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BOOK/MAGAZINE: Book Review (Illustrated): Pops

5667 days ago
All About Jazz — Terry Teachout, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Houghton Mifflin, 474 pages, $30) A good biography of a musician makes the reader want to listen. Alexander Wheelock Thayer triggered that compulsion with his life of Beethoven, Marion Hildesheimer wi... more info
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DVD/VIDEO: Pops in Full Flight

5667 days ago
All About Jazz — Critical carping and misguided stylistic arguments aside, in every period of his career Louis Armstrong was formidable in his playing and singing. His appearance with the All-Stars at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival reminded many who had taken Armstro... more info
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Stream Preservation Hall Benefit LP Featuring Andrew Bird, Tom Waits, Yim Yames

5669 days ago
Stereogum — Andrew Bird covering "Shake It And Break It" must have brought back Squirrel Nut Zippers memories. Listen to it an 18 more Dixieland covers here. Nice Tom Waits impression, Louis Armstrong. more info
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New band of the day – No 720: Casxio

5676 days ago
Guardian Music — These keyboard funkateers can't quite decide whether they're a musical-comedy troupe or a serious pop-funk propositionHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Lucas Guerin (vocals, bass), Eric Saez (guitar), Andrea Choe (keyboards), Zach Schrock (drums).The... more info
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TV/FILM: Free Movie Night! "The Art of the Jazz Soloist" at Tribeca Pac

5679 days ago
All About Jazz — Scenes Through the Cinema Lens is an original retrospective focusing on the performing arts in film. Each screening examines a different theme and allows audiences to enjoy selections from well-to lesser-known films. With its strong focus on jazz orc... more info
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Various: History of Chicago Music 1908-1980

5683 days ago
Pitchfork - Forkcast — The mighty reissue and archival label Numero Group has put together a whopping three-hour mix chronicling the history of Chicago recording studios (such as the legendary Chess, pictured above), and it's entirely free (thanks to the recordings' being ... more info
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RADIO/PODCAST: Riverwalk Jazz Goes to the Movies: A Look at Jazz Music and Musicians in Film

5684 days ago
All About Jazz — Get the popcorn ready. The curtain is about to go up on Kid Ory-- Lionel Hampton--and Louis Armstrong. This week, we take a look at some of the world's top jazz artists--who not only provided music for Hollywood movies--but appear on the silver scree... more info
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Nordstrom Celebrates Black History Month; Exclusive Big Band Swing CD

5687 days ago
All About Jazz — In celebration of February's Black History Month, Nordstrom will offer customers a new compilation CD entitled Big Swing: African-American Legends of the Big Band Era. The Nordstrom-exclusive CD will feature handpicked jazz songs recorded by iconic "... more info
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Bootleg City: Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, 5/8/54

5689 days ago
All About Jazz — Hello, denizens of Bootleg City! Mayor Cass here, and Im happy to announce that Im finally back! starting next week. See, I left some of my Simply Red CDs in Spain, and I need to retrieve them before my ex-girlfriend, Anita, barters them for a new pa... more info
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Happy birthday Django Reinhardt

5690 days ago
Guardian Music — The gypsy king, who was born 100 years ago today, is now regarded as the world's most influential pre-rock'n'roll guitaristFrom Robert Johnson to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, the guitar is inextricably linked with the mythologised troub... more info
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