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News: Recording

Groundation: Here I AM

November 6, 2009

By: Dennis Cook With elements of Cuban son, and 70s soul-jazz melded to a strong roots reggae, Groundation are traditionalists unbound by pure tradition. There's little doubt anyone who strongly vibes with Bob Marley & The Wailers and Steel Pulse won't dig Here I Am (Young Tree Records) a great deal, but there's a sumptuous reach ...

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News: Interview

Johnny Winter: The Blues' Last Bona Fide Outlaw

November 6, 2009

By: Jarrod Dicker When Old Man Winter comes to town He's got a special way of dropping in And spreading cheer around You know [the blues] is around the bend And he won't let you down When Old Man Winter comes to town -Old Man Winter ...

News: Performance / Tour

Digable Planets Members Tour

November 6, 2009

Digable Planets Presents: Butterfly and Doodlebug Featuring the Cosmic Funk Orchestra (CFO) Band Butterfly and Doodlebug Butterfly and Doodlebug, of the Grammy awarding-winning group the Digable Planets, are hitting the road again. In an age of auto-tone hip hop, the men of Digable Planets are working to return the genre to its roots and ...

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News: Recording

Fool's Gold: Fool's Gold

November 6, 2009

By: Ron Hart Given their penchant for incorporating the grooves of Mother Africa into their sound, Los Angeles' Fool's Gold has been dubbed the “West Coast Vampire Weekend." However, unlike their New York City counterparts, this ten-man strong ensemble doesn't merely whitewash the rhythms of the Dark Continent with silly songs about Oxford commas and Lil' ...

News: Music Industry

IFPI: "Illegal File-Sharing Reduces Legitimate Sales" What Do You Think?

November 6, 2009

Global recording industry trade group the IFPI predictably responded to a new UK study that downloaders of unauthorized music also spend more money than average adding to their music collections legally. “The net effect of illegal file-sharing in the UK and elsewhere has been to reduce legitimate sales. This is why spending on recorded music ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #106: Patti Wicks

November 6, 2009

Pianist and vocalist Patti Wicks teams up with her Italian trio bassist Giovanni Sanguinetti and drummer Giovanni Gulino and guest saxophonist Scott Hamilton for Dedicated To (Geco Records, 2009). In this interview, Wicks talks about how she dealt with her childhood visual impairment and learned to play by ear; her college days at the Crane School ...

News: Interview

Interview: Marian McPartland (Part 1)

November 6, 2009

Marian McPartland is probably best known today as a pioneering jazz radio host (NPR's Piano Jazz) and the grande dame of the jazz piano. But starting back in the 1950s, Marian was one of bebop's most graceful and nimble messengers. Equally well versed in Dixieland, stride and other forms of early jazz that she grew up ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Rubright, Ruffin to Perform This Sunday at Webster Records

November 6, 2009

Webster Records will host a free live performance from guitarist Dan Rubright and singer Lydia Ruffin as part of an “open house" sale to be held this Sunday, November 8.Rubright and Ruffin will perform from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., playing songs from their new CD Christmas Cafe, which will be available for purchase.

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News: Interview

Listen to the Bass Player: Part 5, Red Mitchell

November 6, 2009

In the first paragraph of Part 3 of this series, it was not by random choice that I included Red Mitchell's name in the short list of important bassists who emerged in the 1940s. He discovered ways of playing the instrument that made a difference in the bass's role in jazz. Bill Crow, the hero of ...

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News: TV / Film

New Episode of I Love Jazz Premieres Tonight on Hec-TV

November 6, 2009

The second season of I Love Jazz, the HEC-TV program hosted by longtime St. Louis jazz DJ Don Wolff, begins tonight with a program featuring singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli and the St. Louis band Dizzy Atmosphere.Pizzarelli's segment was taped last April before his concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, while Dizzy Atmosphere was captured ...