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The Hard Core Jazz Cafe Saturdays 9pm-1am

2007-05-07 20:36:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
 
...Band Moanin' Mambo Live In Time Anthony Davis & James Newton Forever Charles Hidden Voices Roy Haynes Bya When It's Haynes It Roars Stan Getz Lucifer's Fall Live At The Left Bank John Coltrane Out Of This World Out Of This World Eric Reed Stablemates Here
 
 
 
 
 
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The Hard Core Jazz Cafe Saturdays 9pm-1am

2007-04-29 01:39:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
 
The Hard Core Jazz Cafe Playlist John Armwood Apr 28, 2007 9:00PM - 1:00AM My opening theme is Jackie McLean's Little Melonae. My background theme is Duke Ellington's African Flower This shoe airs from 9:oopm until 1:00am Search Playlists Name Song Title Name of CD Jack McDuff A Real Good'un A Real Good'un Ray Brown Freddie Freeloader Live At...
 
 
 
 
 
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Variety - Cheadle jazzed for Davis biopic

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2007-03-17 16:56:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
...music and life rights to the jazz legend, with whom Cheadle has long been intrigued Miles pushed the envelope and was never satisfied and kept evolving," Liberman said Crescendo's producing with Cary Brokaw and Vince Wilburn Jr. and Darryl Porter of Miles Davis Properties. They have waited to complete the package before bringing it to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Shock of the new

2007-03-05 14:38:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
 
...musicians leave a lot to be desired. He is notorious has a effete and difficult artist to work with 2) There is nothing traditional about either "Blood On The Fields" or "All Rise". I wonder if the author has taken time to listen to these works. A casual listening to Wynton's playing will demonstrate that he has his own, original sound. He...
 
 
 
 
 
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New CDs Critics Choice By THE NEW YORK TIMES

2007-03-05 10:45:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
 
...band that has studiously conquered them it also hungers for relevance You got to speak the language the people are speakin, barks Mr. Marsalis, Specially when you see the havoc its wreakin. But he seems aware that fighting fire with fire, in some cases, might only fuel the flames. NATE CHINEN
 
 
 
 
 
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Lorraine Gordon, Keeper of a Shrine to Jazz

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2007-02-27 18:54:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
...music, politics and family Now, at age 84, Gordon is the driving force behind a still-vital Vanguard, and the formidable guardian of its fabled legacy. The Vanguard is the most revered venue in jazz. John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk are among the many legends who have played the small, wedge-shaped room The room really responds...
 
 
 
 
 
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An Interview with Stanley Crouch

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2007-02-27 17:08:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
...Music plays. Here's an excerpt that runs from the bridge of the melody through the bridge of the first chorus of soloing Download Sweet Fancy excerpt.mp3 After we're done listening to the whole track, the interview commences SC: Wow EI: Not bad, huh SC: Not at all! What fascinates me there is how Leroy Williams' tuning (and the sound he gets...
 
 
 
 
 
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HTC Unveils Tiny 'Laptop' 3G Phone

2007-02-14 09:22:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
 
...band UMTS The HTC S710, to be launched across Europe by Orange under the SPV E650 brand, is destined to be one of the first Windows Mobile 6 devices on the market. Its principal attraction is a QWERTY keypad that slides out from behind a standard-looking "brick" form-factor; it also sports push email, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth The HTC...
 
 
 
 
 
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MTV URGE SONNY ROLLINS Q&A

2007-02-10 15:42:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
 
...music-making SR: I never was presumptuous enough to assume that what I was doing would ever reach the heights of bringing good emotions to people. I was just sort of involved in learning how to play musical things. I'm still pretty amazed when people tell me how this music has hit them, or describe something they've gotten from my playing ...
 
 
 
 
 
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'Lush Life,' a Self-Portrait in Song

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2007-02-06 16:37:00 by John H. Armwood in Armwood Jazz Blog
...music form Thou