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Foodie Jazz -- Manhattan Sound Bites

March 7, 2011

Every time I go to New York, friends roll their eyes and say something about the high prices for dining and lodging. My experience—there's not much difference between finding good jazz and good food in New York. It's everywhere you turn, often cheap, and often the best you've ever experienced. Even by accident. From my recent ...

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News: Recording

Method of Defiance "Incunabula"

March 7, 2011

Method of Defiance (MOD) is one of bassist / producer / conceptualist Bill Laswell's most recent—and perhaps most significant—musical projects. Apparently Method of Defiance is a “musical, sonic, aesthetic, mind and body experience, at once structured, spontaneous, precise, random, brash, beautiful and above all unforgivable." This could be Bill Laswell's entire musical aesthetic: a no-bounds, no-holds ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Mardi Gras Time with Glen David Andrews

March 6, 2011

It's parade Saturday of Mardi Gras week in St. Louis, which makes it a doubly appropriate time to check out some clips of New Orleans trombonist and vocalist Glen David Andrews, who will be in town next Wednesday, March 9 to play The Gramophone. A protege of New Orleans ...

News: Award / Grant

SundayWax Bits

March 6, 2011

Well, it doesn't get much better than this—being awarded the National Medal of Arts by the President of the United States on March 2. Of course, being named a Kennedy Center Honoree this year would certainly be icing on the cake for Sonny Rollins. The tenor saxophonist was awarded the prestigious medal along with Quincy Jones ...

News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Dire Straits

March 6, 2011

WE COULD DO WORSE FOR OUR SULTAN When Dire Straits went looking for a player to tour the more keyboard heavy Making Movies in 1980, whoever got the job had big shoes to fill—the E Street Band's Roy Bittan had played on the album. Enter Alan Clark, whose deep skill and compositional dexterity strongly influenced the ...

News: Award / Grant

Dr. John, Tom Waits Among Rock Hall of Fame Inductees

March 6, 2011

There are a handful of jazz musicians who have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These musicians include Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Nat “King" Cole, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Jelly Roll Morton, Les Paul, and Dinah Washington. Crossover artists Dr. John and Tom Waits will be inducted into the Rock and Roll ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music (March 4 - March 11, 2011) Schedule

March 6, 2011

Here is what's happening on the Chicago Live Jazz Music Scene for March 4th, 2011 thru March 11th, 2011...(photo by Rich Malec: Bruce Oscar-Chicago Jazz Pianist & WDCB 90.9 FM radio host)... Adelle's 1060 College Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187-5720 (630) 784-8015 Open Tue-Thu 4:30pm-8:30pm; Fri-Sat 4:30pm-9:30pm; Sun 4pm-8pm Jazz On Thursdays from 7PM-10PM THURSDAY 3/10 ~ ...

News: Performance / Tour

Klezmer and Swing Music at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod This Sunday, March 6

March 6, 2011

Master jazz drummer Bart Weisman, a Provincetown musician and founder of the annual Provincetown Jazz Festival, leads a performance of traditional Jewish klezmer and swing era music at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod, on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. The Center is located at 4404 Falmouth Road in Cotuit. For ...

News: Recording

From the Stacks: Pico's 2011 Stacks, Volume 2

March 6, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron When I first started the Stacks series last year, I had two formatting rules about it: each artist was to be allotted one paragraph each and there must be at least six albums examined. I'm bending both rules this time, as only five new releases will get a look, and the single ...

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John Coltrane - The Very Best of John Coltrane (Atlantic, 2000)

March 6, 2011

The title may be something of a misnomer, but it does make for a nice introduction for the neophyte into the sometimes overwhelming discography of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. After a long period of apprenticeship during the 1950's, playing with icons like Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, Coltrane struck out on his own in 1959 ...