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The Sandra Wilson Show has Mwalim on 2/23 @ 8PM
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
SOUTH CAROLINA—Popular talk-show host, Sandra Wilson will be interviewing Liberation Music—MGM recording artist Mwalim on the Sandra Wilson Show, Wednesday, 2/23 @ 8PM (EST) on blogtalkradio.com. Ms Wilson and Mwalim will be discussing Mwalim's impressive career as a playwright and underground soul-funk-jazz artist and his emergence as a mainstream soul and jazz artist, with the hit song and video DEM BIG GIRLS as well as the growing buzz from his latest club jam “The Abyss." They will also discuss being ...
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NEA Jazz Master Hubert Laws Interviewed at All About Jazz
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John Kelman
After James Moody and Frank Wess established the flute as a solo jazz instrument in the 1950s, and Herbie Mann popularized it in the 1960s, the musician that has become most identified with virtuosic flute performance in jazz is Hubert Laws, who became a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Fellowship in the class of 2011, the penultimate group of honorees before the program closes after the 2012 ceremony. Greg Thomas spoke with Laws, following ...
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Grammy Award-Winning Bassist Stanley Clarke Interviewed at All About Jazz
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John Kelman
When bassist Stanley Clarke won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, last week, for The Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up, 2010), it was particularly meaningful, given he was up against everyone from fellow fusion god John McLaughlin to young up-and-comer Trombone Shorty. But while this particular win has great significance for the bassist who first came to attention as a member of pianist Chick Corea's Return to Forever—and is, in fact, is the only person, other than Corea, ...
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Either/Orchestra's Russ Gershon Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!
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John Kelman
Twenty-five years is a long time in jazz. When saxophonist/composer/bandleader Russ Gershon founded the Either/Orchestra back in 1985, trumpeter Miles Davis was on the crest of his jazz/funk comeback wave, and the so-called Young Lions movement fronted by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was coming into prominence, just as Weather Report—the last of the great '70s fusion bands—was coming to an end. In those days, the orchestras of Cab Calloway, Buddy Rich and Sun Ra were still touring, and you could also ...
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Interview | Larry Ochs (Celestial Septet)
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Ars Nova Workshop
On Tuesday, February 22, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Celestial Septet, featuring Rova and the Nels Cline Singers, who kick off their 5 date tour at International House Philadelphia. For those living outside the city who would like to experience this special concert, be sure to sign up for the free live webcast at this link. We'll see everyone else on Tuesday! ANW was able to catch up with Larry Ochs, a founding member of Rova, for a few questions ...
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Listen To A Rare 1969 Miles Davis Interview
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Marc Antomattei Productions
With a new Miles Davis companion guide right around the corner from release later this month on eBook format and a physical paperback edition following shortly thereafter, there is a lot to be excited about. In the weeks leading up to its release other Miles Davis goodies have been uncovered and released such as a new Bitches Brew Live CD available from Columbia/Legacy Recordings and a newly uploaded rare 1969 interview from the In A Silent Way era. The eBook ...
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Who is Art Tatum Dating? By Steve Provizer
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
Was the saturation coverage of George Shearing's recent death commensurate with his musical contributions? To my ears, Shearing's music is pleasurable and well-crafted but unexciting. He was capable of playing any style, but the chosen format of his most well-known groups was harmonically consonant and the soloing, while very adept, lacked edge. Shearing's coverage was the equal of that given to Billy Taylor. Taylor was a creative musician, not a musical innovator, but his work as activist/mentor/educator kept his profile ...
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