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News: Recording

Gabor Szabo: All About Jazz Playlist

March 1, 2011

All About Jazz's My iTunes Playlists are designed to help music lovers compile their own “best of" iPod playlists or CDR compilations. Here is the playlist I constructed to help introduce new listeners to what I consider to be the best of Gabor Szabo's readily available recordings. Guitarist Gabor Szabo (1936-82) made a big noise in ...

News: Recording

"Habanera" by Sergio Puccini

March 1, 2011

Spanish guitarist Sergio Puccini's recent record Romerias features Lalo Schifrin's title piece, a suite of nine solo guitar pieces that the composer was commissioned to write in 1986 by famed guitarist Angel Romero. Puccini's remarkable performance here marks the first time this suite has been recorded in its entirety. The guitarist plays as if he knows ...

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News: Recording

Miles Davis "Bitches Brew Live"

March 1, 2011

Many years ago when there was evolution and revolution in music, change was palpable. Today, too much music is just churned out by the latest technology. Only the faces change. The music machine is fueled by “product" and (or) stuff that sounds too much like something that's already been done before. But as the 1970s dawned, ...

News: Award / Grant

Sonny's Still on a Roll

March 1, 2011

The high honors, perhaps long overdue, keep on rolling in for saxophonist Sonny Rollins. His historic 80th birthday concert in New York's Town Hall three nights after his September 7 birthday was one of the top jazz events of 2010 Then you add in Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement award from the Montreal International Jazz ...

News: Video / DVD

Progress Report

February 28, 2011

In my Modern Jazz Quartet project, I'm roundin' third and headin' home (for mystified readers in Brussels or Bangkok, that's a baseball metaphor). I hope to be back to more or less regular blogging early this week. In the next few days, the Rifftides staff will have news about a new look for the blog. In ...

News: Recording

Clarence Johnson: Low Down Papa

February 28, 2011

Before radio, before the phonograph and before the jukebox, there was the piano roll. An ingenious invention dating back to the 1890s, the piano roll was the first way in which the public could hear recorded music. Many of the major piano roll companies were in Chicago, and by the early 1920s, some of these companies ...

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News: Interview

Interview with New York Music Director David J. Hahn

February 28, 2011

David J. Hahn is a music director and pianist in New York City. He toured as the conductor of Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town (2007 revival, North American tour) and has music directed regionally throughout the United States. He has music directed new works and readings at Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists and the Laurie Beechman Theater and ...

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News: Radio

In Studio with Benny Green

February 28, 2011

CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO When pianist Benny Green agreed to come to KPLU's Seattle studios for a solo piano performance he was on tour with his band doing a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk so it seemed logical to have his studio session consist of Monk compositions. That was the plan, anyway ... However, ...

News: TV / Film

The Miles Davis Movie: Will It Be the Best Movie Ever About Jazz? Or: Wow, There Are Not a Lot of Movies About Jazz

February 28, 2011

Let's take a look at a shortlist of good-to-great films with jazz as its central theme (excluding documentaries...): Bird Round Midnight Mo' Better Blues The Five Pennies Sweet And Lowdown Sweet Love, Bitter Tune in Tomorrow... Paris Blues St. Louis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music (February 25 - March 4, 2011) Schedule

February 28, 2011

Here is what's happening on the Chicago Live Jazz Music Scene for February 25th, 2011 thru March 4th, 2011...(photo: Guy King Organ Trio-Monday Nights at Andy's Jazz Club)... 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 2/24 ~ John Avila Duo Andy's ...