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Backgrounder: Johnny Alf, 1971
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Two sides of a single released in Brazil in 1953 by Johnny Alf set the stage for the bossa nova four years later. For those sides, Alf assembled a trio that featured him on piano, guitarist Garoto and bassist Vidal. The instrumentals were Alf's own Falseta (or Deceit) and Luiz Bonfa's De Cigarro em Cigarro (or From Cigarette to Cigarette). The recordings weren't hits, by any measure, but they would be celebrated later as the start of the bossa movement's ...
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Backgrounder: Leny Andrade, 1968
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1968, Brazilian singer Leny Andrade released an album with celebrated vibraphonist Breno Sauer. The album, Leny Andrade, was recorded in Mexico, where Andrade would spend five years before moving on to the U.S. and Europe. On the album, Andrade and Sauer were joined by Adão Pinheiro (p), Portinho (b) and Erneo Eger (d). Many Brazilian musicians recorded in Mexico after the 1964 coup that established a military dictatorship in Brazil. Andrade's album was a masterpiece on many levels—the feathery ...
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Wes Montgomery Live in Europe, 1965
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Fortunately for us, guitarist Wes Montgomery went over to Europe in the spring of 1965 and toured. We're lucky, because Montgomery wound up on European TV shows during many of his stops, resulting in lots of video clips. Yesterday, I decided to string together all the live 1965 dates I could find on YouTube, giving you an opportunity to hear and see him on the road. Here's Montgomery on tour in Europe in March, April and May 1965. Here's Montgomery ...
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Bill Evans: Soundcheck in Paris, 1979
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Forty-three years ago, on November 26, 1979, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera were booked to perform at Theatre de la Ville at Espace Cardin in Paris. The concert that evening was recorded for broadcast, and the two subsequent live albums would become known as The Paris Concert/Edition One and The Paris Concert/Edition Two. Earlier that day in 1979, Evans visited the concert space with Marc, Joe and pianist Walter Davis Jr., who was on tour ...
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Video: Giants of Jazz in Holland, 1972
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Giants of Jazz was a bebop supergroup assembled by George Wein in 1971 after a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., suspended the event. To recoup the losses, George sent the newly formed sextet and the festival itself out on tour. Starting in the fall, the Giants performed in Australia followed by Europe and the U.S. in 1972, where they appeared at mostly indoor venues throughout the country before heading off to Europe again that fall. ...
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Video: Giants of Jazz in Holland, 1971
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Giants of Jazz was a bebop supergroup assembled by George Wein in 1971 after a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., suspended the event. To recoup the losses, George sent the newly formed sextet and the festival itself out on tour. Starting in the fall, the Giants performed in Australia followed by Europe and the U.S. in 1972, where they appeared at mostly indoor venues throughout the country before heading off to Europe again that fall. ...
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Video: Bill Evans and Lee Konitz, 1965
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
To my American readers in the U.S. and abroad, Happy Thanksgiving. To the rest of the world, Happy Thanksgiving. Today is one of our favorite holidays. It's nondenominational and celebrates cooperation with others for the sake of mutual survival. And like all great holidays, a robust meal is the focus and consumed with family and friends as we say thanks for all that is good and kind. In this spirit, I thought I'd serve up a video of Bill Evans ...
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Backgrounder: Count Basie's Have a Nice Day
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sammy Nestico arranged nine Count Basie studio albums, starting in 1969: Straight Ahead (1969) Standing Ovation (1969) Good Time Blues (1970) Have a Nice Day (1971) Bing 'n' Basie (1972) Basie Big Band (1975) Prime Time (1977) Warm Breeze (1981) 88 Basie Street (1983) One of his breeziest was Have a Nice Day (Daybreak). As with all of Sammy's Basie albums, Have a Nice Day was a finger-snapper packed with catchy mid-tempo swingers. The band featured Paul Cohen, Sonny Cohn, ...
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