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DVD: Dave Brubeck
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Dave Brubeck, Brubeck Returns to Moscow (Koch Vision). This 2005 film about Brubeck's 1997 visit to Russia for a performance of his mass To Hope is a beautifully crafted documentary. It incorporates Brubeck's quartet with a symphony orchestra and chorus performing the mass and a rousing “Blue Rondo ala Turk." We see Brubeck's informal encounters with the Russians, including a spirited impromptu duet with a young violinist, and conductor Russell Gloyd amusingly overcoming the language difference to rehearse the dozens ...
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Eddie Condon All Stars - "Royal Garden Blues" (1964)
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Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Further Adventures of Hamiet Bluiett
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With the holidays coming up, the jazz concert schedule here in St. Louis is relatively devoid of touring attractions for the next couple of weeks. So let's take the opportunity to catch up with some of the recent activities of one of our favorite musicians with local roots, the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. Bluiett was born and raised in southern Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, and after decades ...
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Watch Bruce Springsteen: Songs from the Promise Live
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JamBase
THE BOSS LIVE IN ASBURY PARK PERFORMING SONGS FROM THE PROMISE Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed a rare concert event last week in Asbury Park, New Jersey's historic Carousel House, playing never-before performed songs live from the new 2-CD set, The Promise. Beginning today, five songs from the show will stream online. The concert will be available until January 1. Check out the session below. Filmed before an audience of approximately sixty fans, “Songs From The Promise" ...
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Homeless Street Musician Goes Viral on YouTube, Gets a Record Deal, and Turns His Life Around
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HypeBot
Remember that YouTube video that when viral awhile back of a homeless person singing Radiohead's “Creep" on the Opie & Anthony Show? That video went on to garner 1.7 million views. Many fans, after seeing it, remarked that this guy, known as Daniel “Homeless" Mustard, should get a record deal. A Hypebot reader wrote in to notify us that he got one. Over a period of a few months, Story Records called in a few favors, recorded on a low budget, ...
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Best of 2010, Part Two: Innovative Online Marketing Strategies and Music Videos
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We All Make Music
Throughout the year, this site and others have pointed you in the direction of cool services, sites, videos, artists and companies that have made life better for independent artists. And a few weeks ago, we decided that it would make sense to pool all our colleagues' thoughts and finds into one massive end of year blog carnival. The festivities continue with day two, featuring posts from Marcus Taylor at The Musician's Guide to World Domination on the most innovative online ...
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