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Weekly MP3 (9/11/07): Ganz Brothers - "A Boot"
2007-09-12 00:00:00 Here's a romp in 3/4 time recorded back in 1999 at Avatar Studios in New York City. Written by Steve Ganz (tenor sax) for the Canadian bassist in the band, George Mitchell, the title is a play on how George... More About: Brothers , Weekly , Boot , 9/11
Rick Rubin: From The Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash
2007-09-11 00:00:00 The New York Times ran a super cover story in its Magazine recently on Rick Rubin, founder of the Def Jam label who has led a pretty amazing career, producing so many different types of bands, from The Beastie Boys ... More About: Johnny Cash , Cash , Rick Rubin
Sonny Rollins turned 77 = Previously unreleased gems!
2007-09-09 00:00:00 Go to Sonny Rollin's website, where each day from his birthday (which just passed on September 7th) to the 50th anniversary of his Carnegie Hall concert (on September 18th) he's posting a song from a previously unreleased concert from the... More About: Unreleased , Gems
Max Roach Memorial - video & mp3s
2007-09-03 00:00:00 Max Roach died over a week ago at age 83 from alzheimer's disease, and Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! devoted an entire segment to his memory and memorial at the Riverside Church here in New York City. It's not to... More About: Video , Memorial , Max Roach
Charlie Parker festival (with tributes to Max Roach)
2007-08-26 00:00:00 Max Roach was buried yesterday, and this weekend is host to the Charlie Parker festival here in New York City (Saturday in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem and Sunday in Thompkins Square Park in the East Village). "Charlie Parker became... More About: Festival , Tributes
Max Roach: R.I.P.
2007-08-19 00:00:00 Max Roach died yesterday at age 83 after suffering from dementia for the past few years. It truly is an end of an era, and the obit in the NY Times captures that history: Mr. Roach's death closes a chapter... More About: Max Roach
Weekly MP3 (8/7/07): Live at The Garage, NYC - "Anthropology"
2007-08-13 00:00:00 Fresh off the press: Charlie Parker's "Anthropology ," as played at The Garage , around 2:30am, on August 8th. This is what happens during the "Vampire" hours... A round-robbin of solos, featuring, Anton Denner on alto, Chris Bacas on tenor, Josh Ginsburg... More About: Live , Weekly , Ology
Uri Caine at The Village Vanguard
2007-08-05 00:00:00 Check out Uri's trio, if you're around, tomorrow night. He's been holding forth at the Villa ge Vanguard all week, and his music is thought-provoking and eclectic. The Village Vanguard is located here in Greenwich Village, NYC.... More About: Caine
The Once and Future Prince
2007-08-05 00:00:00 The New York Times ran an interesting profile on Prince the other week which shows how he is changing the landscape of pop music - at least how it's getting distributed: As recording companies bemoan a crumbling market, Prince is... More About: Future , The O
Debussy plays Debussy
2007-07-28 00:00:00 The NY Times had a fascinating article detailing a new recording (on the Pierian Recording Society label) of Claude Debussy playing his own music...from 1913! It's amazing stuff, with two short samples at the left of the article: The Welte-Mignon... More About: Plays
Weekly MP3 (7/18/07): "Theme from Wonder Woman," by the Lee Metcalf Trio
2007-07-21 00:00:00 OK, this is going to crack you up! Back in 1999, I was asked to play drums on a project of recorded American T.V. Theme Songs for the SubConsious label in Japan. Lee Metcalf led a trio consisting of myself... More About: Woman , Weekly , Wonder Woman , Trio
Early Smut from the 19th Century
2007-07-15 00:00:00 This fascinating story from the NY Times tells the story of sex, curse words, and bawdy jokes from the earliest years of the recording industry: In 1997 Bruce Young, a collector of memorabilia from the early phonograph era, placed a... More About: Early , Smut , Earl , Century
Weekly MP3 (7/8/07): Live at The Blue Note, NYC - "Ed Blackwell"
2007-07-09 00:00:00 Following up on our CD Release Party at The Blue Note (6/25/07), I thought I'd post an MP3 of one of the songs we played. Here's a live version of my tune, "Ed Blackwell," which appears on "Awake." Featuring: Anton... More About: Live , Weekly , Lack
Live Earth! Live Music! Save the Planet!
2007-07-07 00:00:00 Check out all the concerts - both live and recorded. Do your part to save the climate from overheating...... More About: Music , Earth , Planet , Live Music , Live
New review of "Awake!"
2007-07-07 00:00:00 Although not swayed by the activist tie-in with the CD, Edward Blanco at ejazznews.com loved the CD! The music sizzles from the opening track "Luftmenschen," and gets better with the following title track only to be upstaged by the best... More About: Review , Awake
Weekly MP3 (6/19/07): Live@147, NYC - "Lush Life"
2007-06-20 00:00:00 "Lush Life " "Lush Life" is an oldie but goodie, recorded live at a now-defunct restaurant called Restaurant 147 that was located in an old firehouse in Chelsea. Written by the great Billy Strayhorn when he was sixteen years old in... More About: Live , Weekly
Weekly MP3 (6/13/07): Live at Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia, PA - "Stumble
2007-06-13 00:00:00 Our last CD Release Performance was on June 1st at Chris ' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia , and we both videotaped and recorded the performance. More footage to come, but below you'll find both the MP3 and video of my tune, "Stumble ... More About: Live
CD Release Show in Philly!
2007-06-07 00:00:00 Well, we're back in NYC after playing in Philadelphia on Friday night at Chris' Jazz Cafe', and man, was it fun. The sextet sounded fantastic! We had a great crowd and played three sets between 9pm and 1:30am. We played... More About: Show , Release , Hill , Lease , Philly
Jacko buys Eminem
2007-06-07 00:00:00 Who would have thunk it after Eminem trashed Michael Jackson in "Just Lose It, back in 2004." Gotta love the Pop world!...
Weekly MP3 (5/30/07): Live at DEKK, NYC - "Just in Time"
2007-05-31 00:00:00 This week's MP3 is from a performance back in February (2.12.07 to be exact) at a restaurant/performance space we used to play at on a weekly basis called DEKK. Located in Tribeca, the room was one of the best sounding... More About: Time , Live , Weekly , Just in time
Weekly MP3 (5/20/07): Live at the 55 Bar, NYC - "The Trend is Your Friend"
2007-05-21 00:00:00 INTRO Starting today and continuing on a regular basis (more or less weekly), I am making available on this page a free MP3 for download. The recording will be of my group in one form or another, either from a... More About: Friend , Live , Weekly , Trend
Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog
2007-05-18 00:00:00 This pretty amazing article recently appeared in the NY Times Magazine which outlines the new paradigm for the indie musician: How to make a living on the music by leveraging the power of the internet. The story outlines the life... More About: Drugs , Blog , Rugs , Drug , Dati
Bjork
2007-05-08 00:00:00 Bjork has a new album that she's supporting with a new tour, and Jon Pareles from the NY Times got together with her recently to talk about it: "I read on the Internet that I was doing a hip-hop album... More About: Bjork
The beginning of recorded music, by way of Thomas Edison.
2007-05-02 00:00:00 This recent article in the NY Times about Thom as Edison is a fascinating look at the beginnings of the recorded music industry. Entitled, "Edison the Inventor, Edison the Showman," Randall Stross adapts his new book, "The Wizard of Menlo Park:... More About: Music , Record
How many jazz musicians do you think there are in New York City?
2007-04-26 00:00:00 How on earth would someone be able to count the number of jazz musicians in NYC? It's really hard to find us: They tend to be itinerant. Also, poor. Go to the clubs, and those likely to be performing are... More About: Jazz , New York , York , New York City , Musician
Requiem for Tonic Jazz Club, NYC (and the arrest of Marc Ribot).
2007-04-19 00:00:00 Tonic, a hub and hangout for avant-garde musicians in downtown New York, recently closed. Indeed, it was another sad event in this city that is ever changing, almost always squeezing out live culture. A victim of rising rent, the club... More About: Jazz , Arrest , Tonic , Club , Rest
Pandora
2007-04-08 00:00:00 There are many new "Music Networking Sites." One of the coolest is Pando ra , where they are compiling their Music Genome Project: Over the past 6 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from... More About: Dora
Joshua Bell: Street Musician
2007-04-08 00:00:00 Entitled, "Pearls Before Breakfast," this amazing article from the Washington Post Magazine details a wonderful experiment, whereby the world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell , agreed to play for an hour in the Washington, D.C. subway to see what would happen. Not only... More About: Music , Street , Musician , Tree
Last.fm
2007-04-07 00:00:00 Have you checked out Last .fm recently? It's an online music radio and social networking site ("The Social Music Revolution" they call it), with tons of great music, including mine! Check it out!...
Tribute to Joni Mitchell
More articles from this author:2007-04-05 00:00:00 The record label, Nonesuch, has created a website in preparation for the upcoming release of the new Joni Mitchell Tribu te Album. Check out the music and also what each artist has to say about Joni. Here's Bjork on Joni: It... More About: Hell , Bute 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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