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Percussionist Don Alias Recalls Miles Davis at All About Jazz!

March 21, 2012

For Mel Futorian's second installment of Cymbalism—a column devoted to excerpts from a planned autobiography of Don Alias—she reveals the percussionist's reflections on working with trumpeter Miles Davis. Alias has plenty to say on the recording of Davis' seminal Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970), including how the late legend lifted the percussionist from Nina Simone's band, and ...

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Beatty's "Jazz: Rockabilly" in Free Online Magazine

March 15, 2012

1957 jazz pianist Dean Fontessa experiences his first rockabilly dance in Gary Scott Beatty's Jazz: Rockabilly fiction, featured in the free online magazine MuskegonOnline.NET this month only. The story, in Beatty's modernist retro style, explores Dean's take on the scene from his viewpoint as a cool jazz musician. “We all know rockabilly will lead to rock ...

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“With Stars In My Eyes”, An Insiders Look At Jazz And Race In The Turblent 1960’s Released

March 14, 2012

DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, WASHINGTON D.C. PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL TO RECEIVE 100% OF PROCEEDS (Washington, DC) In the late 1960's against a backdrop of civil unrest, race riots and the Vietnam war, a young white college student from the suburbs fell in love with the uniquely African American music emanating from the hipster jazz ...

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The Astaires: Fred & Adele By Kathleen Riley

March 6, 2012

Before Fred & Ginger, there was another famous pair... THE ASTAIRES Fred & Adele By Kathleen Riley (Oxford | March 15, 2012 | Hardcover | 272 pages | $27.95 | ISBN: 9780199738410) Advanced Praise: “Riley writes with zest and authoritative expertise, displaying a grace and elegance equal to her subjects. Her scholarly ...

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Jazz Educator Dr. Matt Warnock Releases Rhythmic Improvisational Concepts Ebook

March 5, 2012

Modern Time: Rhythmic Fundamental for the Improvising Musician Ebook Technical and Improvisational Concepts to Develop Rock Solid Rhythm Following up on the success of his first ebook “30 Days to Better Jazz Guitar," guitarist and educator Matt Warnock has just released his latest work, “Modern Time," which brings to light the exciting possibilities that rhythmic study ...

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Scott Faragher: The Hammond (PT. 1)

March 5, 2012

Few instruments excite music fans as much as the Hammond organ. Yet everyone hears something different. The jazz fan hears a textured sound approximating that of a big band. The soul fan hears shades of gospel. And the rock fan hears a touch of funky soul. But where did this instrument come from and how did ...

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Former Madonna Record Producer Lands Book Publishing Deal

March 2, 2012

Former Madonna record producer, Stevie B, recently secured a publishing contract with Publish America, an international book publishing house. Rushing into print his novel titled Pajamas on a Sun Stained Beach at the end of 2011. Publish America has now announced that it's available in bookstores nationwide. Pajamas on a Sun Stained Beach is a work ...

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Jazz & Blues Florida March 2012 Online Edition Posted

March 1, 2012

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. Readers throughout Florida and visitors coming from around the world consult this site for information on the vibrant scene to be found throughout the sate. We are all about ...

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Backbeat Books Publishes "Mambo Diablo: My Journey With Tito Puente" by Joe Conzo with David A. Perez

February 23, 2012

Tito Puente was more than a flamboyant percussionist; he was a multi-instrumentalist, a gifted composer and arranger, and one of the finest bandleaders of the last century. Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente (Backbeat Books, $29.99) by Joe Conzo with David A. Pérez chronicles the remarkable life of the popular and combative King of Latin ...

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The Insanity Hoax Receives First Honor

February 20, 2012

The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the myth of the mad genius, by our senior reviewer and columnist Dr. Judith Schlesinger, has just been chosen as a “new and “notable book" by the prestigious and long-running Skeptical Inquirer, “the magazine for science and reason." The book was chosen because it effectively challenges one of society's most unreasonable and ...