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Artie Shaw and Mel Torme

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2008-05-06 07:54:07 by Marc Myers in JazzWax
...Artie Shaw decided not to renew his contract with long-time label RCA Victor/Bluebird. Instead he signed with Musicraft Records, which had emerged like so many other small labels just after the musicians' ban ended. Six months before Shaw's arrival, Musicraft had recorded Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Sarah Vaughan, and the label was...
 
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Influential Greenwich Folk Musician/Composer Artie Traum Dies at 65

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2008-07-22 18:51:46 by Editor in World Music Central
...Artie Traum died on Sunday, July 20, 2008 after a battle with cancer. Mr. Traum passed away at his home in upstate Bearsville, NY. He was 65 Perhaps best known as one of the contributors of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the late 1960s, Artie Traum, a native New Yorker, scored big at the beginning of his career by co-writing songs...
 
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Artie Traum, 1943-2008

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2008-07-23 10:47:00 by Happy In Bag in There Stands the Glass
Artie Traum- In Paris (MP3 Back in another lifetime I would load a U-Haul truck with bluegrass and folk albums and drive to Winfield, Kansas, as the representative of the on-site music vendor at the annual Walnut Valley Festival . In that pre-internet era, it represented a rare chance for fans to purchase specialty music. I recall this now...
 
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ARTIE TRAUM TEACHES ESSENTIAL BLUES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR

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2008-06-14 23:17:02 by songwriter in Sheet Music And Songbooks
...Artie Traum explores essential blues techniques in fret-by-fret detail for both finger and flatpick styles. Youll learn to play classic blues songs such as Country Boy Blues, Come Back Baby, and Trouble in Mind, along with turnarounds, bass lines, funky licks, and much, more more! The CD includes demonstrations of all of the lessons. Level 3...
 
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Artie Traum Passes Away

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2008-07-22 16:29:57 by Editor in Starpulse News Blog - Music News
Folk legend Artie Traum has died of liver cancer. He was 65. The veteran musician died on Sunday in his Woodstock, New York home class="middle" /> Read more
 
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Letters: Shaw, Torme and Golson

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2008-05-08 08:03:54 by Marc Myers in JazzWax
...Artie Shaw and Mel Torme. James Wardrop from Pennsylvania offers additional CD sources for the Artie Shaw-Mel Torme-Sonny Burke sessions that I wrote about on Tuesday (May 6, 2008). Jim also passes along a great tip on a Count Basie CD For what it's worth, there were two CDs of Shaw and Torme material on Musicraft issued in 1987 and 1988. The...
 
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Medium But Well Done

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2008-03-19 23:20:49 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...Artie Shaw, Chu Berry, Jack Jenney, Teddy Wilson, George Van Eps, Artie Bernstein and Gene Krupa. Among the four pieces from the session is the remarkable "Blues in E-flat" with its masterpiece Norvo xylophone solo and very good choruses from Wilson and Berigan. The Norvo tracks are included in this CD In his series of combo recordings for...
 
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Patti Dahlstrom: Life Is Good In London

2008-05-05 07:23:00 by whiteray in Echoes In The Wind
 
...Artie Wayne Of those three, Louisiana is the one that works best musically and lyrically, and it seems to me to be the centerpiece of the record. Over a simple piano base, Patti sings Louisiana, youre takin the life out of me Louisiana, you are shakin the light out of me Claimin a close friend I leaned a lot on I learned more about standin...
 
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April 2007 pt.2

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2008-04-18 04:08:00 by Rockaroola in iLuv Music 24-7
...Artie Traum - Acoustic Guitar Eric Kaz - Keyboards, Vocals on track 7, 9 Steve Soles - Vocals on track on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 John Herald - Vocal on track 10 Skip Boone - Bass Darius Davenport - Drums Though a formidable lineup of talent came together for Bear's sole album, it had neither a consistent style nor compelling material. Another...
 
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September 2007 pt.2

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2008-04-18 04:13:00 by Rockaroola in iLuv Music 24-7
...Artie McLean - bass Joe Tate - guitar U.S. of Arthur (Art Resnick) - keyboards Teddy Stewart - drums Rick Levin - drums The following may also have contributed Tom Scott Bill Plummer Mike Wofford Paul Beaver Jim Gordon Hal Blaine Jay Lewis Credits Original producer - Bob Thiele Related releases Tracks 1 to 9 were originally released on...
 
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