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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Pat Martino
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With Russell Malone playing at Jazz at the Bistro last month and both Mike Stern and John McLaughlin in town this week, St. Louis audiences have had opportunities to hear some outstanding guitarists this fall. There's one more yet to come before winter officially arrives, as Pat Martino will be back here from Wednesday, December 1 through Saturday, December 4 to perform at the Bistro. Martino's most recent appearance in St. Louis was ...
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Video: A Darwinian Theory of Beauty in Music and Art
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HypeBot
Humans are hard-wired to seek beauty in music and in the arts. This view comes from Denis Dutton, a philosophy professor and author of The Art Instinct. In this TED talk, Dutton explains his theory on beauty. Dutton believes that art, music and other beautiful things are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins. Watch this great lecture: ...
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"Let Us Now Praise Charlie Shavers"
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
By Steve Provizer Charlie Shavers. Why is this man's work not better known? The only other swing trumpet players who could give him a run for his money in all facets of playing were Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton. If you happened to like the particularities of their sounds, you might rate Harry Edison, Harry James, Cootie Williams or Red Allen as highly. The guy who most followed in his sonic footsteps was Clark Terry, although I have no idea ...
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Jeff Beck: Les Paul Tribute Tour, CD/DVD, PBS Special
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JamBase
TRIBUTE CONCERT OUT ON DVD FEB. 22; TOUR STARTS MARCH 24; SPECIAL AIRS NOV. 27 Jeff Beck paid fitting tribute to Les Paul last summer, celebrating what would have been the pioneering guitarist's 95th birthday by playing his friend and mentor's music, along with classic tunes from the era, in the same Times Square nightclub that Paul played every Monday for 14 years before his death in August 2009. Sponsored by Gibson Guitar and billed as “A Celebration of Les ...
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Charlie Haden and Company to the Rescue
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
It happens now and then: I am tied up on deadline for an article that demands extensive research. The Rifftides staff reports that there is no stash of shelf material, a serious breach of preparedness. They will be reprimanded. In a life misspent in journalism I have been conditioned to find dead air and blank space unacceptable. That translates to discomfort when the blog goes unrefreshed. Fortunately, a solution arrived in the form of a fine video to which a ...
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Thinking of Danny Barker
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
This is neither the anniversary of Danny Barker's birth (January 13, 1909) nor of his death (March 13, 1994). I need no special occasion to write about Danny. He was born in New Orleans, where I served with him on the board of the original New Orleans JazzFest and was lucky enough to become his friend. No one has ever had a warmer, more genuine companion. Danny Barker with drummer Al Harewood at a New York memorial concert for Louis ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Terry Reid
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JamBase
SUPER LUNGS INDEED! Terry Reid was the man Jimmy Page originally wanted to sing in Led Zeppelin. Reid turned him down, preferring to helm his own solo career, and this footnote has long defined this musical lifer to many. However, if one listens in to the music Reid made in the years that followed his choice one discovers a vibrant, unique vocalist, a fierce, tough guitarist and a songwriter of enduring might. His self-titled 1969 album and 1973's River are ...
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