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A Tale of Two CTIs (Part 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday I posted about Sony's upcoming four-CD box set of remastered CTI tracks and the 20 CTI albums from King (Japan) newly remastered by original producer Creed Taylor and engineer Rudy Van Gelder. As I noted yesterday, there's really no comparison between the two different efforts: The King releases are way more spectacular on every level. Creed and Rudy restored more information and sonic detail than existed on the original vinyl LPs. And the technology behind the CDs themselves is ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Eddie Palmieri (Part 3)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Pianist Eddie Palmieri took shifted his direction in the nineties, building upon the sound that he'd spent his career creating and pushing it in a jazz direction. Inspired by his brother Charlie, a busy pianist in New York's Latin music scene, Palmieri immersed himself in the Latin dance music world as a child. The draw of Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez led him to the piano, and after some hard study, Palmieri leaped into the professional world. Still a ...
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A Tale of Two CTI's (Part 1)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Thirty-two years ago, Creed Taylor lost control of his CTI record label. Overly ambitious international expansion plans in the late 1970s put enormous strain on CTI's revenue. A protracted legal battle with Warner Brothers over guitarist George Benson, a CTI artist, didn't help. [Photo of Creed Taylor in the 1970s by Chuck Stewart] To sustain the business, Creed was forced to borrow from Columbia Records and cut a distribution deal with the label, which had been eying CTI for much ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Eddie Palmieri (Part 2)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
The first steps into a career as a bandleader offers a musician a choice—should they follow in the footsteps of their mentors or forge their own path? Retracing the steps of a teacher always serves as the safe route for a new bandleader. They can draw upon what they know, structure their work around defined models, and create a presentation that looks familiar to their audience. In the short term, this might lead to success, but they have a good ...
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Happy 85th Birthday, George Wein!
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Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
As NEA Jazz Master George Wein prepares to celebrate his 85th birthday George Wein quietly with family and friends on Sunday, October 3, he reflects on the past, present and future, including jazz and folk festivals in New York and Newport, performances in Barcelona (Spain), San Juan (PR), New York, Newport, Monterey and San Francisco and the special recognition he received in every city in which he performed. “It has been a great year," said Wein. “Thanks to CareFusion, the ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Eddie Palmieri (Part 1)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
The lives of legendary Latin Jazz artists always recount themselves like a master class in the major events of music history. When these musicians experience each historical landmark, they simply seem like the ups and downs of daily life. Looking at these events in retrospect, we place the weight of history upon them, giving them significance for a variety of reasons. In most cases, these points in history involved creative movement, influencing everyone around them. While these milestones seem like ...
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Newly produced interview with Dizzy Gillespie
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J. Scott Fugate
Soulandjazz.com Presents: Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran Episode 2: Dizzy Gillespie Music Additions Remixed & Reproduced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Click here to listen The story: Back in the mid-80's on National Public Radio (NPR) in America, a show ran called Sidran On Record. Presented by Ben Sidran, a musician, author, lecturer and journalist, the show featured interviews with the great and the good from the world of Jazz. Miles, Dizzy, Herbie and Grover were amongst 60 ...
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Nat Hentoff on Dizzy Gillespie
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
"In the 1980s, there was to be a concert at Lincoln Center honoring [trumpeter] Dizzy Gillespie. He and a big band were, of course, to be at the center of the celebration. A few days before, I went to a rehearsal. Everyone was there except Dizzy. [Photo of Dizzy Gillespie in 1963] “No music was played. The only sounds were a bitter argument between Max Roach and Gerry Mulligan [pictured]. Each had some compositions on the program, and at the ...
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