th birthday, Bob Washington—"Sir Bob-O"—left this world to join the very large Jazz ensemble in a better place, joining his friends and heroes, “Satchmo," “Duke," “Count," “Hamp," “Pres," “Bird," and many others after a brave, lengthy battle with heart and lung ailments.
Known and revered as a robustly talented and tireless organizer, leader, and participant in the arts and civic affairs for over fifty years, Bob enriched the ...
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