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Herbie Hancock: "I Don't Feel That I'm Missing Miles Because I Don't Feel He's Gone."
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Miles Davis Online
Here's a quick look at an interview Herbie Hancock recently had with The Telegraph.
Q Do you think that jazz has outlived itself?
A I'm seeing a lot of new, young jazz players emerging from high schools, way more than I expected. They're talented, they're good and they want to play the music. To me that says jazz is very much alive and well.
There were a lot of my elders that shared their experiences with me, that encouraged ...
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Interview: David Dufresne, New CEO at Bandzoogle
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HypeBot
It was announced yesterday that David Dufresne is now the CEO at Bandzoogle, so I took a moment to catch up with David and ask him a few questions.
How did you come to be the new CEO at Bandzoogle?
David Dufresne: I met Chris Vinson (Bandzoogle's founder and visionary) a few months ago while I was looking for a technical co-founder for a music tech startup idea I had been working on (called Backfed, stay tuned for this one). ...
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Either/Orchestra Take a Respite From Ethiopian Sounds to Present Jazz Originals
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
It's easy to take the Either/Orchestra for granted. The Boston 10-piece has been around for 25 years, putting out consistently excellent albums on its own Accurate imprint. But it's not an easy slog being in a band this size—it takes patience as well as a flair for scheduling, not to mention some creative accounting to keep the whole thing viable. It also takes a unique individual who is willing to play group parts, perhaps taking a solo only once or ...
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Elder Lee: Konitz at 82
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The alto saxophonist Lee Konitz's inventiveness and boldness have seldom flagged. As his recent recordings demonstrate, he continues to embrace adventure and risk. If his repertoire is stocked with pieces that he revisits time and again—"All the Things You Are," “I'll Remember April," “Body and Soul," “Just Friends"—Konitz is the epitome of the jazz soloist who tries never to play anything the same way twice, never coasts on clichés, even his own.
As a listener who has been captivated by ...
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Mitch Miller and Bird
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Jazz listeners who derided the sing-along records and TV shows that made Mitch Miller rich and famous in the 1950s and '60s tended to forgive him the shallowness of his pop pap because he played with Charlie Parker. Miller died over the weekend at the age of 99. See Matt Schudel's excellent obituary in The Washington Post.
In addition to his sing-along extravaganzas, Miller produced recordings by singers as various as Johnny Mathis, Hank Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett and ...
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Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick tickles his fans
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Michael Ricci
LOS ANGELES--Ethan Bortnick can't decide which of the 200 songs he plays from memory is most difficult. “They're all easy," the 9-year-old prodigy finally concludes during a break at rehearsals for two concerts at the El Rey Theater. Those were filmed for Ethan Bortnick and His Musical Time Machine, airing on PBS through August (times may vary). It showcases his classical, pop and jazz repertoire, including Let It Be, originals Arctic Jazz and The PBS Song (composed for the network) ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Zaccai Curtis (Part 4)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
All musicians carry strong influences during their early development; the way that they build upon those influences and eventually move away from them defines their artistic personality. Young musicians generally drown themselves in their influences during their developmental years, soaking in every possible lesson from each recording. There's a period where the musicians emulates their influences as closely as possible; the length of this stage depends of the musician's desire to define themselves. A driven young musician will realize the ...
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An Artist's Perspective on uPlaya: Part Two
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We All Make Music
Yesterday we ran the beginning of a rather long interview we did with the Block Scholars' David Bell about uPlaya, to offer a perspective that differed from its founder, David Meredith.
Part two is after the jump.
Because a computer algorithm determines your uPlaya score, do you think it's even more objective than getting the opinion of another music professional, maybe someone you don't even know, don't have a relationship with? It will certainly never replace the human ear. ...
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