By All About Jazz News on October 31, 2011
The daughter of English band leader Harry Davis, she made her U.S. debut after World War II, singing on Bob Hope’s radio program. She later performed with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman during the big-band era.
Beryl Davis, a British-born singer who became a star in America performing with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman during the big-band era, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 87…
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By All About Jazz News on October 31, 2011
Steve Jobs’ biological sister, Mona Simpson, has a piece in the New York Times called A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs. It’s the same eulogy she delivered on October 16 at Jobs’ memorial service held at Stanford.
In it, she describes their initial meeting in 1985—they went on a long walk where Jobs explained he worked in computers. Simpson, at the time a writer for “a cutting-edge literary magazine,” had been using an Olivetti typewriter but was considering getting a computer called the Cromemco…
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By Jazz News on October 31, 2011
For the first time, Alberta is bringing together a picture of the groundwater systems at work beneath the Edmonton-Calgary corridor, with a 90-page atlas of land makeup and underground resources expected… Movies today do not capture moments; they stitch together high-definition fragments.
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By Christopher Loudon on October 31, 2011
“Every singer you ever wanted to hear”
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By Jazz & Blues on October 31, 2011
Two recent video shoots at NPR headquarters which jazz audiences may be interested in.
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By Jazz News on October 31, 2011
From the soothing elevator-worthy “Breezin”‘ to the disco strut of “Give Me the Night” to his scat-alicious cover of The Drifters’ “On Broadway,” Benson could have, at any point in his career, been dropped into the categories of smooth jazz, pop or R&B. And 47 years after his first album, “The New Boss Guitar of George Benson,” the caramel-throated … (more)
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By All About Jazz News on October 31, 2011
Anzic Records Artists the 3 COHENS Celebrate New Recording, FAMILY at The Village Vanguard, November 1-6!
AVISHAI COHEN (trumpet), ANAT COHEN (tenor saxophone and clarinet), YUVAL COHEN (soprano saxophone), with Aaron Goldberg (piano), Omer Avital (bass), and Jonathan Blake (drums)
The 3 Cohens Celebrate the Release of Family…
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By All About Jazz News on October 31, 2011
Olds Super Professional Trombone—beautiful condition. Owned and played by legendary trombinist Dick Nash.
Up for auction is an Olds Super Professional Trombone made by F.E. Olds and Sons in Los Angeles, California. This trombone is in great condition. It was owned and played by my father, the legendary trombonist Dick Nash. He actually started me on this instrument when I was 7 years old (I proved to have better luck on the saxophone). The slide has the hard to find “fluted” tubes, and has a small bore—what I understand it is a 485/500 dual bore. A great lead and jazz horn…
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By Jazz News on October 31, 2011
Kenny G has long been the musician many jazz listeners love to hate. A phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings make the pop charts, Kenny G’s sound has been a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations since the mid-’80s, making him a household name.
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By All About Jazz News on October 31, 2011
Jazz saxophonist and composer m: Elias Haslanger has digitally re-released his 1993 recording The Journey exclusively for patrons who support Elias through Patronism.com, the new website and model by which independent artists and arts supporters can establish a sustainable relationship.
The Journey features Rich Harney on piano, Jeff Haley on bass, Chris Searles on drums, Tito Carrillo on trumpet, and Freddie Mendoza on trombone. Originally recorded in 1993, the set features 6 original compositions and 3 arrangements of classic jazz standards…
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