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One of the first British musicians to grasp the fundamentals of “modern” (post swing) jazz, the saxophonist Johnny Dankworth eventually surpassed his bandleading days to become a skilled composer of film music, a prominent patron of the arts and head of a burgeoning musical dynasty. It is unlikely that there was ever such a splendid husband and wife partnership in jazz as that engendered when … They called him Bird, the saxophonist from Kansas City who blew the horn and his life with a fierce addiction to luminous bebop and street smack.This weekend noted jazz musicians gather to pay tribute to Parker’s oeuvre. Via email, St. Louis American editor Chris King has alerted StLJN to the fact that he was in Montreal for that city’s just-concluded jazz festival, and filed a series of online dispatches for the paper, including an account of Ornette Coleman’s concert and the saxophonist’s acceptance of the fest’s… Inakustik and MVD Visual are pleased to announce the release of “The Paris Concert” Series on Blu-ray disc for worldwide distribution on July 14, 2009. As one of the largest independents in Germany, Inakustik is at the forefront of filming music content for DVD and now Blu-ray |
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