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Weekend Extra: Eddie Duran
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
In 1980 when Benny Goodman appeared at the Aurex Jazz Festival in Tokyo, he called on Eddie Duran to solo on Duke Ellington’s “Prelude to a Kiss.” The video allows us an opportunity—far too rare—to see and hear the elegance of a guitarist whose vast experience includes playing with Charlie Parker, Cal Tjader, Stan Getz, Vince Guaraldi, Red Norvo and Earl Hines and George Shearing. Yet, Duran (born in 1925) spent most of his career in and around his native ...
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Video: Sonny Rollins, 1959
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For me, what sets Sonny Rollins apart from all other tenor saxophonists in the 1950s is how he makes you feel as soon as he starts to play. For some reason, Sonny's sound hits my heart and mind, making me more emotionally aware. A feeling of seriousness comes over me and I pay hard attention to what he's playing. As much as I admire John Coltrane, this doesn't really happen to me with his work in the 1950s. It's not ...
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John Coltrane At 90
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
There are so many options that it is difficult to know what to bring you today to observe the great saxophonist John Coltrane’s (1926-1967) 90th birthday. Among Coltrane’s hundreds of recordings and videos, no doubt everyone who listens to him has at least one favorite. The Rifftides staff has chosen two. In the spring of 1957 Miles Davis had fired Coltrane from his quintet because his heroin habit was causing problems on and off the bandstand. A month or so ...
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4 Key Ways To Get People To Click On Your YouTube Videos
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HypeBot
The massive saturation present on virtually every music platform means it has become that much more difficult to get your music to stand out from the crowd, and YouTube is no exception. Here we look at some tips that can give you an edge when it comes to attracting fan (or potential fan) attention. Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog Getting people to pay attention to your music is difficult, no matter the outlet. Most of the ...
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Doc: Pete Fountain
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Most people who grew up in the rock era viewed clarinetist Pete Fountain the same way they did Al Hirt—a bearded New Orleans traditional jazz player who turned up on lots of variety shows in the late 1960s and '70s, and whose pop and honky-tonk albums were marketed largely to older folks with a bland taste in music. All of which, of course, is unfair. As the following documentary sent along by reader Les Johnston shows, Fountain, who died in ...
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Leslie Johnakins: Latin Bari
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the finest big-band baritone saxophonists of the 1940s and '50s was someone you may not be familiar with: Leslie Johnakins. As trumpeter Doc Cheatham said in 1976 in a quote that kicks off the chapter on Johnakins in David Griffiths' book, Hot Jazz: From Harlem to Storyville: “Leslie Johnakins has always been the greatest baritone around, but he was never the person to get around and prove it. One only has to work with him to learn how ...
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