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Happy Birthday, John Paul Jones!

Source: JamBase
January 4, 2009

ZEPPELIN'S BASS GOD IS A HEARTY 63-YEARS-OLD TODAY

The “quiet one" in Led Zeppelin was also the one responsible for many of that band's innovative nuances, not to mention his strata shaking low end brilliance. We adore every little thing about John Paul Jones - his musicianship, his versatility, his gentlemanly ways. JPJ is everything good about serious rock musicians, and he embodies much of the underlying philosophy here at JamBase, where a dedication to great music - of whatever ...

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W.C. Handy Said It

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 3, 2009

"Then the depression came, and white people suffered the pinch along with their darker brothers. With us, of course, being broke and low-down is an old story. With us there has never been anything else but depression. We have known for years how to laugh under trying circumstances, how to go on living with nothing but song to sustain us. But it took a woeful depression to teach this trick to white America.

“Now there seems to be a much ...

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3 Great Reasons for Musicians to Sleep Late

Source: All About Jazz
January 2, 2009

3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late

1. You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested" actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the average person slumbered 10 hours a night.

2. Night owls are more creative.

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The Dead to Tour In '09

Source: JamBase
January 2, 2009

From dead.net:

The Dead will be touring for the first time in more than four years, with nearly twenty shows spread across a month from mid-April through mid-May.

The lineup for this edition of The Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both ...

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Bill Ramsay, Octogenarian Swinger

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 2, 2009

LISTENING TIP

Bill Ramsay is a veteran saxophonist widely admired in jazz circles across the US but little known to the public outside the Pacific Northwest. Accomplished on alto and baritone saxes, he co-leads the Ramsay-Kleeb band and is the baritone sparkplug of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Ramsay has been a first-call sub on the Count Basie band for decades. His good-natured jousting partnership with tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb never fails to produce hard swing and spontaneous standup comedy. ...

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By the Numbers: Digital Music Sales Hit New High

Source: HypeBot
January 1, 2009

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STLJN 2008 Year in Review

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 1, 2009

On this final day of 2008, let's take a look back at some of the most newsworthy, noteworthy and/or interesting items posted here on St. Louis Jazz Notes over the past 12 months:January 2008Erin Bode says legal woes are “officially over."Jazz St. Louis, SIU-E to host band director academy in JulyVon Doren, Ehrlich to perform at IAJE conferenceArt exhibit inspired by Sun Ra opens February 15 at Sheldon Art GalleriesNew multi-genre club The Gramophone says they'll include ...

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Rounding up the "Best Jazz of 2008" Lists

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 31, 2008

It's once again that time of year when jazz journalists, DJs, critics and bloggers publish their annual “Best Of" lists, and once again, St. Louis Jazz Notes is going all meta on the whole list-making concept by offering a list with links to all of the “Best Jazz of 2008" lists we can locate. It's a bigger group this year, and so to make the list o' lists a little easier to access, it's roughly alphabetized by media and/or the ...

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