Jazz News

Carole King's "Tapestry: Legacy Edition"

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

The 1971 album is paired with a series of live recordings for a full appreciation of the groundbreaking project.

Carole King's “Tapestry," which has been re-released in a deluxe CD package, is one of the biggest-selling and most honored albums of all time, but it's 37 years old, so a few words of reintroduction may be necessary.

Indeed, a recent, mostly glowing consumer review of the album on a major commercial website begins, “You probably haven't heard the name before, ...

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Ivan Lins & Rosa Passos - Jazz at Lincoln Center

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

WHAT: Brazilian Festival:

WHO: Ivan Lins & Trio da Paz with New York Voices

WHEN: May 23-24 - 8pm

WHERE: Rose Theater Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th St., New York City

TICKETS: Tickets are $30, $50, $75, $95, $120 and available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office on Broadway at 60th St., ...

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'I Go Crazy' Singer Paul Davis Dies

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter whose soft rock hit “I Go Crazy" stayed on the charts for months after its release in 1977, died Tuesday. He was 60. Davis

Paul Davis' hits included “I Go Crazy," “ '65 Love Affair" and “Cool Night."

Davis died of a heart attack at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, the city where he grew up, cousin James Edwards said.

Davis' other popular hits included “65 Love Affair;" “You're Still New To Me," a ...

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Capitol Records Famed Echo Chamber at Risk

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

Capitol says recording quality at its Hollywood building is at risk The music firm says a proposed high-rise next door would damage its unique underground echo chambers.

No! No-o-o-o! No-o-o-o-o-o! That plea from Hollywood is reverberating through Los Angeles City Hall as officials try to decide whether a 16-story tower should be built next to the landmark Capitol Records building.

A Marina del Rey developer hopes to construct 93 condominiums, 13,442 square feet of commercial and office space and a ...

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Danny Federici, 58; Keyboardist Was an Original Member of E Street Band

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

Keyboardist Danny Federici, a low-profile but essential and original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City after a three-year battle with melanoma, according to a statement released by Springsteen's publicist. He was 58.

“Danny and I worked together for 40 years," Springsteen said in the statement. “He was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure, natural musician. I loved him very much. We grew up together."

Federici ...

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Thomas Humphrey, Innovative Guitar Designer, Maker

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

Thomas Humphrey, 59, a guitar maker whose innovative techniques helped increase the volume and projection of the instrument, died of a heart attack April 16 at his home in Gardiner, N.Y., said his wife, Martha Costa Humphrey.

His best-known model, the Millennium, has a sloped face and raised fingerboard that makes it easier for musicians to reach the high notes. The body shape gives the guitar a large tone.

Humphrey had been making conventional guitars for about 15 years when ...

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Al Wilson Soul Singer Had Several '70s Hits

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

Al Wilson, 68, a soul singer and songwriter who had a number of 1970s hits, including “Show and Tell," died of kidney failure Monday April 21st at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, said his son, Tony Wilson of Yucaipa.

Wilson was born June 19, 1939, in Meridian, Miss., where he sang in the church choir as a child. His family moved to San Bernardino in the 1950s, and he found work as a letter carrier, office clerk and janitor. ...

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Joe Feeney Tenor Starred on 'Lawrence Welk'

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2008

Joe Feeney, 76, an Irish American tenor who was one of the featured performers on Lawrence Welk's television programs, died April 16 at a Carlsbad hospice, said his son Chris, a member of the L.A. Opera company. Although he never smoked, the elder Feeney was diagnosed with emphysema about a year ago.

Joe FeeneyFeeney appeared on “The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1957 until production ended in 1982. His repertoire of popular numbers included traditional songs such as “Danny Boy" and ...

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