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Sat Eye Candy: Gary Moore
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JamBase
REST IN PEACE, GUITAR MAN This past Sunday, February 6, one of the greatest guitarists the U.K. has ever produced, Gary Moore, was found dead of a heart attack in his hotel room while on holiday in Spain. A player of extreme confidence and muscle, Moore first rose to prominence with Thin Lizzy, a band he left and joined several times, but he also played in Dublin blues-rockers Skid Row and Colosseum II, as well as an extensive solo career ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Ray Vega
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we've got some video clips featuring trumpet player Ray Vega, who will be in St. Louis next week to play Wednesday, February 16 through Saturday, February 19 at Jazz at the Bistro. Vega grew up in the South Bronx, and has an extensive resume as a gigging musician in NYC playing both salsa and jazz. He's worked with top Latin performers including Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, Mario Bauza and ...
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Louis Armstrong and Rex Harrison - "Now You Has Jazz" (1957)
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Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
Ack Varmeland, Du Skona
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
At a jam session a couple of nights ago, someone called “Dear Old Stockholm." I suggested that we play it in the unaltered form of the Swedish folk song that Stan Getz recorded in Stockholm 60 years ago. The bassist said, “Huh?" “It was a folk song?" said the pianist. Many musicians and listeners are under the impression that Miles Davis wrote the song. There is also a general belief that it came equipped with the four bars that Davis ...
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The Digitour - Can Youtube Music Stars Sell Tickets?
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HypeBot
Millions of views on YouTube can launch careers (Pamplamoose) and net signifigant income. But can it sell tickets? That's the question that The Digitour is set to answer with the first large scale multi-week national tour featuring musicians who've found fame on YouTube. Featured on the tour are: Dave Days, Ricky Ficarelli, Destorm, Mystery Guitar Man, The Gregory Brothers—creators Auto Tune News, David Choi and other to be announced before tickets go on sale later this month. 27 stops are promised ...
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Soulive: Bowlive DVD; Bowlive 2 Shows in March
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JamBase
BOWLIVE 2 AT THE BROOKLYN BOWL, MARCH 1-5 AND 8-12 In March of 2010, the members of Soulive hauled their instruments through the doors of a newly-opened warehouse- turned-music venue in Brooklyn that they would call home for the next two weeks. Eric Krasno, Alan Evans and Neal Evans called on a multitude of their closest friends and musical conspirators to join them over the next fortnight—creating an incredibly broad guest lineup that included some of the pre-eminent guitar virtuosos ...
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