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“I could always play by ear better than I could sight-read (music). But sight-reading is essential to make it as a professional, so I had to work on that.”

Why are so many great musicians really just frustrated drummers? "Parents," laughed Carlos Crull, who has been playing his saxophone on Pueblo stages for more than 30 years. via Pueblo Chieftain

Sunday, December 30, 2007 Snap Crackle Pop by radio on New Years morning From Roy Forbes: Greetings, Snap Crackle Pop fans, I'm thrilled to announce - the tradition continues. via MT Shortwave Central

Jazz can be intimidating. Much of the criticism is theoretical and mathematic, written in a clubby language that tunes out those of us who can't recognize an ascending I-II-V pattern or a B-flat minor blues. via The Journal News

Though the word "innovation" often implies a purely technical standpoint, new approaches in art demand as much feeling and spirit as they do technique. via All About Jazz

In a year of great jazz music, the finest album belonged to the final recording by saxophonist Michael Brecker, who died in January, having left his mark on more than 900 records. via National Public Radio

A romantic masterpiece with an ineffable grace, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman is the result of a gigged up between a lyrical saxophone player and a long-note ballad singer. via VisualGUI.com

Blogroll Archives YearlyKos 2007 Video of speech on Dover and the Future of the Anti-Evolution Movement Audio of Greg Raymer Interview Youtube Gems: Johnny Hartman Category: Posted on: December 23, 2007 9:29 ... via ScienceBlogs

John Coltrane hovered in the air at Chris Jazz Cafe on Saturday, and not just because Sonny Fortune led off with Coltranes midtempo "Blues Minor." "Entire careers have drafted in [Coltranes] tailwind," writes ... via Philly.com

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“The most impressive single song I've heard this year, or damn near any other year, is Lisa Sokolov's brighter-than-a-thousand-suns detonation of "Oh What a Beautiful Morning.”

Extra-ordinary Sokolov is one powerful fierce open-hearted artist. She is a masterful technician and a channel of the human soul. via All About Jazz

“Songs That Topped the Charts"! It looks like some exotic woodland creature is hibernating just over his forehead. And on the same disc are such forgotten classics as Del Reeves' "Girl on the Billboard”

Bledsoe: These Opry, jazz DVD sets are sure to make music lovers sing By Wayne Bledsoe Sunday, December 16, 2007 Sarah Vaughan Didn't get enough music gift ideas from last week's long list of CD boxed sets? ... via Knoxville News Sentinel

While sounds of the holiday fill the airwaves of many radio stations and the sound systems at home, in offices and places of business, many folks will be humming along with those tunes while shopping for the ... via Staunton News Leader

Most Americans see Norway as a region filled with giant musical question marks. But the frigid birthplace of black metal is also home to a thriving jazz-improv scene that revolves around an interlocking group ... via Scene Weekly

“In rohck and rohll, you've got to buhn from the fuhst bah.”

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Kenny Drew - Published: December 4, 2007 Kenny Drew had a marvellous sense of harmony, phrasing and timing on the piano. via All About Jazz

“We thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to have a holiday concert to take in all of our traditions?”

The thing about a holiday concert is that it brings one question: Which holiday? That led to tonight's Wharton Center concert, linking the Turtle Island Quartet and guitarist Leo Kottke. via Lansing State Journal

“We promised each other we would continue our creative collaborations in whatever form we could”

Let's get the jokes out of the way right now. Free jazz is a music art form, not an announcement of a music giveaway, and the price of free jazz is not something everyone is willing to pay. via Illinois Times

...his music moved beyond the limitations imposed by expectations of what Jazz should be.

The world of Jazz music since the end of the Second World War seems to be dominated by a few figures. Giants such as Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakney and Eric Dolphy through force of personality, talent, and reputation overshadowed many a man or woman as skilled, if not better than them. That's not meant to cast... Read more

“Montreal's queen of the blues”

Women's blues and men's blues are different, lyrically in particular, enough so that the female brand is often thought to be a subgenre of the overall idiom. via Globe and Mail