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Veteran Drummer Bill Bruford Retires from Public Performance
After 41 years spent first in the art rock arena with everyone from Yes and King Crimson to Genesis, in addition to his own inestimable forays into fusion with his critically and popularly praised '70s group Bruford, then turning to things more jazzy from the '80 onwards with various incarnations of his much- heralded Earthworks group ...
Obama's Secret Record Collection
Rolling Stone has already told you what’s on Barack Obama’s iPod — but he’s got another wicked record collection literally under him. The official White House Record Library is stored in the mansion’s basement and includes several hundred landmark LPs (many of which appears on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, in fact). So ...
Rocking Cincinnatis R&B Cradle
King Records employees in the labels shipping department in the 1950s, early on were proof King adopted an integration policy, and some management positions were occupied by African-Americans. Among the artists on the King roster were the Stanley Brothers, top; James Brown, center, who cut Papas Got a New Bag for the label; and the saxophonist ...
The Band on Bruce: The Springsteen They Know
A candid look at the legend from his “greatest friends" - the E Street Band. The E Street Band are the people who know Bruce Springsteen best, and in his own words, “They are my greatest friendships, my deepest friendships irreplaceable things." Springsteen started the band in 1972, gave it its official name two years later ...
Weekend Extra: Why Fight?
By tradition and general agreement in the reviewing trade, it is considered unprofessional and tacky to write about a recording to which one has contributed liner notes. Therefore, I have not written about Rebecca Kilgore's and Dave Frishberg's Why Fight The Feeling?, a collection of songs by Frank Loesser. However, I have no qualms about alerting ...
Numero Group Label/Vinyl
THE NUMERO GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW LABEL SERIES AND VINYL ONLY IMPRINT In addition to their critically acclaimed Eccentric Soul, Cult Cargo and Wayfaring Strangers series, the Numero Group is set to launch Local Customs - a series of releases highlighting the lost sounds of mid-America from the 60s and 70s. Under the Numero Group, the Numerophon ...
Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin
I've always had mixed feelings about Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin. I love the February 1958 recording, but I have to be in a certain mood to hear it. Billie is in the twilight of her career, and while her voice isn't quite as shattered as it would be on her final studio recording in March ...
Catching up with Jean Kittrell
Decatur Herald-Review columnist Bob Fallstrom has a piece this week in which he catches up with traditional jazz pianist and singer Jean Kittrell, who retired from music last summer after being diagnosed with colon cancer.The good news is that Ms. Kittrell, a longtime St. Louis favorite who was also a regular at the Central ...
PCAMI* Welcomes Gaea Schell
PCAMI* is pleased to announce the addition of Gaea Schell to our prolific musical family. Gaea is from Alberta, Canada and began playing piano at the age of five. Initially interested in the classical harp, Gaeas interests turned to jazz piano after being inspired by such legends as Charlie Parker, Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson among ...
Artie Shaw: Hop, Skip and Jump
Speaking of Alec Wilder (yesterday's post), the composer may have had an inadvertent influence on Artie Shaw's decision to start his Gramercy Five combo in 1940. Forming small jazz groups within big bands was nothing new. Benny Goodman, Bob Crosby and Tommy Dorsey had created them in the 1930s. What was different about Shaw's first sextet ...
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