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Bill Evans: 'That Was Easy'
On Oct. 28, 1966, pianist Bill Evans was in Oslo, Norway, to play a concert with his trio and to accompany jazz singer Monica Zetterlund. The Scandinavian tour must have been a short one, since he had been at New York's Village Vanguard a week earlier and was there again 13 days later. Joining Evans in ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Back to basics with The New Mastersounds
This week, let's check out some videos of the British funk/jazz quartet The New Mastersounds, who will be performing in St. Louis next Saturday, May 28 at The Bootleg at the Atomic Cowboy. Known for stripped-down funk in the vein of the Meters, Booker T and the MGs, and St. Louis' own Grant Green, The New ...
Gerry Mulligan: Three Videos
Let's end the week with three more terrific Gerry Mulligan videos that only recently went up on YouTube: Here's Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster on the Dinah Shore Show in 1962... Here's Shore singing with Mulligan and Webster. A shame they didn't record an album that evening... And here's Mulligan conducting and soloing with ...
Mulligan, Brubeck & Desmond
Let's stick with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan today. Yesterday, I came across a terrific video of All the Things You Are by the Dave Brubeck Trio in 1971 at the Newport Jazz Festival featuring Mulligan and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. Of course, Desmond had been a key member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet from the early ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The music of Rhys Chatham
Today, let's look at some videos featuring the music of Rhys Chatham, who's coming to St. Louis to perform a solo show on Sunday, May 22 at The Luminary. Chatham, who's 63 years old, is a composer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist who's been a notable figure in American avant-garde and minimalist music for nearly five decades. Living ...
Jimmy McGriff: Late 1969
In the 1960s, organist Jimmy McGriff had a more pointed attack on the keyboard than many Hammond organists of the period. His playing was percussive and funky, with a heavy dose of the blues. McGriff was childhood friends with organ pioneer Jimmy Smith, and organist Richard “Groove" Holmes gave him lessons. He also studied at the ...
How To Upload Your Videos To Amazon's New YouTube Competitor
YouTube, which has come under fire for its payment structure even as it renegotiates its contracts with the major labels, has just met its first truly viable competitor- Amazon. For creator's, that means new options to monetize their content Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Video Direct (AVD), a new self-service program for creators to ...
Unexpected Vibraphonists
Over the weekend, a reader sent along two terrific links to videos of artists who don't normally play the vibes. One was pianist Terry Pollard and the other was singer Sammy Davis Jr. The clips inspired me to feature a bunch of unsuspecting vibists: Here's Terry Pollard (at 2:26, with Steve Allen on piano)... Here's ...
Bobby Plater + Marshal Royal
Saxophonists in Count Basie's band didn't record much as leaders. They didn't have to considering how busy Basie kept them on the road. The notable exceptions, of course, were tenor saxophonists Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis. On the other end of the spectrum, baritone saxophonist Charlie Fowlkes didn't record a single ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Guitar grooves with Pat Martino
Today, let's get reacquainted via video with guitarist Pat Martino, who returns to St. Louis next week to play Wednesday, May 11 through Saturday, May 14 at Jazz at the Bistro. Martino has been a fairly regular visitor to St. Louis in recent years, last performing here in December 2013 at the Bistro. That visit was ...
