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'Hohe Berge' - Lars Hidde Remix
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All About Jazz
The new Lars Hidde Remix video 'Hohe Berge (High Mountains) on YouTube.
The original Single “Hohe Berge" (High Mountains), performed by Frl. Menke, was a Top 10 hit on the German single charts in 1982 and sold more than 2.5 million copies to date.
Next to Alphaville, Joachim Witt, Peter Schilling, Hubert Kah, Falco, Trio, UKW, Markus and others, Frl. Menke was one of the very few successful female artists, along with Ixi or Nena, when she stepped into the ...
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Video Released of Michael Jackson's Final Rehearsals
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Michael Ricci
Michael Jackson's final rehearsals at Staples Center were filmed, and footage was released today via CNN.
Photos from the rehearsals trickled out last week. Prior to his death last Thursday, Jackson was in Los Angeles prepping for his upcoming “This Is It" tour at the O2 Arena in London.
The Times last week reported on the rehearsals. In his article, Chris Lee noted that director Kenny Ortega, a journeyman choreographer and movie director whose career highlights include High School Musical, ...
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Erika Stucky Interview
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All About Jazz
Erika Stucky interview is part of the book project “Under your skin".
Interviews to include: Korn, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Zap Mama, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Les Nubians, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Marilyn Crispell, Bill Frisell, Billy Bang, Michael Ricci / Allaboutjazz.com, Val-Inc, Lonnie Liston Smith, Roy Nathanson, J Mascis/Dinosaur Jr, Lydia Lunch, Zakarya, Elliot Sharp, Esperanza Spalding, Lee “Scratch" Perry, Sam Rivers, Kronos Quartet and many others.
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Remembering Oliver Nelson
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The nearly ubiquitous Miles Davis notwithstanding, which jazz musician from the St. Louis area has been heard by the most people throughout the world? It's probably impossible to measure something like that with any degree of exactitude, but one certainly can make an informed guess.Any short list would have to include trumpeter Clark Terry, famed for nearly seven decades as a high-profile jazz soloist and recording artist, member of the ...
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Brubeck on the Beeb
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
YouTube has posted a few excerpts from programs the Dave Brubeck Quartet did for BBC television in 1964. The musical and the black and white video quality are superb. In the first one, I am struck by Brubeck's delicacy at the keyboard and by the fullness of Paul Desmond's alto saxophone sound. The critic Steve Race was the program host.
Race interviews Brubeck leading into a feature for bassist Eugene Wright. In the ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Linda Presgrave Plays "Rome," Plus Danita Mumphard and Trio Tres Bien's "A House is Not a Home"
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Since this weekly feature is often used to preview touring artists who will be performing soon in St. Louis, it's been a while since we've presented any videos from musicians with more substantive local connections. Let's address that situation today, starting up above with a video from pianist, composer, and St. Louisan-turned New Yorker Linda Presgrave. This performance of her composiion “Rome" was recorded on February 25 of this year ...
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Drum! Magazine Writer/Publicist Sticks “Hip” to Legendary New Orleans Guitar Player Leo Nocentelli
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JCM Media
Los Angeles – Josh Moscov, a writer/publicist for DRUM! Magazine as well as a drummer, has released a video, dedicated to New Orleans’ King Of Funk Guitar, Leo Nocentelli. Moscov, who has played with a number of New Orleans artists, based the video on a live gig that he had the opportunity to sit in with Nocentelli in 1999. “Nocentelli came on stage and immediately ignited the audience with the song, “The Hip,” Moscov said. “The Batiste Brothers are amazing ...
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