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A Rare Look Inside Satchmo At Work
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Shelly Liebowitz
Finally a sneak peek inside the inner workings of Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong. Rare vintage photos of Louie Armstrong and The Dukes of Dixieland historic recording sessions in the 60s are featured in a new You Tube video. These photos give an intimate portrait of Satchmo and The Dukes at work, and can been seen in the video “New Orleans" from the album “Lost Treasures." For the first time, rare photos of the historic sessions between the Dukes and Satch are ...
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Ian Rogers Interviews VEVO CEO Rio Caraeff on "This Week in Music" [video]
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Rene Thomas and Stan Getz
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
A year ago I posted about Rene Thomas' Meeting, off of a 1963 release entitled Meeting Mister Thomas. Recently JazzWax reader David Langner found this fabulous clip of Meeting in Paris, featuring Thomas on guitar, Eddie Louiss on organ and Kenny Clarke on drums. Dig Clarke's figures... Then I found this one with Stan Getz, Thomas, Luiss and drummer Bernard Lubat in Paris. I don't know who filmed the one above or this one, but the direction, cinematography and ...
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'Life After Django Reinhardt' on DVD August 16
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Chris M. Slawecki
Django Reinhardt was a jazz pioneer known for creating an idiom of jazz called “Gypsy Jazz" or “Gypsy Swing." He was the original “guitar hero" in the sense that he invented a radical new way to play guitar, commonly known as “hot guitar." This film celebrates the 100th birthday of Django Reinhardt by documenting the “Django 100" a group of a 100 musicians whom have gathered together to honor the talented guitarist as a tribute to his life. Cinema Libre ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Previewing Return to Forever IV
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos of Return to Forever, who are coming to St. Louis later this month to perform at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, August 25. (Zappa Plays Zappa will be the opening act.) This version of the band, dubbed RTF IV, features keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White, plus guitarist Frank Gambale and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty in place of guitarist Al DiMeola, who took ...
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Ian Rogers Interviews Andy Gould, Manager of Rob Zombie, Guns 'N Roses and Morrissey [video]
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Sanborn Chronicles, Part 2
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, we have the second of two posts featuring saxophonist and former St. Louisan David Sanborn, who's celebrating his 66th birthday today. Sanborn will be back in town to play a concert with keyboardist George Duke and bassist Marcus Miller next Sunday, August 7 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center under the auspices of Jazz St. Louis. Last week's post offered a smorgasbord of video clips from various stages of Sanborn's career. This ...
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Ian Rogers Interviews Dermot McCormack, MTV Evp Digital Networks [video]
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