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Article: Book Review

Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian-American Experience

Read "Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian-American Experience" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian-American Experience Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter 384 Pages ISBN: #978-1-60461-089-5 Bella Musica Publishing 2015 In this meticulously researched and anecdote-included work, authors Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter present a truly fascinating perspective on both the history ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Kuai Music: Moving Jazz Forward Collectively

Read "Kuai Music: Moving Jazz Forward Collectively" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The history of jazz is often told as an evolution propelled by great individuals whose singular sounds have helped to shape the aesthetic of the music. This is understandable since artists like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Miles Davis really DID influence the development of jazz and this is confirmed every time ...

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

An Evening With the Pops, Part II or, Louis Louis, We Gotta Go Now

Read "An Evening With the Pops, Part II or, Louis Louis, We Gotta Go Now" reviewed by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius


Well, kids, when last we left Louis Armstrong; he had solidified his place as America's first legitimate jazz superstar on the basis of his seminal recordings with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, was married to a legumicidal maniac and trusting his fortunes to a mobbed-up dandy who shared his neckwear with Al Capone. There ...

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

An Evening with the Pops

Read "An Evening with the Pops" reviewed by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius


There are several theories concerning the origin of jazz. The most prevalent is that jazz originated primarily in New Orleans, a so-called “gumbo" of influences ranging from African polyrhythms to European classical to American Negro spirituals, and permeated the turn-of-the-century culture to the point that within two decades it had established hotbeds in the two largest ...

News: Video / DVD

Armstrong and Bernstein, 1956

Armstrong and Bernstein, 1956

On July 14, 1956, Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars participated in the Guggenheim Concert at Lewisohn Stadium in New York. The stadium was on the campus of City College in Manhattan (and was razed in 1973). This was the first concert by the New York Philharmonic to feature jazz musicians, with the Dave Brubeck Quartet performing ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz and Politics

Read "Jazz and Politics" reviewed by Douglas Groothuis


My title is ambiguous since relating jazz to politics with only a conjunction ("and") might indicate several things. It could mean the politics of jazz--how jazz forms a culture, negotiates power relations, grants status to performers, and more. Or, it could mean the jazz of politics--how politicians learn the standards of political theory, improvise, and develop ...

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News: Video / DVD

Jazz Legends, in Their Words

Jazz Legends, in Their Words

Yesterday, producer Tommy LiPuma sent along a link to a documentary from the BBC featuring interviews with jazz legends Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie,Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. The display is a bit pinched on the sides, but the joy and the music come through just the same. Here's the documentary... ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Chris Speed

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Chris Speed" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


01. Skuli Sverrisson, Oskar Gudjonsson -The Box Tree (Mengi -2013). I miei musicisti preferiti del momento, alle prese con musica meravigliosa. 02. Billie Holiday -The Complete Verve Studio Mastertakes (Verve) Con Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge etc... Un classico! 03. Duke Ellington -Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ...

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Article: Interview

Dave Burrell: Pianist Navigating the Windward Passages

Read "Dave Burrell: Pianist Navigating the Windward Passages" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Dave Burrell is a master pianist and composer who encountered the avant-garde in the 1960s and has been following his own independent path ever since. He combines classical and jazz elements that are both “inside" and “outside" the mainstream. The title of a poem by J.V. Cunningham, “The Metaphysical Amorist" characterizes much of his playing, which ...

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News: Performance / Tour

New Orleans Swamp Donkeys - 2015 Summer Tour & New CD! June 10 - August 17

New Orleans Swamp Donkeys - 2015 Summer Tour & New CD!  June 10 - August 17

New CD Release: July 7th A Fine Romance" featuring Alia Shawkat—Get It Now On Indiegogo On June 10th the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys left the Big Easy for their tour of the U.S. and Europe. During the tour, the band will be releasing an album recorded earlier this year with actress Alia Shawkat. The new release—A ...


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