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Kurt Bowermaster & Party Gras
by Victor Verney
In a discussion of the sound track for the Ken Burns film Baseball, one commentator on National Public Radio predicted it would leave most viewers humming the 1908 vaudeville classic “Take Me Out to the Ballgame." The movie features literally dozens of versions of the much-beloved song, including country & western, delta blues and swing; Burns ...
Sam Salomone: Old-School Player, Old-School Axe
by Victor Verney
For the past four years, the Court Avenue Brewing Company in downtown Des Moines has hosted a jazz jam session featuring some of the best players in town. Around 8:00 PM on Mondays, as the CABC's dinner crowd finishes up, jazz aficionados congregate in the adjoining bar, enjoying the establishment's excellent coffee. Even before the band ...
Keith Jarrett: Tokyo Solo
by Victor Verney
Keith Jarrett Tokyo Solo ECM 2006 It's easy to ridicule Keith Jarrett, who gives his detractors no shortage of ammunition. Notorious for his physical gyrations, orgasmic moans and facial contortions, Jarrett will also abruptly stop a performance should anyone cough. He routinely provides cough drops for the audience ...
Benny Green: Teaching Jazz to the Next Generation
by Victor Verney
After exhibiting great potential as a young pianist during his teens on the San Francisco jazz scene, Benny Green, long regarded as one of the most promising wunderkinds of jazz piano, spent his twenties serving apprenticeships with a virtual pantheon of musical giants. During his thirties, Green fulfilled his early promise, making the transition from sideman ...
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
by Victor Verney
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings Petter Pettinger Hardcover; 346 pages ISBN: 0300097271 Yale University Press 1998 The late Bill Evans, a cerebral, classically-trained pianist, was the first of many brilliant keyboardists whose careers were launched by Miles Davis. Sometimes described as the Chopin of jazz, ...
