Video / DVD News

Jazz Video Guy Meets Ray Charles

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2009

In conjunction with the Concord Record Group's 2009 reissue of seven classic Ray Charles recordings, pre-production has started on Bret Jazz Video Guy Primack's new Video Podcast series, Ray Charles, Genius. The series, produced with the cooperation of The Ray Charles Marketing Group, will focus on Ray’s music and include interviews with his fellow musicians and other artists discussing these remarkable recordings, and Ray’s impact on contemporary music. Rare performance video as well as photos from the archives of the ...

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Steve Taylor Big Band DVD/Tour "To Buddy Rich & Beyond.."

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2009

Top UK Drummer STEVE TAYLOR leads His “Fiery and Hard Hitting" Big Band (Time Out) in this World Class Live performance worthy of late-great Drumming icon Buddy Rich himself.

“Dynamic, powerhouse drumming with a Richian flavour" (Rhythm Magazine) “Steve is recognised as one of the most talented drummers in the UK"

Steve pays tribute to childhood drumming idol Buddy Rich, supported by his dynamic UK Big Band, superbly performing rare classics West Side Story medley, Good News Suite and Love ...

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Sell a Band Expands to the U.S.

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2009

Adam Sieff interviewed by Underyourskin.net Adam Sieff from Sellaband.com - Interview 2 SellaBand and Chuck D Bring Music Revolution to USA The New York based BTN Eastlink runs the North American operation of SellaBand with BTN Eastlink Principal and music icon Chuck D as Ambassador for the company. “SellaBand's business model takes music to a whole ...

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Video Showcase: Three Views of Peter Erskine

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 18, 2009

This week, we've a little video taste of the work of drummer Peter Erskine, who will be in St. Louis April 16-18 as a guest artist for the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Erskine has had a long and varied career, starting in the mid-1970s as a big band drummer with Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson, moving into fusion as a member of Weather ...

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Neil Young’s Video for “Light a Candle”

Source: All About Jazz
March 14, 2009

Neil Young’s new video for “Light a Candle,” which Rolling Stone is pleased to bring you exclusively.

In the clip, Young is wearing a T-shirt that says “The 2nd Big Bang. World Wide Web. Born From High Energy Physics.” In the past few years Young’s made much use of the Web, from blogging about his LincVolt electric car project to posting thousands of fan-made protest songs to creating super shoe-string budget music videos. This one — the second video ...

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Sat Eye Candy: David Bowie

Source: JamBase
March 8, 2009

OH, ALLADIN SANE, WE LUV YA!

We're as susceptible to suggestion as the next person, and if David Bowie was good enough to get the first set closing nod last night with Phish then he's a perfectly suitable candidate for Eye Candy - really one of the best, given the costume changes, hair mangling and overt aesthetics of The Thin White Duke, Mr. Ziggy Stardust, Sir Laughing Gnome in the Hole. He's about due to resurface soon, perhaps backed by ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Dr. Lonnie Smith

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 7, 2009

This week, we showcase the veteran jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, who will be in St. Louis from Wednesday, March 18 through Saturday, March 21 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro.Originally from the Buffalo, NY, area, the 66-year-old Smith first came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of guitarist George Benson's band. He then established his reputation as a leader with a series of blues- and funk-tinged ...

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Sat Eye Candy: Johnny Cash

Source: JamBase
March 1, 2009

WE BLOW OUT A CANDLE FOR THE MAN IN BLACK

If he were still with us Johnny Cash would have turned 77 last Thursday, February 26. As it is, he's been gone almost six years. Yet he remains hauntingly present, floating inside American music like a demon-angel Principality, inspiring musicians and helping the rest of us make sense of it all. There's a level of unvarnished understanding, self-awareness and common man empathy in Cash's work that's staggering. As flatly ...

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