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Brown, Green and Hamilton: "Cotton Tail"
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
While the Rifftides staff prepares the next installment of In Breve, we don't want you to feel abandoned. We have been holding the following video for just such an occasion—Benny Green, piano; Ray Brown,bass; Jeff Hamilton, drums; and the WDR Big Band conducted by John Clayton, in 1994, playing Duke Ellington's “Cotton Tail." In the right hands, “I Got Rhythm's" harmonic changes never grow old. Green has moments in which he might be the reincarnation of Bud Powell. The saxophone ...
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Brown, Green and Hamilton: "Cottontail"
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
While the Rifftides staff prepares the next installment of In Breve, we don't want you to feel abandoned. We have been holding the following video for just such an occasion—Benny Green, piano; Ray Brown,bass; Jeff Hamilton, drums; and the WDR Big Band conducted by John Clayton, in 1994, playing Duke Ellington's “Cottontail." In the right hands, “I Got Rhythm's" harmonic changes never grow old. Green has moments in which he might be the reincarnation of Bud Powell. The saxophone section ...
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DVD: Johnny Mercer
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Johnny Mercer, This Time The Dream's On Me (Warner Bros). Producer-director Bruce Ricker does a masterly job of integrating new and old material into a thorough biography of the great lyricist. The story of Mercer's life and artistry melds film clips and recordings of Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Mercer singing his songs. Colleagues including Johnny Mandel and Tony Bennett offer assessments of his gifts, and Mercer himself reflects on his career. There is ...
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Legendary Chicago Saxman Von Freeman Celebrates 88th Year! Happy Birthday Man!
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JAZZzology by Richard Watters
Several years ago I had the pleasure to meet Von Freeman and for a while became a regular at the vaunted New Apartment Lounge Tuesday-night jam sessions on the south-side of ChiTown...(photo from http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/) where he has a band usually comprised of local jazz greats Matt Ferguson (stand-up bass), Mike Allemana (guitar), Michael Traynor (drums) that go virtually un-acknowledged on the national jazz scene and deserve much more exposure in the music press then they get. Freeman is considered a ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Don McLean
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JamBase
MORE TO THE MAN THAN A SLICE OF PIE There are very few songs that virtually everyone is familiar with, but “American Pie" and its tale of “the day the music died" is surely one of them. However, that 1972 ultra-hit is hardly the only thing Don McLean ever recorded, and in fact, he remains one of only a handful of musicians to emerge from the golden era of singer-songwriters that's still plying his trade with the same seriousness and ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Joshua Redman Trio
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some video clips of saxophonist Joshua Redman, who will be in St. Louis this coming Wednesday, October 6 through Saturday, October 9 to play at Jazz at the Bistro. Often acclaimed as one of the top tenors of his generation, the 41-year-old Redman is no stranger to St. Louis, having played here last year with the Blue Note 7 at the Sheldon Concert Hall and, before ...
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