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Charlie Harrington Invited to Audition for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The award-winning jazz drummer, Charlie Harrington, has been invited to audition for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a percussionist. Under the musical direction of the world-renowned Maestro Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1891, is considered to be one of the finest in the world. Charlie's playing technique is recognized as being superlative as ...
STLJN 2009 Year in Review
On this final day of 2009, let's take a look back at some of the most newsworthy, noteworthy and/or interesting items posted here on St. Louis Jazz Notes over the past 12 months:January 2009Hamiet Bluiett on Freddie HubbardBailing out the artsMore “Best Jazz of 2008" listsJim Manley releases new CDSt. Louis Jazz Club ...
Bands Have an Official Life Span of Nine Months
"As of '09, bands have an official life span of about nine months dating from the launch of their MySpace pages, thanks to the comically accelerated, DSL-enhanced hype cycle. Faster than you can tweet “Serena Maneesh," entire genres of music are “discovered" by attention-starved writers; bloggers engage in hilarious slap-fights about who was there first; magazines ...
The Artist as an Entrepeneur and Vice Versa
"In their own way, all artists are entrepreneurs, and all entrepreneurs are artists. Though their tools and products may differ, both entrepreneurs and artists are in the same game- the making and selling of work that is personally and emotionally important to them. Artist. Entrepreneur. They're just words. What's far more interesting is not ...
Jazzwax Mindblowers (Vol. 8)
At the end of each quarter, I go back through my posts of the past three months and pull the best quotes from my interviews. I do this so you have a bunch of great quotes from jazz legends all in one place and a taste of what the full interview holds. Full interviews can be ...
Legendary Count Basie Orchestra Announces New Management
In agreement with the Trust of William J. Basie and for the first time since 1984, the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra is under new management. Artist Management Productions, LLC will represent the Count Basie Orchestra with its new management team including Bill Hughes, Director; Dee Askew, Booking Manager; Clarence Banks, Manager; Doug Lawrence, Operations Director. “The ...
The Cross-Cultural Chet Baker
San Francisco's Company C Contemporary ballet company includes this item in the announcement of its spring season. Charles Anderson, Beautiful Maladies Music by: Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, Hoagy Carmichael, George Benson and others Arranged and performed by: Chet Baker Expanded from last season's You Don't Know What Love Is, Charles Anderson's Beautiful Maladies, ...
The Jazz Session #128: Dan Scofield on Sonny Simmons
Saxophonist Sonny Simmons is the subject of a new documentary now in production called Just A Guy Who Knows. The filmmakers, Dan Scofield and Mike Ercolini, have so far produced a 20-minute trailer and are raising funds to finish a 45-minute short film on Simmons. The saxophonist has lived a remarkable life, moving from his days ...
Articulate!
Just a small observation: I find that many saxophone players have very little or no punctuation process in their playing. For some, there isn't a well enough defined attack at the beginning of phrases and sustained tones - at least to my ears. Sometimes complete lines are slurred throughout, which does little to detail the separation ...
Freedom of Choice
To my surprise, the original Jazz Bums blog entry set off a mini-firestorm online as it obviously touched the nerves of a few who are offended by the very idea of looking decent while performing, as well as others who are offended by the sound of my playing and/or music. At this point in my career, ...
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