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The Viklicka1/2-Robinson Concert: A Video Report

January 8, 2011

At the end of the piece two exhibits below, I wrote that I would depend on Rifftides readers to tell us about the Emil Viklický-Scott Robinson concert the night before last. Even better, journalist and blogger Michael Steinman took his video camera to the Bohemian National Hall of the Czech Center in New York. Viklický played ...

A Cool Ocean Breeze of Jazz

January 8, 2011

For anyone who hasn't seen Bert Stern's jazz documentary, Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), go rent it immediately. This immensely enjoyable film, shot at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, is visual and aural candy. It is equal parts great jazz and people watching and both prove fascinating. The jazz audience of fifty years ago is ...

A Rare "Bernie's Tune"

January 6, 2011

Digital video surprises pop up on the web. Here is an ad hoc edition of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. The valve trombonist is Mulligan's frequent collaborator Bob Brookmeyer. Ray Brown, bass, and Art Blakey, drums, may have done this with Mulligan just once. YouTube tells us when, 1981. But who knows where?

JFJO NYE Footage

January 5, 2011

NEW YEAR'S EVE HIJINKS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA For those who didn't attend Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's New Year's Eve performance at the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, check out the videos below. The clips feature covers of Madonna's “Like A Prayer," Beyonce's “Single Ladies," and JFJO's own “Hamby's Window." “Like A Prayer"

A Confession in Triplicate: Spyro Gyra, Guilty Pleasure

January 5, 2011

By Something Else Reviews We attempted to give ourselves some cover by assuring one another that Spyro Gyra started out more in the vein of Weather Report than, say, David Sanborn. We really did. But, after pulling out the actual albums, it didn't take long to see how baldly ridiculous that premise so quickly became. Spyro ...

Butch Morris -- Tonight

January 3, 2011

Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about this. The adventurous radio station KBOO-FM in Portland, Oregon, is broadcasting a six-part series about the musician Butch Morris. The second part is this evening—soon. For how to tune in, go to the end of this piece. Morris is not merely a composer, arranger, bandleader ...

"The Hard Blues," by Julius Hemphill

January 4, 2011

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Happy New Year with the Bad Plus

January 2, 2011

Once again in 2011, the eclectic piano trio The Bad Plus will be the first performers of the new year at Jazz at the Bistro, where they'll appear Wednesday, January 5 through Saturday, January 8. TBP's latest CD Never Stop came out in September, and it's likely that their ...

Happy Birthday, Milt Jackson!

January 2, 2011

"Big Bands on the Edge-Video One"

January 1, 2011

By Steve Provizer In 1989, I got an irresistible urge to lose a lot of money and produced a concert called “Big Bands On The Edge" at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston. The bands were: Either Orchestra (Russ Gershon, leader), Orange Then Blue (George Schuller, leader) and Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra (Darrell Katz and Ken ...