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Latin Jazz Conversations: Arturo O'Farrill (Part 2)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Individuals find their way into music for a variety of reasons, but they eventually discover a prime motivating factor that allows them to continue. For some musicians, the community aspect of the art form evolves into a lifestyle that not only pays their bills, but also defines their social circles. Demand for a musician's abilities lead towards significant financial gains, and their further explorations into music reflect their desire to make more money. A small number of musicians strive towards ...
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Other Places: Arturo O'Farrill's Cuban Odyssey
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Many listeners know that Arturo O'Farrill is a talented New York pianist who leads Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. He has been a considerable force in Latin music in the US for three decades. Fewer may be aware that he is the son of Chico O'Farrill, a Cuban of Irish origin who was one of the most distinctive and versatile composers and arrangers in American jazz. In this week's Village Voice, Larry Blumenfeld tells the father's and son's ...
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Sally Street, the new "It Girl" of the Australian jazz scene, stings again on latest release
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Lauren Rogers
The scorpion mind of singer/songwriter Sally Street certainly has quite a sting. On one of her latest songs, Street exclaims, “Now the whole world knows I got laid," followed by a breathless sigh of pleasure. Naughty? Without a doubt. But in the buttoned-up world of jazz, Street's brazen, often playfully funny sensuality is like a splash of ice water underneath a desert sun. Street was named the “It Girl" of the Australian jazz scene when she made her debut with ...
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Lead singer of Santa Barbara jazz band Sally Cats finds success with local music publication
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Lauren Rogers
Print isn't dead, at least not in Santa Barbara, California. Just ask Sally Barr, the editor/publisher of Music! The Sounds of Santa Barbara, a monthly magazine focusing on the region's diverse music scene, especially its jazz players. And Barr certainly has enough credentials to pull off such a locally-focused publication, having been an integral part of Santa Barbara's music scene since 1992 and leader of the group, the Sally Cats. As the Sally Cats promote their new album, Wonderful Day, ...
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An Interview with New Music Seminar Founder Tom Silverman on Digital Music and the Long Tail
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HypeBot
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv. Tom Silverman has made his entire career in the music industry. Circa the early 80s he founded Dance Music Report, the New Music Seminar (NMS) and Tommy Boy Records, now Tommy Boy Entertainment, whose roster includes hip hop staples De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, House of Pain, and more. WE+PR, the public relations team who works with NMS, set up a phone interview for me with Silverman, who ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Arturo O'Farrill (Part 1)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
It's the unique nature of our childhood that shapes our individual qualities and forms our identities as artists. Our parents expose us to their own musical preferences and share their priorities for the arts in our lives. Their friends and our extended family add their own influences to our perceptions, exposing us to different sides of music and a variety of approaches. For most of us, these connections with music through our parents, family, and friends lead us to lifelong ...
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T.K. Blue Goes Latin Bird Hunting on His Latest
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Saxophonist-flutist-educator-bandleader T.K Blue, longtime music director for Randy Weston's African Rhythms ensembles, will soon release Latin Bird, his Latin treatments of the music of the immortal Charlie Parker. T.K. is of Caribbean descent and has extensive experience in island grooves, Latin music, and a thorough immersion in African rhythms—not only from his two decades plus traveling the byways with Randy, but also from spending several years in France, where he worked with many African artists and bands. We recently sought ...
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John Santos: Breaking Down Barriers in the Latin Music Continuum
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Bay Area based percussionist-bandleader-educator John Santos is one of the most authoritative musicians I know when it comes to multiple facets of the Afro-Cuban and Latino-Hispanic music continuum. Equally versed in the Latin-jazz vein, salsa and the historic implications of music from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, Santos' latest recording is the exciting folkloric La Esperanza. We sought John out for some wisdom on this latest, thoroughly researched and beautifully executed chapter in the folklore side of his recorded pursuits. As a ...
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