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June Christy: Bossa Nova, 1963
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
If you search June Christy's discography for Bossa Nova, you'll see that the song was never released on an album, just as Capitol single. For years, the song has escaped Christy fans. The music was written by Christy's husband, Bob Cooper, and the words were by Rogers Turrentine, a television writer. Last summer, Turrentine uploaded the single and wrote this at YouTube: “In 1962, Bill Miller of Capitol Records contacted Bob Cooper and me to write a single for June ...
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Benny Goodman in 1981
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1981, Greg Jackson began a TV interview show for CBS Cable called Signature. Ahead of its time, the format featured the subject up close and Jackson off-camera asking the questions in a friendly, engaging tone that seemed to be a cross between Dick Cavett and Charlie Rose. In this TV interview, we get to hear Benny Goodman for 20 minutes—the sound of his voice, the rhythm of his articulation, and his polite fatigue with some of the questions he's ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Thurman Barker
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's look at some videos of drummer, percussionist, and composer Thurman Barker, who's coming to St. Louis to play two events in early April at Washington University. He'll perform first in a ticketed concert for the Jazz at Holmes series on Thursday, April 7, followed the next evening by a free event, improvising to silent films on Friday, April 8 at Wash U's Brown Hall. Barker is a 68-year-old Chicago native whose involvement in creative music dates back to ...
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Early Chris Connor: 1953
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
It's no secret that three of my favorite female vocalists are Julie London, Sarah Vaughan and Chris Connor. Yesterday, I was listening to Chris with Stan Kenton in the spring of 1953 and Sy Oliver in December of that year. Prior to Kenton, Chris in 1952 recorded as a solo singer with Jerry Wald and then Claude Thornhill. She had already been with Thornhill in 1949 as part of the Snowflakes vocal group. Much of her 1952 work was good ...
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Docs: History of Reggae
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
From Jamaican independence in 1962 came the horn-centric Ska, the sound-system movement, the rise of Rastafarianism and the emergence of the pop Rocksteady sound in 1966. As economic conditions in the country worsened in the late 1960s, reggae was born, with its new drum feel and stuttering basslines that sped up Rocksteady and added a socially conscious message. By the late 1960s, the reggae invasion of Britain began among its West Indies residents and soon spread to white communities, becoming ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: SFJAZZ Collective plays Michael Jackson
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's check out some videos of the SFJAZZ Collective, who are coming to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, March 30 through Saturday, April 2 at Jazz at the Bistro. Formed in 2004 as a project of the San Francisco not-for-profit presenting organization SFJAZZ, the Collective is an eight- piece, all-star band with an ever-evolving lineup of musicians from all over the USA and beyond. The current roster includes Miguel Zenón (alto sax), David Sanchez (tenor sax), Robin Eubanks (trombone), ...
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10 Techniques For Promoting Your Music Video
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HypeBot
Here rapper Kosha Dillz shares some tips on how to effectively promote a music video to fans, publications, and even strangers in a way that doesn't come off as irritating, but still reaches a broad audience. By indie hip hop artist Kosha Dillz As time comes in for promotion, the world usually ends up in a panic. The timing is wrong and the timing is right, but it was the weekend and now that the artist isn't ok with the final ...
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Clip History of Latin Boogaloo
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Today I thought I'd do things a little different. Rather than write at length about the history of a sexy Latin music in the mid-1960s that you might not know much about, I figured I'd illustrate its evolution through a series of YouTube clips. First, some context. In today's Wall Street Journal, I've written an essay for the Arts in Review page on the history of the Latin boogaloo (go here) and a new documentary on the dance form called ...
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