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The Miles Davis Movie: Filming Charlie Parker and Miles Davis at the Three Deuces
But it was at the Three Deuces, playing every night there with Bird and Max, that really helped me find my own voice. Miles Davis (excerpt from Miles: The Autobiography) In 1944 Miles Davis moved to New York to study in the Julliard School of Music. His tenure would only last a few months. Instead he ...
Terence Blanchard Talks About Miles Davis
With more than 29 albums to his credit, including Choices, released in August, Terence Blanchard has established himself as one of the most influential jazz musicians and film score composers of his generation. The greatest album, ever? Miles Davis Porgy and Bess. It symbolizes everything that is great about this country and what it means to ...
Los Angeles Soundings
LA gets the Blues and Sounds Pat Metheny Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA A Grammy award winner 17 times over, Metheny is a living legend in the realms of progressive jazz and jazz fusion. April 19, 2010 8:00 p.m. Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl ...
From the Dorf to the Hood an Evening of Compositions by Composer and Improviser William Roper
Los Angeles native William Roper-tubaist, composer and veteran of the Los Angeles contemporary music scene performs a program of some of his recent compositions. The concert, produced by Cornelius Schnauber, playwright and director of USC's Max Kade Institute, is part of L.A. Opera's Ring Festival. All of the evenings compositions were inspired by a residency Roper ...
Opportunities for Indie Filmmakers, Pop Composers
For years it was common for studios to cross-market a film with a well known performer, but today niche artists are landing more tracks in films and reaping the spoils, especially around award season. Glancing at recent best song nominees, offbeat names like “Bird" York ("In the Deep" from “Crash"), A.R. Rahman ("Jai Ho" from “Slumdog ...
Christie Winn and the Lowdowns, "Closer to Home" Just Released
The Band: Christie Winn - Vocals, Keyboards, Melodica; Steve Bissinger - Guitars, Lap Steel Guitar; Joe Kyle - Acoustic Bass; Jim Bove - Drums. About The Lowdowns The Lowdowns weave a sparse musical tapestry in support of Winn's nuanced vocals. Their rst album, “Further Away From Here" was described by one reviewer as “Diced americana thrown ...
Great American Taxi Donate Track to Coal Miners' Relief Fund
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just in time for Earth Day (April 22), Great American Taxi, whose current album Reckless Habits is climbing the Americana radio airplay charts, has donated a free download of a song, “Appalachian Soul" culled from its debut album Streets of Gold, to raise awareness of the plight of coal miners and their communities ...
Thelonious Dub, the Brad Rabuchin Trio, and Stephen Lockwood Group Play Fundraiser for New Orleans Musicians Clinic
Thelonious Dub, The Brad Rabuchin Trio, and Stephen Lockwood Group are helping with a project for the musicians of New Orleans. April 29th.The funding for their beloved Musicians Clinic has recently been cut to the bone leaving many of them with nowhere to turn for important health care services.We're going to get ...
Baaba Maal from Senegal to Royce Hall
Musical inspiration can strike Baaba Maal in any place, at any time. It might happen on the Paris Metro, where he sometimes hears echoes of African drum beats in the rumbling of the train cars. Or he could be in his native environs, on the banks of the Senegal River, listening for hidden melodies in the ...
