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Bill Anschell Will Not Be Playing Christmas Tunes This Friday

December 29, 2011

From Bill Anschell: I'm happy to announce that this Friday, my trio will celebrate the close of yet another joyous holiday season by NOT PLAYING the Charlie Brown Christmas Song! How many times do you think you heard it this year? How many times do you think I played it? Well, I can tell you: 17 ...

News: Performance / Tour

David Maxwell's Maximum Blues Concert at Regattabar in Harvard Square on New Year's Eve

December 29, 2011

Blues master pianist David Maxwell is performing a Maximum Blues concert to usher in New Year's starting at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winner of the 2010 Blues Music album of the Year award, Maxwell is joined by a high-powered band that includes Brian ...

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New Year's Eve Blues with J. Geils, Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood at Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley

December 29, 2011

Blues masters J.Geils, Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood are performing in concert at the Sawtell Room at Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley Massachusetts on Saturday, December 31, 2011. The cost is $90 and includes dinner, the show, champagne toast and party favors. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 9:00 p.m. Check out ...

News: Interview

Something Else! Interview: Drummer Danny Seraphine, Formerly of Chicago

December 29, 2011

Chicago co-founder Danny Seraphine is putting the finishing touches on his second album with California Transit Authority—which fashioned its name and its muscular jazz-rock approach from his old group's initial sound: “If you love early Chicago, then you are going to love this," Seraphine said in the latest SER Sitdown. “I'm very proud of it, and ...

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Tuesday Nights Will Never Be the Same

December 29, 2011

It was the Tuesday after Christmas, and throughout the Artists Quarter, not a chair or barstool stood empty, not even a mouse could squeeze in. The drinks poured freely, the $5 admissions piled high; even the Strib sent photographers to cover the gig. Up on the stage, Bill Brown made the B-3 bubble and hum; Billy ...

News: Recording

Jack Reilly - "Live at Maybeck Recital Hall"

December 29, 2011

OVERVIEW: When you read the biographies of jazz artists, many relate a common story; musical studies that began with a foundation built on classical training before giving way to jazz. And while a classical influence can still be heard in a number of contemporary musicians, see Brad Mehldau, few actually perform both classical and jazz, and ...

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Remembering Hoagy Carmichael

December 28, 2011

We lost Hoagy Carmichael on this date in 1981. We have not lost “Skylark." Here's Carmichael in 1956 singing one of his most beloved songs. The words are by Johnny Mercer, the alto saxophone solo by Art Pepper, the trumpet by Don Fagerquist. The song is from Hoagy Sings Carmichael With the Pacific Jazzmen, his classic ...

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Bonerama to Return to Old Rock House on Sunday, February 12

December 28, 2011

The New Orleans band Bonerama must like playing in St. Louis. Less than a month after their most recent gig here on December 1 at the Old Rock House—their third St. Louis appearance in 2011—they've already booked a return engagement at the ORH for 8:00 p.m., Sunday, February 12. Fronted by trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig ...

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Wild Bill Davis: April in Paris

December 28, 2011

Count Basie's most famous and best-selling recording is April in Paris. Captured at New York's Fine Sound studios in July 1955, the song was arranged by organist Wild Bill Davis. Here's a passage from Chris Albertson's superb liner notes that accompany the Mosaic box, The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings: “Organist Wild Bill Davis ...

News: TV / Film

Active vs. Passive Fans: Why Radio and TV Still Rank Tops for Music Discovery [best of Hypebot]

December 28, 2011

The data presented in a recent NPD Group/NARM study found terrestrial radio and syndicated television among the main influential sources of music discovery (60% and 49% respectively). With all the new avenues for music discovery out there, why are the majority of people still choosing to shape their musical tastes through premeditated and controlled media sources? By assessing the data, ...