By Akeem on June 30, 2009
JamsBio Magazine has just posted a wonderful piece on the three 1959 Columbia Jazz Legacy Edition titles titles, Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain, The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out, and Charles Mingus: Ah Um. To read this piece, and post your own comments about this influential releases, go to JamsBio.com
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By Jazz on June 26, 2009
Piano Jazz celebrates the centennial of songwriter and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Pianist-singer and Mercer enthusiast Daryl Sherman brings her sophisticated swing and witty charm to the show for performances of “Too Marvelous for Words” and “Jeepers Creepers.” McPartland joins in on one of her favorite Mercer tunes, “Skylark.”
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By Jazz on June 26, 2009
Piano Jazz celebrates the centennial of songwriter and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Pianist-singer and Mercer enthusiast Daryl Sherman brings her sophisticated swing and witty charm to the show for performances of “Too Marvelous for Words” and “Jeepers Creepers.” McPartland joins in on one of her favorite Mercer tunes, “Skylark.”
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By Andy Cahn on June 24, 2009
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By Jazz on June 19, 2009
Sherrie Maricle is a musician of many talents: She’s a drummer, an educator, a writer and a bandleader. She’s also the beating heart of an all-female big band, the Diva Jazz Orchestra. Joined by women from her group — pianist Tomoko Ohno and bassist Noriko Ueda — Maricle performs “Groove Merchant” and Ellington’s “Squeeze Me.”
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By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on June 18, 2009
When trumpeter Dominick Farinacci pitched a Lee Morgan tribute to the programmers of the 29th Detroit Jazz Festival, they loved the idea. Outdoors in the sun, three top young horn men nail Morgan’s going-too-fast-and-making-the-corners style, sometimes in harmony.
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By Andy Cahn on June 17, 2009
Today’s podcast looks at Miles Davis’ background and what led to his own musical changes in 1959. Davis actually recorded two groundbreaking records that year – “Kind of Blue” and “Sketches of Spain.” Journalist Ben Ratliff adds how these records helped to change how people listened to Jazz, and Carlos Santana remembers what Bill Graham [...]
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By Jazz on June 12, 2009
Italian import Daniela Schaechter is a brilliant young pianist and singer, taking the jazz scene by storm. Judging by her list of awards and the number of jazz luminaries she’s played with, one might think she’d been gigging professionally for dozens of years. Schaechter performs her own tune “Dark Blue,” and McPartland joins in for “It Could Happen to You.”
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By Jazz on June 12, 2009
Italian import Daniela Schaechter is a brilliant young pianist and singer, taking the jazz scene by storm. Judging by her list of awards and the number of jazz luminaries she’s played with, one might think she’d been gigging professionally for dozens of years. Schaechter performs her own tune “Dark Blue,” and McPartland joins in for “It Could Happen to You.”
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By Andy Cahn on June 10, 2009
In 1959, Jazz musicians and fans were both ready for changes beyond the bebop sound that had been popular since the mid 1940s. Unfortunately, there was some resistance at the record companies responsible for bringing the new music to the marketplace. Eventually, the labels were happy their artists like Dave Brubeck persisted, once “Take Five” [...]
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