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Documentary: Jazz Flute
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Long the mainstay of classical ensembles and orchestras, the flute crossed over to jazz earlier than most people think. It first turned up in ragtime orchestras and marching bands of the late 1800s. Then it was buried in jazz bands for accents or novelty purposes in the 1920s. Crowded out by the clarinet in dance bands of the swing era in the 1930s and '40s, the flute first emerged as a solo jazz instrument in the early 1950s. An early ...
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Alfred Sergel IV Releases Official Video For The Falling Out
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Onama Media Group
Alfred Sergel IV continues to explore new ways to fuse his love for jazz and pop music with “The Falling Out". The Official Video for The Falling Out is now available on YouTube. Drawing inspiration from artists like Beck, Tycho, Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, “The Falling Out” is an upbeat, energetic track that features Grammy award winning bassist Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie) and Grammy nominated pianist Martin Bejerano (Roy Haynes). Working with Indie-Pop producer Joel Willis, “The Falling Out” ...
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Dave Schildkraut: Key Ingredient
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Alto saxophonist Dave Schildkraut didn't record on a bad album. Except perhaps his own leadership session, at the tail end of his recording career in 1979. By then, he sounded coarse and tapped out. But if you look through his discography and listen to the recordings, the New York jazz session player managed to draw only aces. There isn't a dud in the bunch. Not even a slightly sub-par jazz recording. Schildkraut's sound was routinely and somewhat unfairly compared to ...
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Henri Salvador, Part 2
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, I posted on French singer-entertainer Henri Salvador and his career up until his semi-retirement at age 78 in 1995. Today, I'm posting about one of pop's most startling comebacks topped only by Tony Bennett's. This rebound also featured Salvador's passion for Brazil. First, let's look at his first visit to the South American country. On Christmas of 1941, bandleader Ray Ventura was in Rio de Janeiro with Salvador as his vocalist. Ventura and his band were preparing to leave ...
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Henri Salvador, Part 1
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Henri Salvador was a French singer, musician and dancer whose talents were so exceptional and profound, we don't really have anyone of comparable status in the U.S. Salvador played guitar and trumpet, he sang beautifully and he was a star in virtually every music genre, including jazz, pop, chanson, cabaret, rock 'n' roll and bossa nova. He also appeared regularly on TV singing and dancing. There was something exclusively French about Salvador, like Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier and Yves Montand. ...
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10 by Mancini in 1960
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Hollywood composer, arranger and conductor Henry Mancini released four albums in 1960—two soundtracks and two instrumental LPs. The scores were for the film High Time and the TV series Mr. Lucky. The instrumentals were The Blues and the Beat and The Mancini Touch. Their cool swing, jauntiness and instrumental textures were in sync with the minimalist space-age feel of the year and the palm-lined breeziness of Beverly Hills. [Photo above of Henry Mancini courtesy of Ginny Mancini] Here are 10 ...
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Five Guitarists With the Blues
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By 1971, my family had moved out of Manhattan for the northern reaches of Westchester County. I wasn't happy about being there, but it was better than dealing with overcrowded classrooms in the city and muggings in school stairways. Craving the city at 15, I started taking the train into New York to spend hours at record stores. I'd often come back with four or five albums paid for with lawn-mowing money. By then, many of my friends had grown ...
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