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Artie Shaw: Making of a Box Set
I don't know about you but I've always been curious about how Mosaic Records remasters recordings for its box sets. A long-time fan of Mosaic's restorations and attention to detail, I favor the “Producer's Note" that appears at the back of each set's calendar-size liner-notes brochure. Written by Scott Wenzel, Mosaic's award-winning producer, the note often ...
Funky Global Citizen Christine Vaindirlis Channels the Spirit of Home
Born in London, raised in Johannesburg, trained in Milan under La Scala supervision and in Boston at Berklee, singer, composer and arranger Christine Vaindirlis is more than a mere globetrotter; she is the world. Yet wherever her free-spirited journey has taken her, shes always yearned for home: Africa! Vaindirlis lets her global chops and love for ...
The Kareem Kronicles: How I (Almost) (Sky)Hooked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Late this past spring, I read On the Shoulders of Giants, a book by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about the Harlem Renaissance, its music, and the effect of both on Kareem's development as a person. I already knew about his lifelong love of jazz and his wide-ranging education and passions, and he seemed like the perfect guest for ...
Maceo Parker Debuts at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Maceo Parker Debuts at Jazz at Lincoln Center November 13 & 14 The Allen Room Maceo Parker, perhaps best known as the second-in-command to the legendary James Brown, helped define funk from its origins. A long-venerated saxophone master, he will be playing and singing music he recorded with James Brown ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Performs @ Sopac in New Jersey Nov 10th
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra @ South Orange Performing Arts Center (One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ) Jazz 'n the Hall Seton Hall Arts Council Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, $15, $8 This 16-piece modern big band, established by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, began its 42-year old, Monday night tradition ...
Artie Shaw: 1938-45 RCA Sessions
You can hear it in virtually everything Artie Shaw recorded in the late 1930s and early and mid-1940s. There, in track after track, is the restlessness, the confidence, the envelope-pushing and the Shangri-La search for a sound only Shaw could hear. Today, it's hard to understand why Shaw grew so peevish and dissatisfied with every band ...
Jets Overhead Announce National Canadian Tour with Lights
Victoria B.C. atmospheric rockers Jets Overhead, are about to embark on a cross-Canadian tour as the support act for synthpop sensation LIGHTS. The 17-date tour begins in Vancouver on Saturday November 7th, travels as far east as Montreal and ends in London, Ontario on December 3rd. Jets Overhead are touring in support of their sophomore album ...
Jazzman Najee Gives Back to Jamaica, Queens
Najee grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and he recently released Mind Over Matter on Heads Up International. Like his two previous recordings, Najee's new CD went straight to the top of Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Chart (and it's still there). On Monday, November 16, Najee returns to his old neighborhood in Jamaica to present a jazz workshop/performance ...
Rick Stone Trio at the Bar Next Door, Saturday, November 14, 2009
"One of the finest straight-ahead guitarists on the current NYC jazz scene." ~ Robert Silverstein - 20th Century Guitar Saturday, November 14th, the Rick Stone Trio presents an evening of jazz standards and originals at the Bar Next Door. Performing with Rick will be bassist Ratzo Harris and drummer Tom Pollard. The Bar Next Door is ...
Chicagoan Jua Howard First Recipient of Mark Murphy Vocal Jazz Scholarship
Jua Howard, a 30-year-old singer from Chicago and a member of the Jazzschool Institute's 2009 entering class, has just been named the first recipient of the newly established Mark Murphy Vocal Jazz Scholarship, it has been announced by Jazzschool Institute Vocal Director Laurie Antonioli. “Mark's influence has inspired not only my singing," says Antonioli, “but my ...
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