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The Session: Collusion
by Chris Mosey
The Session are four very talented musicians from New Orleans with a good grasp of their place in jazz history. They play music from New Orleans. It's their own, not trad and it's extremely good. Unfortunately they also fancy themselves as political activists, crudely attacking the admittedly crude Trump administration. Hence the album title, Collusion and track titles “Bigly," and the awful “Kelly Ann Con Artist," which childishly seeks to lambast Trump's former political adviser, Kelly-Ann Conway. ...
Continue ReadingBackgrounder: Bossa Session (1964)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Happy Thanksgiving to my readers in the U.S. and abroad! To provide you with an after-dinner musical digestivo, I've chosen a wonderful bossa nova album on Elenco. Elenco was one of the most influential Brazilian record labels. Founded by producer Aloysio de Oliveira (above) in 1963, the label was instrumental in widening the popularity of the bossa nova and samba worldwide. Today, many of the label's releases are considered masterpieces. The cover graphics also are terrific. One of Elenco's finest ...
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Stan Getz: Copenhagen Unissued Session 1977
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On January 29, 1977, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was in Copenhagen, Denmark, performing at the city's famed Jazzhus Montmartre club. He was joined by Joanne Brackeen (p,el-p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) and Billy Hart (d). The next day, the quartet went into a studio in Copenhagen and recorded an album for SteepleChase Records. The club material from the 29th was released as Live At Montmartre, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Stan Getz Quartet. The studio session tapes from the 30th ...
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Backgrounder: Hampton Hawes' All Night Session!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For me, Hampton Hawes's finest recordings were the three All Night Session! albums captured on the evening of November 12, 1956 and the early morning hours of November 13. The studio date for Contemporary Records featured Hawes (p), Jim Hall (g), Red Mitchell (b) and Bruz Freeman (d). According to Hawes in his autobiography, Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes: “I got together a quartet, using Jim Hall on guitar. We recorded 12 tracks in one continuous ...
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Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz Presents The Return Of The Jam Session on May 12
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Celebrates “The Return of the Jam Session,” May 12, 2022, 8:00pm 49th Season Finale of Famed Highlights in Jazz Series The Return of the Jam Session Saxophonists Peter and Will Anderson Pianist Ted Rosenthal Guitarist James Chirillo Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon Drummer Victor Lewis Trumpeter Brian Lynch Plus, surprise special guest! All concerts are at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center at 199 Chambers St., in Manhattan THERE WILL BE A BOX OFFICE NIGHT OF EVENT
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Leon Russell: Homewood Session, 1970
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Leon Russell was an interesting artist. Born in Oklahoma, he began playing piano at a very young age and was getting paid for it starting at 14 when he gigged in Tulsa. As Leon told me when I visited him at home in Nashville in 2014: “Whatever I heard I could remember and play. When I came home from jobs, I'd listen to my radio. The only station it picked up favored R&B and Pentecostal gospel." Like all naturally gifted ...
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Duke Jordan: First Trio Session
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Pianist Duke Jordan has always been exceptional. At age 25, in 1947, he began playing and recording with the Charlie Parker Quintet, which included Miles Davis (tp), Tommy Potter (b) and Max Roach (d). As a bebop pianist, Jordan's genius was his ability to operate on three levels at once. He kept superb time on the keyboard, on ballads or hell-raisers; he had a terrific sense of space, pausing momentarily in places to let the sound settle in the ear; ...
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Free Zoom Session: A Journey Through The Jazz Brain Of Greg Abate—Saturday August 22, from 9-10 PM EDT
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Mixed Media Promotion
Join us live on Zoom for a special hour-long free event, featuring live conversation and music with the brilliant American jazz saxophonist, Greg Abate. The event will be hosted by international jazz educator, Alex Steele. Together, they will bring lots of great conversation, reflections on jazz, wonderful music, and lots of opportunities for questions and answers, with a small, intimate audience hosted on Zoom. Greg Abate came onto the jazz scene in the 1970’s. After studying at Berklee, Greg kicked ...
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Thad Jones: Rehearsal Session
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In February 1977 (I'm guessing), Thad Jones was rehearsing his orchestra in preparation for a performance with Dexter Gordon as guest soloist. I've narrowed the year to '77 because Gordon returned to the U.S. in 1976 and signed with Columbia and Jones left for Denmark abruptly in 1979. Gordon's famed Homecoming recording was in December '76. Since it's clear from the following video that the date was his birthday, I've narrowed the day to February 27, 1977. Last year, a ...
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Jimmy Cobb Historic Release Featuring Roy Hargrove - Remembering U - Final Session By Rudy Van Gelder!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Legendary Drummer Jimmy Cobb Still Swinging After All These Years! Remembering U features a guest appearance by the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove and is the final session by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Album Release Party November 25th at Dizzy's Club A consummate accompanist, unerring timekeeper, outstanding soloist and dynamic leader in his own right, revered drummer Jimmy Cobb showcases his inimitable touch on ballads and his irrepressibly swinging ride cymbal pulse on Remembering U. Accompanied by his working trio ...
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Guide To Becoming A Session Musician [Video]
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In this recent piece, Sonny Stuart winter sat down to chat with Marcus Gooda about how he successfully become session musician and how successfully network and find opportunities for session work. Guest post from Sunny Stuart Winter In the latest episode of Such Great Heights (don't miss out- subscribe on YouTube by clicking here), I sit down with Marcus Gooda, Employed To Serve (Holy Roar Records) bassist & front man for The Yacht Club. We discuss how Marcus became a session guitarist, how he finds opportunities, ...
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