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Chuck Zueren: Why Not?? - Red Records

Source: All About Jazz

Cuck Zeuren Why Not?? 1. Why Not?? 2. Wuz Up?? 3. Boos 4. Frunk 5. Old Friend 6. Ber-Goz-Crazy 7. At Last 8. Samber 9. Put Yo Foot In Yo Mouf And Say Ah! Chuck Zeuren - drums Shunzo Ono - trumpet, flugelhorn Dave Finucane - tenor ...

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BILLY HIGGINS UPDATE

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As many of you may be aware legendary drummer Billy Higgins is very sick and in need of a liver transplant.

We have been in communication with Billy and he wants everyone to know that his spirit is strong and that he is grateful for all the support, prayers and donations that he has received.

However, he is not out of danger and has been unable to work since the end of October. This has not only been very hard ...

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Subtle But Groovin' Soul Jazz Star

Source: All About Jazz

By Kenny Mathieson

Jack McDuff, who was often known as Brother Jack McDuff, but later upgraded that honorific to Captain (an image completed by a jaunty, Count Basie-style yachting cap), was one of the handful of leading exponents of the soul jazz style created on Hammond organ by Jimmy Smith in the late 1950s. Soul jazz was one of the most popular (and populist) of all jazz-based styles, and remains so today.

Although it had its roots in the piano ...

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Premier Exponent of Jazz Trombone

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By Kenny Mathieson

The death of J. J. Johnson by self-inflicted gunshot wound has not only ended the life of the greatest jazz exponent of his instrument, the slide trombone, but also erodes one of the few remaining links to the formative era of modern jazz. Johnson emerged from a basic grounding in swing to establish himself as the undisputed premier voice on trombone in the bebop era, and invented a new language for the instrument in the process.

There ...

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Avishai Cohen's International Vamp Band to Appear at Jazz Gallery

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James Louis "J.J." Johnson dies

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INDIANAPOLIS -- James Louis “J.J." Johnson, an influential jazz trombonist who later forged a career arranging and recording scores for motion pictures and television, died Sunday. He was 77. Johnson, who had been ill in recent months, committed suicide at his home Sunday morning, the Marion County Sheriff's Department said. The Indianapolis native, who began playing piano at age 11, was a perennial winner of “Down Beat" magazine's reader's poll as best trombonist. While he was praised by jazz aficionados, ...

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BEFORE NIGHT FALLS SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 27th, 2001

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Music from acclaimed film highlights Cuban legends and more

On Tuesday, February 27th, 2001, Blue Thumb Records will release the soundtrack to the acclaimed film Before Night Falls. The CD features many renowned artists from several decades of Cuban music.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Venice Film Festival, Before Night Falls is a journey into the life and writings of Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas. The Fine Line Features film was directed and co-written by ...

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Trombonist J.J. Johnson passes

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