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Harvey Lavine: The Goof and I
Tenor saxophonist and arranger-composer Al Cohn wrote The Goof and I in late 1946 or early 1947. The title of the bebop melody with I Got Rhythm sensibilities and On Moonlight Bay overtones was named for baritone saxophonist Harvey Lavine [pictured], who Cohn coined “The Goof" for being absentminded. But there were reasons why Lavine was ...
Spotify Payments to Artists Grow 8x
Reports coming from Swedish performing rights groups show that Spotify's payments to artists appear to be growing exponentially. Swedish songwriters association STIM spokesperson Susanne Bodin confirmed an “eightfold increase" in payments to its members over last year. STIM had reported that last June's payments were 500,000 kroner with the latest payment rising to 4 million kroner ...
R.I.P. Benny Powell
Amid the bounty of great music in New York over the last two weeks, jazz has suffered three big losses: Bill Dixon (84-years-old, June 16), Fred Anderson (81-years-old, June 24), and now Benny Powell (80-years-old), whose death was announced on Saturday. I never heard Bill Dixon or Fred Anderson play, but I knew Powell's music well. ...
Evan Parker - Whitstable Solo (Psi)
Nearly four decades deep into the Evan Parker solo performance precedence and despite what some critics might contend the saxophonist is still finding fresh things to say on both straight horn and curved. A confluence of new recording space (St. Peter's Church, Whitstable), trusted engineer (Adam Skeaping) and extra-disciplinary collaborators (artist Polly Read and film-maker Neil ...
Michael Jaeger Kerouac - Outdoors (Intakt)
Michael Jaeger's ensemble makes explicit reference to one of the founding fathers of Beat poetry, but the Swiss tenorist is also careful to note that his actual inspiration source rests in the Dizzy Gillespie's composition of the same title. Now five years on since their inception the foursome is well-oiled improvisation machine. Pianist Vincent Membrez, bassist ...
Ascap Attacks Creative Commons, the Eff and Advocates of Free Music
"our biggest challenge ever." Last week ASCAP sent a fund raising letter to its members launching a campaign to counter the efforts of the country's most vocal advocates of copyright reform. “Many forces including Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and technology companies with deep pockets are mobilizing to promote 'Copyleft' in order ...
Jack Walwrath - Heavy Mirth (Steeplechase)
The pleasures of a working band in action are profusely accessible on this latest session under the leadership of trumpet player Jack Walrath. Bassist Boris Kozlov and drummer Jonathan Blake are the only holdovers from his last Steeplechase effort, the ballad peppered Ballroom, but the band was several tours steeped by the time they hit the ...
Orlando le Fleming - From Brooklyn with Love (19/8)
Bassist Orlando Le Fleming doesn't score many points for creativity when it comes to the title of this live disc. Fortunately, what's absent in left-field thinking is made up for through audible work ethic and dedication to craft. Culled from two dates at Freddy's Backroom in the titular borough, the disc's six cuts find the bassist's ...
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | 06.12 | Oklahoma
Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Rachel D. Hoefling Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey :: 06.12.10 :: OK Mozart Festival :: Bartlesville, OK JFJO with Orchestra :: 06.12.10 Messing with Beethoven is serious business. Foundational artists like Ludwig Van test one's mettle and force them to grabble with fundamental structures and attitudes, particularly if one ...
Muenster-Dummel
Rifftides reader Dave Bernard sent this inquiry: What did muenster-dummel mean on the Norgran record jackets? For those born after the LP era, the terms may draw a blank. Norgran was one of two labels founded by Norman Granz (1918-2001), who created Jazz At The Philharmonic in the 1940s. His other early label was Clef. Norgran ...
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