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Martinique Jazz Festival 2009

2009-11-03T14:38:00.002+01:00

From 25 november to 6 december 2009.

This is a very interesting festival in a wonderful place. Martinique is Caribbean Island which is an oversea region of France.

Martinique Jazz Festival performances will be held primarily at L`Atrium, in the
capital city, Fort-de-France, with additional concerts and events held in the
towns of Sainte Anne, Sainte Marie, Lamentin, Riviere Salee, Sainte Luce and the
La Pagerie Museum in Trois-Ilets, childhood home of Empress Josephine.

Artists performing in this year's edition:

Jacques Coursil
Malia
Jacky Terrasson Trio
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Yasek Manzano
César Swing
Kenny Barron Trio
Elizabeth Kontomanou
Lionel Louéke
Andy Narell et Relator (University of Calypso)…

Further information on Jazz Festival:
http://www.cmac.asso.fr/

Further information on Martinique
http://www.martinique.org/

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington

2009-10-28T16:13:00.004+01:00

Monk's music, with its weird harmonies was considered difficult, a niche genre. For this reason the Riverside, for the first record by the great pianist for this label, decided to make a compilation of Duke Ellington's songs, the ideas was to make hime meet the public with very popular pieces.

Music of genius Duke Ellington filtered through the music of genius Thelonious Monk: the final result is absolutely great. All songs are interpreted in a very original way and made theirs by Monk, with the help of Kennyy Clarke on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass.

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SONGS

1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
4. Black And Tan Fantasy
5. Mood Indigo
6. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
7. Solitude
8. Caravan

Year: 1955
Label: Riverside

Musicians:
Thelonious Monk: Piano
Kenny Clarke: drums
Oscar Pettiford: basso

Free sheet music: John Philip Sousa - The Washington Post

2009-10-18T12:35:00.002+02:00

This was the first score I created for the Mutopia Project, a piano version of The Washington Post march by John Philip Sousa. I must tell you I love marching band music because I play alto saxophone in my hometown's municipal Marching/Concert Band.

John Philip Sousa - The Washington Post - Upload a Document to Scribd

Reference original version: D. Davis & Co. Sydney, 1890

Creative Commons License.

Listen: to this music

computer generated audio file

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Tial Carrol & Hard Work Band - Hound Dog

2009-10-13T09:31:00.001+02:00

How about some blues? Listen to this wonderful version of Hound Dog by Tia Carrol

50 years of Kind of Blue

2009-10-07T18:44:00.003+02:00

Miles Davis during recording session of Kind Of Blue

This year Kind Of Blue, turned 50. On Msnbc you can find a great article about this album which made jazz history.

Miles was the cool hipster with his designer suits, Italian sports cars and glamorous women; the withdrawn and bespectacled Evans had the rumpled look of a nerdy college professor. But both shared a passion for modern classical composers, a penchant for introspective spacious music with an emphasis on lyricism, and a willingness to experiment.

Miles could see that there was something new that he could do with this guy who was making new sounds on the piano (Chick Corea)

Clic HERE for the whole article

Jazz Podcast

2009-10-04T17:17:00.000+02:00

This post is to announce that a new podcast serie is on the way! So stay tuned.

L'Inoui - Luxembourg

2009-09-18T16:09:00.002+02:00

For our world tour of jazz clubs we now go to Luxembourg at L'Inoui.

Brasserie L'Inoui
67 Grand Rue
L-8510 Redange/Attert
Luxembourg

Shiver Song by Patrick Cornelius; The TransAtlantic Collective live at L'Inoui 2008; Patrick Cornelius, Kristjan Randalu, Mike Janisch, Paul Wiltgen.

The TransAtlantic Collective is a new contemporary jazz ensemble, whose members and collaborators are some of the top emerging artists from New York City and Europe. A gathering of ambitious young musicians, the Collective was formed in order to foster cross-continental collaboration in musical performance, composition, and education.

Eliane Elias in Tour

2009-09-10T12:19:00.002+02:00

Next concerts of beautiful brazilian singer:

September 12 2009 - Alcudia Jazz Festival, Spain
September 18 2009 - Jazz en Touraine, Montlouis sur Loire, France
September 25 2009 - Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
October 2 2009 - Cayenne, French Guyana
October 7 2009 - Billboard Live, Osaka, Japan
October 8 2009 - Billboard Live, Osaka, Japan
October 9 2009 - Billboard Live, Tokyo, Japan
October 10 2009 - Billboard Live, Tokyo, Japan
October 17 2009 - La Maison des Arts, Thonon-les-Bains, France
October 19 2009 - La Cigale, Paris, France
October 20 2009 - L’Avant Seine, Colombes, France
October 21 2009 - Nimes Metropoles Festival , Bouillarges, France
October 23 2009 - Masters of Jazz Festival, Bucharest, Romania
October 25 2009 - Welt Musik Festival, Murnau, Germany
October 27 2009 - Widder bar, Zurich, Switzerland
November 21 2009 - Miniaci PAC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Eliane Elias Live at San Javier Jazz Festival 2005 (Spain)

Jazz campaign on Twitter

2009-09-01T14:38:00.006+02:00

#Jazzlives is the name of the twitter campaign to defend jazz, launched by main web sites dedicated to this music. According to arecent survey of National Endowment for the Arts, there are less people attending jazz concerts, and even less youngs. Now, in the articled published on All About Jazz they do not mention if this survey refers only to United States or to the whole world. I am more inclined to think that it refers to USA, even because here in Europe, especially in Italy and France jazz seems to be very alive; there are many festivals even in very small villages and all of them are crowded.
At any rate the promoters of this campaign want to demonstrate that people, in America or in the rest of the world, go to see live jazz. It works in avery simple way. All you have to do is to write on twitter when you go and see a jazz concert, adding the tag #jazzlives to the post. This way it will be possible to see all posts on twitter search engine or on a widget you may put in your blog, you can see it here too! To get the code clic here.

Promoters:
AllAboutJazz.com, JazzCorner.com, Jazz Promo Services, the Jazz Journalists Association, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, the Angels City Jazz Festival, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Detroit International Jazz Festival and WBGO.

Free Mp3: Steve Blanco Trio - Underground

2009-08-25T18:20:00.002+02:00

Steve Blanco Trio
"Underground" (mp3)
from "Piano Warrior"
(Art of Life Records)

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Pianist Steve Blanco's debut recording for Art of Life Records featuring jazz arrangements of Pink Floyd's "Us and Them" and Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog".

Monterey Jazz Festival Seeks Volunteers For 52nd Edition, September, 2009

2009-08-22T13:35:00.002+02:00

Volunteers Act As MJF Ambassadors, Participate In MJF Events, Gain Valuable Experience In Festival Production

Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is looking for volunteers! As a way of seeing the Festival up close, volunteering is a great experience for students, seniors and everybody in between. Whether working behind the scenes or in a crowd, volunteers are needed starting Monday, September 14, continuing through Monday, September 21. We would greatly appreciate volunteers early in the Festival week, as we need help setting up for the big event. Volunteers typically work six-hour shifts, but are able to stay on the grounds afterwards to enjoy the music.

To apply to be a volunteer for the Monterey Jazz Festival, please visit the Festival’s website, www.montereyjazzfestival.org and look for “Volunteer for MJF/52” on the homepage. You will find a link to volunteer information and an application form to fill out, or can be printed and faxed to the Festival. You will be notified of your acceptance, job description and hours based on your selected preferences by the MJF Volunteer Coordinator.

The volunteer page can be accessed directly at http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/2009/info/volunteer.php

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things

2009-08-09T04:30:00.000+02:00

This is absolutely one of my favorite records, the Coltrane I like most, when he also plays soprano sax. This is his first albu, with Atlantic label and his new quartet:
McCoy Tyner (Piano), Elvin Jones (Drums) and Steve Davis (Bass) (Jimmy Garrison joined later).
Only four tracks but tehye're sublime.
His modal version of My Favorite Things, from musical "The Sound Of Music", is kind of hypnitic and repetitive, and had a great influence on psichedelic rock which would have rised just a few years later.

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Brani:
1. My Favorite Things (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
2. Everytime We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
3. Summertime (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
4. But Not for Me (G. Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Year: 1961
Label: Atlantic

John Coltrane: My Favorite Things

Music Industry Wants The Money For Pirate Bay

2009-08-07T09:58:00.002+02:00

The famous Swedish Torrent Site is about to be sold to a company called Global Gaming Factory X. But, as Cnet reports, Music industry executives say the money for the acquisition should be given to Music Labels. And Ars Technica wonders: who really owns The Pirate Bay?

The Perfect Glissato

2009-07-31T12:00:00.001+02:00

I've seen this very performance of Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin two years ago in Rome at Auditorium Parco della Musica, now I just discovered that it is on YouTube. Listen to the famous opening glissato, absolutely perfect! Clarinetist is Alessandro Carbonare, first clarinet in Orchestra of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and one of the best in the world.

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Dirctor: James Conlon
Piano: Stefano Bollani
Clarinet: Alessandro Carbonare

Bar Louie, Beirut

2009-07-28T09:48:00.003+02:00

Let's continute our world tour of Jazz Clubs, this time we go to Lebanon. Despite the fact that the country has been devasted by a long war, and the situation keeps on being a little complicated, there are a lot of artistic movements going on in Beirut. The wonderful movie Caramel , by lebanese filmaker and actress Nadine Labaki won the Oscar as the best foreign film in 2008. And yes there is also a jazz scene in Beirut. This is a version of Autumn Leaves with a somewhat arabian accent, because jazz has different tastes in different places, that's way I love this music.

Bar Louie
Gemmayze Gouraud Street
Beirut
Lebanon
http://www.barlouiebeirut.com/

Joshua Redman in Tour

2009-07-20T07:35:00.005+02:00

SUMMER TOUR

July 24th. Mendocino Music Festival. Mendocino, California. Trio with Matt Penman & Gregory Hutchinson

August 8th. Newport Jazz Festival. Newport, Rhode Island. Double Trio with Omer Avital, Brian Blade, Gregory Hutchinson and Matt Panman

August 10th. Chapieu de Marciac. Marciac, France. Trio with Matt Penman & Gregory Hutchinson

August 13th. Goteborg Culture Festival. Goteborg, Sweden. Trio with Matt Penman & Gregory Hutchinson

August 14th. Oslo Jazz Festival. Oslo, Norway. Trio with Matt Penman & Gregory Hutchinson

August 15th. Huvila Tent. Helsinki, Finland. Trio with Matt Penman & Gregory Hutchinson

September 19th. Cloves Memorial Hall of Butler University. Indianapolis, IN. Trio with Matt Penman & Gregory Hutchinson.

In this video:

Joshua Redman Elastic Band - Jazz Crimes (Live)

Joshua Redman - Tenor Saxophone
Brian Blade - drums
Sam Yahel - organ

Sunday Morning - Ep1: Aprilia, Piazza Roma

2009-07-19T11:51:00.001+02:00

As I had announced in a recent episode of The Night Passage Podcast, this is my first attempt of a Video Podcast. The format is simple: images of Italian places "Off the beaten paths" with some jazzy background tune. Every episode is a "postcard", a shot taken on Sunday Morning. I start with my hometown Aprilia, In the next episode I will feature a neighbour town and so on. Rather than creating a new feed I decided to use my old Night Passage Podcast feed, this will avoid confusion since in my blog there are already two feeds (text & podcast).
There will be one video podcast every five audio shows.

(Background music in this episode: REVOLUTION VOID - INVISIBLE WALLS. Available for free on Jamendo.org) Hope you enjoy!

Sunday Morning Ep. 1 by Renato Biolcati Rinaldi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribuzione-Non commerciale-Condividi allo stesso modo 3.0 Unported License.

Free Mp3: Kermit Ruffins - Hey Naa

2009-07-18T12:39:00.002+02:00

Kermit Ruffins
"Hey Naa" (mp3)
from "Livin' A Tremé Life"
(Basin Street)

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Downbeat Magazine calls Kermit Ruffins, "New Orleans' ambassador of good times". "Livin' A Treme Life" shows us why.

Oslo Jazz Festival 2009

2009-07-16T07:56:00.003+02:00

August 10th - 15th, 2009
Oslo, Norway

Joshua Redman will be performing at Oslo Jazz Fest on August 14th

The Oslo Jazz Festival 2009 is beginning to take shape as the festival adds 28 new names to the line-up.

This year’s festival will total 70 concerts using 18 different venues. The program includes 19 outdoor events and everything from a concert for children to senior jazz. Get ready for afternoon jazz all week long and our Friday afternoon jazz cruise on the fjord, not to mention 21 free events.

Milton Nascimento, Joshua Redman, Sidsel Endresen, Eivind Aarset & The Sonic Codex Orchestra, Mathias Eick, Han Bennink/Guus Janssen, Majken Christiansen Kvintett with Georgie Fame, Bernt Rosengren, Rudi Mahall/Aki Takase, Bodil Niska with Svante Thuresson, The Swedish Jazz Kings, Evan Christopher’s Django à la Créole, Stian Westerhus and Jenny Hval/Susanna K. Wallumrød with Meshes Of Voice are now confirmed.

In addition Jerry Bergonzi Norwegian Quartet, Berit Opheim Versto/Karl Seglem with Draumkvedet, Hot Club de Norvège with Adrien Moignard, Einar ”Pastor’n” Iversen, Magnolia Jazzband with Lillian Boutté, Ensemble Denada, Kompen/Værnes Kvintett, Christiania 12 with Roy Williams, The Sinatra Songbook, Jon Eberson, Willy Andresen, Ytre Suløens Jass-ensemble with Tricia Boutté, Laila Dalseth/Totti Bergh Kvartett and Jazzin Babies with Martin Litton will also be playing this year’s festival.

Concerts in Oslo’s new opera house are very popular, and with the addition of Brazilian super star Milton Nascimento and Belmondo to this year’s program, the Oslo Jazz Festival offers yet another opportunity to experience this wonderful venue.

Previously the Oslo Jazz Festival 2009 has announced the following concerts: For Radka, Antony and the Johnsons with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Monk’s Casino, Aldo Romano Just Jazz, Nelson Veras, Scott Hamilton Scandinavian Five, Vidar Johansen Kvartett with Calle Neumann, Håvard Stubø Quartet, Flaten/Kornstad/Christensen and Jazzmob 10 years.

Programe and further info:
http://www.oslojazz.no/

Saxophonist Frøy Aagre at Oslo Jazz Festival 2007

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall

2009-07-14T07:39:00.003+02:00

RECORD OF THE DAY

To think this concert, recorded in 1957, had been forgotten in a box at Library of Congress until 2005. Voice of America produced it for radio broadcasting. There's no much to say when artists of such level meet each other. An absolute must-have.

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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane
At Carnegie Hall

1. Monk's Mood (Live At Carnegie Hall)
2. Evidence (Live At Carnegie Hall)
3. Crepescule With Nellie (Live At Carnegie Hall)
4. Nutty (Live At Carnegie Hall)
5. Epistrophy (Live)
6. Bye-Ya (Live At Carnegie Hall)
7. Sweet And Lovely (Live At Carnegie Hall)
8. Blue Monk (Live At Carnegie Hall)
9. Epistrophy

Musicians:
Thelonious Monk – piano
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Shadow Wilson – drums

Music Labels Reach Online Royalty Deal

2009-07-08T09:02:00.001+02:00

Internet radio, once on its deathbed, is likely to survive after all.

On Tuesday, after a two-year battle, record labels and online radio stations agreed on new royalty rates that cover music streaming.

Many of the music sites had argued that the old rates were so high that they were being forced out of business. That could have come back to haunt the record labels, since for many people the sites are becoming a useful way to discover music.

Read more on The New York Times

The Vegetable Orchestra

2009-07-05T23:33:00.001+02:00

This orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables. Sounds incredible? Look at the video:)

City Jazz Club, Riga

2009-07-03T09:50:00.003+02:00

JAZZ CLUB OF THE DAY

Let's continue our tour of jazz clubs around the wolrd. This time we go to Riga in the Baltic Republic of Latvia. This is also a way to see differnet flavours of jazz and contamination with local cultures. Look at this choir of beautiflul latvian girls!

City Jazz Club
Ģertrūdes st. 34
Riga
Latvia
http://www.cityjazzclub.lv/

Chris Botti in Tour

2009-07-02T11:04:00.004+02:00

TOUR OF THE DAY

Chris Botti

This summer Chriss Botti will not perform in Europe but only in USA and Canada

July 2009

02 - Montreal, Canada - Montreal Jazz Festival
09 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater
10 - Sparks, NV - John Ascuaga's Nugget
11 - San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall - with San Francisco Symphony
12 - San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall - with San Francisco Symphony

August 2009

07 - Lenox, MA - Tanglewood - with Boston Pops
08 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent

September 2009

05 - N. Las Vegas, NV - Aliante Hotel And Casino
11 - Edmond, OK - Uco Jazz Lab - 2 Shows: 7PM & 10PM
12 - Fort Worth, TX - Jazz By The Boulevard
18 - Saint Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
19 - Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Riverside Theater
25 - Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre
26 - Springfield, OH - Clark State Performing Arts Center

Video: EMMANUEL

Chris Botti: trumpet
Lucia Micarelli: violin
Boston Pops Orchestra

Free Mp3: Bill Evans - Body and Smoke Medley

2009-06-30T11:06:00.003+02:00

Bill Evans
"Body And Smoke Medley" (mp3)
from "Very Early Volume 1"
(E3 RECORDS)

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This is a jazz historian's Holy Grail! Here's pianist Bill Evans on vinyl acetate, from the age of 12. Presented in chronological order, this 15 track CD is just the first in a five volume series planned for release, along with some "best-of" releases and a final boxed set. This includes an introduction by Professor of Jazz History at UNO, Charles C. Blancq. A glorious 12 page booklet contains never before seen photos of Evans as a youth performer, as well as personal stories told by long time childhood friend, schoolmate and band mate, Connie Atkinson. Each recording is commented on by Evans' own son and producer of the album, Evan Evans. Album was transferred with care by legendary Joe Gastwirt, using HDCD, and pressed using the jitter free K2 laser.