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Puma: Half Nelson Courtship
by John Kelman
It's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the cross-pollination going on in Norway. Take the members of noise improv rockers Puma. Keyboardist Øystein Moen is a current member of Jaga Jazzist, a group on the comeback trail with its first release in five years, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010). Guitarist Stian Westerhus--who was recruited by JJ at the same time as Moen--has since left the progressive jazz/rockers to focus, in addition to heavy touring with trumpeter Nils Petter ...
read moreStatement From Verve Label Group on the passing of Tommy LiPuma
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All About Jazz
Tommy LiPuma had a long history with Universal Music Group (UMG), notably having served as both Chairman and subsequently, Chairman Emeritus of the Verve Music Group from 1998-2011—one of the many pinnacles in his esteemed career in the music industry. The Verve Label Group family is saddened by the loss of their dear friend and colleague, and sends their deepest condolences to the LiPuma family. Tommy was a music man. He taught us all how to listen, how to live ...
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Tommy LiPuma (1936-2017)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Tommy LiPuma, a five-time Grammy winning pop and jazz record producer whose passion for music and musicians resulted in career-changing albums for a range of artists, including Randy Newman, George Benson, Bill Evans, Natalie Cole, Paul McCartney and Diana Krall, died on March 13. He was 80. A long-time fan of my writing, both for The Wall Street Journal and JazzWax, Tommy was a dear friend. In addition to lunching together regularly, we spent time at his home in Westchester ...
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Bill Evans and Joe Puma
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Before he began recording exclusively as leader of a working trio, pianist Bill Evans was a prolific sideman. Between 1954 and 1958, Evans appeared on more than 20 recordings led by other artists. Except for New Jazz Conceptions, his first one-off trio date for Riverside in 1956, Evans was a top keyboard gun for hire in New York. One of those dates in 1957 was accompanying guitarist Joe Puma on an album called Joe Puma: Jazz. Unfortunately, the quartet with ...
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Up Close Personal with Tommy Lipuma
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All About Jazz
Three-Time Grammy Winner And Pop And Jazz Producer To Discuss Platinum Record Success, Hosted By National Public Radio's Ashley Kahn. Exclusive interview with Grammy-winning pop and jazz producer and Verve Music Group Chairman Emeritus Tommy LiPuma (Anita Baker, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, The Story) moderated Ashley Kahn, NPR's Morning Edition and author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece; The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records; and A Love Supreme: The Story of ...
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