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The Jazz Session #104: Ben Perowsky

Source: Michael Ricci
November 2, 2009

Ben Perowsky's newest recording, Moodswing Orchestra (El Destructo, 2009), is an experiment is ambient improvisation. Perowsky has assembled an all-star cast of instrumentalists and vocalists, including everyone from Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori and Brazilian vocalist Bebel Gilberto to turntable/laptop artist Markus Miller and tuba player Marcus Rojas. In this interview, Perowsky talks about his desire to embrace the spirit of jazz but avoid jazz language; and how the process of the recording was as much about improvisation as was the ...

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The Jazz Session #103: John Abercrombie

Source: Michael Ricci
November 1, 2009

John Abercrombie returns with Wait Till You See Her (ECM, 2009), another album of gorgeous, tuneful music from his quartet, featuring Mark Feldman on violin, Joey Barron on drums, and new band member Thomas Morgan on bass. In this interview, Abercrombie talks about how subtle movements in the audience impact a performance; the label chamber jazz and whether it applies to his band; and his role as the evil Donald Dastardly in the radio drama Harry Lovett, Man Without A ...

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KFUO Files Application for License Transfer

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 1, 2009

The Post-Dispatch's Sarah Bryan Miller reported today that the license assignment application to transfer ownership of KFUO (99.1 FM) from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to Gateway Creative Broadcasting (a.k.a. Joy FM) has been submitted to the FCC.The proposed sale would put an end to St. Louis' only classical music radio station, also the current home of Don Wolff's long-running program “I Love Jazz," which airs on Friday nights. (For more background on the story, click the “KFUO" label ...

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Stanley Jordan Featured in Latest Jazz St. Louis Podcast

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 29, 2009

Hot on the metaphorical heels of their recent podcast featuring bassist Christian McBride, Jazz St. Louis is rolling out another installment in their ongoing series of audio interviews with jazz artists who are coming to St. Louis.The newest podcast features a conversation between JSL's Gene Dobbs Bradford and guitarist Stanley Jordan, who will be in town next Wednesday, November 4 through Saturday, November 7 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro. You can download the podcast or listen ...

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Phish Festival 8 Broadcast by Sirius Jam_on

Source: JamBase
October 28, 2009

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The Jazz Session #102: John Surman

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2009

John Surman is a composer with a broad and multi-hued musical palette. Hes written for everything from solo saxophone to string quartet to choir with organ to contemporary dance. On Brewster's Rooster (ECM, 2009), Surman reunites with longtime musical partners Jack DeJohnette and John Abercrombie (accompanied by bassist Drew Gress) for a quartet album that explores group interplay. In this interview, Surman talks about finding a place in his music for his disparate influences; why he writes for many types ...

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