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Weekend Extra: Butch Warren

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2008

Butch Warren played was a fixture on Blue Note albums in the 1960s. One of the bright young bassists of his generation, he recorded with Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Jackie McLean, Thelonious Monk and others. Then he disappeared.

Reporting for MSNBC, Antoine Sanfuentes found Warren, traced his success, downward trajectory and attempt to re-etablish his career. The piece includes a link to a video profile of Warren. Thanks to Larry Appelbaum for calling our attention to it.

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Cluster/Howlin Rain | 05.24 | California

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook

Cluster/Ariel Pink/Howlin Rain :: 05.24.08 :: Brookdale Lodge :: Brookdale, CA

Cluster by Hans-Joachim Roedelius Mythology isn't just found in books or relics or tales handed down in temples. We generate our own super charged stories from profound experiences, embellishing and retelling them until they glow. Music is rife with this legend making; it's the hero worship part and the intimacy we feel as we listen to albums ...

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Summer Camp | 05.23 - 05.25 | Illinois

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

Words by: Pat Knibbs | Images by: Norman Sands

Summer Camp 2008 :: 05.23.08 - 05.25.08 :: Three Sisters Park :: Chillicothe, IL

The Flaming Lips :: Summer Camp 2008 Summer Camp 2008 set the bar for all other summer festivals, and set it pretty high. This year festival organizers pulled out all the stops. They pieced together an impressive slew of genre-spanning bands that filled the weekend with enough musical highlights to fulfill an average music fans entire ...

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Another Great Day

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

In emulation of Art Kane's photograph Harlem 1958, widely known as A Great Day in Harlem, Great Day photographs have been made in cities all across the United States. Here, by permission of the Art Kane Archive, is the original.

Art Kane Archive

Not all of the copycat shots involve jazz. Baseball and hip-hop have also got into the act. The latest jazz entry is Indianapolis, which has produced major musicians including J.J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, Slide Hampton, David Baker, ...

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A Film About Jack Sheldon

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

A Los Angeles man and wife, Doug McIntyre and Penny Peyser, last night premiered Trying To Get Good, a film about the trumpeter, singer and outrageous humorist Jack Sheldon. They and others know that Sheldon is one of the most gifted musicians alive. They hope that the film will help bring him general recognition that he has deserved since the early 1950s. From Gary Goldstein's story in yesterday's Los Angeles Times:

Wynton Marsalis Featured on the Cover of HR: Magazine

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2008

The man on the cover of hr: Magazine this month is not your typical celebrity. Wynton Marsalis is a jazz and classical musician, composer and educator who has not only been awarded nine GRAMMY Awards, but also has an impressive resume that reflects his dedication to education and community involvement. A student of The Juilliard School in New York City, and a native of the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans, Marsalis' rise to fame is of no surprise. Wynton began ...

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Amjam | 05.23 - 05.25 | North Carolina

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2008

Words by: Stephanie Jacoby | Images by: Ian Rawn

Asheville Music Jamboree :: 05.23.08 - 05.25.08 :: Deerfields, NC

AmJam 2008 There's no better way to celebrate a long weekend than with a sweet camping festival, and no better way to spend a sweet camping festival than in the lush green peaks and valleys of Asheville, N.C. The Asheville Music Jamboree, a homegrown bluegrass, funk and good ole' Southern rock fest featured the likes of New Orleans natives Dumpstaphunk, ...

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Satoko Fujii ... and Bands ... Looking Back from the Future ...

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2008

I can guarantee, with certainty, that, somewhere in 2087, in a bar on the planet ZOrghk942, when some legally extraterrestrialized, yet interesting, jazz afficionados are thinking back about their favorite music at the turn of the century on planet Earth, that Satoko Fujii will come up in the discussion. Many- and I mean MANY - of the musicians that we think of as good today, will unfortunately have totally disappeared into oblivion, disappeared into a black hole outside history, fortunately ...

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