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Correspondence (Illustrated): Bird and Desmond
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Rifftides reader John Bolger writes with a suggestion:Somebody has posted the legendary interview between Paul Desmond and Bird on YouTube. I had a seen transcript of this before but never heard the interview. Rare and wonderful! Thought you might like to know—might be worth piece in Rifftides. It might, indeed. In the spring of 1954, Desmond and Charlie Parker were guests on John McLellan's radio program on WHDH, Boston. In two previous shows, McLellan hadn't been able to get much ...
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SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions DVDs with Matthew Shipp and Erik Friedlander
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Jacob Morrison-Wood
SOLOS: the jazz sessions is a 39 part television music profile/performance series. Each episode features complete musical pieces, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with some of today's most notable jazz artists. Shot in HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant, cinematic lighting designs, SOLOS: the jazz sessions showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles—from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond. With his unique and recognizable style, pianist Matthew Shipp worked and recorded vigorously during ...
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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JazzStage.net
On the Importance of Jazz Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, WPFW News (Washington), On the Importance of Jazz, [23 August 2002] God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create—and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that ...
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Sunday Eye Candy: Can
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JamBase
A PRIMARY ANCESTOR IN MODERN ROCK MUSIC We'll return this feature to its usual Saturday spot next week but felt like mixing it up... For a lot of folks under the age of 30, Germany's Can are an unknown factor in rock's DNA. Rules breakers, pioneer jammers and melders of disparate elements, Can whispers in the background of bands as diverse as Phish, Aphex Twin, Comets On Fire, Tricky and countless others. One of the group's lead singers, Damo Suzuki, ...
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New Song / Video Within the Multimedia Project Panphonia Istriana/Istrian Polysounds
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Michael Ricci
Within the culturological multimedia project aimed at the revitalization of the dialectal and musical heritage of Istria, PANPHONIA ISTRIANA/ISTRIAN POLYSOUNDS, Tamara and transhistria ensemble put to music the poem “Se me ra morta privari," on Vlaski/Zejanski dialect, by Silvana Brkaric Krculic. The 2nd DVD dedicated to this dialect will be released soon! The visual identity of the project is in the hands of Matija Debeljuh, director and visual artist, creator and art director is Tamara Obrovac. ...listen the sound of ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catching up with Charlie Hunter
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some video clips featuring guitarist Charlie Hunter's trio, who will be in St. Louis next week to perform Wednesday through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. If you're already with familiar with Hunter, you know that his distinctive technique on the seven-string guitar lets him play both bass lines and guitar parts simultaneously, and that he frequently changes musicians, band configurations, and material in an effort ...
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Your Brain While Improvising Music, Freestyling Rap
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HypeBot
Is it possible to study creativity scientifically? That's what researcher Charles Lamb wants to know. He has been analyzing how the brain works during musical improvisation. To do so, he has been putting jazz musicians and rappers into fMRI machines and surveying what goes on in their brains when they're improvising. This is a facinating talk. Take a look: ...
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