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DVD: Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley, Live in '63 (Jazz Icons). Riding high on his success as a leader, the alto saxophonist was proud of his early 1960s sextet. These televised concerts capture him and his sidemen expansive and swinging. Yusef Lateef, Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes had integrated with Cannonball into one of the tightest ...
Jazz DVDs Invite You to Watch and Learn
The godfather of jazz on film was not a performer or a producer but a collector and archivist named David Chertok. Decades before YouTube, DVDs, or even videotapes, Chertok (1922-88) offered 16 mm footage of jazz's canonical figures in a long-running series of concert-like shows at the New School and, eventually, all over the world. From ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Jason Moran
This week, let's take a look at some video footage of pianist Jason Moran, who's coming to St. Louis next Sunday, October 5, to perform a solo concert at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. The 33-year-old is considered one of the top young piano players in jazz, and ...
Musical Dynasties - The Valdes Family on Video
Yesterday’s post on 10 albums from Irakere alumni got me thinking about the impact of bands that display long-term perseverance. A band like Irakere leaves such a wide swatch of influence, simply due to the amount of time that it exists. It reaches several generations worth of listeners, who all find ways to integrate the influence ...
Frank Catalano's "Funky Dunky" and "Mighty Burner"
This week, let's look at a couple of clips featuring Chicago saxophonist Frank Catalano, who will be in St. Louis to perform on September 30 at The Gramophone as part of the Tuesday night series the club is co-presenting with Jazz St. Louis.The first video shows Catalano and ...
iVideosongs and Guitar Hero Brian Kahanek Show How to Play the Blues
iVideosongs debuts three great songs featuring Texas blues rock master, Brian Kahanek, this week: “Gemini," “Deliver Me" and “Sold Your Soul." Kahanek, known for his blistering chops and creative lead guitar playing, has a following among guitar players and players of Guitar Hero alike. Each of these iVideosongs titles include an interview and conversation with Kahanek, ...
Never Before Available Hendrix and the Ghetto Fighters Material to be Unveiled
After almost four decades away from the public, the never before heard or seen multimedia material produced by Jimi Hendrix and the Ghetto Fighters is being released and licensed through a subsidiary of the we-R-you Corporation, the technology, software and multimedia company. The previously unreleased material was produced by Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Allen and Albert Allen ...
MJQ DVD AOK
Rifftides Washington, DC, correspondent John Birchard watched a DVD of the Modern Jazz Quartet's 1994 35th Anniversary Tour and sent this review. The 57 minutes were recorded at the Freiburg, Germany, music festival in 1987 and the evening shows the guysin average (that is to say brilliant) form. The program opens with a vigorous “Rocking ...
Cannonball at 80
Today would have been Cannonball Adderley's eightieth birthday, reason enough to bring you this video of his sextet. The band is Cannonball, his brother Nat, cornet; Yusef Lateef, tenor sax; Joe Zawinul, piano; Sam Jones, bass; and Louis Hayes, drums. The tune is “Jessica's Birthday" by Quincy Jones. The year was 1963. Adderley died on August 8, ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Bruce Menefield Plays "Little Sunflower" and "Circle of Prayer"
For this week's video showcase, let's get acquainted with saxophonist Bruce Menefield, a mainstay of the Cincinnati jazz scene who's coming to St. Louis to play Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28 at Brandt's Cafe and Red Carpet Lounge.For his St. Louis engagement, Menefield will be backed ...
