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Dizzy Gillespie + Sonny Stitt: '58
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In May 1958, the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet was on tour in Europe when they stopped in Belgium to perform at Expo 58—the Brussels World's Fair. The musicians—Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Sonny Stitt (ts, as-), Lou Levy (p), Ray Brown (b) and Gus Johnson (d)—were at their peak. Jazz had won new-found respect worldwide and the musicians were completely polished as teammates and improvisers. If you had been at Expo 58 back then, here's what you would have heard and seen... Here's ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: In the groove with Big Sam's Funky Nation
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos of the New Orleans-based band Big Sam’s Funky Nation, who are coming back to St. Louis to perform on Thursday, August 11 at the Broadway Oyster Bar. Led by trombonist “Big Sam" Williams, the Funky Nation has been visiting St. Louis at fairly regular intervals for several years now, usually appearing at the Oyster Bar. With a danceable, crowd-pleasing style that draws on rock, funk, and more, as well as jazz, they recently ...
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Top Recording Artists, John Oliver Remind Politicians Not To Use Music Without Permission [VIDEO]
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Giants of jazz in concert
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Since this feature is still employing a non-topical, summer-vacation protocol, today's post is simply a sort of video jazz festival, for which your editor has selected full sets from six of the all-time giants of jazz, recorded at various locations around the world in the middle of the last century. In order, the videos are: Louis Armstrong in 1959 in Antwerp, Belgium Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1965 in Montreal Count Basie Orchestra in 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark Thelonious Monk Quartet ...
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Five Perfect '70s Albums
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
When I go on long drives, what do I grab for the car? Though I love jazz, my CDs of choice on the road are often soul and disco albums from the 1970s. My friends know how much I love this era. One recently asked if I could recommend five perfect albums. No problem. Perfect to me means that every song on the album is fabulous, wonderfully arranged and in just the right order. And no filler. Here are five ...
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“Escalating Dance” In Music Videos
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In integral part of music videos since their inception, this article explores the role of dance, or more specifically 'escalating dance' in music videos and its impact on the viewer. Guest Post by Jeremy Young on Soundfly's Flypaper Tons of things can make a great music video. Epic drama, quirky graphics and animation, innovative camera techniques and coloring, elements of humor and even horror; these have all produced some memorable videos. But I’d like to talk about the most innately human, natural ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Favorite jazz documentaries
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As sometimes happens in mid-summer, the next couple of weeks in St. Louis are looking relatively uneventful with regard to touring jazz performers visiting our town. So this week, StLJN is going to take a break from our regular, locally focused sort of Saturday post to share some favorite jazz films that can be viewed for free online. Today's first movie, embedded up above, is The Last of the Blue Devils, a 1979 documentary about the history of Kansas City ...
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3 Things YouTube Savvy Musicians Should Add To Their Videos
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While it may receive its share of criticism from the music community, it cannot be denied that YouTube remains a powerful tool for artists, particular when used correctly. Here we look at three important and beneficial features musicians can add to their videos before posting them. Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times just on this blog alone: YouTube is so important to you as a musician. ...
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