Results for "Video / DVD"

DVD: Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm: Portrait of a Jazz Legend (2011)

April 24, 2011

Stan Kenton would have been 100 this year and, in many ways, he's as misunderstood now as he was in his own time. A comprehensive new Jazzed Media biopic from filmmaker Graham Carter, though perhaps too lengthy at 117 minutes, goes a long way toward changing that. Kenton brought to fame a series of jazz music's ...

Weekly Latin Jazz Video Fix: Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Candido Camero, and Ray Barretto

April 22, 2011

Percussion sits at the heart and soul of Latin Jazz, providing the music's cultural lifeline and rhythmic vitality. The use of percussion certainly sets Latin Jazz apart from straight ahead jazz, but it is so much more than a simple novelty.  Embedded in each hit of the drum is a cultural legacy, associated with centuries of ...

Eyewitness: Thumbs Carllile

April 20, 2011

Last week, JazzWax reader Uwe Zänisch in Berlin sent along a note about guitarist Kenneth “Thumbs" Carllile (1931-1987), a country picker with a superb technique. Rather than spoil the story, let me have Uwe pick it up: “Some days ago I was at YouTube and found a very interesting clip featuring an unusual guitarist in a ...

How to Get Your Music into Video Games

April 19, 2011

The National Association of Recording Industry Professionals (NARIP) held a professional's panel in downtown San Francisco last Wednesday where top minds in the video game industry discussed ways that independent musicians could increase their chances of getting their music placed into video games. The worldwide video game industry is poised to exceed $70 billion by 2015, ...

Stan Kenton: Portrait of a Legend

April 18, 2011

For years, if you wanted a documentary on Stan Kenton, you were pretty much out of luck. You either had to find DVDs that included clips of the band over the years or you scrounged around YouTube hoping someone put up something fresh. Now Graham Carter at Jazzed Media has produced and directed Stan Kenton, Artistry ...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Theme for Stacy" (1966)

April 18, 2011

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Jimmy Cobb

April 17, 2011

This week, we train our video spotlight on the veteran drummer Jimmy Cobb, who will be in St. Louis next week to perform on Friday and Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. He'll be playing with saxophonist Javon Jackson, pianist Cedar Walton and bassist Buster Williams in a group ...

"Take Five" a la Pakistan

April 14, 2011

When Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond took time out for tips from Indian musicians during their 1958 State Department tour, the exchange worked both ways. The Brubeck Quartet's tour was an important component of the cultural diplomacy the United States practiced during the Cold War. Among other inspirations Brubeck picked up on the international road more ...

A Musicares Tribute to Neil Young DVD out May 31

April 14, 2011

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY CROSBY, STILLS & NASH, ELVIS COSTELLO, JOHN FOGERTY, ELTON JOHN, LADY ANTEBELLUM, DAVE MATTHEWS, JAMES TAYLOR, AND MORE In January 2010, legendary singer-songwriter-performer, philanthropist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year. The prestigious gala featured superstar artists like Dave Matthews, James Taylor, ...

Soundcloud Founders Explain Why They Want to Fix Audio on the Web [video]

April 14, 2011

Soundcloud is clearly one of music tech's success stories; and that the music industry has embraced their service couldn't please the company's founders more. “The web...sound and music. That's really our life," explain Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss in this short video that tells why they chose to devote themselves to make sharing audio on the ...