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Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High

Read "Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High" reviewed by Edward Bride


A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists. To be fair, Smulyan has his own voice, but he cites Charlie Parker ...

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John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns

Read "John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns" reviewed by John Kelman


It's increasingly risky to be a musician on the road. When British saxophonist John Surman was traveling from his home in Oslo, Norway, to New York City in September, 2007 for a recording session, he almost lost his baritone saxophone to the airlines. “It is a nightmare traveling now," says Surman, “and hardly a tour goes ...

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Diminuendo and Crescendo

Read "Diminuendo and Crescendo" reviewed by Mitch Myers


This excerpt appears in The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling (Harper Paperbacks, 2008).I tried calling my good pal Harlan the other day. I needed some help with my computer and if anyone knows about computers, it's Harlan. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, my friend was nowhere to be found. ...

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Duke Ellington: Symphony of the Body and Soul

Read "Duke Ellington: Symphony of the Body and Soul" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


A study in sepia It was the package that arrived, which prompted me to open an album of memories in the first place. Looking at the photograph, I recall some--not all--of the many details of the evening it was taken. The boy in the photograph is I, and I am in a black mood. ...

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The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 1977
Track listing: The Star Spangled Banner; Black and Tan Fantasy; Rockin in Rhythm; Moon Mist; Jumpin Punkins; A Portrait of Bert Williams; Bojangles; Portrait of Florence Mills Black Beauty; KoKo; Stomp Johnny Come Lately; Are You Sticking; Black First Movement of Black Brown and Beige; Brown Second Movement of Black Brown and Beige; Beige Third Movement of Black Brown and Beige; Bakiff; Jack the Bear; Blue Belles of Harlem; Cotton Tail; Day Dream; Boy Meets Horn; Rose of the Rio Grande; Dont Get Around Much Anymore; Going Up; Mood Indigo.

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Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music

Label: RCA Victor / Legacy
Released: 1965
Track listing: In the Beginning God; Will You Be There?; Ninety Nine Percent; Ain't But the One; New World a'Coming; In the Beginning, God II; Heritage; The Lord's Prayer; Come Sunday; David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might; The Lord's Prayer II.


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