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Funky Butt Brass Band Releases Holiday EP

December 8, 2011

The Funky Butt Brass Band has released a holiday EP, Shiny Christmas Balls, as a digital download. The EP (pictured) includes seven tracks, available individually for $1 each or $5 for all seven. Titles include “I'll Be Your Santa Baby," “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," “Christmas In New Orleans," “We Wish You A Public ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz St. Louis Announces More Winter, Spring Bookings at Jazz at the Bistro

December 8, 2011

Jazz St. Louis today announced the bands and musicians who will fill the remaining open dates in the winter and spring 2012 schedule at Jazz at the Bistro. The list includes mostly local players, plus return visits from guitarist Frank Vignola, last seen here in May 2009, and the Wee Trio (pictured), which includes ex-St. Louisan ...

News: Recording

Amy Winehouse: Lioness

December 8, 2011

At the time of Amy Winehouse's death on July 23, the celebrated soul-ska singer hadn't really released much in the way of music. Though Frank was recorded in 2003, the album wasn't released in the U.S. until late 2007—after her second album, Back to Black, became an American sensation in 2006, winning her five Grammys. As ...

News: Recording

Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields - Afiadacampos (Neos, 2010) ****

December 8, 2011

By Paul Acquaro According to Scott Fields' website, this recording with Elliot Sharp, Afiadacampos, came out in 2010, which on the cusp of 2012, makes me a little more than fashionably late. Apologies for my tardiness, however, I am pleased to report the music has not aged a bit. I think the first thing that stuck ...

News: Award / Grant

2012 Rock Hall Inductees: GNR, Beasties, RHCP, Faces

December 8, 2011

INDUCTION CEREMONY SET FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 14 2012 Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its inductees for 2012. The inductees are listed below. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in Cleveland and premiere on HBO in early May. The 2012 ...

News: Festival

The 33rd Edition of the Festival: A Tantalizing Teaser!music for Your Christmas Stockings!

December 8, 2011

Esperanza Spalding, the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Tangerine Dream, Get The Blessing, the Dorantes/Garcia-Fons/Theodosii Spassov Trio, Gianmaria Testa, the Eliane Elias Brasileira Quartet, CéU, Chris Botti, Strunz & Farah and Van der Graaf Generator Music for your Christmas stockings! Tickets on sale Saturday, December 10 at noon Exclusive pre-sale for Infolettre Spectra subscribers starts today! ...

News: Performance / Tour

Westfield Jazz Big Band Performing Free Concert on Thursday, December 8

December 8, 2011

The award-winning Westfield Jazz Big Band Band is performing at Dever Auditorium at Westfield State College on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Westfield State College Department of Music. Dr. Ed Orgill, coordinator of jazz studies, is the conductor. For more ...

News: Performance / Tour

Maggie Scott Tribute at Berklee on December 8 Features Esperanza Spalding, Nadia Washington and Others

December 8, 2011

Maggie Scott, jazz vocal professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, is being honored by the college and many of her former students at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston's Back Bay. Tickets to the event are $20 for reserved seating and $15 for general admission ...

News: Recording

On Second Thought: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - Fool on the Hill (1968)

December 8, 2011

Like a Wayback Machine, certain sights, sounds, smells and tastes transports us to certain times and places in our lives. Listening to Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 from their hitmaking days from four and half decades ago puts me right back into preschool. Fool On The Hill was probably Mendes' most popular album in the U.S., ...

News: TV / Film

Movies: Jean Bach - A Great Day in Harlem (1994)

December 8, 2011

New York City circa 1958, for the jazz aficionado, was the place to be. Possibly no other artifact can confirm this statement with more clarity than photographer Art Kane's landmark portrait A Great Day in Harlem. NYC clubs boasted nightly performances by a collection of the greatest players in jazz history and that, combined with plans ...