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News: Opinion

Jazz Poetry - "Canary"

January 5, 2011

Canary by Rita DoveFor Michael S. Harper Billie Holiday's burned voicehad as many shadows as lights,a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you're cooking, drummer to bass,magic spoon, magic needle.Take all day if you have towith your mirror and your bracelet of song.) Fact is, the invention of ...

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News: Video / DVD

A Confession in Triplicate: Spyro Gyra, Guilty Pleasure

January 5, 2011

By Something Else Reviews We attempted to give ourselves some cover by assuring one another that Spyro Gyra started out more in the vein of Weather Report than, say, David Sanborn. We really did. But, after pulling out the actual albums, it didn't take long to see how baldly ridiculous that premise so quickly became. Spyro ...

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News: Recording

Big Apple Blues - Brooklyn Blues (2010)

January 5, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Big Apple Blues came by this vintage sound honestly. They put down tracks for Brooklyn Blues in an old hometown studio, Excello Recording, playing live before analog equipment on throwback instruments. Then they picked out a series of cuts by giants of the genre. Included on this Stone Tone release are covers of ...

News: Obituary

Gerry Rafferty (1947-2010): An Appreciation

January 5, 2011

Editor's note: Here's a repost of our review of 1978's City to City By Gerry Rafferty, who died today in London from liver failure after a lengthy battle with alcoholism. Rafferty scored Top 10 hits first with Stealers Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle") and then with his own “Baker Street" from this recording.City to City sold ...

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News: Interview

Interview | Andrew D'Angelo

January 5, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop begins a New Year of music this Friday night with a concert by AGOGIC, who will be kicking off a three-date tour in Philadelphia before heading to New York and Chicago. This new project led by long-time collaborators Andrew D’Angelo and Cuong Vu features two emerging musicians from Seattle’s thriving jazz scene, drummer ...

News: Recording

Tom Van Der Geld and Children at Play "Patience"

January 5, 2011

Patience is the second of four of Tom van der Geld's “Children at Play" albums recorded between 1973 and 1980. The group's first record, Children at Play (issued 1975), and the last, Out Patients (1980), were issued by the West German JAPO ("Jazz by Post") label that has something to do with ECM Records (several of ...

News: Music Industry

Rock and Roll (1949-2011)

January 4, 2011

It's hard to spot a cultural shift. The start of one movement and the end of another isn't easy to identify because most people don't care much for change and prefer that the world they know remain constant. It's a comfort thing mixed with denial, and such feelings grow stronger as we age. Besides, change never ...

News: Video / DVD

Butch Morris -- Tonight

January 3, 2011

Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about this. The adventurous radio station KBOO-FM in Portland, Oregon, is broadcasting a six-part series about the musician Butch Morris. The second part is this evening—soon. For how to tune in, go to the end of this piece. Morris is not merely a composer, arranger, bandleader ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jimmy Webb to Perform for Presenters Dolan's Upcoming Cabaret Series

January 4, 2011

The Presenters Dolan have announced a new schedule of cabaret shows to be presented in February and March at the Kranzberg Arts Center. The upcoming series' best known performer is singer and songwriter Jimmy Webb (pictured), who will play the Kranzberg from Thursday, March 17 through Saturday, March 19. Webb, the Grammy Award winning writer of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Drummer/Percussionist Henry Brun's January 2011 Tour Dates.

January 4, 2011

Henry Brun January 2011 Dates THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 Henry Brun & the Latin Playerz Orchestra at Catalina Bar, Los Angeles FRIDAY, JAUNARY 14 Henry Brun & the Latin Playerz performing at NAMM, Sheraton Parks Jazz Lounge, Anaheim, CA 7:40 pm SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 LP at NAMM THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Henry Quartet featuring Judi Deleon performing for ...