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News: Music Industry

A Day in the Jazz Life

June 18, 2009

As days go, yesterday was pretty fabulous. First came lunch with Doug Ramsey and Bill Kirchner. Doug, of course, posts at Rifftides, has written hundreds of jazz album liner notes, and is author of Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond here. Bill is a jazz saxophonist, jazz historian who has written award-winning ...

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News: Interview

Jimmy Rowles: Looking Back

June 17, 2009

Last week I happened to be listening to a Jimmy Rowles album he recorded with his daughter Stacy in 1988. One of the most interesting tracks on the CD is the moody waltz-time ballad Looking Back, a tune Rowles wrote in the 1960s. Over time, Rowles recorded Looking Back five times--once as an instrumental duet with ...

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News: Recording

John Coltrane: Naima

June 17, 2009

In January 1960, Atlantic Records released John Coltrane's first monumental LP, Giant Steps. The album would drastically change the tenor saxophone's sound and purpose. But of all the hair-raising originals on Giant Steps, the one that became most important to Coltrane's repertoire was Naima. After the song's debut on Giant Steps, Coltrane recorded the composition about ...

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News: Recording

Johnny Mathis: Don Costa Sessions

June 13, 2009

I've never been a Johnny Mathis fan. Other than admiring Steven Spielberg's use of Chances Are in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and a December weakness for Sleigh Ride, Mathis has always been akin to drinking honey out of the jar. Pop heir to Nat King Cole in the late 1950s, Mathis wasn't much of ...

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News: Interview

Photostory3: Zoot Sims

June 12, 2009

After Dave Pell's remarks Monday about Zoot Sims and his influence on West Coast jazz, I thought it only fitting to ask photographer Paul Slaughter to tell us what was going on when he took this fabulous image of the expressive tenor saxophonist: “I remember this night well. The photo was taken on Sunday, September 19, ...

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Interview: Dave Pell (Part 3)

June 11, 2009

Dave Pell is perhaps best known for his octet, which he has led with an ever-changing roster of top musicians since 1953. The idea was to match a front line of horns consisting of trumpet, trombone, tenor sax and baritone sax with a rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass and drums. On paper, what Dave wanted ...

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Interview: Dave Pell (Part 2)

June 10, 2009

After relocating to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, Dave Pell joined Les Brown's band in 1947. In the early 1950s, when Dave wasn't playing in the band, he was developing a more linear West Coast sound in jam sessions with other jazz musicians. To earn a few extra bucks, Dave also began photographing his musician friends ...

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Interview: Dave Pell (Part 1)

June 8, 2009

Dave Pell is one of the founding fathers of West Coast jazz. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1944, Pell played on Bob Crosby's radio show and freelanced, joining Les Brown's band in 1947. In the years that followed Dave became one of California's most prolific studio musicians and ensemble leaders, forming a popular octet from ...

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Interview: Hank O'Neal (Part 2)

June 6, 2009

Hank O'Neal is a jazz entrepreneur and bohemian--a rare combination. Over the years, Hank has been a jazz record producer and concert promoter, and he continues to serve on the boards of several major organizations. To satisfy his soul, he has devoted much of his life to the arts. Hank is a prolific photographer, writer and ...

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Interview: Hank O'Neal (Part 1)

June 5, 2009

If you know Hank O'Neal, you're lucky. Hank is among the most powerful and prudent behind-the-scenes forces in jazz today, and certainly one of the most creative and prolific. A photographer and author of more than a half dozen books on jazz and photography, Hank also has produced more than 100 jazz festivals and is founder ...