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Hale Smith, Who Broke Borders of Classical and Jazz, is Dead at 84
Hale Smith, a classical composer who also worked as a performer and arranger with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Chico Hamilton, died Tuesday at his home in Freeport, L.I. He was 84. The cause was complications of a stroke, said his wife, Juanita. Mr. Smith, who wryly described himself to The New York Times in ...
Bringing Big Band Jazz Back to the Theater District
There you are, texting away as you walk down West 46th Street in Midtown, and you nearly bump right into the big, bright gramophone on the sidewalk outside the Hotel Edison. The antique prop is put out on Mondays to mark the entrance to Club Cache in the hotels basement. There, the clock is turned back ...
An Environmental Benefit, Set to the Jazz of Sonny Rollins
WHEN Sonny Rollins lifts his legendary horn high and launches into Global Warming, listeners unfamiliar with his ironic sense of humor are sometimes confused. The cheerful melody sits comfortably atop a jaunty calypso beat and can seem at odds with the seriousness of the subject. But the confusion usually fades. As choruses of improvised commentary pour ...
Intimate Ella Fitzgerald, Rediscovered
WITH all the multi-disc jazz boxes that have come out in recent years--the complete Miles Davis on Columbia, the complete Charlie Parker on Savoy, the complete Duke Ellington on RCA and so on--its hard to believe that any significant tapes by any major musician might still be languishing undiscovered in a record companys archives. Yet Verve ...
Apple Opens iTunes LP and Extras to Developers
iTunes has opened its iTunes LP and Extras platforms to indie artists, labels and developers with a new set of instructions posted on their web site. Automated electronic submission to iTunes LP and Extra will be added in the first quarter of 2010. Until then, the process is manual and limited. An existing iTunes contract is ...
Larger Than Life in 3d Dave Matthews, Ben Harper
IN THEATRES ONE WEEK ONLY - DEC 11-17 Dave Matthews Band Movie theaters from New York to Los Angeles will present the 3D release of “Larger Than LifeIn 3D" Featuring Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper and Relentless7 and Gogol Bordello for a limited-run engagement - one week only from December 11-17. Filmed by inconcert3d utilizing digital ...
On Guaraldi, on the Radio
Tomorrow morning, November 28, I will be with Scott Simon, host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday to discuss Vince Guaraldi. I had the privilege of writing the essay accompanying the new two-CD compilation of Guaraldi recordings. Celebrated for his Charlie Brown Christmas music, Guaraldi is the focus of a Weekend Edition feature. Mr. Simon ...
Stacy Dillard, Eric Reed to Star in "Chaography," a New Fiction Film Celebrating New York's Jazz Scene
Director Douglas Chang and Executive Producer Ronald Tikofsky have announced the upcoming production of Chang's new feature, “CHAOGRAPHY: Variations on the Theme of Freedom," in 2010. Anchored by original music to be composed and performed by some of the most exciting young musicians in jazz today, the film will seek to explore what freedom really means, ...
AllAboutJazz-New York December 2009 Issue Now Available!
Of the many laudable qualities of jazz, possibly its most notable is a courage to explore boundaries. Born out of its original free spirit and now supported by a knowledgeable (if lamentably small) fan base, modern jazz musicians can inhabit multiple sub-genres and flavor their work with a number of outside influences, all without being explicitly ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins
All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete Robbins“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New ...
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