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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #71: Terence Blanchard

August 14, 2009

Listen A standard-bearer for his home city of New Orleans, trumpeter Terence Blanchard turns his musical spotlight on the positive changes that have occurred since Katrina with his new CD, Choices (Concord Records, 2009). In this wide-ranging interview, Blanchard talks about the cultural rebuilding of New Orleans, the ability of music to stand up in the ...

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News: Obituary

Les Paul

August 14, 2009

Les Paul, who affected the course of popular music in profound ways, died yesterday at the age of 94. Jazz devotees may remember the guitarist most fondly from the days in the 1930s when he collaborated with Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge and Art Tatum, or his involvement with Jazz At The Philharmonic and a memorable 1944 ...

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News: Obituary

Rashied Ali

August 14, 2009

Rashied Ali, a drummer who applied his advanced technique to free jazz, died today in New York. He was 76. Born Robert Patterson, Ali became a disciple and close colleague of his fellow Philadelphian John Coltrane. He played on some of the most uninhibited recordings of Coltrane's final years, including the astonishing Interstellar Space, a series ...

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News: Music Industry

Arrest Warrant Issued for Singer Bobby Brown

August 14, 2009

An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint. Norfolk Judge Christina Harms ordered Brown arrested the next time the singer is in Massachusetts. He failed to appear at a June 29 hearing. Register of Probate Patrick McDermott said Friday that by June, ...

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News: Obituary

'Lit' Drummer Allen Shellenberger Dies of Brain Cancer

August 14, 2009

The drummer for the rock band 'Lit,' Allen Shellenberger, died on Thursday at age 39 of brain cancer. Shellenberger was diagnosed in May 2008 with rare form of brain tumor, a malignant glioma. He underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles. According to the group's publicist Ken Phillips, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

City Sponsoring Free Jazz Concerts Wednesdays in O'Fallon Park

August 14, 2009

This just in: The City of St. Louis is sponsoring a four-week series of free Wednesday night jazz concerts at O'Fallon Park. Alas, StLJN is a little late to this one, as the series kicked off last night with a performance by the Bosman Twins, but there are still three shows left to go.On ...

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News: Radio

B.J. Jansen Interviewed Farnell Newton on the Jazz Life

August 14, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed trumpeter, Farnell Newton on The Jazz Life. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content from artists who ...

News: Recording

Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 10)

August 14, 2009

From time to time I feature fabulous little-known albums that are available as downloads at iTunes, Amazon and other online retailers. I call them “hidden" because online retailers do so little promotion that you'd never know these albums existed unless you stumbled upon them like I did. (For the other nine volumes in this series, go ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Robert "Baabe" Irving III Jazz Homage to Miles Davis and Gil Evans

August 14, 2009

The Jazz Institute of Chicago presents “Sketches of Brazil: Robert Irving III's Orchestral Homage to Miles and Gil" in Chicago and its free! I have been a fan of “Baabe" for a long time and have seen him play/conduct at various venues around Chicago...he never fails to delight and this event should be another one he ...

News: Interview

Dusty Rhodes: Winning You Over

August 14, 2009

By: Mike Bookey Getting hit by a pickup truck is a categorically bad thing. That's just a rule of life, physics and motor vehicle safety. However, if it weren't for an absent-minded driver that smashed into a scooter-riding young man earlier this decade, there's a good chance that the planet would never get to know, and ...