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Heading South West South North in Vienna
Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum, Porgy and Bess Jazz Club, Vienna, Austria. Sunday June 6th 2010Last month I was lucky enough to catch the 'Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum' group in Vienna at the Porgy and Bess Jazz and Music Club (seemingly implying jazz isn't music?) . Once out of the Vienna sunshine and down deep ...
George Wein on the Rebel Festival
Most people are unaware that in 1960, Newport, R.I., hosted not one but two jazz festivals. There was the big one that had been produced by George Wein since 1954. And there was a smaller, alternative festival put on by Charles Mingus. But after the riot of July 2, 1960, the smaller concert series known as ...
Manchester Jazz Festival Announces the Full 2010 Line Up
As some readers of this blog will know, I'm involved with the annual Manchester Jazz Festival that's coming up very soon now. Our lovely team have just put out a press release, so I thought it'd be handy to include it here. The fest is gonna be a goodun:Manchester Jazz Festival (mjf), celebrates its ...
Musical Musings from Montreal
Two and a half days into my Montreal International Jazz Festival stay, or even minutes into it for that matter, one thing is apparent. This is a jazz festival that never gets tired - and keeps evolving and improving year after year after year. This 31st edition, which began June 25 and runs through July 6, ...
Medvedev: Da to Jazz
In its entirety, this is an item from “The Reliable Source" blog in The Washington Post this week: Medvedev goes for the record: Jazz and rock music, that is While Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Washington with President Obama on official business, his staff went on a more personal quest: music for his vinyl collection. ...
Recent Listening: Vincent Herring
Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz, Morning Star (Challenge). The rhythm section known as Earth Jazz is electrified, funkified and synthesized. Collaborating with them, Herring looks back to the heyday of '60s and '70s soul, with stylistic references to Herbie Hancock, early Weather Report and tinges of Azymuth and The Crusaders. His customary power and tonal perfection ...
Road Worriers.
Now that the Jazz Biz elements are in remission and bloat stuff crashes and burns all around, it is time to address the disheveled condition of touring in America. If baby boomers were responsible for destructive aesthetic misconceptions about what would sell, the blame for the grotesque and pathetic lack of a working circuit ...
David Weiss and Point of Departure - Snuck in (2010)
By PicoWe introduced the master trumpeter Weiss on this space as the leader of the talent laden New Jazz Composer's Octet and he's shepherded this project through five releases. The NJCO represents just a slice of the long and varied career of this Queens, NY native. Having working with heavies such as Freddie Hubbard, ...
Mike Baggetta Trio with Cameron Brown, Jeff Hirshfield on the 4th of July!
If you're looking for some musical plans for your 4th of July evening please consider the Mike Baggetta Trio. Mike Baggetta - Guitar Cameron Brown - Bass Jeff Hirshfield - Drums Sunday, July 4th 8pm and 10 pm (two sets) @ Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street (Greenwich ...
It's All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57
In the spring of 1947 trumpeter Louis Armstrong was 45 years old-considered by some critics and fans to be all but washed up, with his best years behind him and his music made irrelevant by the rising force of bebop. For 20 years he had been one of jazz's leading, most influential figures. He was appearing ...
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