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The Jazz Session #78: Bud Shank's Bossa Years
Listen Jazz journalist Marc Myers discusses saxophonist Bud Shank's early influence on bossa nova. Although largely forgotten by modern bossa nova fans, Bud Shank's band with guitarist Laurindo Almeida was at the forefront of the Brazillian-folk-jazz movement. Their early records ended up in Rio de Janeiro, where Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto and others listened to ...
The Jazz Session #77: Kurt Elling
Listen Vocalist Kurt Elling is known for his affinity for the music of John Coltrane, and Elling's new album, Dedicated To You (Concord, 2009), is his most explicit tribute yet. The album features the music of the classic Impulse recording John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, performed here with saxophonist Ernie Watts, the Laurence Hobgood trio, and ...
Queenstown Jazz Festival Strikes New Chord
Queenstown swings into spring this October with some exciting changes to its 31st annual jazz festival. A carnival atmosphere will take over the town as the ASB Queenstown JazzFest brings music to the masses in a 10-day live music celebration from 17 to 26 October. A sensational line-up of more than 50 bands and 200 Kiwi ...
Jets Overhead 'Heading for Nowhere' Video Premiere on Spinner
Victoria, B.C. quintet Jets Overhead announces the world premiere of their video Heading for Nowhere on Thursday, September 3 via AOL's Spinner. The video will also be added to rotation on Canada's MuchMoreMusic video channel this weekend. Heading for Nowhere is the second video supporting the band's current Vapor Records album, No Nations. Known for their ...
Jazzy Variations on Kurt Weill's Themes
Ever since its introduction by Mary Martin in the 1943 musical “One Touch of Venus,” the Kurt Weill-Ogden Nash ballad “Speak Low,” crooned against a softened tango beat, has been synonymous with Olympian seduction. (That goddess-made-flesh Ava Gardner, her voice dubbed, performed it in the movie.) An investigative rendition of “Speak Low” by the jazz quartet ...
Michael Jackson Laid to Rest
Michael Jackson will be buried today, September 3rd, 7 PM at Forest Lawn, Glendale. A private ceremony will be held as the icon is laid to rest at the sprawling cemetery's Holy Terrace section, in the Great Mausoleum. Plans for the burial have been the subject of much debate for weeks. Some family members said they ...
Chris Connor, Jazz Singer Whose Voice Embodied a Wistful Cool, Dies at 81
Chris Connor, the great jazz singer whose lush, foggy voice and compressed emotional intensity distilled a 1950s jazz reverie of faraway longing in a sad cafe, died on Saturday in Toms River, N.J. She was 81 and lived in Toms River. The cause was cancer, her publicist, Alan Eichler, said. A singer who used little vibrato ...
Eddie Higgins, 1932-2009
Eddie Higgins died on August 31st of lung cancer. Those who knew him called him by his given name, Haydn. He was a pianist of uncommon sensitivity, taste, subtlety and adaptability. He was equally accomplished and enthusiastic working with singers (his wife is Meredith d'Ambrosio), traditional bands (he unabashedly enjoyed the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee) and fiery ...
Opera 10 Browser Launches
Norway's Opera Software released on Tuesday a new version of its browser, Opera 10, promising faster downloads, new design and new features. Opera battles for the spot of third-largest browser maker with Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari, but is far behind Microsoft and Mozilla Foundation. Opera said the new browser is significantly faster on resource-intensive pages ...
Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble | 08.08 | NY
Words & Images by: Tim Dwenger Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble :: 08.08.09 :: The Barn (Levon Helm Studios) :: Woodstock, NY Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble :: 08.08 In a day and age when ticket prices for the big shed and arena shows are soaring well into the triple digits, it has become increasingly more common ...
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