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HiM: Many In High Places Are Not Well
by Farrell Lowe
Many In High Places Are Not Well is a gentle and iridescent collision of color and cultures. The group combines elements of reggae, West African kora music, hip hop, and trance into a unique solid amalgam of modern music. Whether one calls it jazz" or not jazz," doesn't matter--this is inspired music played by people who care about what they're expressing, and they do it very well.
Drummer Doug Scharin formed HiM in 1995, and after numerous personnel changes and ...
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by Mark Corroto
There is a new intersection in music town, where jazz meets rock, dub, world, soundtrack, and studio manipulation. While the foundations for this intersection may first have been laid down by Sergio Leone, Miles Davis, and Teo Macero, it has certainly been made into high art (or at least garage art) by groups such as Pinetop Seven, Gastr del Sol, Town & Country, and Pillow.
Fitting in the ‘no category’ section of your record store, Doug Scharin’s varying lineups as ...
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by Mark Corroto
When is rock music jazz? I’m not talking jazz/rock fusion, but rocked-out jazz. In the case of the latest music experimentations by the band know as HiM, calling their music jazz would be like labeling Wynton Marsalis avant-garde. Founder and multi-instrumentalist Doug Scharin and his brainchild have been through more style changes than Elton John’s wardrobe. HiM has dabbled in dub, afro-funk, electronics, rock, post-rock, electric-Miles and post-electric-Miles music. Their previous recording, Our Point Of Departure (Perishable) applied Miles’ On ...
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
When I interviewed pianist Abdullah Ibrahim by phone in South Africa in 2011, he told me how much he looked forward to the arrival of the ice cream truck growing up in Cape Town in the late 1940s. But ice cream was only part of the joy. The truck blared recordings by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, music that first exposed him to American jazz. His other big inspirations were the recordings by pianists Jimmy Yancey, Albert Ammons and ...
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The Harborfields High School Jazz Band celebrates community in premiering Alan Ferber's arrangement of Abdullah Ibrahim's 'The Wedding'
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All About Jazz
In a time when isolation and distancing seemed to define school settings, the Harborfields High School Jazz Band sought to cut against the grain and promote the joys inherent in the communal nature of music and creative expression. In early 2021, the band’s director—veteran educator and noted jazz journalist Dan Bilawsky—decided to follow through on a long-held ambition to commission an arrangement of Abdullah Ibrahim’s “The Wedding” from three-time GRAMMY-nominated composer/arranger/trombonist Alan Ferber. The beautiful results of Ferber’s writing were ...
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A Welcome Guest: On 'Just Passing Thru' Miles Donahue Makes Himself Comfortable
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Mixed Media Promotion
Miles Donahue’s latest album, coming on the heels of The Bug (Whaling City Sound, 2017), Just Passing Thru is large in scope and beautiful in execution. The absurdly talented player, vibrant on both tenor and soprano saxophones, trumpet and keyboard, shows just how broad his musical wingspan is. It certainly helps that he has an amazing crew behind him. Joe Santerre provides power grooves on electric bass as does Larry Finn on drums. They are joined by percussionist Ricardo Monzon, ...
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Five Atsuko Hashimoto Videos
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Atsuko Hashimoto is one of the world's finest jazz Hammond organists. Born in Japan, Hashimoto first performed in the U.S. in 1999 and last performed here in July. When she tours outside of Japan, she travels with an interpreter, which is probably why she is little known by many American jazz fans. Here are five videos of Hashimoto... Here she is in 2010... Here she is again in 2010... Here's another from 2011... Here she is in 2011... And here ...
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Abdullah Ibrahim: The Balance
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Unlike other forms of popular music, jazz is a product of where artists are from. Each musician's sound is flavored by their environment and surrounding culture. Louis Armstrong had a joyful New Orleans sound, Dizzy Gillespie had the arch flavor of New York, Chet Baker had a relaxed West Coast feel and Howard McGhee had a tough, ambitious Detroit sound. The influence of one's surroundings is impossible to ignore since improvised music comes from one's imagination. Pianist-composer Abdullah Ibrahim is ...
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How To Geo-Target Your Mailchimp Emails Automatically
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HypeBot
Email lists are an essential marketing resource for artists but keeping them in tip top organizational shape can be next to impossible. That said, segmenting your email list based on geolocation is still something you can make happen, and doing so can do wonders for your open rates. Guest post by Chris Robley of DIY Musician You can still send regionally targeted emails, even if you didn’t collect your fans’ city, state, or zip code information. If you’re like me, ...
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Superb music and whimsy combine for a memorable CCJS season finale
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Trombonist Herb Bruce's repeat visit to the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert series with his Herbicide Jazz Band was a night of uncontrolled exuberance. Sometimes it was in the music. More often, it was the self-deprecating humor of Bruce and his merry music makers on Monday, April 9's Dixieland Jazz Night. Herbicide presented excellent music- not always in the traditional Dixieland style. There were some crowd-pleasing vintage set pieces, some new things- including a new face in the area, some ...
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Jazz this week: "Songs of Freedom," Ramsey Lewis, Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's another jam-packed week of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with two esteemed pianists appearing back-to-back at one of the city's best-sounding halls; a retrospective of music from three of the 1960s' most provocative female vocalists, starring a St. Louis native; a couple of events raising scholarship money for local music students; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, April 11 Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. presents his show Songs of Freedom," with featured vocalists Joanna Majoko ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos featuring pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, who will be appearing with his band Ekaya in a concert next Saturday, April 14 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Born in 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa, Ibrahim grew up under his country's apartheid system of segregation, which was in place from 1948 to 1993. After briefly studying music at the University of Cape Town, in 1959 he formed the Jazz Epistles, a septet that featured the young ...
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Jazz this week: The Thing, Denise Thimes, Charlie Hunter, Victor Wooten Trio, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features several stellar singers; the local debut of an esteemed free jazz trio; some straight-up bebop; funky sounds from New Orleans, California, and beyond; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, March 21 Singer Brian Owens will performs for the first of two nights at Jazz at the Bistro, revisiting some of the jazz material he did earlier in his career, with backing from pianist Adam Maness' ...
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