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Video Clips: Eumir Deodato
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sometime around 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon, I had a craving for Eumir Deodato, the Brazilian composer-producer and jazz-fusion electric pianist. I have no idea why. Maybe it's the heat or that the light is fading earlier in the day and transitioning to early autumn. Or maybe I just wanted to hear a Fender Rhodes. It happens. Here are four clips of Deodato: Here's Deodato in 2011 playing Super Strut... Here's the Deodato Trio playing Carly and Carole... Here's ...
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Larry Adler's Harmonica
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The late Toots Thielemans was one of the first chromatic harmonica players to play swing and bop on the instrument. And no one could touch Toots or even sound like him. But he wasn't the first harmonica star. That title belong to Larry Adler, who died in 2001. Born in Baltimore, he taught himself to play before running away to New York, where as a kid he got a job in vaudeville. Adler was so proficient on the harmonica that ...
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Women Who Can Really Swing
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, I had a little time to roam around YouTube. Along the way, I came across female jazz artists who bring lots of soul to their performances. Thought I'd share three clips with you today: Here' the Tim Gill All Stars, featuring Kirsten Edkins (pictured at top) on tenor saxophone... Here's trumpeter Bria Skonberg and her Swing Band (my favorite comment at this YouTube page is “What a talent! I wish she was my grand daughter.").... And here's Althea Rene ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: More favorite jazz documentaries
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With a temporary shortage of upcoming local shows to preview over the next couple of weeks, today's post once again is dedicated to showcasing some favorite jazz documentary films that can be seen online for free. First up is Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis, which was produced in 1986 and and aired by PBS as part of their series Great Performances. Not to be confused with the similarly named film by Don Cheadle released earlier this year, this ...
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Video: Bobby Jaspar, 1957
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On French TV in 1957, Bobby Jaspar, the Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist, was joined by Martial Solal on piano, Sacha Distel on electric guitar, Pierre Michelot on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. This video shows just how superb Jaspar was on the flute, playing There Will Never Be Another You... And yes that's Sacha Distel, the French singer, who would go on to become better known as a pop vocalist, featured here with Dionne Warwick in 1964... ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Happy birthday, Louis Armstrong!
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's take a look at some vintage videos featuring trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, who's back in the StLJN spotlight this week for two reasons. First, as you may already know, this past Thursday, August 4 was the 115th anniversary of Armstrong's birth. It's true that during his lifetime, he claimed to have been born on July 4, 1900, but years after after his death, researchers uncovered information showing that Armstrong's true date of birth was in fact August ...
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