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Jazz Face: Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I think my first Dave Brubeck record, purchased in my teens, was Jazz Impressions of New York. It was his classic quartet with Paul Desmond, but was not to be one of his most popular recordings. No matter. It's the music that got me hooked on Brubeck, and to a large degree, the music that really hooked me on jazz. And maybe his use of odd time signatures trained my ears to appreciate the unexpected in all sorts of music. ...
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Dave Brubeck: 1920-2012
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday afternoon, my Leisure & Arts editor at the Wall Street Journal called with awful news: pianist-composer Dave Brubeck had died. He then asked if I could turn around an appreciation for Thursday's paper. No problem, I said. But after I filed the piece, the national news section wanted it, and the desk had to trim it considerably for space (go here). Since I loved Dave and his music, I thought I should share with you my longer, original appreciation—pre-haircut... ...
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Dave Brubeck is Gone
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Dave Brubeck died this morning. He would have celebrated his 92nd birthday tomorrow. Russell Gloyd, Brubeck’s manager and conductor of the pianist and composer’s extendedorchestral works, said that Brubeck suffered cardiac arrest. In fragile health for several years, he was being driven from his home in Wilton Connecticut to an appointment with his heart doctor in nearby Norwalk. For a comprehensive obituary tracing the career that made Brubeck one of the few jazz artists to achieve mass popular acceptance, go ...
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Frank Barcelona: The Only Agent in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Passes
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HypeBot
Innovator, talent agent and promoter Frank Barsalona, who booked the first U.S. tours of British invaders such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones; and who helped to shape the concert industry, died at his Manhattan apartment on Nov. 22nd. He was 74 at the time of his passing. While not well-known to the general public, Barsalona was a legend in the industry, representing a roster of clients that included Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street ...
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Bo Gronningsaeter: In Memoriam
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All About Jazz
Bo Grønningsæter died on Wednesday, the 14th of November, 2012 at the age of 61. The jazz community has lost an innovative organizer and profiled personality. He grew up in Molde, Norway and became acquainted with jazz as a teenager through the jazz festival. After graduating from Molde gymnas he went to study film in Stockholm and both English literature and history at the University in Bergen. In Bergen, he became involved in the jazz club and the festival (Nattjazz) ...
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Elliott Carter, 1908-2012
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Elliott Carter went his own way writing music that was often difficult to play and, for many audiences, difficult to hear. Eventually, he captured listeners and became one of the most honored American composers. Carter died yesterday in New York at 103 in the Greenwich Village apartment where he had lived since the 1940s. In an interview a few years ago, he said: As a young man, I harbored the populist idea of writing for the public. I learned that ...
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Saxophonist David S. Ware: 1949-2012
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Improvised Communications
David S. Ware's longtime manager Steven Joerg, the family's official spokesman, has issued the following statement: Last night, saxophonist and composer David S. Ware succumbed to complications from his 2009 kidney transplant at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was 62. His remains will be cremated and a musical memorial service will be organized for a later date. WKCR 89.9 FM in New York is paying tribute to Ware with an 18-hour memorial broadcast that ...
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Eddie Bert (1922-2012)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Eddie Bert, a swinging bebop trombonist whose aggressive, bouncing playing style was deeply influenced by his love for the instrument's singing voice and who found himself in steady demand from 1942 on, appearing on 336 known recording sessions, died on September 28. He was 90. Greatly assisted by fearless ambition and a quest for excellence, Eddie's early drive resulting in meeting Trummy Young outside a ballroom in New York in the late 1930s. Taken with Eddie's honest approach, Young sent ...
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