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Muhal Meets the Warriors Part 4/4
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Ars Nova Workshop
Leading up to the April 28th premiere at Montgomery County Community College of a new piece written by Muhal Richard Abrams for Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, music writer Shaun Brady (JazzTimes, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Inquirer) will be contributing a series of blog posts about the project. This is the second installment of Brady's four-part series. A Conversation With Muhal Richard Abrams and the Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound On April 28 at Montgomery County Community College, Bobby Zankel’s ...
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Interview: Mike McCartney (Part 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the late 1950s, Liverpool was thick with home-grown poets, writers and artists who revered American beat poets and painters. But because of Liverpool's geographic isolation from the main of England and Liverpudlians' fast, snappy brand of humor, the approach came with a wicked wit. Back in the early '60s, a serious intellect combined with an irreverent sense of humor typically resulted in what we now refer to as Pop, a social-mocking movement that started in England in the mid-1950s. ...
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Interview: Mike McCartney (Part 1)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Most people are unaware that Paul McCartney has a younger brother. That's because since the early 1960s, Mike McCartney [pictured above] has done a noble job of avoiding any temptation to cash in on his brother's fame. Which is pretty classy, as celebrity siblings go. As I write in today's Wall Street Journal (go here or pick up a copy), Mike is an artist in his own right. Mike has always been a photographer, but back in the '60s and ...
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Getting Surreal, One On One With Bluey Maunick Of Incognito
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1888 Media
A SURREAL INTRODUCTION By Bluey of Incognito Say the word “surreal" and various things come to mind - dreamlike, unreal, fantastic, odd, bizarre or even weird. For me the experiences leading to the final outcome of Incognito’s fifteenth studio album have been an amalgamation of all these synonyms and expressions! We have our own sound and we have a fan base worldwide, but this was not the time to sit on our laurels or cut corners to compete ...
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Muhal Meets the Warriors Part 3/4
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Ars Nova Workshop
Leading up to the April 28th premiere at Montgomery County Community College of a new piece written by Muhal Richard Abrams for Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, music writer Shaun Brady (JazzTimes, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Inquirer) will be contributing a series of blog posts about the project. This is the second installment of Brady's four-part series. A Conversation With Vijay Iyer On April 28 at Montgomery County Community College, Bobby Zankel’s big band the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound ...
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Abbey Rader Featured In Jazz & Blues Florida
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Jazz & Blues Florida
"As heard on his latest recording, Live at PAX, the drummer’s powerful pulses and dynamic stick work propel nine group improvisations by Rader, saxophonists John McMinn and Noah Brandmark and bassist Kyle Motl." —Bob Weinberg for Jazz & Blues Florida Abbey Rader and his Generations Quartet are the cover story in April's edition of Jazz & Blues Florida. The feature explores Rader's roots his musical perspective and the new album. The band is hosting a CD Release Party at PAX ...
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Under Your Skin Interviews Lauren Sevian (video)
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underyourskin
Lauren Sevian's “LSQ" is a dynamic baritone saxophone driven jazz experience that features original hard bop tinged compositions and improvisation. The LSQ has performed in some of the top NYC jazz clubs including Smoke, Kitano, Jazz Gallery, and Fat Cat. Each member is a rising star on the jazz scene, and has performed with numerous jazz artists/groups ranging from the Grammy award winning Mingus Big Band to Wayne Shorter. The LSQ has an important message to spread, the language of ...
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Jazz Face: Hiromi, Virtuosity in Service to Art
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
So what's so bad about being so good? Ever since she burst onto the jazz scene nearly a decade ago, pianist Hiromi Uhera has experienced from what I will call the Oscar Peterson curse—criticism for her unashamed displays of technical virtuosity. Peterson in fact was an early supporter, as were Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea. Three of the greatest jazz pianists to walk the earth saw what most critics and audiences are now able to recognize—beneath her razzle-dazzle physical skill ...
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