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Cool Jazz From Holland
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
European jazz in the 1950s has long fascinated me. World War II killed and injured tens of millions of people and seriously damaged countries' infrastructure, economies and the emotions of surviving populations. And yet, the optimism in these newly freed countries, supported by America's financial and military security, set them on a fast course to recovery. Modern jazz, with its improvisational expression, became one of the few diversions that Europeans found in sync with the new spirit of freedom. Young ...
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Keeping Alive That Big-Band Swing And Spirit
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, led by trumpeter and singer David Pruyn, drew the Charlotte County Jazz Society's largest audience of the 2021-22 season for its hard-swinging concert on Monday, March 14. For the audience, and the players, it was a journey back in musical time to the big band era of the 1930s, '40s and early '50s. Back to when the big-band sound dominated America's popular music–-and alto saxophonist Dorsey was known as “The Jukebox King.” Pruyn, who lives in ...
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John LaPorta With Byrd and Clarke
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
John LaPorta had a beautiful tone on the alto saxophone. It was warm and bluesy, and could go anywhere on a solo and sound spot on. It was “in the pocket," as they say. There was a lot of Charlie Parker in his sound, but with less urgency and impatience. Born in Philadelphia, he was something of a clarinet prodigy, playing with local bands at ages 10 and 13, and studied music at school with fellow clarinetist Buddy DeFranco. There ...
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Arkadia Records, Marking Its 25th Anniversary, Reinvents Itself For The Digital Age
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Twenty-five years after its first CD release, Arkadia Records emerges in 2022 from a long quiet spell, revitalized and recalibrated for a changing music industry. The jazz label founded and run by Bob Karcy has embraced the digital musical landscape, releasing its complete catalog on the full gamut of online streaming platforms and preparing its first releases since the 2000s—including the newly recorded debut album by Brazil’s Tetel Di Babuya, due for June 24 release. The burst of new activity ...
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Al Cohn and Joe Newman: Swinging Sessions
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Great jazz in the 1950s has always been a product of happy partnerships. Among these unions was the year-long recording collaboration between tenor saxophonist Al Cohn and trumpeter Joe Newman. Between December 1954 and December 1955, Cohn and Newman recorded on six albums together. These recordings were Cohn's Mr. Music and The Natural Seven; Newman's All I Wanna Do Is Swing and I'm Still Swinging; The Jazz Workshop's Four Brass, One Tenor; and Freddie Green's Mr. Rhythm. In total, there wasn't a ...
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A look back at 2021's jazz happenings
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
All About Jazz has published my annual comprehensive compilation of trends, challenges and noteworthy happenings in the global jazz world. Sad to say, the year's jazz-related list of musicians and industry figures who passed away during 2021 comprise nearly 25 percent of the material. Here's the intro: The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on ...
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Making the SAFE call: Room 623 is temporarily closing until 2022
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Room 623
Hello Jazz and peace lovers! In keeping with our mission to be the safest Jazz club in NYC, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors effective immediately due to safety concerns related to Covid-19 and specifically the Delta and Omicron variants. All remaining performances for 2021 have been canceled and we will be issuing credits to all those who had purchased tickets. Moving Forward... Right now, our plan is to reopen in 2022. We will continue ...
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Steely Dan: Black Friday
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Adding the word “black" to a day of the week began in September 1869, after Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market. Prices plunged, wealthy investors lost money and the day became known in the press as Black Friday. After the stock market crashed on October 24, 1929, newspapers referred to the day in its coverage as Black Thursday. Five days later, when the largest single number of shares were traded in stock-market history, newspapers called ...
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