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USSR Craftsman Instrumental to Guitarists
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Michael Ricci
One of Fender's elite guitar makers is a self-taught immigrant from the former USSR who counts pop music greats among his fans.
Within the confines of his Corona work space, guitar designer Yuriy Shishkov had transformed a plank of blond ash wood into the body of a new Fender Telecaster. Seated at his bench, where he spends hours every day creating one-of-a-kind hand-crafted instruments, he studied the nascent creation. Holes had been cut for where tone-control knobs, a five-positioning pickup ...
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Jazz St. Louis Offering 2-for-1 Deal on Tickets for Eddie Jefferson Tribute
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Via a local email list, Jazz St. Louis is offering two tickets for the price of one for a performance of “The Genius of Eddie Jefferson" next week at Jazz at the Bistro. The tribute to the late jazz singer Jefferson (pictured), who is credited as one of the inventors of vocalese, will feature pianist Eric Reed and singers Carla Cook and Allan Harris, and runs next from Wednesday, April 1 through Saturday, April 4 at the Bistro.Tickets ...
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The Dead: Charity Ticket Auction
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JamBase
From PawtucketTimes.com.
The Dead Auctions Front-row Tickets for Charity
By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press Writer
The Dead It was time, says The Dead's Bob Weir, to give charitable causes a boost while directing a kick to the hindquarters of ticket scalpers.
So he and his bandmates announced Tuesday they have held back some of the best seats for their forthcoming spring tour, and are putting them up for bid in an online auction.
Want to sit in the ...
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Chamber Music America Accepting Applications For
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All About Jazz
Chamber Music America, celebrating its 32nd year as the national service organization for the ensemble music profession, announces its spring grant opportunity for U.S. jazz ensembles, 2009 NEW JAZZ WORKS: Commissioning and Ensemble Development.
The New Jazz Works program is made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Since 2000, Chamber Music Americas New Works programs have provided support to professional U.S. ensembles for the creation and performance of new works in the jazz idiom. To date, New Works has ...
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Artie Shaw's Last Dance Band
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By mid-1945, Artie Shaw was facing two creative crises. With the sudden proliferation of small record labels, RCA began pressuring the bandleader for Frenesi-sized hits. Then Roy Eldridge, the band's jazz trumpeter, wanted out. Frustrated in his role as a mere section player, Eldridge sought more solo time and found Shaw's band tedious and stifling. Even Shaw could read the writing on the wall: the band he had assembled in the fall of 1944 was likely reaching its peak and ...
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Jazz Aficionado Riffs in Kitchen, Too
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All About Jazz
When it comes to trading licks, Jazz St. Louis bossman Gene Dobbs Bradford thinks that cooking and music make a powerful duo. “When you cook a meal, it's like a performance," he says, “a one-time experience, very finite. Done right, it has a certain shape and phrasing." The spirit often moves Bradford to make a bang-up Sunday supper. On summer Sundays, he starts the grill about 4:30 a.m., gets the heat low and even, then puts ribs, brisket or a ...
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