Russ Neff over at My Favorite Things brings us a post World Cup mix for a Monday.
Blue Monk – Dick Wellstood – And His All Star Orchestra
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Count Basie Orch. – Live At The Sands
Cream of the Crescent – Herlin Riley – Cream of the Crescent
Cherokee – Wycliffe Gordon/Eric Reed – We
Cherry – Cal Collins/Kenny Poole – S’Us Four
A Dollar For A Dime - Joe Williams – Every Night
Day Dream – Phil Woods/Jim McNeely – Flowers For Hodges
Lulu’s Back In Town – Ellis Marsalis/Branford Marsalis – Loved Ones
Azure – Jay Leonhart/Gary Burton – Four Duke
Summer Medley – Dave McKenna
Guess what? We got hacked!
If you had a little trouble viewing JazzTo it was because our databases got wiped out sometime in the last 24 hours. Luckily I had backed up Friday so the only post we lost was was the one stating that the forum would be down temporarily for some maintenance. Well it’s still down since I spent the morning resurecting the site, and upgrading the security so that this hopfully won’t happen again. I’ll get the forum back online as soon as I can… but now I’ve got to go watch the World Cup Final.
Cheers!
While not stricly jazz, I think there are a few guitar pickers out there that might want to check this out.
3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival
July 21st-23rd at the Odessa Fair Grounds
(11 kms west of Kingston near Highway 401) canadianguitarfestival.com
The Canadian Guitar Festival once again takes to the stage with many homegrown and international guitarists. Some performers include 2005 Juno Award winner and three-time nominee Robert Michaels; East Coast Music Award winner J.P. Cormier; Artist of the Year 2000 and 2002 from the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Duane Andrews; Italian virtuoso Pino Forastiere; Norwegian song- writer Kerstin Blodig; Scotland’s Ian Melrose; Canadian-based singer/songwriter Andrew White from New Zealand, American virtuoso Michael Chapdelaine – the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world’s top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres; and Canadian legend Don Ross who has been touring with the “Men of Steel” whom have just released their newest CD four way mirror.
All that and workshops to.
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Well we’ve all heard the rumors, but it doesn’t make it any easier a pill to swallow. A note taped to the door yesterday said it all.
“Dear Patrons, The Montreal Bistro has closed its doors for good. Thank you for all your support and loyalty for so many years,”
The 120-seat Bistro has hosted legends such as Oscar Peterson and Phil Nimmons and nurtured the early days of Diana Krall and Joshua Redman.
“When you sat on that stage you were surrounded by jazz history,” recalled pianist Ron Davis.
The Bistro’s demise coming exactly one year after the closing of the Top O’ the Senator jazz club. While the Senator’s closure was related to the need for more theatre diners to fuel its adjacent dining room, jazz promoter Sybil Walker flouted industry speculation that Bistro owners Lothar and Brigitte Lang simply accelerated a discussed retirement because of a lease disagreement with their landlord.
In brief emails to the Toronto Star Lothar wrote: “After a long fight to overcome several severe setbacks and with no immediate help on the horizon, we had to close…. We wish the circumstances were different. It is not easy for all of us to realize that after 25 years we just lost our livelihood.”
The Langs, married 33 years, were honoured for lifetime achievement at the National Jazz Awards earlier this year.
It won’t be easy for jazz lovers to find a replacement for the 25-year-old institution, comparable to New York’s celebrated Village Vanguard for the plethora of talent and notable recordings it has hosted.
The Rex tonight has The Botos Brothers at 9:30. Tomorrow the Holly Clark Trio opens at 6:30 followed by the Jake Chisholm Quartet at 9:30. Make sure you leave Sunday open to check out Barry Romberg’s Random Access. The band features some of the finest improvising musicians on the Canadian scene: Kevin Turcotte-trumpet, Kelly Jefferson-saxophones, Rich Brown-bass, Geoff Young-guitar, David Ochipinti-guitar, Blair Mackay-percussion, Barry Romberg-drums.
The Red Guitar presents This Is Jazz Country!
Three nights of “jazz meets country music.” Jazz and Country music have always been like first cousins to each other. Come and hear some great singers and instrumentalists demonstrating how the two types of music go hand in hand. Tonight catch Victor Bateman’s Another Country. Friday has Mr. Rick and the Biscuits, and Saturday showcases the Tena Palmer Quartet.
So I got to playing on a friends computer the other day and whipped together this screensaver trying out some software. It’s made up of 71 of the bluenote album covers. Want to give it a try? Just choose your platform and download the installer.
While not stricly jazz, I think there are a few guitar pickers out there that might want to check this out.
So I got to playing on a friends computer the other day and whipped together this screensaver trying out some software. It’s made up of 71 of the bluenote album covers. Want to give it a try? Just choose your platform and download the installer.