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Bernard Herrmann at 100
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
Composer Bernard Herrmann emerged from the Golden Age of cinema and contributed a signature sound to some of history's most significant films. While his name may not be known to most of today's filmgoers—he died, after all, a full generation or two ago in 1975—Bernard Herrmann's music is undoubtedly some of the best and best known the cinema has ever produced. Chances are, if you care about film or film music, you know who Bernard Herrmann is and you either ...
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Who Shot Miles?
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
From 1965-1985 one of the New York metro area's hotspots for live jazz was the Blue Coronet in Brooklyn—the Bedford-Stuyvesant community to be exact. Sometimes I wonder if perhaps Brooklyn should be labeled the Second City instead of Chicago, given the backseat that storied borough so often takes to its little sister Manhattan (Brooklyn being by far the bigger land mass). Case in point, while surfing the web in search of additional background on the Blue Coronet, consistently the only ...
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Leading Questions: Jim Wilke
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Seattle Jazz Scene
The best advice I've ever received is “you're not talking to an audience of thousands, you're talking to thousands of audiences of one or two." When I was 14 I was playing alto sax in concert band and listening to Western Swing on the radio during the day and jazz late at night. Broadcasting jazz has meant introducing others to some of the most creative musicians who ever lived. If I could do it all over again, I probably wouldn't ...
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Bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells Summer 2011
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Jair-Rohm Wells
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a bassist who knows no limits. From ground-breaking slap bass on pop hits to avant-garde electronica to Jazz and Blues. He literally covers all basses. Jair-Rohm rounded out last year with a new quartet release as well as a residency at the Lima Lima club in Pattaya, Thailand with other former members of the Dr. Alban touring band (of which he's been a member since the mid-nineties). This autumn, the bassist will host a series of ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Benny Velarde (Part 3)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
For better or worse, musicians that stay in the business over several decades experience a number of changes. In some cases, they get to experience the wide variety of talent that emerges and develops within their area and all over the world. They hear musical evolution and push their musicianship to follow the developments with artistic integrity. They become mentors, teachers, role models, and experienced veterans that help push the music into the next generation. At the same time, they ...
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Loren Stillman Shares a Killer Practice Routine and Much More
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Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever.
A glitteringly inventive saxophonist and composer, Brooklyn's own Loren Stillman spins sonic worlds of wonder. With impressionistic shades of traditional jazz punctuating his utterly modern playing and compositional sensibilities, his multiple recordings have garnered rave reviews from publications such as The New York Times, Cadence, Jazz Times, Jazziz Magazines and Downbeat. Stillman comes armed with an dangerous array of skills acquired via intensive musical education including lessons with a list of legends which includes Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Ted Nash, ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Benny Velarde (Part 2)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Experience changes a young musician, and in many cases, it eventually turns them into bandleaders. Their early entries into music are all about exploration; they need to learn the fundamentals of music and how to work with other artists. Along the way, they find their way around the business of music and hopefully find a way to thrive in their chosen lifestyle. After a number of years, these pursuits become old hat and a musician needs other stimulation to keep ...
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