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Carol Kaye First Call L.A. Studio Bassist

Carol Kaye First Call L.A. Studio Bassist

Carol Kaye worked extensively with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, Lee Hazlewood, and other top producers in the 1960s, although she was a straight jazz player when she started guesting on rock dates in the late 1950s. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pittsburg Jazz Society, “Outstanding Dedication to Bass Performance & Pedagogy" and Lifetime ...

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Seattle Times: Ballard Hasn't Gotten Too Big for Jazz Fest

Changes were coming to Ballard, Bishop and Jorgensen among them. Condominiums, gourmet dog biscuits, indoor-plant boutiques, panko breadcrumbs and all the trappings of yuppie-hood were making their way to old Ballard, the changes literally visible from Bishop’s and Jorgensen’s apartment windows. The density of bars and restaurants, the foot traffic and the changing demographics of their ...

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JFJO: Beethoven, Icons, More

A BUSY 2009 CONTINUES FOR FREEDOM JAZZ SUPERHEROES JFJO :: 02.12.09 :: Oakland, CA :: By Josh Miller In an effort to out-prolific their already well established business, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey continues to stomp forward in the new year. This week, the quartet went into Josh Roseman' s 58N6 Media Labs in Brooklyn to record ...

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Top 7 Music Licensing Sites

Top 7 Music Licensing Sites

Here in no particular order is a list of seven companies that help artists place their music in film, television, commercials, games, etc. Rumblefish - Licensing for television, film, advertisements, websites, videos, games, podcasts, and sonic branding - e.g. your music inside your local Gap. Gamecues - Licensing for the gaming industry. YouLicense ...

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Wilco Add More Dates

WILCO ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOURING SCHEDULE PLUS KNOXVILLE IN-STORE APPEARANCE, NEW CONCERT DVD, FREE DOWNLOAD AND MORE Wilco Wilco have unveiled new concert dates as part of their upcoming North American summer tour. The newest dates include performances at The Joint in Las Vegas, Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, Wolf Trap in ...

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Help Save S.F. Music Venues

Help Save S.F. Local Music Venues As you may have heard, San Francisco music venues Cafe du Nord, Bottom of the Hill, Great American Music Hall and Slim's are currently embroiled in a ridiculous legal battle with the Alcohol and Beverage Control - front page news on SF Gate on April 11. Those venues could be ...

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Paul Williams to Lead ASCAP

Paul Williams to Lead ASCAP

Multihyphenate Paul Williams has been elected chairman and prexy of the songwriters rights org ASCAP. Williams will succeed Marilyn Bergman, who announced her resignation as after 15 years at the helm of ASCAP earlier this month. Williams, who has been an ASCAP board member for the past eight years and vice chairman for two years, was ...

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David Amram on Blossom Dearie

David Amram on Blossom Dearie

In 1955, jazz French hornist and composer David Amram was in Paris playing and recording with saxophonist Bobby Jaspar. Jaspar was married to singer Blossom Dearie at the time. When Dearie died in February, I e-mailed David for his recollections. But for some reason David's response never arrived. While catching up with David the other day, ...

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David Buck Wheat Early Living Legend of Jazz in San Francisco

David Buck Wheat Early Living Legend of Jazz in San Francisco

David Wheat played guitar with many of the big bands in the 1950's and performed with the Playboy Jazz All Stars in 1959. He recorded with Chet Baker Trio on “Embraceable You", “My Funny Valentine" and “There's a Lull in My Life" in 1957. Baker's soft moody vocals (no trumpet) were accompanied by only David on ...

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Ray Brown Defined the Modern Jazz Rhythm Section

Ray Brown Defined the Modern Jazz Rhythm Section

Grammy Award-winning double-bassist Ray Brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section -- in addition to being a first-rate soloist. His unique dynamic and innate sense of swing graced performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and countless others. Raymond Matthews Brown was born October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA ...


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