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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Paying Tribute to Ray Brown
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos previewing the tribute to bassist Ray Brown that will play at Jazz at the Bistro starting next Wednesday, March 16 through Saturday, March 19. The band is led by bassist Christian McBride, who was a protege of Brown's, and includes pianist Benny Green and drummer Greg Hutchinson, who both worked with Brown as up-and-coming musicians during the 1990s. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be ...
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"Then the Morning Comes" by Smash Mouth
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
While working on a project, I happened to stumble across a cool little tune performed by pianist David Benoit on his 2002 album Fuzzy Logic. The song is “Then The Morning Comes" and it turns out it was originally performed by Smash Mouth from its hit 1999 album Astro Lounge, the one that has the big hit “All Star" (which I know best from the film Rat Race). “Then The Morning Comes" was the group's first hit single, later eclipsed ...
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Jimmy Heath: "I Walked with Giants"
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Last month as part of the 2nd annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, the great NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath was on hand to perform with the Whit Williams Quintet. His performance once again showed how there's nothing quite like veteran mastery. Jimmy's relaxed brand of swinging brought a fire to that bandstand no matter what the tempo. The next afternoon I had an opportunity to interview Jimmy on the subject of his very revealing and rewarding autobiography I Walked with Giants—and ...
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MP3tunes CEO Says "CDs Are Going to Zero."
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HypeBot
CNET has a posted a fascinating round-table discussion between MP3tunes CEO Michael Robertson and reporter Greg Sandoval. It starts off talking about Robertson's new venture DAR.fm and quickly shifts into the future of Pandora and subscription music. Some of the points made are well-known, but it's quite interesting to watch the two go back in forth here. Watch the video:
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Leila Adu presses her luck with mysterious music video for "Fortuna" single
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4961 Polemics
Leila Adu caps European leg of Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker Tour with debut of “Fortuna" ..."Leila Adu is a Revelation..."—Robert Wyatt, legendary founder of Soft Machine and Bjork collaborator “Leila Adu is a rebel-inspirer. And not in the way that calls for the raising of fists, or the hurling of sharp word-blades. Her defiance is decided... Anger isn't its mother. Wonder may be."—Purple Magazine London—Touching down in locales as varied as Los Angeles, London, Rome, Sicily and Berlin, ...
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