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12 Videos of Drummer Sonny Payne
By the time drummer Sonny Payne joined Count Basie in December 1954, he had played with bands led by Paul Bascomb, Hot Lips Page, Earl Bostic, Tiny Grimes and Erskine Hawkins. After he joined Basie, the band loved his novel approach to drumming—driving the swing with a steady beat while adding accents, polyrhythms and a rhythmic ...
Video Clips: Rita Payés Plays and Sings
Born in 1999 in Vilassar de Mar, a seaside suburb just north of Barcelona, Spain, Rita Payés grew up with musician parents and played piano and guitar and sang. She started her music studies at the School of Music in Premià de Mar and, at age 8, she attended the School of Modern Music in Badalona. ...
Color Video: Bill Evans in Copenhagen, 1970
Earlier this month, when I reviewed the newly released album Bill Evans: Treasures (Elemental Music), I wrote about the tranquilizing affect that Denmark seemed to have on Evans. I pointed out that many of his best live recordings were made there, especially between 1965 and 1970. As you listen to Treasures, you can hear that Evans ...
Video: Bud Powell in Color
On July 13, 1960, pianist Bud Powell performed at the Antibes Jazz Festival on the French Riviera. His on-camera solo recording of Sweet and Lovely and Swing Napoli have been colorized, giving Powell and his playing a new, more vivid dimension. Two notes of interest. Powell didn't sit straight on a the piano but off to ...
Turtle Bay Records Release Episode 2 Of 'On The Back Porch' Video Series Featuring Queen Esther
Turtle Bay Records, the vibrant jazz label known for discovering and showcasing some of the best jazz artists in NYC, has launched an exciting new video series called On the Back Porch. This series takes you behind the scenes and into the world of the most dynamic performers on the jazz scene today. The label has ...
Doug Raney: New Videos From Spain
I've posted on guitarist Doug Raney multiple times in the past. Doug was the son of guitar great Jimmy Raney. Father and son performed as a duo in Europe in 1977. After they toured, Doug moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he lived until his death in 2016 at age 59. As Doug's younger brother, Jon Raney, ...
Video: Cannonball Adderley Sextet, BBC 1964
I love colorized jazz videos. Jazz, for me, is always exciting, but there's something about color that brings the jazz artist you're watching alive and on par with the music. Here's the Cannonball Sextet at the BBC studio in London in 1964. The group featured Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), Nat Adderley (cornet), Charles Lloyd (tenor sax, ...
Wayne Shorter in Nine Video Clips
Wayne Shorter (1933-2023), when paired with other great jazz artists, was a tonic. Whether it was with trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan or, later, Miles Davis, Shorter's saxophone added a dimension that was commanding and haunting. You felt you had a window into the artist's soul when Shorter played. Shorter was in three major groups ...
Turtle Bay Records Launches On The Back Porch Video Series Spotlighting NYC Jazz Musicians
NYC jazz record label Turtle Bay Records has announced the launch of their new video series, On the Back Porch. The series features eight talented jazz musicians from around the US, with in-depth interviews and their acoustic performances of early jazz music standards. Shot on the back porch at the home of TBR Founder and Executive ...
Five New Dexter Gordon Videos
As jazz musicians go, Dexter Gordon was among the coolest. He walked cool, he talked cool and he played cool. Cool came naturally to him. Perhaps that side of him came from growing up in Los Angeles in the 1930s. Or perhaps it came from meeting all of the cool musicians his physician father treated, including ...
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