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Best Production Tips

December 24, 2010

One of the biggest coups we had this year was securing the services of Simon Langford. If you don't follow dance music, Langford's name might not ring a bell. But Langford, who's produced several top 20 hit remixes, including official releases for artists like Britney Spears and Rihanna, knows his way around a studio, and we've ...

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News: Recording

Walter Smith III - Iii (Criss Cross, 2010)

December 24, 2010

Walter Smith III is a rock solid tenor saxophonist with a nice modern-mainstream conception of the music, making him a fine fit for the Dutch label Criss-Cross and their hard bop centered aesthetic. He is supported on this album by a nice cross section of hard-hitting talent: Jason Moran on piano, Joe Sanders on bass and ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Christmas with the Funky Butt Brass Band

December 25, 2010

Today, in keeping with the season, we feature four clips of St. Louis' Funky Butt Brass Band having fun with some holiday-themed material. First up is a video recorded earlier this month at the Blues City Deli, featuring a medley that incorporates “Jingle Bells," “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer," ...

News: Recording

History of the Christmas Song

December 25, 2010

Dick LaPalm is a record promoter who worked closely with Nat King Cole on all of his releases for Capitol in the '50s and '60s. He sent along the following note regarding the history of The Christmas Song: “In early May of 1946, the King Cole Trio, with guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Johnny Miller, was ...

News: Radio

WGBH and Berklee Kick Off National Broadcast of Toast of the Nation with Lionel Loueke Trio

December 25, 2010

For the seventh consecutive year, WGBH Radio㭕.7 kicks off the Toast of the Nation show hosted by National Public Radio on New Year's Eve, starting at 8:00 p.m. with the Lionel Loueke Trio at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. “This is a multi-venue, across time zones, celebration with jazz the featured music of the event," ...

News: Video / DVD

Holiday Cheer(S)!: Here's Somethingelse for Christmas

December 25, 2010

By Something Else Reviews After a long winter's nap, let's rock a while to some of our Yuletide favorites—from the jazzy (Ramsey Lewis and Joe Pass) to the downhome (Koko Taylor and Kermit Ruffins), from the offbeat (the Temptations tearing up “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer") to the undiscovered ...

News: Recording

The Best of 2010, Part 5: Whack Jazz

December 25, 2010

Each of the year's four Satoko Fujii records made our Best Of 2010 List. By Pico With the more accessible types of jazz out of the way in Part 3 and Part 4, this Best of 2010 series concludes with the least accessible stuff, the experimental and avant-garde stuff that I affectionately call whack jazz. With ...

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News: Recording

Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra - Ashcan Rantings (Clean Feed, 2010)

December 25, 2010

The spirit of the great bassist and composer Charles Mingus looms large over these recordings, no small feat for a scrappy band of musicians trying to record large scale music in a difficult economic environment. The powerful and well integrated group consists of Lane on bass, Avram Fefer on alto saxophone, David Bindman and Matt Bauder ...

News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: 'Tis the Season

December 26, 2010

IT BEATS A STOCKING FULL OF COAL Christmas music is what it is. Here's some for you!

News: Video / DVD

The Staxx Brothers: Corn Rows for Christmas

December 26, 2010

HEY, SANTA GOTTA FIT INTO COMPTON, TOO! Just when one thinks they've discovered all there is to adore about Seattle's premiere funkanauts The Staxx Brothers, they turn up with a holiday corker like this. The video was recorded at our producer Scott Colburn's studio and filmed by Nakean Wickliff. Merry Christmas, y'all!