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Halloween Special: Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops DVD (2008)

Source: Something Else!
October 29, 2011

What better way to spend Halloween than with (as it's lovingly referred to in the liner notes) this thing? “The Torture Never Stops"—a 24-song, two-hour blast of almost indescribably brilliant/crazy rock from an Oct. 31, 1981 concert by the equally brilliant/crazy Frank Zappa—affords us a unique opportunity to experience one of popular music's most original guitarists, composers and personalities. Just as fitting, the mood is absolutely right for a late October night: Zappa and Co. are literally immersed in a ...

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Getz and Sauter: Focus, the Video

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 29, 2011

A recent discussion among jazz researchers disclosed what to many of us was news, that there exists video of Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter performing portions of Focus. There has never been anything else quite like the 1961 Verve album of Getz soloing over, around and inside Sauter's dazzling score for orchestra. Getz was widely quoted as saying that of all his recordings, it was his favorite. In 1964 Getz and Sauter had a return engagement, the music for an ...

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Herbie Hancock/Fan Created Music Video

Source: Muse Media
October 29, 2011

CANON U.S.A. INC., LAUNCHES PIXMA PRO-1 PRINTER AT “LEGENDS IN IMAGING" EVENT FEATURING ICONIC RECORDING ARTIST HERBIE HANCOCK Special Live Performance by Herbie Hancock Generates a First-of-its-Kind, Print-Inspired, “Crowd-Sourced" Music Video for his classic song, “Chameleon" LAKE SUCCESS, NY: Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, collaborated with Herbie Hancock, a legendary recording artist, bandleader and icon of modern music, to launch the Canon PIXMA PRO-1 Professional Inkjet Printer on Wednesday, October 26th at Skylight West in Manhattan. The ...

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Jazz Great Allan Harris Releases First Video From New CD

Source: Allan Harris
October 27, 2011

New York, NY: Award-winning jazz vocalist Allan Harris releases the first video from his new CD Open Up Your Mind (released 9/13/11 Love Productions Records). The video's song entitled “Can't Live My Life Without You" is written by Harris and is the first track on his new CD. The video was shot in black and white in two of New York City's hottest nightclubs—Smoke Jazz and BB King Blues Club, and also on the streets of NYC. Michael Chow, the producer ...

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Peter Gabriel - New Blood: Live in London DVD (2011)

Source: Something Else!
October 25, 2011

I was fine, mostly, with Peter Gabriel dumping the guitars and drums for his interpretations of other people's work on Scratch My Back. There was considerably less excitement, though, for these looming orchestral interpretations of his own solo works, many of which were initially defined by their rhythmic invention. Tracks like “Intruder," “Solsbury Hill," “Red Rain," “Digging in the Dirt," “Signal to Noise," even “In Your Eyes," on Gabriel's soon-to-be-released New Blood: Live in London DVD were so closely associated ...

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Steve Jobs on Facebook, Music and Google [video]

Source: HypeBot
October 25, 2011

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: In the Tradition with Sherman Irby

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 23, 2011

This week, we present some video clips of alto saxophonist Sherman Irby, who will be in St. Louis next week to do an educational residency for Jazz St. Louis and perform on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 at Jazz at the Bistro. A native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the 43-year-old Irby first gained wide attention in the 1990s with two solo albums on Blue Note and a three-year stint in the Jazz ...

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Transatlantic - More Never is Enough DVD (2011)

Source: Something Else!
October 22, 2011

Turns out, Transatlantic is a modern-day prog-rock supergroup in the most complete sense of the word: That means bass pedal solos. Make no mistake, there is plenty of serious music making to be found on the forthcoming 2 DVD/3CD package More Never Is Enough, which includes two live shows from the band's celebrated 2010 reunion tour. Transatlantic—featuring Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard), Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater) Pete Trewavas (of Marillion) and Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings)—does a great job of reinterpreting ...

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