Ken Burns’ view of WWII is ‘overwhelming’
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- Miles Davis Sets the Roof on Fire
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- Jazz singer takes a vocal tour of Brazil: Q&A JANE MNHEIT.
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Ken Burns’ view of WWII is ‘overwhelming’
Rocky Mountain News – Sep 21, 2007
All three are powerful yet theyseem a bit disembodied because they’re tacked onto the end of existingepisodes rather than integrated. The War proves that even a necessary war can be brutal and inhumane. It’s full of Burns’ trademark touches: a camera that zooms in on stillphotos (color footage comes in the last few episodes) celebritiesreading soldiers’ letters jazz music that runs the gamut from BennyGoodman to Norah Jones. Says one veteran 60 years after combat: “The intensity of thatexperience was so overwhelming. that you can’t quite let go ofit.
Jazz Listings
New York Times – Sep 21, 2007
World music as a strain of pop emerged partly after the example of Shakti Mr. McLaughlin’s Indo-jazz ensemble of the mid-1970s. And as the mainstream culture of jazz shifted its focus from innovation to conservation Mr. McLaughlin diversified his efforts delving persuasively into flamenco classical music and postfusion hybrids. (There is no ready term for the sound he pursued on an album like “Live at the Royal Festival Hall” on JMT.
Miles Davis Sets the Roof on Fire
New York Sun – Sep 21, 2007
The solos are longer without losing their tension the rhythm section maintains its density and the sound experiments inspired by the groundbreaking electronic composer Karlheinz Stockhausen are more readily apparent. The first two-and-half discs of the new set are devoted to music from “n the Corner”; the rest is devoted to expansions of the material that appeared on Davis’s 1969 recording “Big Fun” and outtakes that give a glimpse into the final Davis band of the ’70s which would record the landmark 1975 live discs “Agharta” and “Pangea. The music on “The Complete n the Corner Sessions” offers a rare glimpse into one of the best working bands of the ’70s jazz or otherwise and helps chart a course to modern-day r&b and dance music. The rhythms in the music had a huge impact on what would become the chattering percussion of drum ‘n’ bass. The textures exerted a clear influence on what is now called “intelligent dance music” and its purveyors. And the music’s ability to create a shifting danceable bass-line groove along with fiery solos inspired many a jazz band to try and usually fail to match the daily double scored by the Davis band in this era. The great irony is that Davis took a six-year hiatus in 1975 and when he returned he did make pop music scoring smooth jazz hits with his covers of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” and Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature.
Music Review | Chamber Music Society
New York Times – Sep 21, 2007
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Jazz singer takes a vocal tour of Brazil: Q&A JANE MNHEIT.
Free with registration – Fort Worth Star-Telegram – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 21, 2007
(21-SEP-07) Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth TX). 21–Not yet 30 jazz vocalist Jane Monheit who began singing professionally in high school has released six albums in seven years earning acclaim from critics and cult.
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Free with registration – Winston-Salem Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 21, 2007
24 after weeks of Friday-night tensions. Some downtown restaurant owners complained about teenagers who had come down for the concerts and hung out on Fourth Street afterward. Their complaints prompted the city to create a separate music concert for late Fridays called The Drop. ne option that isn’t being ruled out — although it may be far-fetched — is canceling live music downtown next year. “It’s a pretty significant effort raising sponsors organizing and booking bands employees and insurance contracts with different vendors. It’s a pretty big deal” said Jason Thiel the president of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership. “So when it all boils down to it do we want to do this as a board? We’ve got a lot of different things we want to do.