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Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: Melody Magic
by Dan Bilawsky
Melody Magic is a fun-and-attractive, finely crafted collection of some of the greatest classic(al) music melodies in existence, arranged by one of the most talented, earnest-and-enlightened guitarists in the business today. Frank Vignola, who's worked with everybody from guitar innovator/icon Les Paul to trumpeter/jazz figurehead Wynton Marsalis, and Vinny Raniolo, his young guitar wielding brother-in-arms, join ...
Davey Payne: Ready To Play
by Sammy Stein
Davey Payne is known best for the time when he was saxophonist with British group, The Blockheads. His solo on the 1978 number 1 hit, “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was the first time a double sax solo had appeared on a hit record. Before he joined forces with Dury, who fronted The ...
Hot Club Of San Francisco On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, acouistic guitarist Paul Mehling and the Hot Club of San Francisco join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate the great Gypsy Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. ...
Jerry Topinka Quartet in Media, PA on Wednesday, April 18th!
Appearing at Jazz in Media! for National Jazz Appreciation Month at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA (19063) on Wednesday April 18th will be guitarist Jerry Topinka and his quartet. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: 610-745-3011. Free refreshments and free on-site parking. Jazz Bridge, ...
Pat Martino: Philadelphia, PA, November 25, 2011
by Victor L. Schermer
Pat Martino TrioChris' Jazz CaféPhiladelphia, PANovember 25, 2011Sir Edmund Hillary, when asked why he scaled Mt. Everest, replied, “Because it is there." A similar explanation could be given for why guitarist Pat Martino fans go to hear him repeatedly: because he is there--in the Here and Now!, as the title of ...
Jeff Beck: Denver, April 15, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Jeff BeckParamount TheatreDenver, ColoradoApril 15, 2011 Jazz-rock fusion originally came from the jazz side,Miles Davis and his sidemen-turned-leaders--Weather Report, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra--but a few practitioners came at it from the rock side, emphasizing the rock angle a little more than the jazz guys. Jeff Beck is one of ...
James Blood Ulmer, Hot Club Of Cowtown & David Lindley
by Martin Longley
James Blood Ulmer & The Memphis Blood Blues Band Jazz Standard March 27, 2011 For a blues combo that doesn't possess a particularly powerful presence on the mainstream blues circuit, James Blood Ulmer certainly took his Memphis Blood Blues Band to the music's furthest limits and highest levels, both ...
Larry Fine: Larry Fine Meets Stuff Smith: Fine Stuff
by Ken Dryden
Larry Fine was often shown playing the violin in various The Three Stooges shorts, but what many fans don't realize is that he really played the instrument. Fortunately, he was also interested in jazz and an admirer of Stuff Smith. This long forgotten radio broadcast likely originated from a Hollywood club during one of the recording ...
Chuck Anderson/Jimmy Bruno: Philadelphia, January 15, 2011
by Victor L. Schermer
Chuck Anderson/Jimmy Bruno DuoRoller's Flying Fish8142 Germantown AvenuePhiladelphia, PA Saturday, January 15, 2011 When two self-propelled master guitarists like Chuck Anderson and Jimmy Bruno get together, it's a certainty that sparks are going to fly, but not necessarily in what direction. How would these two individualistic players combine forces--and why? ...
How High The Moon: Hits & Rarities From The Wizard of Waukesha
By Les Paul
Label: Future Noise Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Disc One: Lover; Caravan; Hip-Billy Boogie; The Swiss Woodpecker; Brazil; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Nola; Goofus; Little Rock Getaway; Tennessee Waltz; Mockin' Bird Hill; How High the Moon; I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine; The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise; Just One More Chance; Jazz Me Blues' Josephine; Whispering; Jingle Bells; Tiger Rag; I'm Confessin'; The Carioca; In The Good Old Summertime; Smoke Rings; Meet Mister Callahan; Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me; Lady of Spain. Disc Two: Bye Bye Blues; Deep in the Blues; Mammy's Boogie; My Baby's Coming Home; I'm Sitting on Top of the World; Sleep; Vaya Con Dios; Johnny (Is the Boy for Me); Don'cha Hear Them Bells; The Kangaroo; I Really Don't Want to Know; I'm A Fool to Care; Whither Thou Goest; Mandolino; Song in Blue; Mr. Sandman; That's What I Like; Hummingbird; Amukiriki (The Lord Willing); Magic Melody; Texas Lady; Moritat; Nuevo Laredo; Cicno Robles; Put A Ring On My Finger. Disc Three: Just Because; Deep Elem Blues; Out of Nowhere; Begin the Beguine; Dream Dust; Dark Eyes; Blue Skies; Baby, What You Do For Me; It's Been a Long, Long Time; Rumors Are Flying; What Would It Take?; Steel Guitar Rag; Guitar Boogie; Caravan; Suberterfuge; Melodic Meal; Hand Picked; At Sundown; Coquette; I Found a New Baby; Danger, Men at Work; Short Circuit; Body and Soul; Rosetta.
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