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STLJN Audio Archive: Miles Davis' Lost Quintet
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's StLJN Audio Archive material comes once again courtesy of the music sharing blog Nothing Is v2.0, and features Miles Davis' so-called “Lost Quintet" recorded live in 1969 in Paris. Although this lineup of Davis' band never recorded as a five-piece—hence, the notion of their music being “lost"—it's basically the nucleus of the group that recorded Bitches Brew, with Davis on trumpet, Dave Holland on bass, Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano sax, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Chick ...
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Rockwired.com’s Latest Edition Of Jazzed and Blue Presents: Broadway and Television Veteran Tom Wopat And Music From Curtis Stigers, Jane Badler And Marilyn Mcleod
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Rockwired Media LLC
The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features music and an exclusive interview with Broadway and television veteran Tom Wopat (The Dukes of Hazard). In this opening segment, Wopat discusses his forthcoming release 'Consider it Swung,' working with producer and bassist David Finck and plans for future recordings. The second half of this edition of Jazzed and Blue will feature music from such jazz and blues artists ...
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Jimmy McPartland This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to the Chicago jazz cornetist Jimmy McPartland, husband of public radio's Marian McPartland. The couple met in Britain while Jimmy was serving in the armed forces during WWII. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on- demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Jimmy McPartland played alongside Bix Beiderbecke and Benny Goodman, and is credited as one of the architects of “Chicago Jazz." ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 18, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever (Concord) 261 163 +98 0 65 1 8 2 1 5 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Legacy (Mack Avenue) 235 173 +62 1 70 1 5 3 — — Amina Alaoui Arco Iris (ECM) 178 — +178 8 41 3 1 4 44 — Terri Lyne Carrington The Mosaic Project (Concord) 172 69 +103 1 61 4 2 5 5 3 The ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Black Artists Group: In Paris, Aries 1973
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's Audio Archive post features a rare recording by St. Louis' Black Artists Group, courtesy of the blog Nothing Is, v 2.0. In Paris, Aries 1973 was, as the title implies, recorded live in Paris in 1973 by a lineup including Joseph Bowie (trombone, conga, miscellaneous instruments), Baikida E.J. Carroll (trumpet, flugelhorn, bass, log drum, cowbells, miscellaneous instruments), Charles “Bobo" Shaw (drums, woodblocks, gong, miscellaneous instruments), Floyd LeFlore (trumpet, miscellaneous instruments, voice) and Oliver Lake (saxophones, flute, marimbas, mud ...
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