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Bill Evans, Relaxed And Articulate

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2008-11-21 21:19:44 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...musical language in order to achieve an unfettered flow of creativity in the spontaneous act of playing jazz. On occasions when he talked about the nature of improvisation, Evans spoke with exactitude and coherence to match his expressiveness at the piano. The most widely known example of his verbal eloquence is in conversation with his...
 
 
 
 
 
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Recent Listening: Jordan, Longo, Garrett

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2008-11-20 09:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
The Rifftides staff is still catching up with recent CDs, some more recent than others Sheila Jordan , Winter Sunshine (Justin Time). The first word in the CD's title may refer to Jordan's age, the second to the quality of her singing. She is seventy-nine and sounds thirty. Part of her schtick in this live recording at Montreal's Upstairs club...
 
 
 
 
 
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Other Matters: Obama And The VOA

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2008-11-19 18:32:17 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...music maestro who spread the love of American jazz around the world. During the worst of times in the Soviet Union I remember Russian musicians taping Conover's daily programs and then transcribing the music to sheet music for jam sessions of their own. There also were often countless days when Soviet Jews and other political dissidents who...
 
 
 
 
 
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Marvin Stamm And The Russians

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2008-11-19 09:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...musicians visiting the institute from Russia Rifftides reader Paul Conley of radio station KXJZ in Sacramento (pictured) also visited, He aired a story about the encounter on National Public Radio's Morning Edition . To listen to Conley's report, click here
 
 
 
 
 
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Three Little Bops Mystery Solved?

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2008-11-17 20:02:57 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...band, please let us know by way of the comment link below
 
 
 
 
 
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Recent Listening: Sherr, Catherine, Mondlak

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2008-11-17 08:19:56 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...Music (Bel Air Jazz). Sherr is a composer and player of reed instruments and flutes. His background includes work with Sonny Criss, the San Francisco Ballet, Nelson Riddle, Lalo Schifrin, Don Ellis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Frank Zappa, Oliver Nelson, Robert Craft, Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, among several dozen others from assorted fields of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Other Places: Frank Wess

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2008-11-16 21:26:40 by Rifftides in Rifftides
 
...band during the 1950s and early '60s. In this video clip, he solos on his composition "Corner Pocket," following trumpeters Thad Jones and Al Aarons
 
 
 
 
 
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Weekend Extra: Toots And Quincy

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2008-11-16 04:47:20 by Rifftides in Rifftides
 
The You Tube heading for this video clip of Toots Thielemans at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1992 says that it has been viewed 40,422 times. Do yourself a favor and make it 40,423. Quincy Jones was the conductor of the WDR Big Band. He was enamored of Toots's musicality, wit and warmth. Who isn't Have a good weekend
 
 
 
 
 
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Compatible Quotes: Toots Thielemans

2008-11-16 04:45:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
 
And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning
 
 
 
 
 
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Recent Listening: Rollins, Melvoin-Park, Harper, Gonzalez

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2008-11-14 09:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...music is available as a download Billy Harper , Blueprints Of Jazz, Vol. 2 (Talking House). Harper was one of the most profound of the tenor saxophonists to emerge in the wake of John Coltrane. This CD, full of post-Coltrane muscle and mysticism, recalls the swirl of free jazz in the sixties and seventies, even unto Amiri Baraka reciting his...