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Electrifying Track: Junka
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sonny Clark was an elegant jazz pianist who recorded in the hard bop era and was influenced primarily by Bud Powell, though there's a touch of Horace Silver in his punctuation. Clark was a sideman on many important albums, including recordings by Buddy DeFranco, Serge Chaloff, Frank Rosolino, Sonny Criss, Howard Rumsey, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Le Morgan, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon and many others. Surprisingly, he recorded only 10 studio leadership albums. Among his finest ...
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Tower of Power: Soul Side
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1970, most of the surging white brass bands that played pop-rock were heavily jazz influenced. The list included Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, the Flock, Collective Consciousness Society and the Ides of March. And then there was Tower of Power, a largely white band influenced by the soul-funk feel of the Mar-Keys, the James Brown Orchestra and other high-voltage R&B brass bands. I remember when East Bay Grease was released in 1970. The cover was very cool—a black map ...
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YouTubers Dig Red Garland
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Whenever I'm searching around YouTube, I'm always amazed when I come across pianists around the world playing convincingly in the style of a jazz giant. Or convincingly enough that they sound like they're having a ball. Yesterday, I found a bunch of Red Garland wannabes. I play some piano, but if I were to take lessons again, I'd aspire to play like Red. Who wouldn't? Here's Hey Now... Here's A Foggy Day... Here's If I Were a Bell... Here's Billy ...
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Music Video Distribution Unlikely To Change Much As Vevo Succumbs To YouTube
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HypeBot
After a long and doomed battle, Vevo has finally thrown up the white flag, shuttering its site and ditching its mobile app, however, the fateful end of this attempt by record labels to compete with YouTube will likely have little impact on music distribution as we know it. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 I wonder how many times YouTube viewers watched an “official” music video from their favorite artist and saw the Vevo logo on the video ...
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Grant Green: Funk in France
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Blue Note Records probably owes Grant Green's family an apology. The guitarist was the finest jazz guitarist of the 1960s, topped only by Wes Montgomery. Today, virtually Green's entire discography has made it into the digital age. But it may surprise many that a good number of his albums for Blue Note weren't released during his lifetime, including his first. By my count, nine as a leader were shelved for reasons that escape me. These albums include First Session, Remembering, ...
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Electrifying Track: Tranein' In
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
From time to time, I intend to focus on a single track that I find electrifying and represents a definitive work by a significant jazz artist. The purpose of such a narrow focus is to separate one song from an artist's body of work, put it in context with the time in which it was released, and offer a gateway into an artist's discography for those who may be less familiar with him or her. The first “electrifying track" in ...
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Memorial Day 2018
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
It is Memorial Day in the United States, a time for parades, picnics and family gatherings across the land. This is the perfect occasion on which to honor the US armed services by acknowledging and displaying the accomplishments of their bands dedicated to the music that is the primary stock in trade of Rifftides. We begin with the Airmen of Note, the jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. The arrangement of “Cherokee” is by Alan Baylock. The US ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams & Hamid Drake
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos featuring multi-instrumentalists Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams, and Hamid Drake, who will be teaming up for a show presented by New Music Circle next Saturday, May 26 at Off Broadway. All three are veterans of the international creative music scene who have performed in St. Louis previously in different ensembles. Most recently, Drake played here with violinist Iva Bittová last year; with fellow percussionist Adam Rudolph in 2016; and, along with Cooper-Moore, as part of ...
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