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Jazz Ambassadors: Representing A Segregated America During The Cold War
by Victor L. Schermer
Jazz Ambassadors THIRTEEN Productions 2018 Here, long overdue, is a comprehensive documentary about the legendary jazz musicians in the 1950s who served as “cultural ambassadors" under the aegis of the U.S. State Department, touring Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Soviet Union. The film comes sixty years after the fact. As Americans continue ...
Andreas Varady: The Quest
by Geno Thackara
Early-career hype can be a peculiar mix of blessing and curse. Andreas Varady certainly deserves the praise he gets, and one could hardly ask for a more generous mentor and endorser than Quincy Jones ("It's not every day that you see a 15-year-old kid playing like George Benson!"). Pre-teen virtuosity and study of influences, however, inevitably ...
Melba and Her Horn - Accomplishments of the Great Melba Liston
by Ava Louise
Born in 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, Melba Liston had an early interest in music. She saw a trombone when she was young and was taken by its beauty. Her family encouraged her interest in music and in learning to play the trombone. When her family moved to Los Angeles, she began to study music formally. ...
The Mica Bethea Big Band: Suite Theory
by Jerome Wilson
In 2005 Mica Bethea was studying music at the University of Northern Florida when he was involved in a serious traffic accident that left him a quadriplegic. That ended his being able to play any musical instruments so instead he threw his energies into learning composition and arrangement. He has released two previous albums of music ...
March 2018: Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berrigan, and Henry “Red” Allen.
by Patrick Burnette
Episode 135 takes a thorough and loving look at Louis Armstrong's 1930's recordings for the Decca company. After a couple years nursing a blown lip and searching for new musical contexts, Louis hooked up with manager Joe Glaser and soon had a contract with Decca records, which featured him on a kaleidoscope of recordings, from remakes ...
Quincy Jones Guitar Protege Andreas Varady "The Quest" On Resonance out April 6
The Quest is the long-awaited third album from Andreas Varady, a protégé of the legendary Quincy Jones! Featuring Varady's father, bassist Bandi and brother, drummer Adrian, plus pianist Benito Gonzalez and saxophonist Radovan Tariska CD & Digital Editions Available on April 6, 2018 Resonance Records is proud to announce the release of The Quest, the third ...
Producer Quincy Jones Proposes A Music Stock Index Fund
While there have long been index funds built around media and tech stocks, there has never been an index fund created specifically around music, something which famed producer Quincy Jones is hoping to change. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 One way to invest in the stock market reasonably safely is by investing in ...
The Gift of Music (Part 2)
by Ludovico Granvassu
The holiday season continues and so does the gift-giving. Here's the second of a two part series featuring some of my favorite tunes as my holiday gift to end the year on a positive note. Happy Listening! Playlist Alicia Hall Moran “Two Wings" from Here Today (Yes Records) ...
Sandro Zerafa - Direttore artistico del Malta Jazz Festival
by Angelo Leonardi
Il Malta Jazz Festival è uno degli appuntamenti significativi dell'estate musicale in area mediterranea. Ha una vita quasi trentennale e dal 2009 è diretto dal chitarrista Sandro Zerafa, maltese di nascita ma operante professionalmente a Parigi. Come emerge dall'intervista, Zerafa è convinto che un festival jazz può trovare ampi consensi senza uscire dai confini di questa ...
David Lyttle & Andreas Varady at Bennigans Jazz Club
by Ian Patterson
David Lyttle & Andreas Varady Bennigans Jazz Bar Derry, N. Ireland January 14, 2018 There was an air of expectation around the duo gig of David Lyttle and Andreas Varady -two of the finest exponents of their respective instruments in contemporary jazz. Not surprisingly, Bennigans Jazz Club--a wonderfully intimate setting--was ...
