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UYS: Pee Wee Ellis & Anthony Coleman interviews.

Source: underyourskin
February 19, 2011

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Who is Art Tatum Dating? By Steve Provizer

Source: Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
February 19, 2011

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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Latin Jazz Conversations: Wayne Wallace (Part 6)

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
February 19, 2011

The career of a jazz artist contains a number of plateaus, and with each additional ascent into higher artistry comes more responsibility. An artist needs to continually push themselves into new stages of their evolution through research and experimentation. At the same time, they hold a responsibility to support their musical peers and enrich their own personal musical community. In order to ensure continued work, they must share their knowledge and make sure that a younger generation of musicians finds ...

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Nancy Wilson on Shearing

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 18, 2011

I am particularly fond of The Swingin's Mutual, the album that singer Nancy Wilson recorded with the George Shearing Quintet in June 1960. Her six tracks with Shearing represented a crisscrossing over at the time for both artists. For Nancy, being accompanied by just Shearing's group rather than a big orchestra created a special intimacy that allowed listeners to hear just how special her voice was. As for Shearing, he was able to show off a more soulful feel within ...

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George Shearing: Both Good and Popular

Source: AAJ Staff
February 18, 2011

George Shearing, who died on Monday, was a great jazz pianist. For much of his long lifetime, he was also one of the 20th century's most successful entertainers, a purveyor of supersmooth easy-listening music that was distinguishable from Muzak only because he played it with perfect taste. That was part of what made him so admirable an artist: Even when he was making music for the masses, he did it without a hint of condescension. Mr. Shearing, who was born ...

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Is MySpoonful Different from RCRDLBL? [interview]

Source: HypeBot
February 17, 2011

Few weeks ago, I discovered mySpoonful, which is a music discovery site and newsletter. Initially, the service made me skeptical. Why send busy people more e-mail? In my mind, there had to be a better way. Readers also pointed out that sites like Rcrdlbl and Track in the Box do similar functions. In search of answers, I spoke to Dan Cohen, who is the CEO and co-founder of mySpoonful. In this interview, he makes his case about why mySpoonful is different and why it matters. ...

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How Music Hack Day Evolved - And Why the Music Industry Must Embrace the Chaos [interview]

Source: HypeBot
February 17, 2011

This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. Fueled by caffeine and pizza, developers, designers, hackers and music geeks gathered together this past weekend at Manhattan's General Assembly for New York City's first Music Hack Day. Designed to bring New York's tech cognoscenti together to build the next generation of music applications, by the end of the weekend, 175 hackers built 72 hacks in just 24 hours. The rules were pretty simple: “Web apps, mobile, software, hardware, art... ...

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Brad Mehldau - The Art of Solo Piano

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
February 17, 2011

Virtuosic pianist Brad Melhdau first made his mark in the jazz world in 1995 with his debut recording Introducing Brad Mehldau and then in the classical arena in 2006 with his release Love Sublime with vocalist Renee Fleming. Mehldau is a dazzling and brilliant player who maintains one of the finest trios in all of jazz. The group's ongoing series of recordings which started in 1997 and aptly titled The Art of the Trio is an impressive body of work ...

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