Max Roach Is Remembered for Music and More
The News Review:
- Max Roach Is Remembered for Music and More
- Jazz wafts through Idyllwild pines
- With ‘LLcats’ Internet Fad Anyone Can Get In on the Joke
- Timeless Wonder: Music icon without peer
- Church music gets a lift from Spanish view
Max Roach Is Remembered for Music and More
New York Times – Aug 25, 2007
And he added when he finally met Mr. Roach some years later the first thing he said to him was “You owe me $75. “As befits a memorial for a man recognized as one of the architects of modern jazz music played an important part in the service.
Jazz wafts through Idyllwild pines
Press-Enterprise – Aug 25, 2007
RHDESSpecial to The Press-EnterpriseFood drink art and music were plentiful at the 14th annual Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines on Saturday. Daniel Sazer-Krebbers with band members Plamen Kirov Jon Piazza and David Shoop got things moving as the opening set on the main stage. Although bassist Sazer-Krebbers played with all members of the band before this was the first time they played together as a group. Story continues below.
With ‘LLcats’ Internet Fad Anyone Can Get In on the Joke
Wall Street Journal (subscription) – Aug 25, 2007
Revenue from ads on the site is "more than enough to pay my bills. "A Lesson in LolcatsIt’s possible to use the Internet every day and never encounter a lolcat. Here for beginners is an archetypal example:If lolcats were jazz music the refrigerator-invading cat would be a standard — an example of the art form that every practitioner is assumed to recognize and understand. And much like a well-known melody the "IN UR …" phrasing is a recurring source of riffs and references within the lolcat community. IN THE BEGINNING While "lolcats" is often used to refer to the general category of text-on-photo expressions even when the subject matter isn’t cats the general term for the format is ".
Timeless Wonder: Music icon without peer
San Diego Union Tribune – Aug 25, 2007
The ever-spontaneous Wonder threw in “Masterblaster (Jammin')” “My Cherie Amour” and four other songs that weren't on his set list and his 11-piece band sometimes had to scramble to keep up. A lively version of the Chick Corea jazz classic “Spain” allowed Wonder to display his formidable keyboard chops. In typically self-effacing fashion he made no mention of his three upcoming jazz gospel and children's music albums. But when he soared with yet another one of his timeless songs he left no doubt that he is still a true wonder to behold. Staff librarian Beth Wood contributed to this article.
Church music gets a lift from Spanish view
San Diego Union Tribune – Aug 25, 2007
”Many churches even have two services: a traditional service where the hymns are taken from Biblical psalms and a contemporary service where the parishioners dance and sing the Gospel to the beat of salsa norteño or rock. Alonso the singer and pastor recently released a new album “Cicatrices de amor” (Scars of love Poiema Records 2007). The record is a good example of contemporary Christian music. It has influences from blues and jazz to country rock and a variety of Latin rhythms. “It's an intimate album with a deep message designed to lead people to a meditation on the love God has for us” Alonso says. Like Girón says even if Christian music borrows from different genres the mission is always the same. “To connect with God and the Gospel.