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Erroll Garner - "One Note Samba" (1962)

August 31, 2010

One Track Mind: Little River Band "It's a Long Way There" (1975)

August 31, 2010

By Pico Lush strings, rich three part vocal harmonies, blending acoustic guitars and an almost non-stop lead guitar, all stretched out to nearly nine minutes. That's a hell of a way of a band to introduce themselves on the radio, but the then-infant Australian troupe The Little River Band did just that to break into the ...

With Relaunch, Indaba Goes Major

August 31, 2010

Back in early 2009, Indaba co-founder Dan Zaccagnino appeared as a guest on the Colbert Report. At the time, the collaboration-centric Indaba was very much an up-and-coming player in the new music space. They had over 125,000 registered users in over 100 different countries, and a more than respectable array of tools for collaboration and education. ...

Super Feedbacker

August 31, 2010

Austrian electronic music innovator Fennesz will be kicking off Ars Nova Workshop's 2010-2011 season with his first ever Philadelphia performance on September 5, 8pm at the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). While Fennesz has not released a solo LP since 2008's Black Sea, this has been an incredibly busy year for the artist who the San ...

The National Jazz Museum In Harlem

by AAJ Staff
August 30, 2010

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is at 104, E 126th Street, a few steps from the bridge that carries the Metro North trains to and from Connecticut from the 125th Street station. Situated on the second floor, the museum is primarily a suite of offices with a large front area that presents photographs, video documentaries ...

Other Places: Bird at 90

August 30, 2010

This is Charlie Parker's 90th birthday. In observance, the German trumpeter, teacher and indefatigable blogger Bruno Leicht posted an entry tracing the evolution of Parker's “Ko-Ko" from its roots in Ray Noble's “Cherokee." In his introduction, Bruno writes:...Ray Noble had no idea, but this piece seemed to be extra-created for an ingenious improvisor like Bird. And ...

Ben Sidran to Perform Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple

August 30, 2010

Keyboard player, singer, composer, author and broadcaster Ben Sidran (pictured) is coming to St. Louis for a performance at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway. KWMU's Dennis Owsley will serve as host as Sidran performs and shares “his insights on Jews, Music, and the American Dream." Sidran first gained fame ...

The Jazz Session #195: Andrew Lamb

August 30, 2010

Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Andrew Lamb's trio went into the studio to record a response, the album New Orleans Suite (Engine Studios, 2005 & 2010). Now that album has been remastered and reissued to mark the fifth anniversary of the storm and the engineering disaster that flooded New Orleans. In this ...

The Congress: Late Summer/Early Fall Tour

August 30, 2010

ROCKIN' DENVER BAND TAKES IT TO THE ROAD AGAIN “Harry Nilsson meets Blood Sweat & Tears at Randy Newman's House."—Vintage Guitar Magazine, July 2010 “You can't really understand until you see them live... to hear art this good, to experience such a series of incredible moments is not something you forget...Their (The Congress) self-titled album is ...

McCoy Tyner Honors Charlie Parker at Marcus Garvey Park

August 30, 2010

The permanent amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem is a void right now. It's being rebuilt, band shell and seating. So the Harlem part of the two-day Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, on Saturday afternoon, was moved to a rented stage on a lawn at the northeast corner of the park, next to the farmer's market, ...