ISO MUSIC – Connecting with Music through Conservatorium Open Academy We all hear the stories about iso baking, knitting and gardening but iso music-making is taking off. We asked some of our students, August, Contemporary Vocal Studio and Steve from Soul Ensemble what they get out of Open Academy Music classes during COVID. Why did […]
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Joseph Jarman (September 14, 1937 – January 9, 2019) 82yo. was a jazz musician, composer, and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He was one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and a member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Jarman grew up in Chicago, Illinois. At DuSable High School he […]
Hello out there in the radioland, Trumpeter Roy Hargrove died last week at the tragically-young age of 49, from substance abuse-related system failure. This Saturday I plan to do a two hour special on the music with which he left us. A master of all areas of black music including modern jazz, dance, rap, cuban, big band […]
Hi Folks! As regular listeners, you’ll know that the 1st FJD of each month is devoted to one or two sensational albums. Well this month’s is extra special! Many old-timers will know about the 1963 Paris concert of the Duke Ellington Orchestra (Atlantic Records). Only a few will know that the French Duke Ellington society […]
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Alfredo Rodriguez @ The Basement Sunday 12th March 2017 By Peter Smetana I don’t know what I was expecting, possibly some of the Cuban magic of Omar Sosa who I saw at The Basement two weeks prior. Overall I was left unfulfilled. Let me explain. Believe it or not, Cuban pianists with prodigeous technique are […]
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Hello Thrillseekers, Saturday 27th August’s program highlights the contribution of Charlie Parker to the continuum of jazz. You can’t possibly understand modern jazz without knowing Bird’s music…by heart! His contributions were truly revolutionary. At the time the (white) music industry, including musicians regularly misappropriated songs, arrangements and improvisations with impunity. Bird substituted notes in a chord to make […]
Bobby Hutcherson, player of the vibraphone and marimba, passed away during the week. His music is loved by all and he will be sorely missed. His family seems to have been musically well-connected; his older brother hung with Dexter Gordon and his sister introduced him to Eric Dolphy. His earliest musical associations were with personnel […]
Julien: tenor sax, Carl Dewhurst: electric guitar, Barney McCall: piano, Jonathan Zwartz: bass, Hamish Stuart: drums. I knew this wasn’t going to be just another gig! Five of Australia’s top artists all on the one stage was guaranteed to create fireworks! Ostensibly this was a CD launch of ‘This Narrow Isthmus’ which was recorded in […]
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