The city’s jazz songs
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- The city’s jazz songs
- Japan jazz fans bid sad farewell to historic cafe
- Music Review | ‘Greg sby and the rganization’
- Musicians from Indian classical and jazz traditions will come…
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- Jazz legends return to treat SA fans
- Fortune drive plus special guests.
The city’s jazz songs
The Age – Jan 27, 2007
A brilliant idea needs lots of work by the artist tomaximise its potential to move an audience and the audience has tobe willing and able to make that potential a reality. In any formof creativity art happens when a creator has a conceptual visionas well as the skill and determination to make it available for anaudience to share. Jazz music is no different. In a way jazz players have it easier than their rock ‘n’ rollcounterparts. In jazz improvisation happens around a tune; in rockit happens around a chord structure. This means anyone who haslearnt a scale or two can play solos in rock but they tend to beunrelated to the tune of the song. Someone like Eddie van Halen cancome in and play a blistering inventive piece of music in themiddle of a Michael Jackson tune without any reference to the tuneitself.
Japan jazz fans bid sad farewell to historic cafe
Washington Post – Jan 27, 2007
correction strong {color:#CC0000;text-transform:uppercase;}Japan jazz fans bid sad farewell to historic cafeBy Aiko WakaoReutersSaturday January 27 2007; 9:47 PMYKHAMA Japan (Reuters) – nce a haven for Japan’searliest jazz fans cafe Chigusa is packing up its thousands ofvinyl records and ending the final chapter of its 73-yearhistory as music lovers switch on their iPods for a taste ofMiles Davis. Chigusa is among the oldest and the most cherished ofJapan’s jazz coffee shops that enjoyed a glorious epoch in the1960s and early 70s when students and musicians gathered tolisten to imported albums that were otherwise beyond theirmeans. “Filled with sound smoke and hundreds of records jazzcoffeehouses used to be a space for young people who camelooking for a proper understanding of the music” said MichaelMolasky author of “The Jazz Culture of Postwar Japan” andprofessor of Asian languages and literature at the Universityof Minnesota. “These days kids don’t listen to jazz and they walk downthe street with iPods which makes the whole idea of ‘place’irrelevant” he said. For its patrons mostly male and alone Chigusa was a placeof learning and of comfort. The unspoken rules which theyfollowed faithfully included listening to the music in silenceand waiting in turn to make a request jotting it down on ascrap of paper. And no alcohol or snapping fingers.
Music Review | ‘Greg sby and the rganization’
New York Times – Jan 27, 2007
He makes small-group music that can be aslant with odd or long meter and serenely played; it’s not battering or superexpressive but glows within its own tight structure. Always he comes with a grid. But the group under his name at the Jazz Standard this week Greg sby and the rganization is more casual. It’s a quartet that includes the Philadelphia organist Trudy Pitts who is now in her 70s and an important link to the history of her city’s jazz scene.
Musicians from Indian classical and jazz traditions will come…
Hindu – Jan 27, 2007
and Subash’s son Hari Krishnan who plays Carnatic music on the keyboard. Subash Ganesh and John first met in 2000 and have performed all over Europe and Asia in the last seven years playing as part of John’s group Facing East. “ur music not only combines the best of East and West but also of North and South with both Carnatic and Hindustani classical influences” says John. The trio plan to conduct another such world music concert in Chennai on February 13 featuring other accomplished musicians and an all-India tour next year. “This is all for Adi Da Samraj” says Subash. “We want to spread the word about him and his philosophy. ” Adi Da Samraj is a spiritual leader based mainly in Fiji and in the U.
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nwipp-newspapers.com – Jan 27, 2007
In return he was told some local myths and stories he has brought back to Ireland with himHis visit was facilitated by the Goethe Institute and international organisation promoting German culture. Informing them he usually tells his stories with musical accompaniment some local musicians were organised whom Harald taught a few traditional jigs reels and slow airs. “There was a flute player an accordion player and a fiddler who were all either classically trained or playing jazz music locally. They loved the Irish music and I had to promise to send them over some more” Harald told the Donegal News this week. The schools he visited represented both spectrums of the social divide – wealthy affluent establishments with 12 children per class each with a lap-top to crowded tin-huts with no amenities whatsoever. ne school – Hanganeni National School in the Mondesa township – really touched Harald’s heart when the Principal Mrs Clemtina Garesis insisted he take a donation from the school for the National Council for the Blind a charity Harald does some voluntary work for. He passed on the money to the Donegal branch this week.
Jazz legends return to treat SA fans
Independent nline – Jan 27, 2007
George does things I cannot sing and it makes me mad. Benson feels the album is a “loosening up” between two people who have respect for each other and can let each other breathe. “We are not only jazz artists but we create music that people can relate to. Talking about recording some classic material Benson said: “You can do the classics or create a new version of the classics and not step on anybody’s toes” adding that what you do is “pay homage to it”. Asked why it has taken so long to get the two together Benson recently told Jazz Monthly that they always knew they would collaborate on a project one day. But because of heavy work schedules it took a long time. “When you’re out there working time flies.
Fortune drive plus special guests.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 27, 2007
Live music Jazz Gumbo at Tantric Jazz Cafe 39 St Nicholas St Bristol. GBP12 to include any dish on the menu. The Bones The Prom 26 Gloucester Rd Bishopston Bristol… Live music Jazz Gumbo at Tantric Jazz Cafe 39 St Nicholas St Bristol. GBP12 to include any dish on the menu. The Bones The Prom 26 Gloucester Rd Bishopston Bristol.