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Alton Amphitheater Almost Finished, but Not yet Named
Although work on the new outdoor amphitheater in Riverfront Park in Alton, Illinois is almost complete, a proposal to name it after legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis apparently has stalled, according to an article in Saturday's Alton Telegraph:“In recent months, there was a drive by some people to have the city name the amphitheater after ...
The Arrival of Victor Feldman
Multi-instrumentalist Victor Feldman was a musical prodigy who sat in on drums with Glenn Miller’s Army Air Force Band at the age of 10 and was hailed by the English press as “Kid Krupa.” After continuing his rise to fame in the 1950s British jazz world, Feldman moved to America and eventually made his way to ...
Hollywood Sheet Music Faces the Music
LEDE-IN: The Internet imperils the survival of the low-tech but beloved Sunset Boulevard store. Early last month, behind the facades of Gower Gulch, that Old West town of Baskin-Robbins, Rite Aid and a Denny's restaurant facing Sunset Boulevard, some 46 vocalists and one showgirl poured into Hollywood Studio Bar and Grill, banding together for a cause ...
Jazz at the Bistro, Scott Joplin House Named in Article on "Nine Great Jazz Joints"
St. Louis' Jazz at the Bistro and the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site are among the music venues cited in “Nine Great Jazz Joints," an article appearing in the current issue of Budget Travel magazine and online at CNN.com. The magazine asked six musicians to name some of their favorite spots to hear jazz, and ...
Evelyn Glennie Inducted into Pas Hall of Fame / Endorses Hammerax Hybrid Instruments
Clearwater, Florida – Hammerax, famed for making cymbal-like instruments with sustain and musical effects that go well beyond the sonic possibilities of ordinary cymbals, has made Dame Glennie an official endorser. The first artist to sustain a full-time career as a touring solo percussionist, Glennie performs on the company's Boomywhang hybrids, which produce deep, fluttering sounds ...
Lester Young Said It
“I had a decision to make between Frankie Trumbauer and Jimmy Dorsey, you dig, and I wasn't sure which way I wanted to go. I'd buy me all those records and I'd play one by Jimmy and one by Trumbauer, you dig? I didn't know nothing about Hawk then, and they were the only ones telling ...
Lou Levy Said It
“I remember sitting, with the saxophone section in the bend of the piano--Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and Sam Marowitz and Stan Getz and Serge Chaloff when these guys would stand up to play, I would hear all this stuff coming out. When the section would play, I would hear Al Cohn. Now I didn't know him ...
Musicians' Group Asks Obama for Change
One of the difficulties in music policy advocacy is that there are always more pressing matters at hand. Rising unemployment rising, a declining environment, a somersaulting economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other pressing matters understandably occupy more of our policymakers' time. Nonetheless, the Future of Music Coalition hopes the upcoming Obama administration ...
Joe Sullivan
This is Joe Sullivan's birthday. Although Rifftides posted an item about Sullivan and others only three months ago, it is never too soon to call him to the attention of listeners who may not have made the acquaintance of a man who inspired countless other pianists. Here is a Rifftides golden oldie. It is not good enough ...
Scratch-Scratch
In the scratch-scratch tradition of cross-referencing that is an important aspect of the blogosphere, Don Heckman has responded to the November 4 Rifftides piece about him, The Los Angeles Times and the general decline of writing about jazz in newspapers. That posting is two exhibits down the page. Heckman asks: Do the complaints, the ...
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