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Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
by Joel Roberts
Ray Charles and David Ritz Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story Da Capo ISBN: 0306814315 2005 If the widely heralded and Oscar-nominated biopic Ray wrapped Ray Charles' extraordinary life in somewhat too neat a Hollywood package, Charles' newly reissued 1978 autobiography pulls no such punches. It's a raw, ...
New Orleans: Then and Now
by Joel Roberts
The Putumayo catalog generally focuses on the rather amorphous genre of world music, with titles like Brazilian Groove, Women of Africa and Greece: A Musical Odyssey. Two new Putumayo collections, however, cover somewhat less exotic, though no less musically fertile territory: New Orleans. The first disc is devoted to Kermit Ruffins, the trumpeter, ...
Living with Jazz: A Reader
by Joel Roberts
Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X Living With Jazz is an apt title for this long overdue first published collection of Dan Morgenstern's writings. The veteran scribe - a former Down Beat editor, current head of Rutgers University's respected Institute of ...
Joel Forrester and People Like Us: Ever Wonder Why
by Joel Roberts
Joel Forrester has had a fascinating career. He studied piano with Thelonious Monk, scored early Andy Warhol films, wrote the theme for the popular NPR show Fresh Air, accompanied silent films at the Louvre, and spent years as a principal member of the fondly remembered Microscopic Septet. He's also been the driving force between ...
Jazz Improvisation: Advice from the Masters
by Joel Roberts
Jimi Durso and Karla Harby Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters Outcat ISBN: 0975963201 2004 What advice do established jazz stars have for aspiring musicians? It's pretty simple, really: practice, listen and learn your history! That, at least, is the primary wisdom a cross-section of respected artists - ...
Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz
by Joel Roberts
Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz Joshua Berrett Yale University Press 2004 ISBN 0-300-10384-0 The worst thing that ever happened to Paul Whiteman's legacy was the 1930 film that dubbed him “the King of Jazz." Largely as a result of that unfortunate moniker ...
Dr. Michael White: Dancing in the Sky
by Joel Roberts
I've had the good fortune to spend the last few New Year's Eves in New Orleans, sampling the Crescent City's always-tasty menu of music, food and high-spirited holiday hospitality. But if I were back here in New York and looking for a place to usher in the year with appropriate laissez le bon temps roule flair, ...
Duke Ellington: The Centennial Collection & The Jaywalker
by Joel Roberts
Five years after the widely fêted Duke Ellington centennial, record companies are finding--or at least finding ways to remarket--still more treasure from the seemingly endless trove of Ellingtonia. Duke Ellington Centennial Collection Bluebird 2004 Bluebird's latest, a 2-disc CD/DVD/audio/video collection, offers a fine overview of the 1927-1942 Ellington Orchestra, a ...
Count Basie: 100th Birthday Bash & The Count Basie Story
by Joel Roberts
This past August marked the 100th anniversary of Count Basie's birth and in recognition of that august event, reissued are some of the big band master's finest sides from the late '50s and early '60s. Count Basie Count Basie and Friends: 100th Birthday Bash Blue Note 2004 ...
Dr. Lonnie Smith: Too Damn Hot!
by Joel Roberts
I'm not sure where his doctorate or trademark turban come from, but there's no doubting Dr. Lonnie Smith's credentials when it comes to scorching soul jazz organ. From his landmark '60s turns with George Benson and Lou Donaldson (with whom he still appears regularly) to last year's surprising album of Beck tunes, Smith has proven himself ...
