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Steely Dan Wrap Beacon Theatre Stand with Gaucho Gig
Last night Donald Fagan and Walter Becker got dressed, walked down the street and made a little lucre playing the most cynical music ever. The event was the final night of Steely Dans long stand at New Yorks Beacon Theatre. Theyve been here since July playing the final three records of their early career 1976s Royal ...
Woodstock: How Does It Sound 40 Years Later?
Jimi Hendrix played his guitar during his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair on Aug. 18, 1969 Lots of people never made it to Woodstock, in part because the 400,000 who did caused the most famous traffic jam in New York history. But for those of us who missed it because of the inconvenience ...
Mike Seeger Versatile Musician Major Influence on Folk Music Revival Dies
Mike Seeger, a folk musician, music historian and collector of traditional music who was a major influence on the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, died last Friday of multiple myeloma at his home in Lexington, Va. He was 75. The younger half brother of folk musician Pete Seeger and part of a renowned ...
Steve Martin's 'Crow' Wins Kudos
He's won an Emmy and a Grammy, and now Steve Martin is nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Assn. Awards. The writer-comedian picked up six nominations Thursday in connection with his first music record, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. Martin was nominated as best banjo player and the album, which is No. 1 ...
Les Paul's Innovations Paved the Way for Rock 'N' Roll
The virtuoso picker influenced a generation of guitarists and had a series of hits in the '50s with wife Mary Ford. He invented an early solid-body electric guitar and pioneered new recording methods. Les Paul was often called rock royalty, but for the people who knew the man before his death Thursday at age 94, that ...
130 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center
The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 130 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs. The Upcoming Release Center is updated weekly and can be searched by artist, month of release, record label and type (reissue or new release). It is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet. ...
Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet at the Iridium in New York City
Pianist, composer, and bandleader Ted Kooshian will be performing with his Standard Orbit Quartet at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. Performance on August 26th, 2009 in celebration of his new release on Summit Records titled Underdog and other Stories. Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet is out of this world! - ...
Grady Nichols,Zac Maloy and David John Receive Grassroots Nomination
Grady Nichols, Zac Maloy and David John received a nomination from the grassroots music organization Just Plain Folks for their song, “Bellisimo." Recorded by Nichols for his Take Me With You project, “Bellissimo" was nominated in the Smooth Jazz Song category. The 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards is billed as the Worlds Largest Music Awards. They ...
Jazz Guitarist Howard Alden Reflects on the Life of Les Paul
Today, in New York, at White Plains Hospital, guitar legend, Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94 years old. Aside from having what any of us would consider to be a good run in the longevity department, Les Paul also realized great quality of life achievements within the quantity of his years. Since ...
Rashied Ali, Jazz Drummer, Dies
Rashied Ali, whose expressionistic, free-jazz drumming helped define the experimental style of John Coltranes final years, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 76. The cause of his death was a heart attack, his wife, Patricia Ali, said. Mr. Ali, who first encountered Coltrane in their Philadelphia neighborhood in the late 1950s, made the leap from admiration ...
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