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Davey Payne: Ready To Play
by Sammy Stein
Davey Payne is known best for the time when he was saxophonist with British group, The Blockheads. His solo on the 1978 number 1 hit, “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was the first time a double sax solo had appeared on a hit record. Before he joined forces with Dury, who fronted The ...
Spirits Up Above: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology - The Atlantic Years 1965-1976
Label: Warner Jazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: Making Love After Hours; Roots; The Black And Crazy Blues; The Inflated Tear; Lovellevelliloqui; Lady's Blues; Volunteered Slavery; Spirits Up Above; A Tribute To John Coltrane: Lush Life / Afro-Blue / Bessie's Blues; Medley: Going Home / Sentimental Journey / In Monument / Lover; Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said; Ain't No Sunshine; Blacknuss; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Carney And Begard Place; Seasons (One Mind Winter / Summer / Ninth Ghost); Pedal Up; Anysha; Three For The Festival; Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies; Freaks For The Festival; Serenade To A Cuckoo;
Spirits Up Above: The Atlantic Years 1965-1976 - The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology
Label: Collectables
Released: 2012
Gareth Lockrane: Doing That Grooveyard Thing
by Duncan Heining
Few musicians have developed successful careers in jazz playing just flute. You might think of Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws and Bobbi Humphrey, but only Jeremy Steig, Paul Horn and James Newton spring immediately to mind as artists who have achieved credibility with both fans and critics in their work. We can now add 36 year-old British ...
44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona: Omar Sosa y Paolo Fresu con Cristina Pato
by Enrique Turpin
Omar Sosa y Paolo Fresu con Cristina Pato44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas30 de octubre de 2012 Omar Sosa se ha hecho ya una presencia casi ineludible en el panorama jazzístico barcelonés. No sólo cuenta el hecho de que sea un músico que reside en la ciudad ...
Harold McNair: Harold McNair / Flute & Nut
by Duncan Heining
Harold McNair Harold McNair / Flute & Nut Dutton Vocalion 2012 (1968/1969)The story of Jamaican saxophonist/flautist Harold McNair is one of the great “what-might've-beens" of British jazz. He was, by all accounts, a charming, well-mannered guy with a beautiful sound on tenor, alto and, in particular, on flute, and the ...
Bassist Lee Smith's CD Release Celebration @ Kennett Square Flash!
Appearing at Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square, PA, on October 3rd will be bassist Lee Smith and his group. One Show: 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and are available at the door only. For info: 610-745-3011. This is a very special event that celebrates the release of Lee Smith: Sittin' ...
NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman's Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman “On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of 2012 NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman. An extraordinary saxophonist with a sound all his own, Von Freeman's contributions to jazz – and ...
