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Article: Opinion

Remembering Bobby Short: The Intimate Enthusiast

by Vincent Stephens
March 22, 2005

The most common buzzwords writers have used to describe the death of America's premier male cabaret singer, Bobby Short who died of leukemia today, were words like “sophistication and “elegance. However, I would like to qualify the use of these words. Short, with his crisp enunciation, exquisite sartorial taste, sharp wit and polished interpretations of classic ...

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America's Been Tough On The Jazzman

by Eric Pettine
February 28, 2005

Not only does he have to master his ax, isolate himself (to an extent) from mainstream society to create in solitude, engage in often maddening self-denial, but the jazzman is constantly judged by his creations on the spot by his listening audience and as well as by his peers. Most doctors and lawyers don't have to ...

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News: Opinion

Jazz Matters: Artist Copyright vs. Corporate Copyright

January 24, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAN 30, 2005 CONTACT: Dawn Singh 857-544-0739 [email protected] Jazz Journalists Association Presents Jazz Matters: “Artists Copyright vs. Corporate Copyright" The Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit organization, will present a panel of experts who specialize in copyright issues on Wednesday, February 16, from 6-8 pm at the New School Jazz Performance Space, 55 W. ...

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Opinion

By Upright

Label: Unicorn Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Nouveau D

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"Music and Politics = Oil and Water?" JJA Jazz Matters panel discussion at the New School, 10/13/04, 6PM

October 7, 2004

The Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Matters panel discussions for fall '04 begin Wednesday, October 13, asking: Can/does music reflect politics? Affect political decisions? Change anyone's mind? Is ALL music political -- and if so, left or right? How have the big musical/political tours been launched, and what has been the audience's reaction? Do they suggest the ...

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They're Still Here: How to Honor Maturing Singers

by Vincent Stephens
September 17, 2004

Ernestine Anderson, Etta James, and Johnny Mathis have been recording for five decades and still release albums. More importantly they still sing well and sound good. Can you imagine the horror if in a few years these singers, feeling compelled by ego, record company suggestion or just bad judgment, released a “duet" album where they revisited ...

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Glenn Miller: The Godfather Of Bop?

by Richard Jessen
August 14, 2004

The idea of Glenn Miller being the godfather of bop at first sounds like the most outlandish of ideas. Yet this is just what he became. In 1939, Glenn Miller recorded the first evidence we have of what would become known as be-bop (later known as bop). Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary tells us that ...

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Circling Om: An Exploration of John Coltrane's Later Works

by Simon Weil
August 6, 2004

Prologue Elvin Jones left John Coltrane's group in January 1966. A couple of months afterwards he declared: “At times I couldn't hear what I was doing--matter of fact, I couldn't hear what anybody was doing. All I could hear was a lot of noise."1 But, shortly after Coltrane's death in July 1967, Jones ...

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Bluffers Guide to Playing Jazz

by John Winkler
August 2, 2004

Notes about playing jazz; a fun guide to this inventive music.Yup, notes are the problem. How many to play, which ones, and at what time.Guitars Guitarists are known by their desire to play one or two extra notes on their instrument after the song has ended. This works well in ...

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Good-bye, Elvin

by Ronald B. Weber, MD
July 14, 2004

On May 18, 2004 the world lost perhaps the most influential drummer of all time, Elvin Jones . He happened to be one of my heroes. Incredibly muscular and robust most of his life, Elvin succumbed to chronic heart failure. For those of us who knew him, it seemed inconceivable that he could become as frail ...