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Is MySpoonful Different from RCRDLBL? [interview]
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Few weeks ago, I discovered mySpoonful, which is a music discovery site and newsletter. Initially, the service made me skeptical. Why send busy people more e-mail? In my mind, there had to be a better way. Readers also pointed out that sites like Rcrdlbl and Track in the Box do similar functions. In search of answers, I ...
George Shearing: Both Good and Popular
George Shearing, who died on Monday, was a great jazz pianist. For much of his long lifetime, he was also one of the 20th century's most successful entertainers, a purveyor of supersmooth easy-listening music that was distinguishable from Muzak only because he played it with perfect taste. That was part of what made him so admirable ...
Nancy Wilson on Shearing
I am particularly fond of The Swingin's Mutual, the album that singer Nancy Wilson recorded with the George Shearing Quintet in June 1960. Her six tracks with Shearing represented a crisscrossing over at the time for both artists. For Nancy, being accompanied by just Shearing's group rather than a big orchestra created a special intimacy that ...
Quando arte e jazz s'incontrano: Gaetano Fiore
by AAJ Italy Staff
Molto spesso quando negli ultimi cinquant'anni si è cercata un'analogia espressiva fra arte e jazz, in particolare quando si è fatto ricorso all'arte per illustrare il jazz, si è individuata una relazione immediata, quasi consustanziale, fra l'improvvisazione afroamericana e le varie esperienze artistiche che dagli anni Cinquanta in poi si sono sviluppate sotto il segno della ...
George Shearing and Latin Jazz: More Than a Footnote
Pianist George Shearing died this past Monday February 14, 2011 due to heart failure, invoking an honest outpouring of love for his work and a resurgence of attention upon his impressive career. Shearing enjoyed immense popularity throughout his career, finding a balance between artistry and public appeal. His quintet that fueled his work throughout the fifties ...
Interview: Marjorie Hyams
The George Shearing Quintet's “sound" was hugely dependent on the musical hand-holding of the piano and vibes. All of the instruments in the late pianist's quintet were vital, of course. But it was the block chords of the piano tempered by the daintiness of the vibes that both excited and charmed listeners. In the original George ...
Buddy DeFranco on Shearing
When people talk about the “George Shearing sound," they are referring to a special combination of instruments that the pianist first assembled in late 1948—and how he arranged those instruments to produce a gentle, swinging approach to jazz. The instrument mix—piano, vibes, guitar, bass and drums—tricks the ear into thinking it's listening to a much larger ...
Brad Mehldau - The Art of Solo Piano
Virtuosic pianist Brad Melhdau first made his mark in the jazz world in 1995 with his debut recording Introducing Brad Mehldau and then in the classical arena in 2006 with his release Love Sublime with vocalist Renee Fleming. Mehldau is a dazzling and brilliant player who maintains one of the finest trios in all of jazz. ...
Intervista a David Tronzo (parte quarta)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Parte quarta [per leggere la prima parte clicca qui, per la seconda parte clicca qui, per la terza clicca qui] All About Jazz: Vorrei parlare con te di distribuzione e gestione della propria carriera... David Tronzo: Ok, va bene! Insomma, a questo punto avrai capito che sia adesso, sia quando ero ad Amsterdam, e prima ancora ...
Exfm: The Web is Your Music Library [interview]
This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. Recently I spoke with Charles Smith, Founder and COO of exfm, a new music discovery service that works as a browser extension for Chrome, turning the entire web into your personal music library. As you browse any website that hosts MP3s, exfm automatically catalogues every ...
