Results for "Music Industry"

Jimmy Giuffre

April 29, 2008

Jimmy Giuffre could play the tenor saxophone with a rhythm and blues raucousness that reflected his Texas origins. For a time in the 1950s, though, the low-register intimacy of his clarinet was one of the most identifiable sounds in jazz. Giuffre died last Thursday of complications from the Parkinsons disease that for years had limited his activity in ...

Review: A Quincy Jones Concert

April 29, 2008

Quincy Jones is an icon, a legend. Heavy-laden with honorary doctorates, awards, Grammys (27 of them), Kennedy Center Honors, he is lauded for his work with Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Michael Jackson. Almost lost in the mists of time is the reason Jones came to the attention of such artists: his enormous talent for composing ...

Live Jazz @ Sidecar Bar & Grill in Toronto

April 29, 2008

The New York Blues and Jazz Society Needs Your Help!

April 29, 2008

Want to see the blues survive? The only way to keep this music going is to GET THE WORD OUT! The way to do that is to JOIN THE SOCIETY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! We are a non-profit organization so we don't make any money but we do get many perks and have some fun! Join ...

Jazz Impressions of Brubeck

April 28, 2008

In the 1950s and 60s the Dave Brubeck Quartet became one of the most popular jazz acts in the world--one of the reasons why the group ended up doing a State Department tour in 1958 at the height of the Cold War that took them to countries such as India, Poland, and Iraq. The music inspired ...

Glows in the Dark's Kung Fu Obsession

April 28, 2008

Glows in the Dark returns to Commercial Taphouse this Sunday, April 27. The band, led by Scott Burton and known for its original pieces inspired by Warren Oates films and Kung Fu flicks, is premiering a new piece called “One Armed Swordsman."Read more about why you should come and drink a lot.

Streaming Zoot

April 25, 2008

The National Public Radio Jazz Profiles program about Zoot Sims is now up on NPR's web site in streaming audio.  The show produced by Paul Conley and hosted by Nancy Wilson includes memories of the great saxophonist by Bob Brookmeyer, Dave Frishberg, Bill Holman, Harry Allen, Bucky Pizzarelli, Zoot's wife Louise and me. It also has ...

Jazzis Web Shop News

April 24, 2008

Hello, I have devoted the 1st quarter of 2008 to expanding the selection of Jazz titles offered. Returning to an old love of mine - the British Jazz of the late 1960s / 1970s, which was a period of frantic development of European Jazz. I've established contact with several UK labels, which specialize in reissues of ...

Cryptogramophone Celebrates 10 Year Milestone

April 24, 2008

WEST COAST GUYS: Cryptogramophone founder Jeff Gauthier and fellow artists Bennie Maupin, Alex Cline and Nels Cline are celebrating the company's decade in business. Jeff Gauthier, president of the Culver City-based jazz factory Cryptogramophone, has spent the last 10 years releasing the work of avant-garde performers with a passion for both improvisation and melody -- people ...

Other Places: Jazz Profiles

April 24, 2008

In his new blog Jazz Profiles, Steve Cerrra is running a multi-part series on the late pianist Michel Petrucciani. In the current installment, Cerra discusses how during his period with Blue Note Records, Petrucciani dealt with his Bill Evans influence: To hear a very specific example of this stylistic transition in the making, compare ...