Aficionado says suburban jazz scene on the rise
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- Aficionado says suburban jazz scene on the rise
- U2′s The Edge donates guitar to auction
- Turtle Island Quartet A Love Supreme
Aficionado says suburban jazz scene on the rise
Forest Park Review – Mar 27, 2007
Growing up in nearby Maywood Ruffin said the two most widely known options were Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn and Philanders in ak Park both of which have longstanding reputations for bringing in top talent. Nevertheless as venues they’re also very different from each other. Philander’s at 1110 Pleasant St. plays jazz seven nights a week. The focus is on soft music that allows people to talk to each other over dinner. Each evening they bring in a different kind of jazz; for instance on Thursday they invite the John Wright Trio which plays very traditional Chicago style jazz characterized by a bluesy soulful feel. Fitzgerald’s on the other hand is not a dedicated jazz venue but has always had a prominent place in its rotation.
U2′s The Edge donates guitar to auction
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“I wanted to give something really significant that would really mean a lot for me to give. It deserved something that I would miss” The Edge told The Associated Press by phone from France. The Icons of Music auction administered by Julien’s Auctions features 196 rock-related items including a saxophone signed by former President Clinton a guitar that belonged to Jimi Hendrix and an original Elvis Presley recording contract. An exhibit of auction highlights will travel from Los Angeles to Dublin Ireland and London before the sale ends April 21 with an event at Manhattan’s Hard Rock Cafe. Fans may bid online or in person. The Edge’s guitar was expected to fetch between $60000 to $80000 according to the auction Web site. Bandmates Adam Clayton donated a bass guitar Larry Mullen gave a pair of tom-tom drums and Bono donated a pair of Emporio Armani sunglasses… It’s really our problem too. The Edge whose real name is David Evans first discovered the area’s rich musical culture as a young member of U2. He was intoxicated by the city’s jazz funerals where scores of musicians parade down the street in colorful costumes covered with flowers and feathers. “Jazz came out of New rleans and that was the forerunner of everything” he said. “You mix jazz with European rhythms and that’s rock ‘n’ roll really. You can make the argument that it all started on the streets of New rleans with the jazz funerals.
Turtle Island Quartet A Love Supreme
PopMatters – Mar 27, 2007
But the chipmunk still isn’t going to play in the NBA. Indeed one might even wonder just because the chipmunk can shoot a J does that mean that he should?Is that how it is with classical string players and jazz? The Kronos Quartet before they were the downtown longhairs-du-jour recorded some Thelonious Monk and some Bill Evans and they sort of got away with it by playing like the chamber players they were—no improvising. In other cases jazz musicians from Max Roach to David Murray have incorporated the string quartet into their music—but that was different than a string group explicitly taking on jazz. The Turtle Island Quartet is another matter. Founded by violinist David Balakrishnan in 1985 the group has always incorporated improvisation in exploring jazz—but also various folk and pop forms via the venerable violin-violin-viola-cello format. It is no shock to learn that they have set out to play the Coltrane canon. And it is no shock to be reminded that these guys (also: Evan Price violin; Mads Tolling viola; Mark Summer cello) can blow.