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The Wrecking Crew
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Hey, marketers at Coca-Cola, Geico, Pepsi-Cola and any other company trying to reach 70 million baby boomers. Here's a golden opportunity: Denny Tedesco, director of The Wrecking Crew, a new documentary about the Hollywood studio musicians who recorded thousands of hit singles in the '60s and early '70s, needs just $250,000 to pay off the licensing for songs used in his film. Then the DVD can be released. Here's the opportunity: In trade, you can probably negotiate an ad at ...
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The Imaginings of Earl Hines
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Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
Earl Hines is both revered and under-acknowledged, a position many jazz legends find themselves in. He was in the public eye for more than sixty years, playing everywhere. But his energy and abundance have often tended to make him a caricature of himself: late in life, he surrounded himself with functional but less inspiring musicians, and the listener was often treated to spectacles: mountainous versions of BOOGIE WOOGIE ON THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES that seemed to go on forever.
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Brian Eno: 1971-1977: The Man Who Fell to Earth
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JamBase
DOCUMENTARY FEATURING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE, PERFORMANCE, STUDIO FILM, AND MORE Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno—Brian to his friends, Eno to the rest of us—defies categorisation. Musician, composer, record producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist covers some of what he does, but he's probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 and Coldplay and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. 1971-1977 : The ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Randy Rhoads
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JamBase
GONE WAY, WAY TOO SOON Only 25 when he died in a tragic, stupid plane crash in 1982, Randy Rhoads impact on rock guitar is still felt today. A child prodigy on the instrument, Rhoads brought classical influences into metal and hard rock, forever changing them, largely for the better. At just 16, he co-founded Quiet Riot before being snapped up by a faltering Ozzy Osbourne for his post-Sabbath solo debut. It's impossible to underestimate how much Rhoads helped shape ...
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