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Swing and the Blues: Still Essential Skills and Wisdom for Successful Jazz Musicians?
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
In what we anticipate will be a series of commentaries from young jazz musicians (in this case we're talking 20 and 30something artists). Our first respondent is the very thoughtful and grounded pianist Aaron Goldberg. Born & raised in Boston, Goldberg's advanced music studies began at age 17 at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. After enrolling at Harvard, where he graduated in '96, Aaron won the IAJE Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship award. Speaking of swing & the ...
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"When Money Comes in the Door, Duende Goes out the Window"
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
By Steve Provizer Duende was first a fairy or goblin-like creature in Spanish and Latin American mythology. Eventually, it became a concept-something that you could have, or which inhabited you; a way of describing the passion inherent in flamenco or other folk musics. The concept has had two main popularizers: Frederico Garcia Lorca and George Frazier. Lorca 's complex vision of duende was irrationality, earthiness, a heightened awareness of death, and a dash of the diabolical. He said: “It is ...
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Top 10 Jazz Fashion Crimes
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Tim Tamashiro
By Tim Tamashiro Jazz musicians are incredible at what they do. They are Ferrari's of musical capability and horsepower. So why are jazzers the perpetrators of so many crimes against fashion? I'm no expert when it comes to fashion but I do know that a suit and tie can go a long way for a gentleman or a fashionable black dress can do wonders for any woman. Duke Ellington once said, “You've got to find some way of saying it ...
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It's War Again: PCmag Flips RIAA the Bird
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Moses Supposes
Just when it seemed music companies and Silicone Valley had found common ground, PCMag throws the drama back into 2005 hostilities. Moses Avalon If you ever had any doubt that the ISP industry is at war with music and other content providers, this should put the controversy to rest. When a popular consumer computer magazine acutely and brazenly facilitates their readers to steal music via P2P, even after all the court battles, how can there be any room for doubt ...
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Why Tiered Pricing Works on Concert Tickets
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We All Make Music
Early Tuesday morning, word got out that Kanye West would play a surprise show at the 550-person capacity Bowery Ballroom for later that night. The Bowery Ballroom is a fraction of the size of the arenas West will be selling out over the next year, and tickets for this unique experience were priced at $100 (with $6 in fees on Ticketmaster, of course), about fifty dollars more than the least expensive ticket to West's last concert at Madison Square Garden. ...
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"The Myth of 'The First'"
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
By Steve Provizer There's a guy who recently said he's identified the World's First Rock-and-Roll Song Id'ing the first of anything is alluring; even better than finding the Biggest Spruce Tree or the Skinniest Model. Arguing about the First Of Something has the same kind of endless circularity you get in a stoned conversation about “Best Of's." It can be enjoyable as long as no dopey egotist who needs more sex (Hey, that's me-at least the dopey egotist part) holds ...
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A Journey to The Self: Tribute to Esbjorn Svensson / Trio
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Mehdi El Mouden
By Mehdi El Mouden He never claimed to play jazz and was often at pains to explain his music. Esbjorn Svensson could blend together electric frenzy along with jazz swing. The result is often a tripping music, punctuated with ending trance. The first notes leave the impression of climbing stairs. Repetitive, rapid and accompanied with drums, they pave the ground for the journey to be undertaken. Unlike songs where one's mind can stray a bit for stroll, Svensson's songs compel ...
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Democratize Your Office Music Listening Sessions
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HypeBot
Everyone knows that good music makes you work better. Bad music, on the other hand, kills your groove. And there's no perfect way to democratize office music listening sessions, because we all like different stuff. The Breakfast company has set out to make your cubicle life better. They've released Pandora and Last.fm branded station-rating terminals. Now everyone has a convenient way to give thumbs down to the songs they hate and to spread the love to their favorite tunes. While ...
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