Music listings Nov 19, 2009
THE DANNY HARRINGTON QUARTET The baritone saxophonist and educator, noted for his dexterity and rich tone on the unwieldy instrument, leads his swinging, straight-ahead quartet through a program of great jazz standards, including pieces by fellow baritonists Pepper Adams and Gerry Mulligan. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23. (Boston Globe)
"Straight No Chaser" The Music of M... Jul 20, 2009
"His music is a brew indeed, wildly contrasting rhythmic bottoms and electronic serial sound, wrote Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), author of Blues People and Black Music ( Harper Perennial ). Born in 1926, Miles grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a privileged life. His family had a big house in the city and a 200-acre country estate where he loved to ride horses when he was a boy. Miles began playing the trumpet when he was 13-years-old, after receiving the instrument from his father and... (Suite101.com)
Cosby says 'hey, hey, hey' at Fenway Jul 11, 2009
On Wednesday, the Barquentine S.V. Concordia was visited by SBLI execs Bob Sheridan and Gerry Mulligan, UMass president Jack Wilson, Reebok exec Paul Foster, Bob Lawler of Entertainment Cruises (he runs the Odyssey), Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Robert Cordy, and PR guy George Regan. From 'Soup' to dinnerThe strange bromance between The Soup host Joel McHale and local car magnate Ernie Boch Jr. continues. (Boston Globe)
Bud Shank, 82; noted flutist, alto sax 'cool jazz' pioneer Apr 6, 2009
Along with Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, and Dave Brubeck, Mr. Shank was one of the prime creators of the West Coast school of cool, a style of jazz seen as the relaxed, melodic counterpart of California life in the 1950s. In fact, Mr. Shank disliked the isolationist term "West Coast jazz," and his spirited, energetic style belied his roots as an Ohio farm boy. (Boston Globe)
