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Dick Twardzik: Piano Enigma
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Before Bill Evans, there was Dick Twardzik. Not that they played anything alike. Twardzik was a much more percussive pianist who mixed stormy dynamics with cat-like sensitivity, while Evans was a smoldering, graceful swinger. Both musicians were romantics, both were influenced by Bud Powell, both went into a trance when they played piano and both were perilously hooked on narcotics. Twardzik died at age 24 of a heroin overdose in 1955 just as Evans was emerging. Evans, of course, would ...
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Konitz and Marsh: Half Note
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Half Note in New York was a jazz club at 289 Hudson St. that operated from 1957 to 1972. Today, the building still stands and houses a deli (below), unless, of course, the insane New York real estate market has consumed this building, too. [Photo above of Warne Marsh] In June 1964, CBS's Look up and Live, narrated by Dr. William Hamilton, broadcast from the club, featuring the music of alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The return of Gregory Porter
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos featuring singer Gregory Porter, who's returning to St. Louis for the first time since January 2013 for a concert presented by Jazz St. Louis on Saturday, February 6 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. A lot has happened in Porter's career in the three years since he made his St. Louis debut at Jazz at the Bistro, including international touring, headlining gigs at major festivals, multiple appearances on US and UK television, and ...
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Maynard Ferguson: Fox Hunt
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday I posted a list of desert-island songs that I originally shared with JAZZ.FM91's Ross Porter. On my list was Maynard Ferguson's Two Foxes, composed and arranged by Mike Abene. Reader and saxophonist Bill Kirchner sent along the following two Maynard Ferguson clips of the lip-buster... Here's Fox Hunt in 1969... And here's Maynard Ferguson live in 1974 with Bob Summers on trumpet, which Bill says is his favorite... Bill got me in the mood, so here are two more. ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Introducing Cyrille Aimée
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today's showcase features some videos starring Cyrille Aimée, who will be making her St. Louis debut with performances starting Wednesday, February 3 through Saturday, February 6 at Jazz at the Bistro Though Aimée is just now performing in St. Louis for the first time, the 31-year-old singer, whose name is pronounced SUR- real M-A, has been plying her trade professionally for almost a decade. The daughter of a French father and Dominican mother who grew up in the small town ...
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The Guitars Inc: Invitation
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week, when I posted on Tommy Tedesco's 1965 album, The Guitars of Tom Tedesco, I included a print ad I had found for Magnatone amps from 1958. The ad featured five guitarists in a recording studio—Al Hendrickson, Howard Roberts, Bill Pitman, Bob Gibbons and Tommy Tedesco. All five appear on the Four Freshmen and Five Guitars album for Capitol. Except the date in the ad copy is October 1958 while the album with the Four Freshmen wasn't recorded until ...
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Bowie Scores First Ever #1, Makes Vevo History With 51M Video Views In Single Day
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Just a week after his death, iconic rocker David Bowie’s final album Blackstar debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, his first ever No. 1 album. Bowie reached a major video milestone, as well. Vevo announced that following the music icon's passing, David Bowie's catalog drew 51M views on January 11th, the most views for any artist in one day in Vevo history. The previous record holder for same day views was Adele, whose catalog garnered 36M views when “Hello" ...
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Tommy Tedesco: Studio Monster
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One reason pop rock sounded so good in the 1960s was because many musicians who appeared on the recordings began as studio jazz musicians in Los Angeles in the late 1950s. They were brilliant sight-readers, understood swing and improvisation, and had the ability to play in any style and add their own twists to give the music lift. One of these gifted session musicians was guitarist Tommy Tedesco. During the 1950s, Tedesco's jazz recordings included albums with Dave Pell, as ...
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