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Benny Goodman: Benny Goodman Yale University Archives Volume 1
by Andrew Velez
The sound of the opener is unmistakable; it's the familiar, driving urgency of Benny Goodman's clarinet, which made him the undisputed “King of Swing," heard again in all its electrifying glory on “Sweet Georgia Brown," the 1967 take which opens this collection. Recorded live in New York's old Rainbow Grill, Goodman is in solid company with ...
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um: 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition
by Stuart Broomer
This special edition marks the 50th anniversary of bassist Charles Mingus' 1959 Columbia masterpiece, one of the great records in a year that included Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (Columbia), John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atlantic) and Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic). The Legacy edition is a two-CD set that also includes Mingus' ...
Chet Baker / The Bradley Young Trio: Chet In Chicago
by Andrew Velez
The reservation approaching this late-in-his-career and previously unreleased 1986 set happily proved to be unwarranted. Attending a dismal Chet Baker set in a brief-lived New York Village club that same year left me sad and depressed at the state of his playing and appearance, vowing to enjoy him only on record. Yet here he is in ...
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb: Upto Here | From Here
by Elliott Simon
Singer/songwriter Ayelet Rose Gottlieb's last project, an interpretation of the Bible's erotic Song of Songs, was a genre-straddler that succeeded both instrumentally and vocally. With Upto Here | From Here she stretches out with very strong originals in the presence of some NYC jazz stalwarts: drummer Take Toriyama, bassist Ed Schuller, pianist Anat Fort, saxophonist Loren ...
AllAboutJazz-New York September 2009 Issue Now Available!
This month, we mourn the passing of the seminal composer George Russell, whose book, Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, was the precursor for a modal approach to jazz and such masterworks as Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. But for such a pedigree, Russell may not be well-known to some readers. The history of jazz, for ...
Mad About Thad...Thad Jones and Ralph Lalama
Jazz is a story of continuity, that of one generation passing on its knowledge to the next. Like the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," one can trace the lineage of one great player to another, whether through direct artistic influence or simple opportunities for exposure. Some great musicians take it upon themselves to actively mentor other ...
Depeche Mode at Madison Square Garden, NYC
by Mike Perciaccante
Depeche Mode Madison Square Garden New York, New York Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Depeche Mode are survivors. The band has been through many incarnations. Founded in 1979 as French Look by Vince Clarke with Martin Gore, the band rechristened itself as Composition of Sound when Andrew Fletcher signed ...
Michelle Walker Live @ Bar Next Door
Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR MONDAY August 31st, 2009 On Monday August 31st, Vocalist Michelle Walker returns to one of her favorite performance rooms, the Bar Next Door for an intimate evening of live jazz vocals. The Bar Next Door is one of the smaller and most intimate settings for serious jazz ...
"The Jazz Corner of the World" with Carla Lilien on Pure Jazz radio.org
Long time NY Area Jazz Broadcaster Carla Lilien is now on the Pure Jazz Radio team. “The Jazz Corner of the World" can be heard Sundays 9pm to 11pm (ET) and Saturdays 3am to 5am (ET). Part of a great weekend lineup: Lenore Raphael's “Jazz Spot" Chris Walker's “Jazz Hour from the UK" Lise Avery's “Anything ...
Dave Brubeck and Joao Carlos Martins in an Extraordinary Collaboration
August 27, 2009 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: Jazz Promo Services DAVE BRUBECK AND JOÃO CARLOS MARTINS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLABORATION Celebrated friends to perform at Lincoln Center October 2, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: This October get ready for some fun, as conductor João Carlos Martins brings the Bachiana Filarmnica from Brazil to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln ...
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