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Stretch, BAM and the Future of Jazz
by John Beaty
A few months ago Felix Pastorius, Chris Ward, Zaccai Curtis and I started something called The Stretch Movement. We started quietly amongst our friends and launched our website, mymomthinksimgreat.com on November 2, 2011. Why quietly? I was worried; it was the uneasiness of being the first to do something. In our mission statement we were acknowledging ...
Erin Dickins: In Her Own Voice
by Chris M. Slawecki
It was a long time coming, but for singer Erin Dickins, recording her debut solo album Nice Girls (Champagne Records, 2010) proved well worth the wait.Several musical lifetimes ago, Dickins was a founding member of Manhattan Transfer and appears on their first album, Jukin' (Capitol, 1971). While she has remained close with Tim Hauser, ...
Jazz Arrangers: A Celebration at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
by Nick Catalano
Any discussion of a jazz figure's importance must include an analysis of the breadth of his or her talents. No one doubts trumpeter Louis Armstrong's stature in the origins of Dixieland. But attempts to place Jelly Roll Morton next to him in the pantheon of the genre often meet with resistance. Yet, in addition to being ...
The Luis Russell Story This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
This week, Riverwalk Jazz tells the story of Luis Russell, the renowned pianist, arranger, songwriter and bandleader who backed Louis Armstrong on his rise to stardom and helped pioneer the modern jazz rhythm section. To help pay tribute to his father's legacy, Russell's daughter—the magnificent vocalist Catherine Russell— joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with Dick ...
“What We Do” at the Louis Armstrong House Museum
What do they do at the Louis Armstrong House? A Who's Who of the Jazz world were introduced to Louis Armstrong singing “That's My Home" in the first moments of a video about “What We Do." At this first Louis Armstrong House Museum Gala on December 6th, 2011 the first “Louie," went to a 92-year-old, jazz ...
"Harlem Jazz Adventures" Set for January 2012 Release
COPENHAGEN: The first English edition of Harlem Jazz Adventures—A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969, is set for release in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in January. Timme Rosenkrantz, the author, was a young Danish baron, son of a distinguished family, and the first European journalist to cover New York's blossoming Harlem music scene during ...
Louis Armstrong House Museum Holds Gala - Celebrating 25 Years!
A WHO'S WHO OF THE JAZZ WORLD TO CELEBRATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH FOR THE MUSEUM Proceeds To Fund Continuing Operation of Satchmo's Corona, Queens, Home NEW YORK, NY: A who's who of the jazz and cultural world is slated to gather for the first annual fundraising gala celebrating the historic Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) ...
Ray Charles: Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
by C. Michael Bailey
Handsomely appointed, Concord's Singular Genius--The Complete ABC Singles offers an example of intelligent and succinct programming and assembly in the waning days of the compact disc. This individual items collection were produced during the heyday of the 45 RPM single, which is to say during the time of alphanumeric telephone exchanges. It represents all of Charles' ...
Frim Fram Sauce & Other Delicacies This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the beginning of this holiday season with a concert of cuisine-inspired jazz tunes. While you listen to our show, you can chop, slice, saute, bake and broil your way to a heavenly meal. Featured on the show are performances by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests Vernel Bagneris, Topsy ...
Lazsar Music released "From Vegas With Love" from singer-songwriter Sarah Montes
From Vegas With Love, re-establishes a musical sound reminiscent of the 1940's and 50's suggesting similarities to Cole Porter, Peggy Lee, Doris Day Louis Armstrong and Glen Miller; combined with cosmopolitan lyrics that are delightfully amusing, engaging, emotionally intimate and some times spicy with persuasive feminine charm. The songs themselves are candid and mature. Sarah's voice ...
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