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Watch Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey rearrange Beethoven w/ a 50 piece orchestra
After years of labor, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's reinterpretations of Beethoven's 3rd & 6th Symphonies premiered in June as a project entitled “Ludwig." The project, which rearranged Beethoven's 3rd & 6th symphonies, was premiered alongside a 50 piece orchestra on June 12th as a headline performance at the OK Mozart Festival. Downbeat is calling 'Ludwig' “a ...
Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan 'In Session' Summit Now on DVD on Stax
Guitar titans' one and only meeting to be released as a deluxe CD/DVD November 9th on Stax LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On December 6, 1983, legendary blues guitarist Albert King joined his disciple Stevie Ray Vaughan on a Canadian sound stage for the live music television series In Session. Magic happened. The highly sought after video footage from ...
Weekly Latin Jazz Video Fix: Jack Costanzo
Many people have contributed toward the spread of Latin Jazz around the world, pushing the music into the public through a variety of means. Some people have taken a challenging path, sticking steadfastly to their roots, taking their music to the public as a cultural expression. These artists keep the history of the music alive, but ...
Steven Johnson: The Liquid Network of Ideas
When it comes to ideas, we often give ourselves more credit than we deserve. The time that a lone genius spends 'toiling away' may not be as important as the moment that he went out for coffee and conversed with friends. Ideas are part of larger networks of connections, not the singular trajectory of epiphany. Though ...
Weekend Extra: Joan Stiles
The pianist, composer and teacher Joan Stiles runs one of the hippest sextets in New York. Her circle of insider admirers encompasses many of the best-known musicians injazz today and is widening to include a substantial number of listeners in the general audience. Stiles achieves identifiable individuality in her own compositions and in her arrangements of ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Stanton Moore Trio's "Groove Alchemy"
The subjects of our video scrutiny this week are the Stanton Moore Trio, who will be in St. Louis next Saturday, October 2 to play at 2720 Cherokee. Underpinned by Moore's hopped-up New Orleans-style grooves, the trio seems to draw considerable inspiration from NOLA's funk standard-bearers The Meters as ...
Burning Hard Bop of the Day: "Milestones" with Ted Curson and More
Ted Curson, trumpet Pony Poindexter, alto Booker Ervin, tenor Nathan Davis, flute Kenny Drew, piano Jimmy Woode, bass Edgar Bateman, drums If you are in need (and we know you are) of some blistering expatriate hard bop ...
Sudhalter Plays Beiderbecke
Richard M. Sudhalter died two years ago today. A superb writer and musician, he was the author of the definitive biography of Bix Beiderbecke and played cornet—beautifully—in the Bix tradition. Here he is with the New York Jazz Repertory Company at a Town Hall concert in the early 1970s, playing Beiderbecke's “Davenport Blues." With him are ...
