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Wilton Gaynair: Blue Bogey
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jamaica in the 1950s and '60s produced many great jazz musicians. The list includes Monty Alexander, Don Shirley, Harold McNair, Montego Joe, Dizzy Reece and Ralph McDonald. But the list is long, and there were many others with whom you may be less familiar. One of them is Wilton “Bogey" Gaynair, a mighty tenor saxophonist with a slippery-smokey feel reminiscent of Gene Ammons and Lucky Thompson. When you hear Gaynair, you'll find you're immediately taken by the size of his ...
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Legendary Crusaders Sax Man Wilton Felder Passes Away
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Michael Ricci
Houston and the world lost a giant today with the passing of Wilton Felder, saxophonist for the fabled Crusaders. Mr. Felder was 75. Word of his passing reached the internet via longtime collaborator Ray Parker, Jr.’s Facebook page around 2 p.m. today. Felder’s passing comes only a year after the death of his lifelong friend and fellow Crusader Joe Sample. Crusaders trombonist Wayne Henderson died in April, 2014, which now leaves drummer Nesbert “Stix” Hooper as the only living Crusader ...
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Luxembourg Jazz Trio Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen: Canadian & Official Album Launch
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Vivo Musique Internationale
Luxembourg jazz trio Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen will make their Canadian debut with a series of concerts at prominent jazz festivals and venues, also marking the official Canadian launch of their album Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen on the Laborie Jazz label, distributed through Naxos of Canada Ltd. Additional concert dates are in the planning stage for the end of 2014. March 28, 2014 Montreal: Festival Jazz en Rafale March 30, 2014 Edmonton: Yardbird Suite March 31, 2014 Ottawa: National Art ...
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#SXSW 2013 Interviews with Bandpage's Chris Wiltsee and CD Baby's Brian Felsen
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HypeBot
The following excerpts and videos are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. LiveMusicStage is an online venue where fans can participate in interactive live-streamed concerts, broadcast by venues, festivals and studios from around the world. Interviews with BandPage's Chris Wiltsee And CD Baby's Brian Felsen Chris Wiltsee, BandPage (Interviewed by David Hazan) “BandPage ...
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'Serious Jazz' Tribute to Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair
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JamaicaMusic Offbeat
The life and music of the amazing Jamaican saxophonist Wilton “Bogey" Gaynair will be the highlight of a special visual presentation, narrated by renowned historian and musicologist Herbie Miller. The WDNA 88.9 FM, serious jazz, organized tribute is being stage at the ,its Coral Way. Jazz Gallery this Saturday, October 2. The late Jamaican tenor saxophonist is regarded as one of the greatest practitioners ever to play the instrument. Bogey's body of work is mostly unheralded, yet it remains relevant ...
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Lewis/Gregory/Wiltrout Release New CD "First Takes"
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Michael Ricci
The Charleston, SC, based collective trio Lewis/Gregory/Wiltrout is proud to release their debut album, First Takes. The trio consists of Robert Lewis on tenor saxophone, Gerald Gregory on keyboards and organ, and Ron Wiltrout on drums. The album is available on-line through CD Baby and can also be downloaded from iTunes and other portals.
The album is an attempt to capture the free-wheeling spirit of a live club date. All of the tunes were recorded on the first take, with ...
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Review: Jakob Dylan at the Wiltern
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Michael Ricci
It couldn't have been by accident that the Wiltern Theatres stage lights were angled Thursday night so that Jakob Dylan's signature fedora rendered the upper part of his face obscured for much of his homecoming concert.
For much of the supernaturally gripping material on his exceptional new Women + Country album deals with the shadowy parts of life, ghosts and vacated homes and hearts. Those songs served as the anchor for what Dylan described as his first show in Los ...
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Brian Wilson Plays the Wiltern
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All About Jazz
Brian Wilson's latest album, That Lucky Old Sun, lives up to his legacy of symphonic and woozy California pop. Catch him and other artists at these upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses.
The Palladium Taste of Chaos Tour, Thursday, Feb. 14; Disturbed, Jan. 29 (Sat.)
The Wiltern The Pretenders, March 10 (now); Brian Wilson, Jan. 28 (Fri.)
Gibson Amphitheatre Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, April 10 (Fri.)
The Glass House ...
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Brubecks to Bring Their Magic to Show in Wilton
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All About Jazz
A melodically gifted bassist, Chris Brubeck, a prince in the Brubeck family dynasty, is also a fervent bass trombonist who can evoke dark, mysterious melancholy or swing with brassy, barn-burning heat and fury. What makes this Connecticut Yankee an all-American triple-threat is his ingenuity as a composer/arranger whose eclectic, yet fresh works wed the worlds of American jazz and European classical music. In fact, in Brubeck's all-embracing style -- whether his richly mixed genre is called “third stream" (Gunther Schuller's ...
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