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Videos: Jackie & Roy
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the hippest female jazz singers of the late 1940s and beyond was Jackie Cain. Jackie had an upbeat wholesomeness and sly sensibility that seemed to come naturally. When Jackie met pianist Roy Kral in Charlie Ventura's bop band of 1948, they married and the pair became a successful duo act in clubs throughout the country. Roy came up with the most beautiful chord voicings and arrangements, not to mention a warm, loving voice, while Jackie always found the ...
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StLJn Saturday Video Showcase: Karl Denson's Tiny Universe revisited
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring saxophonist and singer Karl Denson and his band Tiny Universe, who are coming back to St. Louis for a gig on Friday, June 21 at the Atomic Cowboy Pavilion. After an absence of nearly six years, KDTU were here most recently in December of last year for a show at the Old Rock House, and Denson's back story was recapped in a Saturday video post preceding that gig. Given that ...
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Louis Armstrong: 7 Clips
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Today is Louis Armstrong's birthday—sort of. For years, the trumpeter had said he was born on the Fourth of July. In truth, he was born on Aug. 4. For the purpose of this post, let's go with Louis's recollection and celebrate today. Here are seven clips of Armstrong singing off-beat songs in the 1960s, proof that everything Satchmo touched turned to gold... Here's Talk to the Animals... Here's Pharoah Sanders' and Leon Thomas's The Creator Has a Master Plan ...
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The Fourth Of July, 2017
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
It is always a challenge to decide how Rifftides should celebrate the anniversary of the independence of The United States Of America. In 2017, we are observing it with pieces by artists whose careers began on the west coast of the US before their names and their music became familiar around the world. Both works are short traditional songs that express feelings of profound importance to millions of Americans. The first piece, “America The Beautiful,” is from Clare Fischer’s 1967 ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six bands reviving (and re-imagining) vintage jazz
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
St. Louis has a long and storied history with jazz and blues music, and in the last decade, a number of performers on the local scene have had success reviving vintage jazz from the 1920s and '30s and, in some cases, making new music of their own that evokes those older styles. Today, let's take a look at six of those bands and musicians, all of whom currently can be heard with some regularity at various venues around town. First ...
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Six Videos: Tony Bennett
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On June 20, the Library of Congress announced that this year's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will be awarded to Tony Bennett. He will accept the award in Washington, D.C., in November. Congratulations, Tony! Yesterday, I drilled down deep into the YouTube vaults for rare Tony video clips: Here's Tony recording The Trolley Song for his Movie Song Album in 1966 (Al Cohn arranged; I can pick out Zoot Sims and Al Cohn in the reed section; that's producer Ernie ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six St. Louis saxophonists you should know
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
When talk turns to saxophonists from St. Louis, many knowledgeable music fans will associate our city with David Sanborn and World Saxophone Quartet founding members Hamiet Bluiett, Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill. Sanborn, Bluiett, and Lake all grew up in this area, and Hemphill, though not a native, made an important contribution to the Black Artists Group here, and first gained national recognition for his album Dogon A.D., recorded at Oliver Sain's Archway Studios on Natural Bridge Rd. in north ...
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