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Under Your Skin Interviews: Eric Bobo & Dave Abbruzzese
Eric Bobo Dave Abbruzzese 2-3/3 - A conversation These conversations are part of the book/dvd project “Under your skin" which includes discussions with Ahmad Jamal, Anglique Kidjo, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Delinquent Habits, Airto ...
Announcing the New Set of Recommendations
The latest Doug's Picks appear in the center column. They are: CDs by two fiery alto saxophonists and a satisfying singer; A concert DVD by the man who first poured jazz into a tenor sax; A book that considers the shallowness of so much of the news we watch, hear and read—and what might be done ...
More from Holland
The Rifftides staff is feverishly preparing a new batch of Doug's Picks. (Well, all right, languorously preparing.) In the meantime, part three of that 1972 Brubeck concert in Rotterdam has appeared. If you have missed the previous installments, it's the Brubeck Trio with Jack Six, bass, and Alan Dawson, drums. Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond were ...
On the Horns of Abundance: Jazz Festivals Resound
AN extraordinary amount of jazz hits New York over the next two weeks: four festivals, about 150 sets, and much of it extracurricular to the usual riches at the clubs. It's a time of marathons and breadth and goes in heavy for the new: not just youth, but also new aesthetic combinations, new attitudes toward repertory, ...
The Death of Jazz: Greatly Exaggerated
With His New Undead Jazz Fest, Brice Rosenbloom Makes It Plain That the Historic Genre Is Still Taking Vital Breaths In a city known for the world's greatest summer jazz festivals, few entrepreneurs launch a new one without sounding a little bit nervous. So Brice Rosenbloom's confidence is novel. As the moving force behind the Undead ...
Bill Frisell's Music Education: From Mickey Mouse to Miles Davis
When Bill Frisell was young, he says remembers watching the “Mickey Mouse Club“ on his family's new television. “The leader of the Mouseketeers was this guy named Jimmy and he'd play a guitar and I just thought that was really cool. At that time I made myself a pretend guitar out of a piece of cardboard ...
David Amram on Bobby Jaspar (2)
What makes Bobby Jaspar so appealing to the ear is his ability to swing softly. Jaspar on sax or flute had a West Coast sound before the sound existed. In some respects, he was simply delivering a European interpretation of Lester Young's phrasing. Then again, this wasn't so far afield from what the European-trained West Coast ...
New Music Seminar and Ourstage Announce "Artist on the Verge" Project and Award
Hypebot 2 For 1 Discount If You Register Now The New Music Seminar, which is being held July 19 - 21 in New York City, and OurStage are teaming up for the Artists on the Verge new artist project and award. The Artist on the Verge project is aimed to aid aspiring artists who are ...
Somethingelsetribute: Heatwave (Oh, Yes, We Did!)
By Pico With another sizzling summer in full, wilting swing, what better time to revisit the foot-tapping joys of Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Heatwave?If you attended any discos or high school dances during the time that Jimmy Carter reigned supreme, there's a 100% chance you've shaken your booty to Wilder's vocals. Remember “Boogie Nights"? ...
The John Coltrane Quartet, "Africa/Brass" (1961)
By NICK DERISO It's perhaps no surprise that John Coltrane wanted to do something different upon moving to the Impulse label after a long association with Atlantic.No surprise, either, that it might be a recording with a larger aggregate behind him. That was, and is, the style of the day when jazzers seek to ...
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