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Jazz Journalist / Historian Scott Yanow Reviews 'Better Than Picasso At Midnite' By Tony Adamo
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Tony Adamo
Better Than Picasso At Midnite An inventive spoken word artist who also sings well, Tony Adamo loves jazz and always goes out of his way to champion the music in his lyrics. One can link him to Jack Kerouac and the hipsters of the 1950s, yet his approach is contemporary and usually utilizes a funky background. “Better Than Anything” was composed in 1963 with the music by David Wheat and lyrics by Bill Loughborough. Singer Irene Kral was the first ...
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Scott Yanow Reviews Tony Adamo's Latest Single 'Did Mark Murphy Believe in UFOs?'
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Jazz Vocalist and All About Jazz
Tony Adamo Did Mark Murphy Believe in UFOS?" Ropeadope The hippest of the spoken word artists and a fine singer too, Tony Adamo has long championed jazz. His recordings, which feature him improvising lyrics over a funky jazz rhythm section, have included tributes to such greats as Joe Henderson, Eddie Gale, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Mike Clark, and Art Blakey plus B.B. King and James Brown. Following on the success of his Ropeadope debut Was Out ...
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Scott Yanow Reviews Tony Adamo For The L.A. Jazz Scene
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Scott Yanow Reviews Tony Adamo For The L.A Jazz Scene Published: January 01, 2018 A fine singer, Tony Adamo is also a master at what he calls hipspokenword." He enjoys interacting with major jazz musicians while telling stories having to do with the music and life in general. His lyrics and narratives are intelligent, his approach and language are connected to the hipsters of the 1950s, and he fits into both the beatnik tradition and the pioneers of ...
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Jazz Weekly And Scott Yanow Review Tony Adamo's Rain Man "Make It Rain Love My Way"
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
I usually don’t review singles, but Tony Adamo is just so good to the bones that nothing he does can be ignored. Here, he teams up with Tower of Power keyboardist Roger Smith and with a team that is so loose that you have to get regular treatments from a chiropractor to dance to it. Adamo delivers his street wise lyrics about life and love, while the bass is slapped around like Cagney’s girlfriends and the drums snap like Pavarotti’s ...
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Scott Yanow, Author Of 11 Books Including "The Jazz Singers" Reviews Tony Adamo's "Sonic Henderson"
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Tony Adamo is not only a soulful singer but a top-notch spoken-word artist. When he pays tribute to a musician through his talks, while he is rapping about a subject, it is not rap. Rather than concentrating on rhyming or using drum machines as a background, Adamo talks intelligently about the subject, uses his words creatively, and interacts with top musicians. He is a throwback to the beatnik “word jazz” pioneers. Joe Henderson (1937-2001) was one of the most original ...
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Scott Yanow On Jazz Films This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
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 screen as well. Scott Yanow, author of Jazz on Film, joins David Holt in the studio to talk about the great—and sometimes not so great—Hollywood movies featuring high-level jazz performances on camera. We’ve provided links online to video clips ...
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Scott Yanow Pens Essential Listener's Guide to the Jazz Age
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All About Jazz
San Francisco-Classic Jazz: The Musicians & Recordings that Shaped Jazz, 1895-1933 from Backbeat Books explores the birth and early development of a truly American art form. Written by veteran jazz journalist Scott Yanow, this is the only guide music lovers need to understand how jazz began, and to enjoy great recordings made by the innovative artists who defined the exciting, nascent era known as the Jazz Age.
Through Yanow's acclaimed expertise, Classic Jazz provides in-depth historical essays, anecdotal artist biographies, ...
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