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Other Places: Jazzwax on Louis and Bix
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The Bix Beiderbecke discussion that began here last week has spread to other precincts of the internet, most recently in an entry on Marc Myers's JazzWax. Marc builds on what he points out is an absurd trumped-up competition, Beiderbecke vs. Louis Armstrong; as if music was boxing, a track event or a beauty contest. To read it, and hear the recording of Bix's “Sorry," go here.
And don't miss this phrase in Myers's text...
...the rubbery bark of ...
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Denver Jazz Musician All Too Familiar with Devastating Effects from a Hurricane
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All About Jazz
Denver jazz musician Henry Butler this weekend called friends who live in his old hometown of New Orleans, checking on how they were as Hurricane Gustav bore down upon the Gulf Coast. Some were getting ready to evacuate. Some planned to ride it out. They are all in his thoughts, said Butler, who lost his home, his recording studio and his piano three years ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. “I feel so sorry the people who are still ...
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Happy Birthday Van Morrison!
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JamBase
FOND NATAL DAY WISHES TO ROCK'S GRUMPIEST CURMUDGEON GENIUS
Van “The Man" Morrison turns 63 today. Notorious for his mercurial mood swings and, uh, “artistic temperament," he's been known to perform whole concerts with his back to the audience, grumbling forced thank-yous between songs and he's as likely to spit in your eye as answer your questions in an interview, but the cat is bloody brilliant and produced an unbroken string of inspired albums between 1968-1974 rivaled ...
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Gustav's Possible Economic Hit is Widespread
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All About Jazz
Although attention is focused on the petroleum industry as Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake in other economic sectors: New Orleans' trademark tourism industry, the shipping business, sugar harvesting -- and even such niche products as red-hot Tabasco sauce. And, the affected states face another wild card __ depending upon the storm's damage, some of the current crop of thousands of storm evacuees may decide twice is enough, aggravating the region's labor ...
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New Orleans Ordered Evacuated as Storm Enters Gulf of Mexico
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All About Jazz
Evacuations were in high gear Sunday as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, threatening to cut a devastating swathe across the Gulf of Mexico's oil and gas infrastructure and to flood at least parts of New Orleans just days after the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Gustav's untimely arrival also disrupted plans for the Republican National Convention, scheduled to begin Monday in Minnesota. President Bush and Vice President Cheney both canceled appearances scheduled for Monday due to ...
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Gustav: Clock Ticks for New Orleans
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All About Jazz
Time is running out for New Orleans residents to flee the approach of deadly Hurricane Gustav, which is tipped to gain power before slamming into the US coast. Mayor Ray Nagin has ordered the compulsory evacuation of the city to begin at 8am local time (2pm BST) as the “storm of the century" churns around in the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost three years to the day since Hurricane Katrina swept through the birthplace of jazz, killing hundreds and ...
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New Orleans Ordered Evacuated Ahead of Gustav
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All About Jazz
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the city's more than 239,000 residents to evacuate on Sunday in the face of powerful Hurricane Gustav, which he called “the mother of all storms." The evacuation order issued on Saturday was the first in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina devastated the historic Southern city in August 2005. “This is the mother of all storms," Nagin said of Gustav, a monstrous Category 4 storm that could approach the central Louisiana coast just west of ...
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Jazz This Week: The End of Summer and the Big Muddy Blues
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As we head into what is effectively the final weekend of summer 2008, things are still in the relatively slow, dog-days mode with regard to live jazz in St. Louis. All of our town's various not-for-profit presenters are basically on hiatus until after Labor Day, and club activity is kind of sparse this weekend, too.Still, there are a few performances worth nothing, so let's get to it. Tonight, Brandt's has singer Kim Massie, the Dave Stone Trio plays ...
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