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"Benny Goodman's Boys" (Plus Molly Ryan) on July 11, 2010
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Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
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
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
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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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on the Funky Butt Brass Band
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
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
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
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
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HypeBot
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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OK Stop: Marketing and Music Videos
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HypeBot
Since the launch of MTV in 1981, the music video has played a central role in music marketing. So much in fact, that even back then there was large cache of artists, ranging from Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran and Madonna, who owed a great portion of their commercial success to the rapid-fire editing and sexual nature of their videos. However, over the years, the music video has evolved.
In 1985, Dire Straits released the video for “Money ...
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