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Not the Miles Davis Nonet
Picking up where we left off yesterday, 1949 was quite a remarkable year for jazz. The second American Federation of Musicians' ban ended in late '48, allowing record production to resume after nine months. The LP record was introduced by Columbia, RCA unveiled the 45, magnetic tape started to roll in recording studios, bebop was peaking, ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Trip to "Swing Xing" with Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo
If you enjoy jazz guitar played in a traditional style, today's post might be right up your alley, as we feature not one, not two, but three guitarists - Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo - who will be performing together in a show called “Swing Xing: Three Generations of Jazz Guitar" next Saturday, November ...
Weekend Extra: Shelly Manne and Friends
From 1960 to 1972 in Hollywood, drummer Shelly Manne operated Shelly’s Manne Hole, one of the great jazz clubs in the world. It was headquarters for his quintet known as Shelly Manne And His Men, which over the years included many of the era’s premier players, among them Charlie Mariano, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Conte Candoli, ...
Video: Maynard Ferguson, '64
The long out-of-print Complete Roulette Recordings of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (Mosaic) is easily my favorite big-band boxed set, followed by the Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and the Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie (both Mosaic and both out of print). Listening to the Maynard Ferguson box yesterday, I nosed around on ...
The Start of Something Big
Like you, I often find myself fixated on a single song. Some songs are like that. For me, Steve Allen's This Could Be the Start of Something Big knocks me out, no matter who records it. The punchy, uplifting song has a swinging, “let's put on a show" feel, and I can't get enough of it. ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Joshua Redman Trio
Today, let's take a look at saxophonist Joshua Redman and his trio, who are coming to St. Louis to perform next Wednesday, November 5 through Saturday, November 8 at Jazz at the Bistro. Though Redman leads several different ensembles and also is a member of the cooperative band James Farm, his trio ...
Count Basie Quartet: 1968
Count Basie's piano is deceiving. We're so used to hearing the pow of his band after one of his abbreviated blues introductions that we forgot just how glorious a player he was. In the following video, we have a chance to hear and see Basie's minimalist swing style develop in the raw, without brass or reeds ...
Duke Ellington: Making Records
Following my post on Monday detailing films made by RCA and Capitol in the 1940s and '50s to tout the miracle of records and the recording process, Carl Woideck of the University of Oregon sent along a link to a short film produced in June 1937 by Paramount Pictures. Here, Duke Ellington is shown recording Oh ...
How Records Were Made
Back before Spotify and clouds and downloads and iTunes and CDs, there were things called records, which today are making something of a comeback. First came single-song sides spinning at 78rpm, followed by the 10-inch album, 7-inch 45rpm and the 12-inch LP. Turntables came with a tonearm and a needle attached. When you placed the needle ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Rashad Becker and Eli Keszler
This week, let's take a look at Rashad Becker and Eli Keszler, two musicians who will be sharing a bill playing separate sets in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, November 8 at The Luminary. The German-born Becker is known in the music industry as a mastering and cutting engineer with more than ...
