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News: Recording

Henry Threadgill - This Brings Us To, Volume II (2010)

October 26, 2010

By Pico About this time last year Henry Threadgill ended a eight year hiatus from the recording studio and released This Brings Us To, Vol. 1. It was very well received, and made almost everyone's year-end “best of" jazz albums for 2009, including ours. On one day short of a year since that release, Threadgill and ...

News: Recording

The Basics of Remixing, Part Three: Taking Matters into Your Own Hands

October 26, 2010

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford. One of the most difficult jobs you will face as a remixer is actually getting your first gig, because it's very much a chicken and egg situation: you need to get a showreel together to get ...

News: Obituary

Marion Brown Remembered

October 26, 2010

There have been some very classy tributes to the late influential saxophonist Marion Brown on the jazz blogosphere lately. Peter Hum posted excerpts of a short interview with Brown and a Youtube clip, while NPR has a couple of excellent postings, first from Lars Gotrich and then a deeply emotional and affecting post from John Rogers. ...

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News: Radio

The Black Keys - iTunes Session (Nonesuch, 2010)

October 26, 2010

The Black Keys have been plugging away in the trenches of rock 'n' roll for many years now and their perseverance has paid off handsomely with a nice record contract, a top five album called Brothers and appearances on TV. Amazingly, their core sound remains the same, true to the rock and soul music that originally ...

News: Recording

Joelle Leandre and India Cooke - Journey (Nobusiness Records, 2010)

October 26, 2010

It is always exciting when two musicians get together to improvise in real time. Violinist India Cooke and bassist Joelle Leandre performed live in Denver during an academic conference called “Improvisation and Identity: Discovering Self and Community in a Trans-Cultural Age," and their duet was the perfect choice to reflect the nature of the proceedings musically. ...

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News: Technology

The Sony Cassette Walkman: 1979-2010

October 26, 2010

Sure, the iPod is declining. But the real granddaddy of them all—the cassette Walkman—is quietly stepping into oblivion. Some 200 million* players later, Sony is putting a legend to bed. The Walkman brand now moves forward with newer technologies like Sony Ericsson phones and even Discmans, though vintage nostalgia can strike at any time. By 1999, ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Andy Farber

by AAJ Staff
October 25, 2010

Meet Andy Farber:Andy Farber is an award-winning jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist and has spent years performing with the likes of Jon Hendricks and Wynton Marsalis. Since 1994, Farber has been part of the Jazz @ Lincoln Center stable of writers and performers. Through J@LC, Farber has toured with the J@LC ...

News: Video / DVD

Visualizing Rochester Jazz ... a Regular Post

October 25, 2010

With so many ways of taking and sharing live video available, starting today, I'm starting a “regular" (admittedly, nothing has been much regular about my postings recently except for Wednesdays) post showcasing videos of performances of local jazz artists and groups or of artists/groups who have strong ties to the Rochester area. What better way than ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Concert Review: Doc Severinsen and el Ritmo de la Vida (10/16/2010)

October 25, 2010

One unfortunate phrase that is too often uttered when referring to older jazz musicians who come to town for a concert is “You better go see them now, because you never know if you will have the chance to see them again." While legendary trumpeter and bandleader Doc Severinsen is 83 years old, I find that ...

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News: Recording

One Track Mind: The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965)

October 25, 2010

By Nick Deriso A Bob Dylan song reimagined into something like the Beach Boys, and also something like the Beatles—and nothing like folk music—propelled the Byrds to their first No. 1. Oh, and started the folk-rock movement. Among other things. It begins with Roger McGuinn's guitar, sustained and bright, which was then paired alongside a complex ...