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Popular TV Talk Show Host And Singer Oleg Frish Celebrates 20th Anniversary In Media With New Single & Video "The Things We Did Last Summer, From "Duets With My American Idols"

Source: Miles High Productions
March 2, 2016

Oleg Frish, the acclaimed New York based radio and talk show host and singer/performer is celebrating his 20th Anniversary in media this year. Since moving from Russia to New York to premiere his weekly talk show on Russian Television International (RTVi) he has interviewed over 2,000 music stars, celebrities, and many of his personal American idols including; the late James Brown, B.B. King and Donna Summer, Connie Francis, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Kenny G, to name just a few. Frish is ...

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Henry Mancini: Thief at Dinner

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 2, 2016

Most of Henry Mancini's scores are easy on the ear and many have a 1960s melancholy optimism that was so much a part of the feel back then. His soundtracks nearly always inhale and exhale uniformly and build a mood with jazzy pearls-and-champagne grace that's unmatched in Hollywood. Much of this luster and sparkle came from Mancini's inventive instrumentation—such as putting a harpsichord on top of strings with flutes or a bass clarinet. His textures were always inventive and lustrous. ...

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Bill Evans: What Is There to Say?

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 1, 2016

If there's a single song that represents a turning point in the career of pianist Bill Evans from soloist to leader, it might be What Is There to Say? from his trio album Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Riverside). Recorded in December 1958, the song provides a glimpse of what's to come in Evans's development as a leader. Up until this point, Evans had largely been a sideman, a quiet, cerebral accompanist whose job was to support and frame the session ...

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Could Video Save The Radio Star?

Source: HypeBot
February 26, 2016

Many artists may think of music videos as being the be all and end all of video, but the medium has much greater potential beyond that. As artists like Fugazi, the Foo Fighters, and Action Bronson have shown, subscription based video content can be an excellent way to engage with fans while generating some supplementary income. Guest Post by Cortney Harding on Medium A few years ago, Fugazi delighted punk rock nerds like myself by announcing that they were going to start making ...

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Fats Domino: Birthday Doc

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 25, 2016

It's hard today to fully appreciate the innovation and influence of Fats Domino. Back in the spring of 1952, Domino already had three hits on the R&B chart and was about to have his first No. 1 with Going Home. Up until Fats, R&B in the post-war years was largely a “jump blues" affair, powered by the success of Lionel Hampton and Louis Jordan and followed up by at the end of the 1940s by “wild man" saxophonists like “Big ...

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Surfing on a Reed

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 24, 2016

In 1947, Jimmy Giuffre wrote and arranged a song called Four Brothers for Woody Herman. The arrangement was designed to showcase the band's new lineup of three tenor saxophones and a baritone saxophone, which was unusual, since most bands featured two altos, two tenors and a baritone. Herman's new band, known as the Second Herd, had its premiere concert in October 1947 and in December the band recorded Four Brothers for Columbia. The Herman saxophonists on the recording were Herbie ...

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Bill Evans: Live at Town Hall

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 22, 2016

Yesterday, long-time reader Kurt Kolstad sent along the program sheet (front and back) for the Feb. 21, 1966 concert by pianist Bill Evans at New York's Town Hall. The album, Bill Evans at Town Hall, has always had a “Volume One" tagged onto the end of the title. Yet a “volume two" was never issued by Verve, not even in the digital age. As the New York Times concert review that Kurt sent along below indicates, the material buried Evans ...

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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: James Carter's Organ Trio and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 20, 2016

This week, let's check out some videos featuring the versatile saxophonist James Carter, who will be back in St. Louis with his organ trio to perform starting Wednesday, March 2 through Saturday, March 5 at Jazz at the Bistro. Carter, who was here most recently in 2013 for a week with organist Dr. Lonnie Smith at the Bistro, concentrates mostly on tenor and soprano saxophones, but also plays alto and baritone saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, and pretty much any other ...

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