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News: Performance / Tour

Midtones Jam @ Grand Star in Chinatown Hosted by Shin Kawasaki 5/11

May 3, 2010

Its time for the Midtones jam hosted by Shin Kawasaki ,bring your instrument! Note the date is moved to 5/11 and will repeat every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from now on.From Shin:numbers are fascinating - even tho I truely “suck at math"there are things about numbers I like,such ...

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Ulrich Krieger/Sonic Boom @ Calarts Monday May 3rd

May 3, 2010

Sonic Boom, CalArts' experimental rock group, presents a LOUD show of death, black, and ambient metal.Original music by:Blake BaldwinZac EzrinAlex SramekStephanie SmithBob AllairePlus covers of:DeicideImmortalUlverEnsemble features guitars, keys, drums, vocals, cello, winds (bassoon, bass clarinet, saxes, flute), electronics.In-person ...

News: Interview

Diana Krall, Sellout?

May 3, 2010

A few years ago, Gene Lees and I fell into serious agreement. It happened in one of our long talks over a glass of wine, or two, at the big table just off the kitchen in his and Janet's house in Ojai. We were kicking around the peculiar effect that popular acceptance of an artist often ...

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Sonnenberg Sings Lees

May 3, 2010

A man named Paul Sonnenberg has posted a medley of songs with Gene Lees' lyrics. If you go here, you'll learn as much about Mr. Sonnenberg as I know. If you watch the video below, you'll see and hear him sing the songs, largely in tune, with a feel for the Brazilian samba idiom and with, ...

News: Interview

Teachout on Lees

May 3, 2010

Tributes to Gene Lees continue, for good reason. A line from Longfellow applies: “Dead he is not, but departed - for the artist never dies." Terry Teachout remembers Gene in today's Wall Street Journal: Had Gene been born sooner, he would surely have been as famous and successful as the top songwriters of the '30s and ...

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Jeff Sultanof on Gene Lees

May 3, 2010

Since the Rifftides entry about Gene Lees' death on April 22, we have received a flood of comments. They are posted in the comments section at the end of that piece. A couple of days later, Gene's friend Jeff Sultanof sent me a message that he intended as a private communique. I was moved by it ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Legacy Productions Co-Presents "Jazz in Times Square" with World Renowned Music Shop Roberto's Winds

May 3, 2010

Jazz Legacy Productions Co-Presents “Jazz In Times Square" With World Renowned Music Shop Roberto's Winds on May 31 Featured JLP Artists Include Guitarist Yotam and Alto Saxophonist Sharel Cassity Jazz Legacy Productions is proud to announce that on Monday, May 31st, the label will sponsor and co-present an evening of jazz ...

News: Recording

Steven Schoenberg Performs Live at Harlem in the Himalayas Music Series

May 3, 2010

Friday, May 7th, 2010 7:00p to 8:30pat Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NYPrice: $18.00 in advance / $20.00 day of Member $16.20Phone: (212) 620-5000 $18.00 in advance / $20.00 day ofMember Price: $16.20 This marks Steven Schoenberg's first New York concert since the release of Steven Schoenberg Live: An Improvisational Journey. He is a ...

News: Interview

Kenny Davern, Remembered

May 3, 2010

First, some comedy. The last time I saw Kenny Davern in action was at Sunnie Sutton's 2006 Rocky Mountain Jazz Party--only a few months before his death. At the dinner for musicians and friends the night before the party started, Kenny took a napkin off one of the tables, draped it over his arm, and transformed ...

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News: Recording

Bass Virtuoso Stanley Clarke Releases His 28th Album

May 3, 2010

Bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke, the American jazz performer, composer, bandleader who rose to prominence in the 1970s and single-handedly brought the electric bass to the forefront of jazz and R&B teams with up-and-coming star, Japanese virtuoso Hiromi Uehara, keyboard master, Ruslan Sirota, and fierce drummer Ronald Bruner Jr, in a special “sneak peak" showcase of his ...