Jazz News

Reporter Tackles Origins of Rock and Roll

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Lately, I've been wondering if I was born in the wrong time period. Although I like all types of music, I believe the origins of rock and roll lie in the late 1930s-1950s.

With a nod to the rhythm and blues, jazz, country, gospel and boogie-woogie music of the 1920s and the 1930s. Rock really goes back further. It took a lot of mixing together of various popular, regional and cultural musical genres throughout time to create the music we ...

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Raggy's off Limits Radio Show (#55) - Shima & Shikou Duo & Wee!

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

You can DOWNLOAD this show or listen to the shows ON-DEMAND via our various hosts. Go to offlimitsradio.com and add your email address to be notified of latest show news and tracklistings. Tell your friends too! Raggy's Off Limits Radio Show 09.07.08 (#55) - Shima & Shikou Duo & Wee! Aflex Combo | Yearning For (Pravda) Ed Smith | Billie Jean (Unknown 7") Paul Tillman Smith | Newsroom (7Bridges 7") Formula One | Smoke Up (Guinness) Habitual Parking Violators | ...

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Bassist Buddy Catlett, a Seattle Native, Brings Jazz Home

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

He's performed with the greats, like Frank, Ella and Louis Armstrong During the 1940s, bassist George James “Buddy" Catlett roamed the streets of Seattle as a teenager, performing with such future luminaries as trumpeter Quincy Jones and pianist Ray Charles. “Seattle was one of the hottest cities in America," Jones said, adding that he and Catlett often performed three clubs a night together, finishing up around 5:30 a.m. and attending Garfield High School a few hours later. Over the course ...

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Music: Re-Gifting

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

The Minneapolis artistic community honors Carei Thomas with an event as multifaceted and overflowing as the poet/pianist himself. It was while lying in a hospital bed in the mid-1990s, his body racked by pain and paralysis, that jazz pianist Carei Thomas came up with the idea of the Gift Shop. Besieged by Guillain-Barr syndrome -- created by his immune system attacking his peripheral nervous system -- Thomas' mind searched for succor, and found it in the dream of a community ...

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Jazz Stars to Sail on First-Ever Playboy Jazz Cruise

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

The Playboy Jazz Festival will take to the high seas when it teams up with Jazz Cruises LLC to present the first-ever Playboy Jazz Cruise in celebration of the Festival's 30th anniversary. Renowned bassist Marcus Miller will serve as musical host for the cruise, which will feature 2008 Grammy winner Herbie Hancock as a special guest, along with a lineup of legendary stars.

The inaugural cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Holland America's luxurious M/S Westerdam, from ...

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In Hard Times, Songs a Tribute to Workers

Source: Michael Ricci
July 21, 2008

Bluegrass singer Del McCoury has a funny new song called “40 Acres and a Fool" about a city slicker who hits it big in the stock market and moves to the country to become a rancher.

Of course, the guy doesn't know a bull from a steer, and his money and arrogance only rankle the other farmers. The song wouldn't be such a hoot if it didn't have some truth to it, and that's why McCoury put it on “Moneyland," ...

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Guitar Amp Sim Power User Tips

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

While some people debate endlessly whether amp sims sound just like the “real thing" or not, others are forging ahead and creating new sounds with these new tools.

Reality check: If you want the exact sound of a Vox AC30, well, buy a Vox AC30. But if you want a sound that's based on an AC30 but then goes places conventional hardware can't, amp sims can do some fun tricks. Like these...

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Newcastle Jazz Festival NSW Australia

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Sydney, Interstate and International Bands at 21st Newcastle Jazz Festival 2008.

The Newcastle Jazz Festival will be held at the Town Hall at Newcastle NSW on the 29th, 30th and 31st of August. Notably, Viva the band will be appearing for their fourth time at the Festival along with a superb line up of bands and artists such as:

Lee Gunness, Paul Griffith Orchestra and Quintet, Cary Bennett and Swingout, Hendo's Early Roots, Dan & Howler Strictly Swingin', Trevor Furner ...

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