Jazz

Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper? I Say, Neither.

Sal Nunziato | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Brian Wilson, The Beatles, The Hollies, Beach Boys, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Charlie Parker, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Pet Sounds, Rubber Soul, Musical Taste, Revolver, Jazz, Sgt. Pepper, Paul Mauriat, Today, Boots Randolph, Moot the Hoople, Graham Nash, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

I'd like to say that I think The Hollies' Butterfly is a better record than The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 09.04.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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Old Dudes Played the Blues and I Listened

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 08.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Living, Jazz, Music, Alabama Slim, Boo Hanks, Roots of American Music, Music Maker Blues Revue, Adolphus Bell, Living News
Lindsay Mannering

This Sunday at Lincoln Center, the 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival featured the Music Maker Blues Revue, which helps the true pioneers an...

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New Orleans' Musicians Take Message to DNC and RNC

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Democratic Convention, New Orleans, Hurrican Recovery, Rnc, Jazz, Cyril Neville, Irma Thomas, Dnc, Wetlands, Blues, Music, Tab Benoit, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

On August 24 Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands All Stars have accomplished something that is quite remarkable -- they will open the Democratic Convention.

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The (Lounge) Lizard King: Happy Birthday, Buddy Greco

Tony Sachs | Posted 08.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Herman's Hermits, Siegfried & Roy, Rat Pack, Stan Getz, The Lady Is a Tramp, Buddy Greco, Peggy Lee, Las Vegas, Dean Martin, Beatles, Michael Buble, Pop Music, Palm Springs, Jazz, Show Business, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Standards, Hank Williams, Great American Songbook, Marvin Gaye, Charo, Lennon-Mccartney, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Buddy Greco's been counted out more times than a punch-drunk boxer, and he bounces back every time. And even in 2008, he's still one of the best jazz pianists around, and a hell of a singer, too.

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So You Think You Can Dance Round 4 Eliminations

Tonya Plank | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Benji Schwimmer, So You Think You Can Dance, Reality TV, Nigel Lythgoe, Ballet, Hip Hop, Breaking Entertainment News, Dance on TV, Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Mia Michaels, Jazz Funk, Modern Dance, Dance, Popping, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I thought this was Courtney and Gev's best week so far. I'm kind of glad they were in the bottom three, because otherwise we would not have been able to see that wicked Hip Hop routine!

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The Rights of Marriage, California Style

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Civil War, Betty Berzon, Little House on the Prairie, Books, Jazz, Max Roach, Engagement, Malcolm Boyd, Chris Freeman, Prejudice, California Marriage Ruling, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, West Hollywood, Mark Thompson, Slavery, James Berg, Gay Marriage, Love, Bravery, Living News
Tom Gregory

Love, West Hollywood highlights the human side of an inequality that is finally unraveling. We'll see what happens in California in the next six months -- the whole world is watching us.

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Herb Alpert Made My Wife Cry

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: '60s Pop Music, Music Business, Popular Standards, Sergio Mendes, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, New York City, This Guy's in Love With You, Beatles, Tijuana Brass, Record Industry, Jazz, Corrine Bailey Rae, Brazilian Music., Lani Hall, Tommy LiPuma, Rolling Stones, Burt Bacharach, Joe's Pub, Bill Moyers, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

My wife was a puddle of tears at Herb Alpert's show with his wife, singer Lani Hall, at Joe's Pub in New York last week. If you know Herb Alpert's music, you know it's not the type of thing that starts people spontaneously weeping.

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Alternate Grammys: The Best CDs of 2007

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Uk, Country, Sweden, World Music, Jazz, Mali, Folk, Rock N Roll, British, Grammys, Pop, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Record stores may be closing left and right but anyone who says there's no excitement in music just isn't listening.

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Satchmo For A Sawbuck: The Gully Low Jazz Band and Its Almost Secret Residency at Birdland

Sal Nunziato | Posted 02.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Anat Cohen, New Orleans, Jazz, David Ostwald, Birdland., Wycliffe Gordon, Louis Armstrong, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

You cannot beat the price or the enormity of the talent at Birdland on Wednesdays. Everytime I sit at the bar I think to myself, "Where is everybody?"

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Tribute To Oscar Peterson

Bob Rae | Posted 01.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Peterson Dead, Oscar Peterson Dies, Racism, Oscar Peterson, Music, Jazz, Canada, Entertainment News
Bob Rae

Oscar knew prejudice and despised it. He refused to play to segregated audiences, he fought for human rights, he loved Canada at its best and spoke out when he saw us falling below the standards he believed in.

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Jazz Legend Oscar Peterson Dies

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 12.24.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Peterson Dies, Oscar Peterson Dead, Jazz Legend, Jazz Legend Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson, Jazz Musician Oscar Peterson, Jazz, Entertainment News

Oscar Peterson, whose early talent and speedy fingers made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, died at age 82. His death was confirmed b...

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I Love The (Musicians In Their) 90s

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.01.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Pop Music, Time Travel, Britney Spears, Vintage, Jazz, Retro, Tony Martin, Irving Fields, Guitar, Frank Sinatra, New York, Tila Tequila., Piano, Les Paul, Music, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

I wanted to hear some of the biggest musical stars of 1948. In person. This weekend. Sure enough, a couple of phone calls later, I'd lined it up.

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