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Jones-Lewis, Inc. -- Groove Merchants

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 2, 2010

Bill Kirchner sent a link to a video. He accompanied it with a succinct message:Play this when you're having a bad day. I wasn't having a bad day, but the Thad-Jones Mel Lewis band made it better. This is from a European tour probably in the fall of 1969—not '68, as YouTube says. The reed section: Joe Henderson, Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Daniels, Pepper Adams. Trumpets: Snooky Young, Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Richard Williams. Trombones: Eddie Bert, Astley Fennell, ...

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Erroll Garner - "One Note Samba" (1962)

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
August 31, 2010

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Chet Baker: Words and Music

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 31, 2010

As far as I know, this is the first time I've been quoted in Magyar. It's a blurb on the back of the Hungarian edition of Jeroen de Valk's Chet Baker: His Life and Music. That invaluable book is also available in English. Thanks to photographer Paolo Gant (behind the book) for sending the pictures. Gant captured stunning images of Baker not long before the trumpeter's death in 1988. You can see a few of them, prominently copyright-protected, at his ...

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Somethingelsetribute: Hurricane Katrina's Musical Journey

Source: Something Else!
August 29, 2010

This site's ties to Louisiana have provided a rich vein of musical delights over the years, but also a moment of staggering loss when Hurricane Katrina swept ashore near New Orleans five years ago today. A legacy of recovery for the city, and the wider Gulf Coast, subsequently found voice in songs from across the spectrum, and helped many sort through the jumble of emotions that remained for a community drowned first by the storm and then by bureaucracy. Here ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Many Moods of McBride

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 29, 2010

This week, we once again turn our video spotlight on bassist Christian McBride, who will be back in St. Louis to perform a duo concert with pianist Peter Martin on Saturday, September 11 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. McBride has been a fairly frequent visitor here in recent years, most recently playing at Jazz at the Bistro in November 2009 with his band Inside Straight. Astute readers may recall that we featured the ...

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Choose-Your-Adventure: Interactive Music Videos

Source: HypeBot
August 28, 2010

I just left my half-naked girlfriend standing in the bedroom and took the train with my buddy instead. After some shenan old lady. Being the kind boy that I am, I decided that I should save her from the ruthless mob and once I got finished, instead of letting the lady congratulate me for my efforts, I jumped on my skateboard and sped off. Now I'm in a room playing Twister and right-hand red looks just a little scandalous. Contrary ...

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Rory Gallagher: New DVD and CD Releases

Source: JamBase
August 28, 2010

OUT SEPTEMBER 14 ON EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT Irish guitar virtuoso Rory Gallagher ignited a legacy that many rock and blues musicians worship and emulate to this day. On September 14, Eagle Rock Entertainment will issue two releases paying tribune to this rock icon—Ghost Blues 2DVD set and The Beat Club Sessions CD. The 2 DVD set, running 179 minutes in total, is the complete Rory Gallagher experience, both revealing his background as a musical artist and tapping into his dominating ...

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