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Super Bad Sunday: Brian Wilson

Source: JamBase
June 20, 2010

CAN WE BUY YOU A SANDBOX FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, MAN?

JamBase's weekly triple-shot tips its hat to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, who celebrates his 68th birthday today. Few “All-Time Top 10" lists fail to include Pet Sounds, Wilson's sixties masterpiece, and singles like “Good Vibrations" and “California Girls" continue to inspire musicians and audiences today. We begin this tasty threesome with a live version of “Good Vibrations" from 1976 that includes footage of Brian's birthday party with guests ...

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"Benny Goodman's Boys" (Plus Molly Ryan) on July 11, 2010

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
June 17, 2010

The PENNSYLVANIA JAZZ SOCIETY will present their annual JAZZFEST with a TRIBUTE TO BENNY GOODMAN on Sunday, July 11, 2010, from noon to 5:30 p.m. at the Plainfield Township Fire Company Hall, 6480 Sullivan Trail, Wind Gap, PA 18091. The two bands featured that day are THE MIDIRI BROTHERS and DAN LEVINSON'S PALOMAR QUARTET.

The Midiri Brothers will play from noon to 2:30 p.m. Their group is Joe Midiri on clarinet, Paul Midiri on vibraphone, drums, and trombone, Dan Tobias ...

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Brubeck, Mulligan, Six and Dawson, Parts 4 and 5

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 17, 2010

Two more pieces have emerged from the Dutch YouTube contributor who is posting segments of a remarkable Dave Brubeck concert in Rotterdam in 1972. The core unit was the Brubeck trio with bassist Jack Six and drummer Alan Dawson. Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan were the guest saxophonists on the Newport Jazz Festival tour.

Unlike many YouTube videos, these are of high visual quality and hold up in the full-screen mode. Don't miss Six and Dawson enjoying the metric play ...

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Gil Scott-Heron Video: "I'm New Here"

Source: Giant Step
June 17, 2010

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Benny Golson - "Killer Joe" (2006)

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
June 15, 2010

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on the Funky Butt Brass Band

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 13, 2010

With no major touring jazz acts scheduled to visit St. Louis in the next couple of weeks, it seems like a good time to turn our video spotlight on some local talent. And what better way to enliven a muggy early summer weekend than with the Funky Butt Brass Band, six Gateway City musicians offering their take on the classic New Orleans sound? Up top, you can see an excerpt ...

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More from Holland

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 11, 2010

The Rifftides staff is feverishly preparing a new batch of Doug's Picks. (Well, all right, languorously preparing.) In the meantime, part three of that 1972 Brubeck concert in Rotterdam has appeared. If you have missed the previous installments, it's the Brubeck Trio with Jack Six, bass, and Alan Dawson, drums. Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond were guests on the Newport Jazz Festival tour. Here is “Take the 'A' Train," with notably muscular solos by Mulligan and Brubeck and Desmond in ...

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Online Viewing Shifts Towards Longer Videos

Source: HypeBot
June 11, 2010

A new eMarketer survey points to a brighter future for online concerts and other forms of long form music videos. “If the first iteration of online video was about silly pet tricks on YouTube, the next wave will be about professionally produced full-length content..." according to Paul Verna, eMarketer senior analyst. “This shift will be propelled by a combination of technology integration, demographics and a growing comfort level with the idea of watching video hosted on Websites."

Much of ...

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