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Orange then Blue: Evanescent
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
Another video from the “Big Bands on the Edge" concert I produced at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in 1989, here is the group “Orange Then Blue," playing the song “Evanescent," composed by leader/drummer George Schuller. Some fine solo work by Ken Cervenka, Gary Valente and Stan Strickland. With: Matt Darriau-sax Stan Strickland-sax Allan Chase-sax John Allmark-trumpet Diego Urcola-trumpet Ken Cervenka-trumpet Mark Taylor-Fluegelhorn Gary Valente-trombone ...
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D.I.Y. Music Bootcamp: Better Than the Van [video]
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HypeBot
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a video series that provides a virtual tour of the new music industry and the sites and tools that make it work. Hypebot will feature one every day for the next couple of weeks. Today, Todd Hansen of Better Than The Van shows how his site connects bands and fans with free places to stay in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France and Germany. Watch the Better Than The Van video: More D.I.Y. Music Bootcamp: Bandcamp's ...
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Scion A/V Video Series: Bandcamp's Ethan Diamond
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HypeBot
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V has produced a series of videos that together provide a virtual tour of the new music industry and the tools that make it work for both artists and fans. Every day for the next two weeks Hypebot will be featuring a new video presentations that feature the leaders of cutting edge organizations like AudioLife, Kickstarter, Cash Music, Tunecore, ReverbNation and SoundExchange. First up is Ethan Diamond with a look at Bandcamp, the popular artist marketing and sales ...
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The Master of 3/4
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Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
I was watching the Philip Seymour Hoffman film Boating with Jack last night. In one poignant scene between the main characters an excerpt from the classic Bill Evans track “Peace Piece" was used as backing music to accentuate the drama and it worked perfectly. It reminded me of the brilliance of Bill Evans and how I often crave hearing him play. I think he is the greatest jazz pianist to play in the 3/4 time signature and one of my ...
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Closeted with the MJQ
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Blogging is going on the back burner—or maybe a side burner—for a few days while I wrap up an assignment. I am writing the essay and program notes for a seven-CD Mosaic box of the Modern Jazz Quartet's Atlantic studio recordings from 1956 to 1964. It involves a lot of listening, a lot of interviewing, a lot of work and an enormous amount of pleasure. This video from an MJQ concert in Holland in 1982 underlines the point about pleasure. ...
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Eyran Records Releases Classical Meets Jazz: Pictures at an Exhibition on DVD
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Eleanor Malick
Eyran Records announces the highly anticipated DVD release of Classical Meets Jazz: Pictures at an Exhibition, American Premiere in Jordan Hall, a live concert by master jazz and classical pianists, Eyran Katsenelenbogen (Boston, United States) and Andrei Ivanovitch (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (Eyran Records 9009; release date: May 2, 2011). Eyran and Andrei's two-piano onstage dialogue weaves together classical and jazz styles in a revolutionary interpretation of Mussorgsky's timeless masterpiece. Pictures at an Exhibition is performed as one organic and unified ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Smokey Robinson
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JamBase
HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY, MR. ROBINSON R&B and soul music would be a much different thing without Smokey Robinson. Since the late 1950s Robinson has been shaping American music, and in turn influencing music around the world. He's produced almost 40 Top 40 Hits in his career, and has shown a rare tenacity in his field, continuing to make records and stay in the public spotlight to this day. A house writer and longtime vice-president for Motown, his reach goes far ...
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