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Bill Evans: Carnegie Hall (1976)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On June 25, 1976, three months before Bill Evans recordedTogether Again, his second album with Tony Bennett, the pianist appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival in New York with Bennett. In fact, the event at Carnegie Hall was billed as An Evening with Tony Bennett and featured two sets—one with the Bill Evans Trio and a second with Evans and a massive orchestra accompanying Bennett. Evans, who died 32 years ago this past Saturday, kicked off the evening by backing ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 4)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
After an hour spent chatting in the cozy sitting room of Sir George Martin's summer home several weeks ago, it was time for me to make the two-hour drive back to London. I said farewell to Lady Judith, Sir George's wife, and Sir George and I walked out to my car on the gravel drive. As I looked around for the last time, there seemed to be an unusually casual feel to those trimming his hedges and tending shrubs and ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 3)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sir George and I spent a little over an hour in the gazebo on the lawn behind his summer house. Afterward we retired to his home's charming sitting room to enjoy tea and cookies that his wife, Lady Judith, served. Interestingly, many of his awards were sitting haphazardly on a shelf. Which makes perfect sense. What Sir George has seen and heard and the magnitude of his contributed to world culture transcends metal and wood, as prestigious as the awards ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
After I arrived at Sir George Martin's summer home several weeks ago for my Wall Street Journal interview, the Beatles producer and I chatted briefly outside about my drive. Then he suggested we converse in a low-roofed gazebo atop a slow-rising hill behind his home. As we walked up the lawn, Sir George told me he had to rely on two hearing aids and lip-reading to converse. I asked if he could hear music. He shook his head. “I have ...
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Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 1)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
A few weeks ago, I rented a car in London and drove two hours west to visit the Sir George Martin at his summer home for a Wall Street Journal profile. (The interview appears in today's paper, or go here.) Directions took me through horse country, along narrow roads with dense hedgerows, but I managed to arrive at his home right on time, despite the demands of driving on the other side of the road. When I pulled up the ...
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Latin Jazz icons Michel Camilo and Luciana Souza put new twists on the mellow genre
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Michael Ricci
Camilo's new CD Mano A Mano mixes American jazz with Latin grooves and European classical; Souza does American standards in The Book of Chet Pianist and composer Michel Camilo says we’re in a second golden age in Latin Jazz. The first great era occurred from the 1930s through the 1950s, with “Chano Pozo, Mario Bauza, Juan Tizol with Duke Ellington, Ray Baretto playing with Charlie Parker, Candido, and Dizzy Gillespie, of course,” says Camilo, 53, who lives in Bedford, N.Y. ...
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Dancing On The Wide-eyed Edge With Pianist Leslie Sharp
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Harry Watters
Q: How would you describe your new album, Dancing on the Wide-Eyed Edge? A: If you forgive my quoting myself, I use these words: warmly re-visited, uniquely re-constructed, and virtuosically refreshed songs from the days of swing and jazz, a delightfully eclectic collection. This was truly what I experienced while envisioning the project and during the process of recording: warmth, freshness, and a unique expression. There are so many incredible albums out that focus mostly on soloing. I wanted to ...
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Bonnie Bowden and Stevie Wonder
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Singer Bonnie Bowden has an interesting background. Today she performs with jazz groups and swing bands on the West Coast. But from 1972 onward into the 1980s, she was a member of Sergio Mendes' “Brasil" groups, which specialized in uplifting, samba-soaked versions of contemporary and bossa nova hits. During this period Bonnie had some interesting studio interactions with Stevie Wonder and Antonio Carlos Jobim. [Pictured above: Bonnie Bowden today] In my conversation with Bonnie, she talked about her Mendes years... ...
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