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• Hurrah for Mr Batchelor

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Great news of trumpeter Chris Batchelor’s success in acquiring the support of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to the tune of £45k. It couldn’t happen to a nicer man. In between first hearing him with Loose Tubes in the late ’80s to hearing him again not too long ago taking Django Bates’s place in Julian ...
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• Jazz Sax Player Brendan Romaneck’s Auspicious Compositions Memorialized in a Superb New Album

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 470
  This is the saddest way jazz legends are born. At age 24, sax player Brendan Romaneck was just about to record his first full-length album. Impressively, he’d put together a first-class band including powerhouse trumpeter Terrell Stafford . Tragically, before recording could begin, Romaneck was cut down in a ...
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• Disc of the day: 08-11-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Geoff Gascoyne: Pop Bop (Jazzizit Records JITCD 0952) Gascoyne made his reputation as bass player and MD in the Jamie Cullum band, and is joined here by fellow JCer Sebastiaan De Krom on drums, Jim Mullan on guitar and Graeme Blevins on saxophones. He has chosen a bunch of pop songs to rework as jazz vehicles and ...
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• Drum Hero set to be next on the family tree

  
  Gamer Limit — Authority: 447
  Tada! Activision are some of the most creative folks in the industry, that’s why they’ve decided to file a trademark for Drum Hero . Yes, you better believe it. Other than churning out DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero at very close quarters, we’ll be seeing its drum-thumping brethren sometime in the ...
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• Busy weekend – and there’s more…

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
    Greg Abate in full cry In addition to Portico Quartet this evening and Jon Irabagon tomorrow at O’Neill’s in Broad Street, Birmingham, Stratford Jazz is putting on a top gig this weekend.   The time is, as usual, 8pm Sunday, the venue is different – not the White Swan but No. 1 Shakespeare Street ...
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• Happy 195th Birthday!

  
  The Bis Key Chronicles — Authority: 118
  Today is the birthday of the inventor of this instrument. Can you name him? Here are some clues: “His childhood was tragic. Hardly able to stand, Antoine-Joseph fell from a height of three floors, seriously bumping his head against a stone: he was believed dead. At the age of three, he swallowed a bowl of ...
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• Busy weekend coming up

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Bookings for the Portico Quartet at the CBSO Centre tomorrow night are going great guns, so I’m told, and bound to be fuelled by this review by John L Walters in The Guardian . This one has been pretty extensively publicised so you probably know about it already. What you might not know about is the rather ...
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• saxophone::day

  
  the creative JAR — Authority: 142
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• The Story of Mankind/Jim Hobbs.

  
  Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog. — Authority: 122
  The Story of Mankind/Jim Hobbs. Not Two Discs MW 793-2. 6/28/2007 Jim Hobbs Alto Sax, Joe Morris Bass, Luther Gray Drums. Recorded in Cambridge by Andy Hong with Mastering By Petr Cancura and Ann Marcotty Graphics excellence. Jim Hobbs is seemingly at the epicenter of everything here. His day job is in ...
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• (November 06) Today were celebrating . . .  Saxophone Day

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 143
  Saxophone Day What do President Bill Clinton, Lisa Simpson, Charlie “Bird” Parker and Branford Marsalis have in common? How about a little “sax” appeal? Lets all give a little thanks to Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxaphone, who was born on this day in 1814. Bass saxophone by Adolphe Sax, ...
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• Disc of the day: 05-11-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Oliver Nelson & His Orchestra: The Kennedy Dream (Impulse! Originals 0602527069999) In the original liner notes Oliver Nelson remembers where he was when he heard that John F Kennedy had been shot. He was in the studio working on an album with many of the musicians who would, three and a bit years later, work ...
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• Disc of the day: 04-11-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Portico Quartet: Isla (Real World Records CDRW174) Looked at in abstract the success of an instrumental quartet who had started out busking on the South Bank and which features a strange percussion instrument called a Hang is extraordinary. Yes, like many another busking band with a bit of a novelty factor they ...
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• Conn F-mezzo Soprano Sax

  
  The Bis Key Chronicles — Authority: 118
  Last week the local drug dealer aka vintage instrument seller stopped by my desk a work with a little ‘something’ for me to look at. It was a gorgeous Conn F-mezzo soprano sax from the late 1920’s. Darn the temptation, but this time I went for it.       I immediately made an offer on the ...
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• Disc of the day: 02-10-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  The Stu Brown Sextet: Twisted Toons: The Music Of Raymond Scott (Lickety-Splat Music LS001) The very old will remember the music of Raymond Scott the first time around, the slightly younger will remember Don Byron’s superb Bug Music , which mixed Scott’s music in with early Ellington and John Kirby, and ...
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• Yamaha 4c Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece - £26.99 - Musical Instruments

  
  Link Fiend — Authority: 156
  £26.99 Info / Buy Product Information A good quality all round plastic mouthpiece for alto saxophone. Easy to obtain a balanced clear and focused tone in any octave ideal for professionals and beginners.As supplied with the Yamaha YAS275 and YAS475 Gear 4 ...
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• Disc of the day: 01-11-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Clark Tracey Sextet: Current Climate (Tentoten TTTCDS761) The drummer son is continuing the tradition of his father pianist (and of a big influence, Art Blakey) by opening his band up to rising talent, and keeping the music invigorated as a result. So on piano is former Empirical member Kit Downes, on vibes is ...
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• Jay at the Live Box tonight

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Jay Phelps, the punchy young Canadian-born trumpeter who first came to our attention as co-leader of the first incarnation of Empirical, leads a red-hot band at the Live Box at The Drum this evening. On saxophone and clarinet is Shabaka Hutchings, on biano is Jonathan Gee, on bass Karl Rasheed-Abel and on drums Gene ...
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• Disc of the day: 31-10-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  The Terence Blanchard Group: Choices (Concord 7231736) One thing you never get from Terence Blanchard is the same old same old. There are sometimes fairly straight jazz dates but some of my most treasured discs are The Heart Speaks , the trumpeter’s collaboration with Brazilian composer Ivan Lins and his recent ...
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• World Saxophone Quartet - Warsaw 2009

  
  Nathan's Rock Moat — Authority: 147
  World Saxophone Quartet 2009 July 1 Warsaw, Poland Sala Kongresowa PKiN 1. Announcement 2. Unknown 3. Announcement 4. Sunrise 5. Unknown 6. Announcement 7. Unknown 8. Unknown 9. Unknown 10. Unknown 11. Applause 12. Blues For Hell World Saxophone Quartet - Warsaw 2009
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• Disc of the day: 28-10-09

  
  thejazzbreakfast — Authority: 134
  Picture: Garry Corbett Empirical: Out ‘n’ In (Naim naimcd 139) I got to hear this material in concert before I was really familiar with it on CD, and that was a great way to get to know it. However, if you haven’t had that chance, this is the next best thing, and a pretty fine thing it is. The young ...
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