Articles » Joey DeFrancesco: Master of the B-3 (~npr)

»» There's a 17,5 min. interview / performance of Joey DeFrancesco's at the bottom of this article.

Joey DeFrancesco: Master of the B-3
February 14, 2008 from KPLU
By Nick Morrison (~npr)

Joey DeFrancesco is generally acknowledged to be the reigning king of the Hammond B-3 organ. He's also a great guy to hang out with. So naturally, when he visited Seattle, we invited him to KPLU for an in-studio performance and interview. That said, nobody wanted to lug a massive B-3 from the nightclub to the studio, so we set DeFrancesco up with a Hammond XK-3, a keyboard that does a terrific job of synthesizing the B-3 sound. Since he actually worked with the Hammond company to develop the XK-3, we figured he could adapt his chops to it with ease.

Interviews » Ron Carter interview on 2011/08/22 (~all·about·jazz)

Source of the interview: ~all·about·jazz

Ron Carter's official website: ~www.roncarter.net

Album, "Ron Carter - All Blues (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)": ~amazon.com

Articles » A hundred years of swing master"Glenn Miller" (~npr)

A hundred years of swing master "Glenn Miller"

March 1, 2004 ─ One hundred years ago, big bandleader Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa. A master of marketing and pop sensibility, Miller turned out one hit record after another with his orchestra between 1938 and 1944. "In the Mood," "Moonlight Serenade" and other Miller hits stirred dancers, inspired wartime America and became classics. Tom Vitale reports.

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Videos» Jack DeJohnette's "Sound Travels" album promotional video

This is the promotional video of the great drummer Jack DeJohnette's 2012 album
"Sound Travels (Entertainment One)" from Normal Life Pictures. Found on DeJohnette's official website.

Album Details, Track Previews & Buy:
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Jack DeJohnette's official website:
~www.jackdejohnette.com

Videos» "The Miles Davis Story" (documentary)

"The Miles Davis Story"
Miles Davis, 1926 - 1991, Trumpeter/Composer

Miles Dewey Davis III (1926 – 1991) was probably one of the most popular and influential musicians in the jazz history.

Below, there's a beautiful documentary about Miles Davis' life and his music. Lots of important jazz musicians are present in this documentary also.

(Documentary divided into 14 parts)

Articles» Art Tatum, by Cüneyt Sermet

In the jazz history, and probably in the whole music history; the most technical pianist ever Art Tatum (1909-1956) was blind since birth. In truth, his one eye was completely blind, and the other was hardly able to see the beautiful girls only. Only "phenomenon" can be said for Art Tatum; because there isn't anybody to become speechless over against his technique. Just as Leopold Godowsky was flabbergasted when he heard him; and (Vladimir) Horowitz who often listened to Art Tatum's performances, once said that: "I could sacrifice lots of things just for being able to play as the half of him."

Articles» Tony Bennett's Art of Intimacy (~npr)

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Tony Bennett's Art of Intimacy
October 29, 2011 - by NPR STAFF

When you think of American classics, you might think of baseball, Abe Lincoln, apple pie ... and Anthony Dominick Benedetto. That's Tony Bennett to you.

Bennett has released more than 70 albums in a career that spans 60 years. His latest is Duets II, on which he collaborates with Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Amy Winehouse, Natalie Cole, Lady Gaga and others. Bennett recently stopped by NPR's studios to perform a few songs — but before he did, he spoke with Weekend Edition Saturday's Scott Simon, who began by asking how the singer chose the new album's roster of talent.

Articles» Sarah Vaughan: Vocal Virtuosity (~npr)

~54 min. documentary of Sarah Vaughan

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Sarah Vaughan: Vocal Virtuosity (~npr)
March 26, 2008

Sarah Vaughan was affectionately known as both "Sassy" and "The Divine One," nicknames that reflect the remarkable variety she brought to her singing. Vaughan's inimitable vocal abilities included an incredibly wide range, extraordinarily diverse tonal colors and amazing breath control, all rooted in a heartfelt passion to express herself.

Biographies» Bruni Sablan (painter)

BRUNI SABLAN - Biography

Bruni Sablan was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil circa the mid-twentieth century. Artistry has been her heritage. Her father Joseph Parello, of Sicilian decent, a civil engineer and architect, also painted. Her mother, Clo Parello, of Lebanese decent, was an accomplished classical pianist and beloved piano instructor for many years in the Northern California bay area.

Bruni’s father introduced her to American jazz at a very early time in her life, she was five years old. She describes him as a "quiet soul" who loved the music of Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Artie Shaw, Louis Armstrong, June Christy, Sarah Vaughan, and many more. At the same time, her Sicilian grandfather, Caetano Parello, was teaching her how to "see" art… He was a sculptor/painter himself. When caught "correcting" an Italian masterpiece owned by the Parello family, the child received accolades from her father and grandfather, although she was properly reprimanded for interfering with a great work of art by the rest of the family...

Videos» Sophie Milman - No More Blues

Video found on S. Milman's official page: ~sophiemilman.com

Videos: Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

(Found on YouTube, but I couldn't find other information about personnel, date, etc)

Articles » Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (~npr.org)

(Audio section of this article includes a 54min. documentary about Dave Brubeck)

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Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way
December 24, 2008

Unlike the vast majority of jazz musicians, Dave Brubeck was blessed with both talent and commercial success. His renowned 1950s quartet recorded standards like "Take Five," "The Duke," and "In Your Own Sweet Way." He was the first jazz artist to sell one million copies of an album, the second to appear on the cover of Time magazine. To this day, he sells out concert halls around the world.

Articles: Hank Jones Trio On JazzSet (~npr.org)

» This article Includes ~68min. concert music (see the end)

Hank Jones Trio On JazzSet
by BECCA PULLIAM

June 17, 2010
Hank Jones was born on July 31, 1918, in Vicksburg, Miss., and grew up north of Detroit in Pontiac, Mich. His family was large, loving and religious. Five years behind Hank, brother Thad Jones was born; a few years after Thad, brother Elvin. All three Jones Brothers made magnificent contributions to jazz. Hank lived the longest; he died on May 16, 2010.

Following his death, one of the best tributes was the May 17 re-airing of a conversation between Jones and Terry Gross on Fresh Air. And before this May 2, 1998, performance in from the Gilmore Festival in Kalamazoo, Jones sat down and answered some questions from JazzSet.

He told us that his first tour outside the U.S. took him to Europe in 1948 or '49 with Jazz at the Philharmonic. In 1956, he went to Thailand with Benny Goodman on a State Department tour. Goodman was "a very strict leader, an excellent musician." In that era, Jones was freelance, which he described like this: "A contractor calls you up and says, 'Are you free on Thursday?' Well, I'm not free, but I'm reasonable."

Host Dee Dee Bridgewater adds, "That is so Hank Jones."

Articles: 'Nat King Cole Show' Challenged TV's Race Line (~npr.org)

'Nat King Cole Show' Challenged TV's Race Line
by Karen Grigsby Bates

May 17, 2006 - The Nat King Cole Show debuted in 1956, making singer and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole the first black man to host a nationally televised variety program.

The crooner's singing and television career is the subject of an American Masters documentary debuting on PBS Wednesday night. The show details how Cole reluctantly challenged segregation on television and in American society, but decide after a little more than one year later on the air to end the show for lack of a corporate sponsor.

The show featured some of the era's biggest stars sharing the stage with Cole, who was himself one of the top talents of his day. But television executives, wary of a backlash from an America still deeply divided along racial lines, took pains to put distance between Cole and his white female guests.

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Videos: Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

Interviews: Oscar Peterson / Bob Edwards; February 21, 2003 (~npr.org)

Bob Edwards interview with Oscar Peterson
February 21, 2003

As a youngster, Oscar Peterson remembers sneaking downstairs while his parents slept to listen to the radio. "[I] put my ear right to the speaker and listen to Duke (Ellington) and (Count) Basie and Artie Shaw," the legendary jazz pianist tells NPR's Bob Edwards in a Morning Edition interview. "The volume would be way, way down low so I wouldn't wake my parents... and I'd be ingesting all this wonderful music."

Peterson says he studied those artists and even played along with their records "so that when I had to play with them in person, I sort of had a bit of a jump on their musical personality."

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Videos: Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (Oslo, April 1966)

Videos: Horace Silver, "Song for My Father", 1976

Horace Silver - piano

Tom Harrell - trumpet

Bob Berg - tenor saxophone

Steve Beskrone - bass guitar

Eddie Gladden - drums

credits given by @robvig60, YouTube

Videos: Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema, 1964