\u003Ch2\u003EJazz in New York: Keeping the Flame Alive\u003C/h2\u003E
\u003Cp\u003EI may be prejudiced because he’s been my friend for 40 years, and my roommate for two of them, but I think Todd Barkan is one of the great keepers of the flame for jazz. He opened and ran the beloved Keystone Korner for ten years, and later built Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola from scratch into the venue it is today. Now a freelance club producer, Todd’s tireless efforts are the subject of this Wall Street Journal article by Pia Catton.\u003C/p\u003E
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\u003Ch2\u003ERudresh Mahanthappa: All Influences Considered\u003C/h2\u003E
\u003Cp\u003EDid you hear Rudresh Mahanthappa on NPR’s \u003Cem\u003EAll Things Considered \u003C/em\u003E last weekend? Mahanthappa compares sides and influences with the show’s host, Arun Rath, who seems to especially relish interviewing a musician he considers a rocking contemporary Indian-American kindred spirit. \u003C/p\u003E
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\u003Ch2\u003EJazz Experts Sound Off on “The Great Gatsby”\u003C/h2\u003E
\u003Cp\u003EThe line has been forming for people who have something to say about Baz Luhrmann’s new film \u003Cem\u003EThe Great Gatsby\u003C/em\u003E. Not surprisingly for a story based on the Jazz Age, the jazz world has been eager to find out how the film measures up. \u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C/em\u003E asked jazz scholars to weigh in with their views of the film’s soundtrack, and its fidelity to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story and the age it depicts. Check out their reactions.\u003C/p\u003E
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\u003Ch2\u003EGene Ammons: Ultimate Redemption\u003C/h2\u003E
\u003Cp\u003EOn the occasion of the 2012 induction of Gene Ammons into the Down Beat Hall of Famem Ed Enright wrote a beautiful biography and appreciation of this soulful, big toned tenor master, whose father was a great boogie woogie pianist and whose brother was a Catholic bishop!!\u003C/p\u003E
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Aretha Franklin Live At Fillmore West
Aretha Franklin’s version of “You’re All I Need To Get By” was hardly her biggest hit, but it was one of her greatest records, with an amazing Arif Mardin arrangement. Aretha plays a lot of Arif’s string arrangement on the Fender Rhodes. What a voice!
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EMI Wins Dispute Over Duke Ellington Net Revenue
Yet another story about the byzantine web of compensation for jazz musicians: this one about what Duke Ellington’s family can actually collect for many of the hit songs Ellington wrote.
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Elsewhere On the Great Day in Harlem
Marian McPartland posted this wonderful photo on Facebook. She writes: “I believe this photo was taken by Dizzy the day of the ‘A Great Day in Harlem’ Photo shoot. With Ronnie Free, Mose Allison, Lester Young, Mary Lou Williams, Charlie Rouse and Oscar Pettiford.” Thanks for sharing this, Marian.
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Read MoreLee Morgan Performance
This is a beautiful performance of Benny Golson’s “I Remember Clifford” by Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan and Golson. This is probably from a November 1958 European tour.
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Marion Brown: Rare Video
I never knew this existed. It’s an interesting 1967 short film profiling Marion Brown with a performance by his quartet with Dave Burrell, Sirone and Bobby Kapp. While the majority of the post-Coltrane saxophonists tended toward the tenor sax and punctuated their solos with growls or screams, Marion stood out as the gentle, lyrical voice on the alto.
-Michael Cuscuna
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Blue Note and ArtistShare Form New Label to Promote Young Artists
Bruce Lundvall has been a lifelong champion of young and innovative artists, especially in jazz. As recording straight-ahead jazz became more and more economically difficult at Blue Note, which Bruce had headed until recently, he came up with a brilliant idea that has just come to fruition. Blue Note has partnered with ArtistShare, enabling the label to help record a lot of young artists who may not be profitable in the major label world. From JazzTimes.
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