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And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1944, Stan Kenton and Charles Lawrence wrote a song called “And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine." Little is known about Lawrence, how he came to write the song with Kenton, or what influenced Joe Greene's lyric—a noir tale about a “sad tomato" wronged by her thuggish husband, whom she shoves into the river only to discover after he drowns that he lacked a life insurance policy. In May of '44, Kenton recorded the song for Capitol with Anita O'Day ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Cécile McLorin Salvant
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, StLJN's video spotlight shines on singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, who's returning to St. Louis to perform next Saturday, November 11 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Salvant, a 28-year-old native of Miami, made her St. Louis debut a couple of years ago at The Sheldon and is one of the most talked-about jazz singers to emerge in the last decade. She's already earned a “Best Jazz Vocal" Grammy Award for her third album, 2015’s For One to Love, and ...
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Doc: The Beatles Decade
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For American teens in the 1960s, the Beatles represented the dawn of unrestrained excitement and parental rejection, a time when screaming, long hair, loud music, risque fashion, snarky humor and drugs mocked authority and convention. But through a British lens, the Fab Four were something more—an escape from glum parents, a bleak economy, a class-conscious society and a country still bound by stuffy tradition and set ways. Yesterday I found a fascinating multi-part documentary on the Beatles and the 1960s ...
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Bandcamp Launches App For Artists and Labels, Shares New Stats [VIDEO]
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HypeBot
Bandcamp has added a free app that makes it possible for artist and label users to manage their sales on the platform, view analytics and message their fans. They join Pandora, Spotify and BandsInTown with artist and industry apps that offer similar access. Bandcamp has launched a free app for artists and labels using the platform. The app offers real-time view of all play and sales stats, enables management and fulfill of merch, and lets users directly message fans with ...
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Buddy Collette: Bossa Nova
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I love “jazz samba"—bossa nova albums recorded by American jazz artists in the 1960s. The bossa nova, of course, dates back to Brazil in the late 1950s. Back then, young musicians in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo cooled off the rousing samba with a drier, more laid back and sophisticated approach. Songs had infectious melodies and romantic lyrics delivered in a gentle, hushed singing style. The bossa nova leaped to the U.S. after the U.S. State Department sponsored a ...
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Terry Gibbs: Take It From Me
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week I posted on Freedom, a terrific album of Kenny Burrell tracks recorded on two different dates in 1963 and '64. To date, it was never released on CD or as a digital download. What's more, Freedom also is out of print as a 180-gram vinyl release. Well, here's another Burrell album that's very tough to find: Take It From Me, an album led by Terry Gibbs on which Burrell appears as a sideman. As far as I can ...
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Vocalist Laurin Talese Releases New Video "Tick Tock" From Debut Album Gorgeous Chaos
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ARE Group
Vocalist Laurin Talese takes a leisurely stroll through the idyllic streets of London and Paris in the official video for “Tick Tock". The clip, directed by WFRSON, follows the 2016 release of her debut album Gorgeous Chaos and the official video for her scintillating cover of Bilal‘s 2001 single "Love Poems." While the video for "Tick Tock" features Talese on a solo trip, she is joined on the track by guitarist Ben O'Neill, bassist Christian McBride, pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. Paired with the band's nuanced production, the video is pure ...
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