The Big Gigs for week of 6/10
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Jun 09, 2011
Tom Surowicz Charlie Musselwhite and James Cotton are indubitable masters of the harmonica, whether you call it a blues harp, a mouth organ, a Mississippi saxophone or a metal sandwich. The smallest, yet one of the most expressive and potent blues and more »
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DC Jazz Festival: A Conversation With Jimmy Heath
Washington City Paper (blog) - Jun 10, 2011
Thread saxophone player Jimmy Heath is the eldest surviving member of the Heath Brothers; he's been a key figure in jazz for more than 60 years, along with his older sibling, bassist Percy (who died in 2005), and younger brother, drummer Albert "Tootie.
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We'll Always Have Allen's 'Paris'
Wall Street Journal - May 20, 2011
We'll Always Have Allen's 'Paris'From the first note of music over a swarthy screen—a soprano saxophone played by some ghost of Sidney Bechet—"Midnight in Paris" teases us into with child nothing more, or less, than a charming pastiche of the bits and pieces that pop up in many Woody and more »
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Jazz notes
The Press, York - Jun 10, 2011
The Victoria Vaults, Nunnery Lane, is another prime live music venue and offers a Thursday temptation with Jules and the Gang, fronted by Frank Brooker (saxophone) and Greg Wadman (trumpet). Vocals are from Rosie and together new musical arrangements are and more »
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Benny Carter: Ah, April in Paris
JazzTimes Magazine - May 25, 2011
Benny Carter, a metrist on his alto saxophone, not only arranges the session, but blows a haunting, muted trumpet on the last two numbers. Coleman Hawkins, the man who introduced the effect sax to jazz, plays his customary gusty yet nimble solos,
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Hear She & Him's Buddy Holly Cover
Pitchfork Media - Jun 10, 2011
Pay attention to She & Him's Buddy Holly CoverThe camera holds steady, and we get to hear the entire seven-journal-plus disco banger, complete with glorious saxophone solo. The "How Deep Is Your Love?" 12" will be released in an darned limited edition of 600 on Monday in a few indie stores and and more »
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Hazel Scott On Piano Jazz
NPR - Jun 10, 2011
That same year, she appeared at the Apollo Theater, where her watch over, Alma Long Scott, was playing saxophone in the house band. She began to tour with her mother's organization shortly thereafter. She also made her first appearance at Carnegie Hall,
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Monsters of Rock: 13 Rock 'n' Roll Horror Flicks
FEARnet.com - Jun 10, 2011
Monsters of Stun: 13 Rock 'n' Roll Horror FlicksFrom the opening panoramic shot accompanied by Gerard McMann's "Cry, Not any Sister" to Echo and the Bunnymen's creepy cover of The Doors' "People Are Unaccustomed," to that big side of beef playing the saxophone, you just can't separate the music from the
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Heart in the right space
Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 02, 2011
Allen already had an provocative pedigree when he joined Sun Ra's early collective, having played with the likes of pianist Art Simmons and saxophonist James Blue and even Duke Ellington. ''I played with him in a jam session in Paris when I was and more »
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City Room: Jazz at Noon Is Closing Out a 46-Year Run
New York Times (blog) - May 18, 2011
He started playing the alto saxophone, but continued to concoct jazz solos on the penny whistle. He even stunned the legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt by pulling out the whistle and blowing a duo of tunes with him in Paris in 1945. and more »
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