[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 76, Issue 20

Sat Apr 18 14:57:50 PDT 2009

Monk seemed to think Ellington might have learned as much from him as vice versa, presumably bearing in mind PIANO IN THE FOREGROUND 

--- On Sat, 18/4/09, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com <dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com> wrote:

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:33:23 +0100
From: john petters <jdpetters at btinternet.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Monk on Jazz 625 BBC 4
Just enjoying the Thelonius Monk Quartet on BBC 4 after not enjoying the 
preceeding show by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
I do not like Hard Bop and Blakey's set lacked melodic structure for the 
most part.
No wonder the rock and rollers ousted the jazzers in the '50s.
Monk on the other hand is a different kettle of fish.
I have always liked Monk and I think the reason is that he plays tunes 
and they are simple, economic and make sense. He clearly owes more to 
Ellington than he does to Parker.
listening to his rhythm section with Ben Riley on drums, and it is 
apparent that this is not a million miles away from what most on this 
list would call OKOM. Or am I just becoming a dirty bopper?
Nice to see a young Humph compereing the show.
Have a good weekend.
-- 
John Petters
Amateur Raduio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com

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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:11:54 -0400
From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] George Wein's New Festivals
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The old man isn't letting any grass grow under his feet. You go,  
George. If you present the stars, the audience will come. But will  
they come on short notice?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

April 18, 2009 - NY TIMES - by Dave Itzkoff
New Festivals From George Wein

George Wein, the music impresario and longtime producer of the JVC  
Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, has announced  
the initial lineups for two new eponymous festivals that will run this  
summer in Newport, R.I. In a release, New Festival Productions said  
George Wein?s Folk Festival 50 would run from July 31 through Aug. 2  
and feature performers includingPete Seeger (right), the Decemberists,  
Arlo Guthrie, Fleet Foxes, Joan Baez, Neko Case and Judy Collins;  
George Wein?s Jazz Festival 55 would run from Aug. 7 through 9 and  
include Tony Bennett, Branford Marsalis, Etta James, Esperanza  
Spalding and theDave Brubeck Quartet. In 2007 Mr. Wein, 83, sold his  
company, Festival Productions, to Festival Network. Rhode Island  
officials said they had canceled Festival Network?s contract to  
present events at Fort Adams State Park, where the festivals have been  
held, because of late payments.

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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re. Ernie Kovacs
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:32:50 -0700
From: David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Interesting melody search tool (slightly off
	topic)
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Hi all

Last night I stumbled across this website:
http://www.musipedia.org/index.php?id=1&L=0

It is supposed to let you enter a melody, rhythm or other aspect of a  
song composition (using various keyboard, screen-visual or other  
inputs) and it will try to identify it. It did not work too well for  
me on the several songs I tried, but it does seem to have a bit of a  
"classical" bias at this point.

Interesting idea, anyway...

Dave Richoux

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