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[from amaah] Jimmy McGriff, 72; blues organist whose audience crossed musical lines

"Jimmy Smith is the jazz king on the organ, but when it comes to blues, I can do things where he can't touch me," McGriff once said. Amen. The funky bluesologist has passed away. Organs in Philadelphia will be crying for years to come.

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[from amaah] Jose James live concert

akin to Bilal in that there is a hip-hop aesthetic and thus he's thoroughly modern but this is a jazz singer with a soul vibe rather than Bilal's soul singer with a jazz vibe. Sounds like Johnny Hartman, Jon Lucien and Andy Bey.

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[from amaah] JOSÉ JAMES The Dreamer

What a voice. My credit card is about to suffer. This guy puts most cats to shame. The 2008 answer to that question: what is jazz

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[from amaah] A Song for Lucien (for Jon Lucien 1942-2007)

"I would say that my sound is a romantic sound. It's water. It's ocean. It's tranquility." Jon Lucien's music, his rich Caribbean baritone and his cosmopolitan swagger were evidence of an always, already freedom.

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[from amaah] Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dr. Free-Zee

Drummers aren't supposed to be intellectuals. The instrument is so direct and intense that it purportedly attracts only your more, ah... physical types. Max Roach was an intellectual — the best kind of intellectual.

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[from amaah] The Beat Goes On, Minus a Virtuoso

"He was the beginning of it all," James Moody said. reminiscing on Max Roach

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[from amaah] The Drummer Who Beat a Path to the Height of Jazz Artistry

In the last half of the 20th century, there was no more influential drummer in jazz, no greater master of melody in the rhythm mode, than Max Roach. Thanks to his total command of polyrhythms, dynamics and coloration, "Greatest Ever, Drums."

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[from bushwald] EclipseCon 2007 - Network Management Evolution

Interesting notes on using RCP for IT management tasks. The need for operating at the batch level. Sounds like Jazz and Mylar could help out.

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[from amaah] "What is Jazz?" Festival

review of last year's great concert where Bobby Previte, the Charlie Hunter Trio, DJ Logic, and the Christian McBride Band - asked the musical question "What is Jazz?". Charlie Hunter is a bad, bad, man

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