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Gunther Schuller Interview: Too Cool Part 4
Interview: Gunther Schuller (Part 4) via JazzWax by Marc Myers on 1/21/10 Gunther Schuller has composed more than 160 original classical and jazz-classical works. In 1994, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Of Reminiscences and Recollections, a memorial composition for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1959 film Odds Against Tomorrow, Benny Goodman, Brandeis Jazz Festival, Cool, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, George Avakian, Gunther Schuller, indy jazz fest, JazzWax, Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess, Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Stan Kenton, The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz 1930-1945., Third Stream, Transformations, West Side Story
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Gunther Schuller interview Part 3
Gunther Sshuller interview Part 3: via JazzWax by Marc Myers on 1/20/10 Between 1955 and 1957, Gunther Schuller participated in three fascinating jazz recordings: the Modern Jazz Society (Verve) with John Lewis, Gigi Gryce’s Nica’s Tempo (Signal) and Birth of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1957 Brandeis Jazz Festival, Birth of the Third Stream, Bob Brookmeyer, Brandeis Jazz Festival, Charles Mingus, Columbia Records, Eric Dolphy, George Russell, Gigi Gryce's, Gil Evans, indy jazz fest, Innovations Orchestra 1950, Jazz and Classical Music Society, John Lewis, Milton Babbitt's All Set, Modern Jazz Society, Nica's Tempo, Ornette Coleman, Pete Rugolo, Pianist Lennie Tristano, Ralph Burns, Signal Records, Stan Kenton, Tadd Dameron, Third Stream music, Verve Records
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Gunther Schuller: Too Cool Part 2
Part 2 of the interview from JazzWax blog. Interview: Gunther Schuller (Part 2) via JazzWax by Marc Myers on 1/19/10 The more Gunther Schuller explored the New York arts scene in the late 1940s, the more he gravitated toward jazz. … Continue reading
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Tagged Al McKibbon, Bill Evans, Birth of Cool, Brandeis Concert of 1957, Classic Jazz album, Claude Thornhill, Darn That Dream, Deception, Gigi Gryce, Jazz Musician, John Lewis, Max Roach, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra., Miles Davis, Miles Davis nonet, Modern Jazz Society, Moon Dreams, Rocker
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Gunther Schuller Interview: Too Cool pt. 1
This is a recent This is a recent post from a great blog! Interview: Gunther Schuller (Part 1) via JazzWax by Marc Myers on 1/18/10 Gunther Schuller is the eminence grise of the jazz-classical movement. Gunther began playing French horn … Continue reading
Soul is the New Pop
Here is an interview with one of the masterminds behind Daptone Records and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. Interview with Daptone Record’s Gabriel Roth. Tweet
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Tagged Daptone Records, Gabriel Roth, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
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Soulful New Grooves
It’s refreshing to not only a Soul band making great music but also going to extra length to have a vinyl 45″ made and with such an historic lathe! Enjoy. Chicago Soul band The Right Now masters and cuts lacquers … Continue reading
Today in Jazz
Jack Teagarden records the music of Willard Robison with Bob Brookmeyerâs band 1962. Indianapolis resident, BWJO, Stadard(ish) Trio, Steve Allee Big Band, Bossa Rio & Seven Pleasures memeber Rich Dole was influeced by Teagarden’s smooth and melodic style of playing. … Continue reading
MLK on the Importance of Jazz
Since we are celebrating the MLK day, we thought it would be fitting to have some specific words from Mr. King on why Jazz is so important. Enjoy! Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz … Continue reading
Copyright Criminals Showing
There is a new documentary that will be showing this week on PBS about hip-hop and copyright infringement. It’s very interesting since a lot of Jazz was sampled so heavily in many of the classic hip-hop albums. There are many … Continue reading
Today in Jazz
Lennie Tristano records Subconscious Lee 1949. University of Indianapolis Jazz Studies professor Harry Miedema took lessons with Lee Konitz, who played with Lennie Tristano. Amoung Tristano’s most important earlier recordings was a 1949 sextet session with saxophone players Lee Konitz … Continue reading
Today in Jazz
Clarinetist Kenny Davern born 1935 in Huntington, NY. “Once described in the 1990s in The New York Times as “the finest clarinetist playing today.” (allmusic.com) Indy Jazz Fest performer and Indianapolis based Owl Studios recording artist, Frank Glover is as … Continue reading
Song of the Day: George Benson “Give Me the Night”
We just love it when George gives us the night but since we all work, Indy Jazz Fest wanted to give you this song during the day. Enjoy! (Find out about George here.) Tweet
Today in Jazz: Don’t Rush the Music
Count Basie records “Blues In The Dark”, featuring vocalist Jimmy Rushing 1938. Rushing was a featured vocalist on the three LP compilation of Hoagy Carmichael, Classic Hoagy Carmichael, put out by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1984. Tweet
Today in Jazz: A Bunch of Tunes
Gene Krupa records “Blue Rhythm Fantasy”, 1940. Born in Tipton, Indiana, pianist John Bunch recorded four albums with Gene Krupa during the illustrious parts of his career. (Burnin’ Beat, Classics of Percussion, Featuring Charlie Ventura and Live at the New … Continue reading