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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Today in Jazz Can’t Lose A Broken Heart
Louis Armstrong and vocalist Billie Holiday record You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart, 1949. Dee Dee Bridgewater performed a Billie Holiday tribute, To Billie with love from Dee Dee, at the famed Madame Walker Theatre for Indy Jazz Fest 2010. … Continue reading
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Today in Jazz-Jam On It
Coleman Hawkins and Red Allen record The Day You Came Along 1933. Hawkins is credited to having coined the term “jam band” in 1937. The modern example of this are bands like Phish and Indianapolis based, The Twin Cats, who … Continue reading
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Today in Jazz
Pianist Kenny Kirkland born 1955 in Newport, NY. Kirkland performed on seven albums with 2009 Indy Jazz Fest performer Branford Marsalis. Tweet
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Today in Jazz- Johnson’s Buddy
Pianist Bud Powell was born on this day in New York, NY. Powell played on Indianapolis native J.J. Johnson’s album, Jazz Quintets. (Savoy Records 1946) Tweet
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Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love
Few Entertainers have ever commanded such depth of artistry in every medium as Dee Dee Bridgewater. Fewer still have been rewarded with Broadway’s coveted Tony Award (Best Featured Actress in a Musical – The Wiz), nominated for the London theater’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarian Health, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Eleanora Fagan, Festival, indianapolis, indy jazz fest, jazz, Lady Day, Madame Walker Theatre
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Simone, Keeping the Heritage Alive
Simone is her own woman, a singer, songwriter and performer whose ability to transcend genres echoes the tradition of her mother, musical icon and pioneer Nina Simone. Blessed with a rich vocal range, an innate skill for lyrical interpretation and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Belden, Child in Me, indianapolis, indy jazz fest, jazz, Nina Simone, Simone, Simone on Simone, The Jazz Kitchen, Town Hall
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Tagged Al Jarreau, Broad Ripple, Charmaine Neville, Dee Dee Bridgewater, DJ Logic, Indianapolis Art Center, jazz, jazz player, Jazz singer, Mike Clark, Mike Stern, Najee, Opti Park, Owl Studios, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Raul Midon, Simone, trumpet
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You Can Never Get Enough Sax….
Thanks to Eric Luecking from Record-Racks.com for this great review. DEFINITIVE JAZZ FROM COLTRANE AND ROLLINS The Definitive John Coltrane On Prestige And Riverside (Concord Music Group, 2010) Not that this statement is backed by scientific studies, but my guess … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Taylor, Concord Records, indy jazz fest, John Coltrane, Prestige Records, saxophone, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Porter
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