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Perfection: Keely Smith - The Song Is You (1958)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Few pop singers in the 1950s could swing like Keely Smith. Anita O'Day was certainly one of them, but Smith was the finer vocalist and surely knew more songs and required fewer takes in the studio. In some respects, Smith was the female Frank Sinatra, able to move ahead of the beat, behind it and go a different way on song lines and pull them off. So many of her albums are excellent with a different feeling on each one. ...
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Perfection: Hal McKusick: You're Everywhere (1958)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By now, vocalists and musicians are surely tired of hearing me urge them to find great little-known songs to record and perform instead of tired old songbook standards. You don't stand out by following the crowd. A perfect example of a great little-known song is You're Everywhere, by Robert Nemiroff and Burt D'Lugoff, who were often credited as Robert Barron and Burt Long, their pseudonyms. (Burt was the brother of Art D'Lugoff, who owned New York's Village Gate and Top ...
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Jimmie Vaughan’s 'Do You Get The Blues?' Gets A 25th Anniversary Reissue On July 25th
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The Last Music Company
Jimmie Vaughan ’s Grammy winning album, Do You Get The Blues? is slated for a reissue by The Last Music Company July 25th in the run-up to the 25th Anniversary of its initial release. A first-issue Vinyl was previously released in 2021, on the occasion of Jimmie’s 70th birthday. Now, in 2025, the album, updated with his own liner notes, will be available in CD and digital formats. At the time of its original release, Do You Get The Blues? ...
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On April 25, Explore The Life And Times Of A Singular Jazz Icon With 'Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got', Winner Of The 1986 Oscar For Best Documentary, Now Restored In 4k
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Michael Krause
Outspoken, manipulative, independent thinking and oftentimes controversial, Artie Shaw (1910-2004) was one of the most popular stars of the Swing Era, who famously broke the color barrier by hiring the legendary Billie Holiday, Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge for his bands. His complex love-hate relationship with his own celebrity caused him to walk away from performing almost as many times as he walked away from his marriages. Winner of the 1986 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Artie Shaw: ...
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Vocalist Kim Maguire Releases 'A Case Of You'
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Kim Maguire
As a girl, Kim spent hours at the piano in her parents’ basement, playing and singing through the agony and ecstasy of what it was to be a gauche teenager with not a lot of social skills, and definitely not a lot of attention from “the right” kind of boy. It was the early 1970’s and she had five songbooks: Carly Simon, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Roberta Flack and Elton John. A perfect stomping ground for teen angst—and the best ...
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Spartan Press Publishes Neon Jazz Host Joe Dimino's Book of Poetry, 'The American Enigma is You'
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All About Jazz
“Joe Dimino is a poet who gives us riffs bright, kindly and thoughtful. He looks and listens for those singing on their instruments. He write about several pleasures: Jazz veterans; Jazz custodians; his son's ever-fanciful language on Post-It notes. He delights in a 'little pig / wagging its tiny tail / like mad / and eating everything [ ... ]'. He sees from his home the 'white-throated sparrow that sends / out these little love notes [ ... ]', transporting ...
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Can You Hear Colour? Juliet Kelly's New Album Explores Synesthesia Through Music
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Juliet Kelly
Approximately 4% of the world's population experiences synesthesia, a fascinating condition where senses intertwine in unique ways. Juliet Kelly recently discovered that she is among this group, inspiring her to explore the connection between music and colour. Her latest release, Colour Coded, is a collection of four songs, each representing a different colour: purple, yellow, white, and gold. This captivating EP showcases Juliet’s vocal talents and features the elegantly simple guitar work of Rob Updegraff. Juliet says “I always suspected ...
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Expat Kentuckian Myles Cochran Releases Jazz-Americana Double-LP Opus 'You Are Here'
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Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Multi-instrumentalist/producer Myles Cochran releases his sprawling double-LP opus You Are Here today. The album was just praised by Uncut magazine for its “varying choice of instrumentation and mood goes a long way towards conjuring up vivid images in the listener's head," with Cochran hailed for “creating his own brand of ambient Americana." The track “Making Something out of Nothing" was also featured on the Best New Music bonus CD that accompanies the latest (September/Springsteen) issue of the magazine. Over many ...
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Vocalist Lisa Rich's Stunning Comeback, 'Long As You're Living'
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Mouthpiece Music
After a long hiatus, vocalist Lisa Rich is releasing her newest album, Long As You're Living, a collection primarily of standards that reflect many of the trials, tribulations, and life lessons she has experienced over the years. Rich had a burgeoning career in the 1980s until she was sidelined with a debilitating illness. But with determination and the help and encouragement of her dear friend, the late Jay Clayton, she was able to find her voice again and return to ...
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Perfection: John Coltrane's "You Say You Care"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Continuing my new series called Perfection, today's sublime track is John Coltrane's cover of Jule Styne's composition You Say You Care, which Styne wrote for Broadway's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949). The song is from Coltrane's Soultrane album, which features John Coltrane (ts), Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers (b) and Art Taylor (d). Recorded in February 1958 for Prestige, Soultrane is also known for Ira Gitler's liner notes, in which he coined “sheets of sound" to describe Coltrane's late 1950s approach ...
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