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Extra Golden: "Obama" Stream

Source: JamBase
November 6, 2008

Extra Golden: “Obama" Stream

Last year the half-Kenyan half-American outfit Extra Golden released Hera Ma Nono featuring the song “Obama." The track is praise and thanks for the then Chicago senator (with deep Kenyan roots) who helped the band gain visas to perform at a festival in Chicago.

Now that Obama is the leader of our fine nation, we wanted to be sure you could hear this song.

Extra Golden Free MP3: “Obama“

And, in video:

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Presidential Candidates Final Campaign Speeches

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2008

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If Mos Def Were President

Source: JamBase
November 5, 2008

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three from Miguel Zenon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 2, 2008

This week, we take at look at some video clips featuring alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, who's one of the fastest-rising young jazz stars to emerge this decade. Zenon will be in St. Louis next week to perform Wednesday, November 5 through Saturday, November 8 at Jazz at the Bistro, and to help those who haven't heard him get acquainted, today we've got excerpts from ...

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Daniel Rinck Powerfully Energetic Gospel Jazz Musician's New Uploads Finally Available

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2008

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DVD: Bill Evans

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 28, 2008

Bill Evans, Live '64-'75 (Jazz Icons). We see and hear the most influential jazz pianist after Bud Powell with four versions of his trio in concerts or television appearances in Scandinavia and France. In a slightly disjointed encounter, Lee Konitz is the guest on one tune. Otherwise, Evans is deep in conversation with his sidemen: bassists Eddie Gomez, Chuck Israels and Neils-Henning rsted Pedersen: and drummers Larry Bunker, Alan Dawson, Marty Morell and the seldom seen Eliot Zigmund. Much of ...

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Miles Davis - The Cool Jazz Sound (1959) DVD

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2008

Bobby Troup hosted this excellent television show that featured the best in contemporary jazz; this episode collects a stunning array of jazz heavyweights together on one stage.

The performance was given in 1959, three years after Miles' legendary album The Birth of Cool, around the same time that he released the seminal Kind of Blue. John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, and the Gil Evans Orchestra, among others, all joined Davis at the show. This is an ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Helen Sung, Marcus Strickland and the Metta Quintet

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 26, 2008

This week, we've got a grab-bag of videos related to the Metta Quintet, who will be in St. Louis next week to do an educational residency for Jazz St. Louis, culminating in performances at Jazz at the Bistro on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1. As the the official resident ensemble of JazzReach Performing Arts & Education Association in NYC, the Metta Quintet spends a good deal of time in educational ...

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