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The California native found his way from West Coast beaches to the swamps of New Orleans to perfect his soulful, ’70s-style blues-rock. Lindell draws on his travels around the country to infuse his new album, Gulf Coast Highway , with funky grooves, touches of soul and a bit of honky-tonk. ? E-Mail This ???? ? Add to Del.icio.us New Orleans is not only the cradle of jazz. It’s also the birthplace of great jazz piano, dating back to the early 1900s, when Jelly Roll Morton tickled the ivories. At the record store, Tom Cole spent most of his time warding off scornful looks as he toted Mothers of Invention LPs around. One day, he decided he needed to learn about jazz This will be a relatively short post by the usual “Jazz this week” standard, both because yr. humble editor has some time constraints due to other pressing matters, and because there’s a slight lull in the St. Editor’s Note: Frankie Manning died on April 27th at New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital of pneumonia. He was 94. By Frankie Manning (with Cynthia R. Walt Weiskopf The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY March 30, 2009 Forty-five minutes prior to starting time at The Turning Point Cafe, Walt Weiskopf’s tenor saxophone stood alone like a statute atop a table right next to the bandstand. Weiskopf is best known for ten recordings as a leader on the Criss Cross Jazz imprint which feature his compositions played by a cohort of some of New York City’s significant mainstream players. The big horn’s iconic positioning in the club was a sign that the night’s performance would be something different Leonardo Pavkovic is a looming presence on the ever-expanding scene of polynational, polymusical globe-gobbling. Some might deem his MoonJune Records operation a special home for European prog rock, but this is only one aspect of its makeup. “MoonJune is a label for progressive music,” he announces, holding court, at an Egyptian kebab cafe in Astoria. It’s a long way from the rich, fertile delta lands of North Little Rock, Ark., to the Netherlands, where Billy Jones records for Dutch blues label Black and Tan Records, but it was a route of which he never lost sight. Born into the segregated south, he was exposed to the driving beat of the blues when he was still an infant. Meet Aaron J Johnson: Born in Washington, D.C. Johnson studied piano and drums before taking up the trombone at age 12 New Yorkers rode a 1939-era train Wednesday along the subway line made famous by jazz legend Duke Ellington. The festivities marked the 110th anniversary of Ellington’s birth. ? E-Mail This ???? ? Add to Del.icio.us
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