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Bud Shank: Bossa Nova (Part 3)

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2008-04-04 08:04:50 by Marc Myers in JazzWax
Bud Shank didn't invent the bossa nova. Nor did he record the first bossa nova jazz album. But according to Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bud's two Laurindo Almeida Quartet albums of 1953 and 1954 and his West Coast Jazz albums were a huge influence on the Brazilian music scene of the late 1950s. Searching for a way to cool off the Brazilian samba,...
 
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Bud Shank: Bossa Nova (Part 2)

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2008-04-03 08:28:51 by Marc Myers in JazzWax
...Bud Shank's contribution to the development of Brazilian-jazz and bossa nova has remained largely untold. Bud's Brazilian-themed albums represent such a small fraction of his massive recording output that the focus of most past interviews have focused on his thousands of albums as a leader and with Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson and other West...
 
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Even more from the new Bud Ad! Budweiser Band plays Push it + watch video

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2008-05-01 13:12:37 by Jenny May in Band Weblogs
...Budweiser True Dedication ads on UK TV The ads feature the Budweiser Band - a band of musicians who play custom instruments made up of all that is Bud - using bottles, kegs and cans The ads are short, a little spooky for some reason, and feature the very catchy, easy to whistle along to Popcorn song - which continues to go around my head...
 
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Other Places: John Coltrane, Bud Shank

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2008-08-23 08:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...Buddhists call "Om," which he described as the universal essence of all of us in the universe. He also told me regretfully, "I'll never know what the listeners feel from my music, and that's too bad Ms. Passarella's second-grade students, she says, would have told him how moved they were by not only the ballads "but the more avant-garde...
 
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Junious "Bud" Norfleet Dead at 82

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2008-03-27 09:33:00 by Bob Marovich in The Black Gospel Blog
...BUD NORFLEET, LEAD SINGER OF THE FAMED GOSPEL SINGERS, THE NORFLEET BROTHERS, DEAD AT 82 Junious Norfleet died on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 while in the care of Integrated Health Services of Chicago at Brentwood in Burbank, Illinois. Mr. Norfleet died of complications after a stroke he suffered in February 2008 The Norfleet Brothers were best...
 
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New Stations for Night Lights, another Duke Ellington Mosaic box, and Marc Myers interview with Bud Shank

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2008-04-03 19:51:59 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...Bud Shank . Shank, whos known to be generally reticent about his early career, speaks at length about the Brazilliance albums that he recorded in the early 1950s with guitarist Laurindo Almeida and their influence upon the bossa nova sound. Part 1 and Part 2 are already posted, with a third part to follow. In the course of the interview Shank...
 
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Bud Powell on NPR

2008-04-10 00:32:00 by Carl Abernathy in Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog
 
Nancy Wilson's Jazz Profiles pieces on NPR are always good, but her show on pianist Bud Powell might be the best one yet. It's such a sad story. And the music's amazing, of course
 
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DVD/CD: Bud Shank

2008-04-25 08:03:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
 
Bud Shank, Against The Tide (Jazzed Media). The main current of the DVD is superbly photographed and recorded video of a Shank quartet recording date. Interwoven with the studio session are documentary coverage of the alto saxophonist's long career and segments of Shank speaking. Pulling no punches, he discusses music, musicians, critics and why...
 
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Exclusive Santogold Lights Out Remix, Love Bud Light

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2008-05-06 01:18:23 by Elizabeth Stolfi in My Poproks
I knew I heard Creator in a beer commercial Santogolds incredible debut is far from losing hype. Her tracks Lights Out and Creator are part of Bud Lights new summer state of mind campaign, and their exclusive free download of a Lights Out remix probably gave Budlightlime.com more hits than theyve ever seen Download: Lights Out (remix) by...
 
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New Santogold - "Lights Out (Bud Light Remix)"

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2008-05-19 11:55:41 by Stereogum in stereogum