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Other Places: Keepnews and Wall Street
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Those unfamiliar with The Wall Street Journal, might be surprised to learn of its cultural component. The newspaper's Personal Journal section has frequent profiles, reviews and backgrounders involving painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, dance--the whole range of cultural interests. The most recent piece of particular interest to jazz listeners is Tom Nolan's update on Orrin Keepnews, the 85-year-old co-founder of Riverside Records and indefatigable producer of reissues of a wide range of recordings, including many of his own productions. From the ...
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With a New Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center Sets New Goals
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Michael Ricci
In 2006 Jazz at Lincoln Center turned to Adrian Ellis for help. The organization had been struggling under the weight of its explosive growth since moving into a new $131 million home in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in 2004. It had tripled its budget and taken on three stages, where before it didn’t have even one. Mr. Ellis, a management consultant who has specialized in advising nonprofit cultural institutions, said it was like giving the organization a ...
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Lester Young: Compatible Quotes and a Movie
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Rifftides postings have been seldom lately because I'm working on a magazine piece about the resuscitation of Lester Young's tenor saxophone and the consequent revival of a band devoted to his music. More about that later. In the meantime, here's a set of thoughts from and about Prez.
Well, the way I play, I try not to be a 'repeater pencil', ya dig? Originality's the thing. You can have tone and technique and a lot of other things but without ...
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Niagara Falls: Jazz Reunion Remembers City's Roots
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All About Jazz
Charlie Reedy remembers his friend John “Spider" Martin well. They attended music classes at Niagara Falls High School together in the 1940s and eventually formed a band to play at the Ontario House. Without Spider's help, who knows if Reedy -- who still performs regularly at the Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo -- would ever have became the jazz musician he is today. “I couldn't talk my parents into buying me a horn, but Spider did," Reedy remembers with a ...
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Michael Weintrob Photo Exhibit
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JamBase
SEE THE SOUND AT SPENCER LOFTS - MICHAEL WEINTROB'S PHOTO WORK New Music Photography Exhibit Showcases Modern Music Experience Captured Through the Lens of Young Brooklyn Photographer
Regina Spektor - Outside Lands by Michael Weintrob Music meets visual art on the walls of Chelsea's Spencer Loft Gallery at the “See the Sound" exhibit featuring the music photography of Brooklyn based photographer, and JamBase regular, Michael Weintrob. Images exhibited will include candid and live performance shots spanning ...
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Jessie on World Cafe with David Dye Today! | Jessie Baylin | News
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All About Jazz
Red Cat Publicity - Fall Preview 2008
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
New Releases: The Wee Trio, Michael Bates, Trumpeter Avishai Cohen and David Weiss On Tour: The Wee Trio, Marcus Strickland, Michael Bates, Miles Okazaki, Dan Pratt Festival: Announcing the 6th annual Festival of New Trumpet Music Venue: Tribeca PAC 25th Anniversary Event - Bobby Sanabria Live at The Tribeca PAC on Halloween Related RedCat News Contrabassist/Composer Michael Bates on Tour in Support of... New Jazz Composers Octet, “The Turning Gate," Available in... ...
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