Video / DVD News

Steely Dan Sunday: "Kings" (1972)

Source: Something Else!
April 11, 2011

Here's an early indication that Steely Dan wasn't going to dwell on romantic themes in their lyrics; songs about love in fact soon became the exception, not the rule. But a rock song about a late 12th century English ruler? Before you think that maybe the references to Richard the Lionhearted's foreign military adventures was meant to draw a parallel to the Vietnam War still raging on at the time this song came out, there's a short note about it ...

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Art Blakey in Paris, 1959

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 11, 2011

Drummer Art Blakey had a knack for attracting the best young talent to his ever-changing groups,collectively known as The Jazz Messengers. Over the 1950s, 1960s, and beyond,this was a proving ground for musicians to show their stuff. Blakey was often the biggest cheerleader as well as the one setting a perfect backbeat to showcase his soloists.

This brief (51-minute) film of a 1959 concert date at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris features Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Lee Morgan on ...

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"Nasty Jazz" DVD Release Scored by Chicago Jazz Composer Greg Spero

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2011

Chicago jazz composer Greg Spero and Artist/Technologist Doug Siefken combine forces on new Long Glance Media release: Nasty Jazz—a technologically innovative, genre-defining Single Panel Fluid Stills Digital Art and Music DVD designed for flat screen TVs Chicago IL, USA—Move over the Bluesand move on down the road, Rock n Roll! Nasty Chicago Jazz is now behind the wheel as score to represent the Windy City in a gorgeous Chicago Skyscape art and music DVD release by technology innovators TransLumen Technologies ...

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Gary Lucas One-Take - "Q & A"

Source: Dusty Wright
April 9, 2011

Former Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley guitarist performs a new instrumental piece entitled “Q & A" on Dusty Wright's One-Takes.

About Gary Lucas

A world class guitar hero, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, an international recording artist with over a dozen acclaimed solo albums to date, and a soundtrack composer for film and television, Gary Lucas is on the move in 2006. Dubbed the “legendary leftfield guitarist" by The Guardian, “Guitarist of 1000 Ideas" by The New York Times, “a true axe ...

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Wayne Shorter Quartet - "All Blues" (2003)

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 7, 2011

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Mulligan's Birthday

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
April 6, 2011

Today is the 84th anniversary of Gerry Mulligan's birth. He died in 1996 at the age of 68. There are many contexts in which to remember Mulligan—as a precocious teenaged arranger for Tommy Tucker, Elliott Lawrence and Gene Krupa; one of the key figures in the Birth of the Cool recordings; the leader of groups from quartets to big bands; a writer who made the Stan Kenton band swing; and, of course, a splendid baritone saxophonist. Here he is in ...

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Formulating an Effective Youtube Strategy

Source: We All Make Music
April 6, 2011

The accessibility of Youtube has ushered in an unprecedented level of focus on video content —both for bands and for fans. For any artist that wants to maximize his impact online, it is essential to develop a video content strategy for YouTube that not only represents them well, but also helps their fan base connect and grow. The key to doing this is different for each artist, but here are some essential things to remember when crafting your own strategy. ...

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Sat Eye Candy: Emmylou Harris

Source: JamBase
April 3, 2011

THEY COME NO BETTER THAN THIS LADY Emmylou Harris is no diva. She doesn't swoop and show off with her singing, finding her power and impact through unique phrasing and an unerring ability to tap into rich emotional wells. One senses the person behind the voice and the songs, a heart and spirit that's fantastically human in the best of ways, by turns perfectly rough and bewitchingly tender. An elder statesperson for country, particularly what we now call Americana, Harris ...

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