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Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 6)

Every couple of months or so, I spend a few hours running my e-fingers through the iTunes' "bins" looking for jazz gems that have been quietly added to the store's inventory. At iTunes, it seems, albums are flipped in abstractly, like baseball cards, barely promoted and sometimes even mislabeled. That happened with a James Moody collection I found recently. As jazz lovers know, iTunes doesn't do much to market jazz titles, preferring instead to plow the glitz into rap and rock. This means many

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Today On Radio 2 17/11/08

Some voices and the songs they sing seem to embody time and place in the growth of a nation. Maybe it's a timing thing, musical sensibility meeting up with social realities, and human need. Anyway, if that seems a little high falutin' for first thing on a Monday, this won't be: Gordon Lightfoot (whose music did all of the above, a few decades ago) turns 70 today. And after some poor health, a few years ago, he's back -- heading out on tour in 2009. Meanwhile, some chat around the Radio 2 Mor

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Tito Puente: The Complete 78s, Vol. 2

Tito Puente The Complete 78s, Vol. 2 Release Date: September 23, 2008 Label: Fania/Emusica 7.0 out of 10 6:00 a.m. by Dan Nishimoto According to Paul Mawhinney, owner of the "world's largest record collection,"

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MORE SHOW CHANGES

Now picture this with Tito Puente drums playing behind it. Yesterday The Venetian’s fledgling show The Real Deal! announced a couple of tweaks, and today Sahara’s Raw Talent Live follows suit. The show will now be called Fuego Raw Talent in an effort to highlight the show’s Latin flair. About 30 percent of the show is in Spanish. We kind of hope they start to really push that angle, and start adding a bullfight to the production. Ole!

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Miriam Makeba RIP

Miriam Makeba - “Mama Africa” “Listen - Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata - MP3″ Greetings all. I wasn’t expecting to do a midweek post*, but I heard the news of yet another important passing (no less that the ninth reported here in the last few months), and could not let it go by without taking note. The group of musical émigrés that came to the US from South Africa in the 1960s, including Hugh Masekela, Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semanya, and Jonas Gwangwa has always held a fascination for me. They all m

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V.A. - Jazz Cafe series [REUPLOAD @320]

reuploaded in @ 320Afterhours01- Sonny Rollins & Co. With Herbie Hancock - Round Midnight02- Paul Desmond Feat. Jim Hall - Theme From Black Orpheus03- Chet Baker - Somewhere Over The Rainbow04- Don Byas With Martial Solal - I Can't Get Started05- Phineas Newborn - What's New06- Lee Konitz Quintet - These Foolish Things07- Dizzy Gillespie - Everything Happens To Me08- Bob Mintzer - Three Views Of A Secret09- Django Reinhardt And The Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France - I'll Never Be The Same10-

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My Five Minutes of Musical Fame

While working out on the elliptical the other day, I was thinking about my musical career and my former bandmates. I never became a professional musician, but I have certainly had some mild touches with great players who went on to become pro musicians.I first learned to play the drum set as a sophomore in high school. My very first band was based in a town called Forest Hills Gardens in Queens, New York. We were best friends with another band, and all of us used to jam with each other. The lead

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TITO PUENTE JNR FT INDIA - ‘OYE COMO VA’

Tito Puente Jnr “There was magic in the music my father made. It made people happy, all over the world. My goal is to keep it alive, and in doing so, expose it to a whole new generation.” This same ethos is mirrored by the hot new label Big In Ibiza who having resigning the huge 90’s classic dance mixes of the timeless song ‘Oye Como Va’ have reworked it with fresh mixes for 2008 opening it up to a whole new audience. Having been covered consistently since it’s original Latin roots in the 19

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SOUNDSATIONAL presents "SWINGIN' CHEESE" La Douce Records

SOUNDSATIONALpresentsSWINGIN' CHEESECROON TUNES & KITSCHERAMALA DOUCE RECORDS 1. Exotica - Orlando, John 2. Here I Am, Baby - Robinson, Smokey 3. Secret Agent Man - Sloan, P.F. 4. Hawaii Five-O - Stevens, Mort 5. Oye Como Va - Puente, Tito 6. Old Devil Moon - Harburg, E.Y. 7. Poppa Lo Quero (Cha-Cha) - Lobsa 8. The Spanish Flea - Wechter, Julius 9. Quando, Quando, Quando - Renis, Tony 10. Light My Fire - Densmore, John 11. Bocaccio Soul - Alguero, Augusto 12. A Hard Day's Night -

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VA - Back To 95 (2CD) (2008)

VA - Back To 95 (2CD) (2008) 2 CDs - 40 Tracks @ 128kbps - 141Mb - Retail With Covers CD: 1 01 - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Let The Beat Hit 'em 02 - Bucketheads - Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) (Ext Mix) 03 - Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People (Original Club Mix) 04 - Gusto - Disco's Revenge 05 - De'lacy - Hideaway 06 - Jaydee - Plastic Dreams 07 - MK - Burning (Mk Vibe Mix) 08 - George Morel - Morel's Groove Part 4 (Lets Groove Mix) 09 - Chicago People - Love Changes (Smack Mix) 10 -

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Upcoming D1PW show

Upcoming D1PW show Filed under: Division 1 Pro Wrestling, U.S. Indies, Upcoming Events, Wrestling — Tags: Kevin Sullivan — invizweb @ 9:20 pm Friday December 5th 7:30 pm Fred Lippman Center 2030 Polk St. Hollywood, FL D1PW (Division 1 Pro Wrestling) presents Hardcore Holiday Main Event:Extreme Christmas Tree Match - Christmas Tree at ringside with giftwrapped weapons under the tree Kevin Sullivan vs. The Sheik D1PW Heavyweight Title: Bruce Santee vs. Chris Gray D1PW Tag Team Titles: L

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A Tuneful Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen jazz essentials -- essential at least as far as I’m concerned.These are my faves. Listen. Learn. Enjoy.“Take Five” -- Dave Brubeck Quartet“Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” -- Charles Mingus“A Night in Tunisia” -- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers“So What” -- Miles Davis and John Coltrane“Ko Ko” -- Charlie Parker“Straight, No Chaser” -- Thelonious Monk Quartet“’Round Midnight” -- Miles Davis Quintet“Acknowledgement” (Pt. 1/A Love Supreme) -- John Coltrane“My Funny Valentine” -- Chet Baker and Sta

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FREE DRUM CLINIC // MUSIC HALL WEEKEND: Jeff "Tain" Watts // India, The Princess of Salsa

JEFF “TAIN” WATTS FREE DRUM CLINIC AND REHEARSAL @ JAZZ CAFÉ AT MUSIC HALL on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH FROM 11 AM TO 12:30 PMJazz Masters Classes is proud to have drummer extraordinaire, Jeff “Tain ”Watts give a free drum clinic on Saturday, November 8th at Jazz Café at Music Hall, from 11 AM until 12:30 PMAttendees will also be able to view the Quartets rehearsal.Watts, whose Quartet plays a quartet of shows with a pair on both Friday, November 7th and Saturday, November 8th, at 10 PM and midnigh

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SUNDAY, Nov. 2, 2008 - Elizabeth C. Gorski (Geraint's beloved / Pumpkin bomb-throwing enemy of 115-Across / They're hidden in a Hirschfeld sketch)

Relative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: "Web Master" - It's all about "THE AMAZING [[[[=]]]] MAN" [that's my visual representation of a "SPIDER," btw][please note that the last square in 25-Down should contain the word "SPIDER" in its entirety - my Across Lite program can't / won't display all the letters ... wait, here's an update:]Well, the cluing on the theme-revealing answer today has been reclued since the first version I saw, and I like this version MUCH much better. Here, I am told

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The Happy Jazz Show November 2008

Hour 1 – Adrian Leach click here to download hour 1 Tino Contreras : En El Viejo Estambul Stan Free : Manteca Candido : New Secrets Machito : Alex Mambo Mauricio Smith : Dougs Room Al Escobar : A & E Mambo Bobby Madera : Rhythmambo Shorty Rogers : Mambo Del Crow Illionois Jacket & Ben Webster : Mambocito Mio Johnnie Pate Quintet : Muskeeta Slim Gaillard : Yo Yo Yo Charles Rodriguez : Dime La Verdad Pio Leyva : El Pregon De La Montana Julio Gutierrez : Exciting Sabu Mart

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COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE HARRYHAUSEN

Just in time to join our continued COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN, a collection of every RAY HARRYHAUSEN animated creature (and in chronological order yet)…And dig that crazy TITO PUENTE background music, crazy!….ENJOY!      

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BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Celebrates its 25th Anniversary October 28, 2008

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center celebrates its 25th anniversary with the return of multi-Grammy nominee, JJA Award winner, world renowned artist Bobby Sanabria in concert on Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2008 at 7:30 PM. Drummer, percussionist, bandleader, composer, arranger and multi-cultural warrior: No matter what hat Bobby Sanabria may wear, his goal is always to create music with style, grace, and a deep-seated sense of passion and commitment. Hailed as cross between Buddy Rich, Bill

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BTC: Ray Harryhausen’s Monster Menagerie

Hooray, Halloween is almost heeeere. What better way to greet the final stretch than to wake and stretch with this bonafide monster mash, courtesy of the great master of make believe, stop-motion model animator, Ray Harryhausen? (Added bonus: Tito Puente!) More rousting clips of Harryhausen’s creations under the cut. Read the rest of BTC: Ray Harryhausen’s Monster Menagerie Post tags: Animation, Art, Better than coffee, Fairy Tales, Film, Flora & Fauna, Sculpture

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D1PW Results

D1PW Results Filed under: Division 1 Pro Wrestling, U.S. Indies, Upcoming Events, Wrestling — Tags: Mike Mondo, Savio Vega — invizweb @ 8:59 pm D1PW 2 Year Anniversary Show results from Saturday in Davie, FL A very enthusiastic crowd of 280 was treated to D1PW’s most action packed show to date. Jaison Moore defeated Craig Classic due to a distraction from Andrew Wolf The Loggers defeated The Poppers to retain the tag team titles. Chris Jones defeated Fantastic Dantastic to retain the Crui

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Maria Isa on Music and Arts Education

photo: B Fresh Photography How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music? I came into making music because I grew up around musicians, and I was influenced by different styles of music through the many vocalists in my family. My grandmother, Aminta Ortiz-Perez from Ponce, Puerto Rico, sang Tango, Boleros, and Plena; my grandfather, Felix Jesus Perez from San Juan, Puerto Rico, played the trumpet and was a vocalist; my aunt, Mila Ll

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