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Brubeck and Company in Belgium, Part 5
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Ending this Rifftides mini-series of videos from the Dave Brubeck Quartet's 1964 appearance on Belgian television is—what else?—the number that became a popular hit in a best-selling album and for Desmond, its composer, an annuity that by terms of his will is still funneling large amounts of money to the Red Cross. The quartet included it in all of their concerts around the world, lest there be disappointed audiences. This version has a brief solo from Desmond, an elegiac one ...
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New Documentary on Drummer/Composer Tobias Gebb Titled "Making Music"
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Two for the Show Media
Brubeck and Company in Belgium, Part 4
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
More or less from the beginning of their association, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond had an affinity for blues in minor keys. Three that achieved success to the point of indelible identification with them were “Balcony Rock," first recorded in Jazz Goes To College (1954), the same theme recycled as “Audrey" for Brubeck Time (1956), and “Koto Song" from Jazz Impressions Of Japan (1964). “Koto Song" was a new entry in the quartet's repertoire when they played it on television ...
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Brubeck and Company in Belgium, Part 3
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
From a DBQ television appearance in Europe, we have the piece that served as the quartet's concert opener for more than a decade. First, a couple of observations, one from me, one from Eugene Wright:
From me: Whoever decreed that white men can't play the blues never really listened to Desmond and Brubeck personalize the idiom as they do in their solos here.
Gene's observation is a quotation in a book about Desmond. The first part of it applies to ...
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New Youtube Channel for "Jim Cullum's Riverwalk Jazz"
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Michael Ricci
Ever wonder what we look like?
The long-running Public Radio International jazz series “Riverwalk Jazz" announces a new YouTube Channel, “Jim Cullum's Riverwalk Jazz."
Please visit and subscribe to the new channel here: RiverwalkJazzRadio
The new YouTube channel gathers together videos of live performances of The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and musical guests, recorded for later broadcast on the national radio series. Guests artists appearing in the videos include pianist Dick Hyman, vocalist Catherine Russell, actor/playwright Vernel Bagneris, vocalist Topsy ...
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Brubeck and Company in Belgium, Part 2
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
This time, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Gene Wright and Joe Morello play “In Your Own Sweet Way." Because of the quality of the song, the quartet's popularity and the Miles Davis seal of approval, by the time of this performance in 1964 it was a jazz standard. Attention, tune detectives: Brubeck's Matt Dennis quote suggests that he might have been thinking of disbanding, but the quartet's dissolution was five years away.
For the ...
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Moses Oakland: Bluesman DVD
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Chris M. Slawecki
MINNEAPOLIS--Big Notes Productions and Winterland Studios have teamed up to produce a performance DVD featuring the music of blues musician Moses Oakland. The video was shot at Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Club in Uptown Minneapolis, where Oakland has played every Sunday night for the past 10 years, and continues this tradition. He has become a fixture in the regional blues scene, having played at venues such as the Ham Bone Blues Jam in Rochester; Jimmy B'z Blues Brews & ...
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