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Admiral Stereo Advertising Album
Retro Hound —
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Admiral Stereo, Stereophonic demonstration record featuring the amazing Phantom 3rd Channel ! “A Masterpiece in Precision Fashioned in Fine Furniture.” That’s right, you couldn’t carry music in your pocket, it was a piece of furniture. Admiral 738241. 1950s. Photo from a cool blog at ...1 day ago -
Music for “Young Moderns” in Love – 1954
Retro Hound —
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Sam Donahue, For Young Moderns in Love , Capitol T 613. 1954. The liner notes are fascinating. Perhaps in the far distant future some collector of twentieth century curiosities will come across this album and smile at its quaint reference to “Young Moderns” back in a time that will have become ...3 days ago -
Adirondack Music Scene:Acoustic, Brass and a Musical New Years Eve
Adirondack Almanack —
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Wow, its been such a crazy busy week that I nearly forgot to find out what gigs are happening where. Anyway, I hope everyone has been having a great holiday season and for those celebrating Christmas, I hope your day is very merry, full of friends, good food, family and ,of course, great music! On Wednesday I did ...4 days ago -
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Jekyll Island Big Band!
Jekyll Island —
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Their sound is Glenn Miller. Their sound is Duke Ellington. But if you had to pick one-sound that defines the Jekyll Island Big Band, it would have to be the sound of foot steps in the dance hall where they’ve played for 30 years at the Jekyll Island convention center.The Jekyll Island Big Band’s annual [...]1 week ago -
Ive Got to Be a Rug Cutter
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Featuring the glorious Ivie Anderson with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Found by my Facebook pal JLN, thank you, sir!1 week ago -
Concert review: New York Voices & BBC Big Band
thejazzbreakfast —
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Town Hall, Birmingham UK 18-12-09 Now, I am aware that for a lot of British people, Christmas music is either that horrendous stuff they pump out in discount shops from, it seems like, late October (puerile pop stuff whether from Slade or John Lennon, though no longer, thanks to his fall from grace, Gary Glitter, and ...1 week ago -
Sub Ensemble – Mike’s back!
thejazzbreakfast —
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Quick reminder that the Sub Ensemble play the last of this year’s Rush Hour Blues sets in the Symphony Hall foyer bar from 5.30pm this evening, and that alto saxophonist/flautist Mike Fletcher will be not only in the house but on the stand. Excellent news. And why not follow this early evening free gig from ...1 week ago -
Jazz this week: Oliver Lake Organ Trio with Russell Gunn, Garaj Mahal, Funky Butt Brass Band, and more
St. Louis Jazz Notes —
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Were heading into the proverbial holiday home stretch of 2009, and though some local music venues have gone dormant for the holidays (such as the various university-based concert series) and others are deep into Christmas music to the exclusion of all else, there are still some noteworthy events over the next few days ...1 week ago -
WDR Big Band: Basstronaut, with John Goldsby & Oscar Stagnaro
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In 2002, the WDR Big Band’s “Latin Rhythms” performance at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall featured two bassists on the Paquito D’Rivera composition “Basstronaut”.The tune features two bassists: John Goldsby on double bass and Oscar Stagnaro on the electric.Big surprise… we love it.The performance also ...2 weeks ago -
The Ten Best Jazz Shows of 2009
Plastic Sax —
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Heres a list of my ten favorite live jazz performances of the year. If you think you think you saw ten better jazz gigs in Kansas City, well, you may be right. I encourage you to post your picks as comments. 1. Esperanza Spalding - The Folly Theater Sorry, Mr. President. I saw her first. 2. The Peoples ...2 weeks ago -
Bertie plays the Dark Hand at Someplace Else, The Park, Calcutta
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Bertie plays the Dark Hand 18 December 2009 Starting 21:30. Someplace Else, The Park, Calcutta read more2 weeks ago -
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To The Moon
too sweet for rock and roll - music birthdays blogged daily —
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Frank Sinatra , American singer and actor (d. 1998) Tagged: Big Band, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, December 12 birthdays, Frank Sinatra, Golden Globe-winner, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy winner, Kennedy Center honoree, Ol Blue Eyes, Oscar winner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, swing, The ...2 weeks ago -
Transcript of PFF Event on Broadcast Spectrum Reallocation
Technology Liberation Front —
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PFF has just released the transcript of an excellent panel discussion I moderated last week entitled, “ Let’s Make a Deal: Broadcasters, Mobile Broadband, and a Market in Spectrum .” As I’ve mentioned here before, one of the hottest issues in DC right now is the question of broadcast TV spectrum ...2 weeks ago -
CD Review: Jon Gordon – Evolution
Lucid Culture —
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The jazz saxophonist’s latest album is aptly titled. He’s evolving in all directions, whether in jazz, classical or further toward the avant as the course of his career has recently swung. It wouldn’t be an insult to say that this is the kind of cd that could wean someone off of smooth jazz – it’s melodic, ...2 weeks ago -
Nice and Easy
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I found a lot of rare pre-1950s musical gems at Nice and Easy , including this never-reissued set of 78s from Andre Previn, who was all of 18 years old a the time it was recorded. Its the perfect backdrop for a relaxing Sunday brunch. Other finds at the site included an album by the black singing cowboy Herb ...3 weeks ago -
A Touch of Jazz : A Special Treat from JakJazz Day 2
jazzuality.com - Indonesian Jazz News —
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Again, it was a big Jazz night in Pondok Indah Mall II Jakarta, Following the Day 1 of the event , A Touch of Jazz, Day 2 started again on time at 19.00, opened with a short introduction from Ireng Maulana - the brain of JakJazz that should be proud to see how great the show went on yesterday and wishing a ...3 weeks ago -
Jekyll Island Big Band’s 30th Anniversary Party will be the Last in the Aquarama!
Jekyll Island —
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The Jekyll Island Big Band book is full of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Johnny Mercer, even Clyde McCoy’s “Sugar Blues”. Jekyll resident Bob Weitz has scored charts of tunes made popular a second time by Brian Setzer, like “Jump, Jive and Wail”. Band Leader Dr. Hal ...3 weeks ago -
Mingus Big Band # 2
Caldeirada Rica —
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Mais fotografias da actuação da Mingus Big Band no Festival de Jazz da Alta Estremadura.Leiria, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, em 23 de Outubro.Seamus BlakeCraig HandyFrank LacyWayne EscofferyAvishai CohenKenny Drew Jr.Boris KozlovDonald EdwardsFotos: O Pescador tilidom.com Opus Four (Charles Mingus)Mingus Big Band ...3 weeks ago -
Lyle Lovett: Natural Forces
Eat Sleep Drink Music —
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RIYL: Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen In a world where multi-tasking has become the norm, credit Lyle Lovett with stirring up his musical mantra and effortlessly veering from genre to genre while avoiding the stigma of being typecast by any one style in particular. Once categorized solely as a country ...3 weeks ago -
A Touch of Jazz : A Special Treat from JakJazz
jazzuality.com - Indonesian Jazz News —
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Held in a humble terace of Jakjazz Office in Pejompongan, over a cup of coffee or tea and little snacks Ireng Maulana and team apologize to everyone for the issue regarding Jakjazz. Early last week we recieved a sad news that Jakarta Jazz International Festival (JakJazz Festival) 2009 will be postponned ...3 weeks ago
