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News: Opinion

Jazz Poetry - "Lester Young"

September 5, 2010

By Ted Joans Sometimes he was cool like an eternalblue flame burning in the old KansasCity nunnerySometimes he was happy 'til he'd thinkabout his birth place and its bloodstained clay hills and crow-filled treesMost times he was blowin' on the wonderfultenor sax of his, preachin' in very cooltones, shouting only to remind you ofa certain point ...

News: Opinion

Coltrane and the Jazz Fracture

September 5, 2010

By Steve Provizer Tom, one of our commentors, speculates about Coltrane's contribution to the fracturing of the jazz audience and the concomitant loss of jazz audience in the early 1960's. This fracturing was certainly underway before the early 60's; chiefly through Ornette and somewhat via Cecil Taylor and Dolphy, but for several reasons-and for better or ...

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News: Recording

Kirk Whalum's Donny Hathaway Tribute out Now: Everything is Everything

September 2, 2010

Donny Hathaway would have been 65 years old on October 1, 2010. Tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum's work has similarly crossed the boundaries between R&B, gospel and jazz with an emotional immediacy that is beyond compare. Kirk's new release, Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway brilliantly exhibits 8-time Grammy nominee Kirk's singular interpretive skills. Highlights ...

News: Music Industry

How to Return to an Instrument After a Long Hiatus, Part One

September 4, 2010

I play the saxophone. At one point in time I was a saxophonist. For me there's an important distinction between the two. Saying that one plays the saxophone implies something rather casual; a hobby, a part time creative outlet. Being a saxophonist indicates a much higher level of dedication and professionalism. It's the difference between someone ...

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News: Festival

Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival in Progress on the Dutch Island

September 4, 2010

North Sea Jazz Festival, the world's largest indoor jazz festival, has for 35 years brought the biggest, broadest range of artists to The Netherlands. The offshoot Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival is in progress on the hospitable and vibrant Dutch island. Headlining the festival debut are multiple Grammy award winning performers Simply Red, George Benson, Natalie ...

News: Video / DVD

Evans and Burrell Revisited

September 4, 2010

As the 30th anniversary of Bill Evans' death approaches, he is on many minds. I am preparing a piece that will run the week of the date he died, September 15. As I researched it, among the Evans posts I found buried in the Rifftides past is one from four years ago. In those primitive days, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mardra Thomas to Reprise Billie Holiday Role on September 17 at Harris-Stowe

September 4, 2010

Singer Mardra Thomas once again will step into the role of Billie Holiday for “A Portrait of Lady Day," a dinner-and-concert event to be presented at 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 17 at Harris-Stowe State University's Emerson Theatre, 3026 Laclede. Thomas (pictured) has portrayed Holiday a number of times on various St. Louis stages, most recently in ...

News: Festival

Jazz River Cruise on October 3 to Benefit Siu-E Friends of Music Scholarships

September 4, 2010

The Friends of Music at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville are sponsoring a jazz cruise on the Mississippi on Sunday, October 3 to raise money for music scholarships at SIUE. Cruisers will board on the riverboat in downtown St. Louis at 5:30 p.m., and cruise from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30, enjoying dinner and live music from SIUE jazz ...

News: Interview

Sonny Rollins Takes a Ride

September 4, 2010

A couple of months ago, I asked Sonny Rollins if he would be willing to visit his old neighborhood in Harlem with me from the back of a comfortable car for the Wall Street Journal. His 80th birthday was coming (September 7). So was a much heralded concert at New York's Beacon Theater (September 10). Now ...

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News: Music Industry

Stanley "Mouse" Miller Opens Gallery in Healdsburg

September 4, 2010

FAMED GRATEFUL DEAD ARTIST HAS HIS OWN SPACE Stanley “Mouse" Miller, every Dead Head's favorite living poster artist, has opened a gallery of his own, Rockin Roses, on the square in Healdsburg, CA (243 A Healdsburg Ave.). It's got a ton of art, T-shirts, paintings and so forth, including his latest show, which focuses on the ...