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The Friday Morning Listen: Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (1997)

Source: Something Else!
August 21, 2010

By Mark Saleski Have you ever been minding your own business when an old experience, one you hadn't thought about in years, just pops into your mind? That happened to me the other night, and I have no idea why. I had been up late reading, had just returned from the bathroom tooth-brushing thing, and was about to get into bed. TheWife... turned over slightly, pulling the covers with her. As I saw the white sheet slide across the mattress, ...

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One Day... Albums as Single Unbreakable Files

Source: HypeBot
August 21, 2010

Fans are cherry-picking your songs. You hate it, hate it, hate it. Artists make albums, not songs. If only there were a way to make fans consume your vision as you saw fit. In Wired UK's edition, Russell Davies poses an interesting question: “MP3s, Napster and iTunes have turned the natural unit of music consumption into the song... [they] are not completely separate entities, not isolated fragments. They're linked by sound, By the mood and ideasof the musicians, by the ...

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Vijay Iyer Has Nowhere to Hide on 'Solo'

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
August 21, 2010

It seems that pianist Vijay Iyer has been getting accolades from everywhere since the release of 2009's 'Historicity.' The trio album won awards in Downbeat and the Village Voice's year-end polls, and not to be outdone, the Jazz Journalist Association recently picked him as Musician of the Year. GQ India even listed him as one of the 50 Most Influential International Indians. Iyer has gotten strong notices since making his 1995 debut, working in a wide ...

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Jazzwax List: The Midgets

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 21, 2010

Last Friday, I assembled a band based on the beefy names of artists. This week, I offer a new ensemble featuring musicians with mini monikers or slight of height names. For those adding Comments, this list is about the names only, not whether they were truly big or small: Peanuts Hucko (clarinet) [pictured] Budd Johnson and Bud Shank (saxophones) Booker Little and Phil Napoleon (trumpets) Nat Pierce (piano) Slim Gaillard and Tiny Grimes (guitar) Wilbur Little (bass) Tiny Kahn and ...

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Rebecca Coupe Franks Showcases An Eclectic Mix Of Instrumentals And Vocals On Check the Box, Set For August 17 Release

Source: DL Media
August 20, 2010

Trumpeter/Composer/Bandleader Celebrates Her 20 Year Career “This emotionally heartfelt and driving album brings home spirited, inspired songs and trumpet playing...Rebecca is at her best throughout, and the songs reflect a versatility of music form in a tableau of polished approach, feel and style." —from the CD liner notes, Lynne Robin Green This year marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Rebecca Coupe Franks' remarkable career as trumpeter/composer/bandleader. The San Francisco Bay Area native was mentored by Joe Henderson during ...

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Antibalas - Who is This America? (2004, 2010 Reissue)

Source: Something Else!
August 20, 2010

By Pico The American Afrobeat movement hadn't bubbled up from the underground all that long ago, but maybe it isn't too soon to look back at what have been the key releases from this revival. At least that's what Ropeadope Records thinks in re-releasing this week Who Is This America from Antibalas only six years after its original release. And who is this Antibalas? Antibalas is a very large Afrobeat collective (numbering 14 members in 2004) straight out of Brooklyn, ...

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