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News: Interview

Interview: Buddy Defranco on Tatum

April 21, 2009

On February 6, 1956, Art Tatum and Buddy DeFranco recorded together in Los Angeles with Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums. The session was for Norman Granz's Verve Records, one of several American Songbook sessions Granz had set up teaming Tatum with jazz greats of the period. The Tatum-DeFranco date is significant for ...

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News: Music Industry

"I Kissed Frank Sinatra"

April 19, 2009

Want to host your own radio show? Nancy Barell does. She's an online disc jockey. Heard exclusively on the web, Nancy's 7-hour jazz and pop show, Spotlight on Sinatra, repeats 24 hours a day. She uses Live365.com, one of a growing number of sites that lets your inner deejay run wild. Though Nancy has been hosting ...

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News: Recording

Bill Evans and Tony Bennett

April 17, 2009

I'll be honest: I've never cared much for the two duet albums that Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded in 1975 and 1976. I've always felt that Bennett's approach was way too operatic and that Evans' playing in response was frustratingly meek. The results have constantly left me wishing producer Helen Keane had played a more ...

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News: Music Industry

David Amram on Blossom Dearie

April 17, 2009

In 1955, jazz French hornist and composer David Amram was in Paris playing and recording with saxophonist Bobby Jaspar. Jaspar was married to singer Blossom Dearie at the time. When Dearie died in February, I e-mailed David for his recollections. But for some reason David's response never arrived. While catching up with David the other day, ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Bret Primack (Part 2)

April 15, 2009

For years, Bret Primack has been pioneering a relatively new web format known as the jazz video podcast. For those who don't know what this term means, video podcasts are short clips that can be viewed on the web at any time. Whether print people like it or not, in the coming years video will play ...

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Interview: Bret Primack (Part 1)

April 14, 2009

Who is the Jazz Video Guy? You know, the guy whose photo sits like a postage stamp next to many of the best jazz videos on YouTube. Perhaps you've heard his voice off-camera asking questions of Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Orrin Keepnews and other jazz legends in video podcasts. Or maybe you've been to his video ...

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Interview: Billy Taylor (Part 5)

April 11, 2009

Starting in 1952, Billy Taylor emerged as the progenitor of a new, more elegant style of jazz piano. After forming a critically acclaimed trio, Billy quickly became known for his musical grace and good taste. In some respects, Billy never forgot his fortuitous encounter with Ben Webster at Minton's in 1944. He also was forever indebted ...

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Interview: Billy Taylor (Part 4)

April 10, 2009

At the start of 1950, Billy Taylor was established as one of the most promising and intimidating young pianists on the New York jazz scene. Deceptively affable, the pianist with the big smile and bookish charm could play flawlessly in any style and made the impossible look easy. Rock-solid dependable, Billy was rapidly becoming a first-call ...

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Interview: Billy Taylor (Part 3)

April 9, 2009

By the time Billy Taylor was 29 years old, he had already had a lifetime of jazz experience. By the close of the 1940s, the pianist had played with Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Big Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Stuff Smith and many other jazz giants. He also had been mentored by Jo Jones and ...

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Interview: Billy Taylor (Part 2)

April 8, 2009

Billy Taylor's recording career spans 65 years. During those decades, the pianist has appeared on sessions and in concert with virtually every jazz great of his generation. A master of jazz piano styles dating back to the 1920s, Billy has never missed a chance to experiment with chords and tone, always working toward a more sublime ...