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Mountain Jam | 5.30 - 06.01 | NY

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Words by: Brian Bavosa | Images by: Adam McCullough

Mountain Jam :: 05.30.08 - 06.01.08 :: Hunter Mountain, NY

Mountain Jam 2008 Radio Woodstock and Warren Haynes hosted the Fourth Annual Mountain Jam. Held at the picturesque Hunter Mountain in the Catskills of upstate New York, the weekend promised the usual attractions to help appease festivalgoers and undoubtedly a spot of rain. As the President of Radio Woodstock and founder of Mountain Jam, Gary Chetkof, proudly proclaimed, “It's all ...

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Bill Frisell - History, Mystery (Nonesuch, 2008) ****

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Thirty tracks spread over two CDs bring a great overview of Bill Frisell's signature music, mixing styles such as blues, jazz, country and african in one great blend of soft, gentle, clever, and technically superior playing, not only by him, but by the whole stellar cast of musicians he's lined up as usual, with Jenny Scheinman on violin, Tony Scherr on bass, Kenny Wollesen on drums, Eyvind Kang on viola, Greg Tardy on clarinet and saxophone, Hank Roberts on cello, ...

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Freddie Hubbard!

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

>Here's something I've been saving for a slow day--that is, a day when I haven't prepared a new posting. It's Freddie Hubbard in 1962 at age twenty-four, getting famous with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. To many, this was the Blakey band. It had Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman and Hubbard. Watch for Blakey's smile when Hubbard tears into the second chorus of his solo with that beautifully placed allusion to "Why Don't You Do Right?"

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Quincy Jones's Red Cross Efforts in China and Myanmar

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Quincy Jones Lends Time And Talent To Support Red Cross Relief Efforts In China And Myanmar

Legendary music producer and entertainment icon Quincy Jones is mobilizing assistance for survivors of the catastrophic earthquake that struck China and the deadly cyclone that swept through Myanmar. Jones recently recorded several public services announcements for the American Red Cross, which are now available to the media. “This is a critical time for the survivors of the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, ...

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Vinyl Makes a Comeback

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Vinyl Returns in the Age of MP3 LP and Turntable Sales Grow as Fans Find Warmer Sound in Classic Format and Artists are Making their Preferences for Vinyl Known

For his 19th birthday, Simon Hamburg wanted only one present: a turntable for his dorm room at the University of Southern Mississippi. His father bought him a portable $69 model, and Hamburg's older brother chipped in LPs by Simon and Garfunkel and the Who. “Listening to 'Baba O'Riley' on ...

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The Mars Volta Add Datesomar Shares Greatest GTR Cover

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

THE MARS VOLTA ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL U.S. HEADLINE DATES AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL APPEARANCE CONFIRMED OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ ON ROLLING STONE GREATEST GUITARISTS COVER

The Mars Volta “The Mars Volta is a progressive-rock whirlwind, constructing maniacally complex music and performing it with a mixture of rigorous virtuosity, psychedelic euphoria and punk intensity... still rock's finest avatar of excess." -Jon Pareles, New York Times

Upon completion of their current trek through Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and ...

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Individualism: Gil Evans in the 1960s

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2008

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Hal McKusick

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2008

The Rifftides staff has no more intention of making this blog a birthday watch than of making it a death watch, although there is an endless supply of both phenomena. However, on the Jazz West Coast listserve, Desne Villepigue pointed out that yesterday was the eighty-fourth anniversary of Hal McKusick's appearance in the world, and that is worth noting. McKusick was one of the most rewarding alto saxophone soloists of the fifties and sixties. He is still active as a ...

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