Results for "Music Industry"

Dennis Gonzalez Jnaana Septet - The Gift of Discernment (Not Two, 2008) ****1/2

May 14, 2008

On the first, 15-minute long track, small percussion and gong sounds lead you into a hypnotic African-tinged music, a great bass vamp, with the piano playing some inviting chords, a female voice rejoicing after some ten minutes, accompanied by a background trumpet of twice 10 seconds. And yes, you're right, this is trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez for ...

A Great Day in Indy: A Photo Tribute to the Indianapolis Jazz Legacy

May 14, 2008

Revisiting Latin Jazz Classics: At the Black Hawk, Mongo Santamaria

May 14, 2008

The Revisiting series features albums from the past that played a significant role in Latin Jazz history. The purpose of this series is to introduce new Latin Jazz listeners to important albums and look back at these albums in historical perspective. Each entry will jump to a different point in Latin Jazz history - this [...] ...

Chet Baker: Twenty Years

May 14, 2008

Chet Baker's life of beauty and pain ended twenty years ago tonight on an Amsterdam sidewalk. He may have killed himself. That is unlikely, in my opinion. He may have fallen from his hotel window. He may have been thrown or pushed. Either way, as hard as Baker was on nearly everyone else in his life, ...

Kirk Whalum to Headline Benefit to Relieve Poverty, Hunger and Disease in Developing World

May 14, 2008

Bebop's Effect on Graphic Arts

May 13, 2008

UPA, Bebop, and other Degradations I read on Cartoon Brew today that a debate of sorts has erupted online about the artistic merits of the animation studio UPA and the studio's contribution to the art form. Blogs point to where many reveal a misunderstanding of innovation and tradition in the arts in general. In particular, I ...

New Hub for Music: Practice, Practice off Broadway

May 13, 2008

DiMenna Center for Classical Music New York's freelance orchestras have long yearned for such a facility The Orchestra of St. Luke's intends to buy half of a building in Clinton to create a permanent home for itself as well as rehearsal space for a dog's breakfast of local orchestras. If the plan is realized, it could ...

Sonny Red - Out of the Blue (Blue Note)

May 13, 2008

Allan Holdsworth/ Gordon Beck - The Things You See (JMS)

May 13, 2008

Birdland - The Jazz Corner of the World

May 12, 2008

The jazz corner of the world Recently, I overheard the sounds of the singing quartet, Manhattan Transfer, coming from the stereo in my son's room. The group had added lyrics to Joe Zawinul's extraordinary instrumental “Birdland," conjuring some warm memories of the jazz club that had once been called “The Jazz Corner of the World." Broadway ...