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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Chris Potter Goes Underground

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 27, 2011

This week, let's check in on saxophonist Chris Potter, who's bringing his electric band Underground to St. Louis next week to Wednesday, March 2 through Saturday, March 5 at Jazz at the Bistro. Potter, who just turned 40 last month, played St. Louis most recently in January 2009 with bassist Dave Holland's quintet at the Sheldon Concert Hall. (You can read StLJN's review of that gig here.) He also led his acoustic group ...

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Orange then Blue: Evanescent

Source: Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
February 25, 2011

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]

Source: HypeBot
February 25, 2011

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

Source: HypeBot
February 24, 2011

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

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
February 23, 2011

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

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 22, 2011

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

Source: Eleanor Malick
February 22, 2011

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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