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| Sam's HOT and SWEATY New York City Lullaby of Birdland! |
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► http://samharris.com/free
Sam takes a NYC train in the heat, and drags you
through the not so fresh feeling subway.
We go backstage of Birdland with Todd Schroeder
and Brooke Lundy, (also a Star Search victim!),
singing backup.
Sam tells a dirty joke, and the obligatory laughs
follow.
Live performance follows.
Sam is at BIRDLAND until 8/2.
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Birdland History...
Ever since most of Chicago's top musicians moved
to New York in the mid-to-late 1920s, New York
City has been the Jazz Mecca. Nearly every major
jazz style of the past seventy years has been
initiated in the Big Apple.
It was Charlie Parker, familiarly known to his
fans and fellow musicians as "Bird," a contraction
of Yardbird, his formal nickname, who was the
dynamic creative personality and genius of the
alto saxophone who served as the inspiration for
Birdland.
When the original Birdland opened fifty-eight
years ago in December, 1949, Charlie Parker was
the headliner and the club was located on
Broadway, a few blocks west of 52nd Street, which
was a hotbed of jazz in the 1930s and 40s.
Miraculously, just as the scene on 52nd Street
caved in, Birdland was born and quickly came to
prominence. For the next fifteen years, the club's
survival formula was built upon memorable double
and triple bills, commencing at 9 p.m. and
sometimes lasting 'til dawn. Click here to view
memorabilia from the original Birdland.
In addition to Bird, many jazz legends were
regulars at the club. Count Basie and his smokin'
big band made Birdland their New York
headquarters, eventually recording George
Shearing's "Lullaby of Birdland" live at the club.
John Coltrane's classic Quartet regularly appeared
at the club in the early 1960s, recording "Live at
Birdland." And the infamous Symphony Sid Torin
made a name for himself broadcasting live from the
club to radio listeners up and down the eastern
seaboard.
In its first five years of existence, 1,400,000
paid the $1.50 admission to make their way either
right to the cabaret section or left to the
intense listening bullpen to hear Birdland's
attractions and sample its atmosphere. Given the
artists on the bill, that comes as no surprise.
Birdland's booking history reads like a who's who
of jazz: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie,
Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bud
Powell, Stan Getz, Lester Young, Erroll Garner,
and many, many others.
Considering the excitement that Birdland generated
on a daily basis, it's no surprise that the club
attracted its share of celebrities. Regulars to
the nightly festivities included such household
names as Gary Cooper, Marilyn Monroe, Frank
Sinatra, Joe Louis, Marlene Dietrich, Ava Gardner,
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Sugar Ray Robinson.
As Allan Morrison, the long-time editor of Ebony
once put it, "Birdland was both a cultural vantage
point and a barometer of trends where all the big
names in jazz performed."
But as a new popular music, Rock & Roll emerged,
Birdland's fortunes declined in the 60's and its
doorswere closed on Broadway and 52nd in 1965.
After many 5 am nights, the club needed to take a
nap.
Birdland awoke uptown in 1986 at 2745 Broadway, on
the corner 105th Street. The uptown Birdland was
triangular. The stage was in the narrow center,
and as the triangle widened, there was a bar with
small tables. No musicians would deny the unique
acoustics this setup produced. In ten years, more
than 2,000 emerging artists performed at the club.
On many occasions, artists who performed at the
original club on 52nd street graced the stage of
the second version of Birdland as well.
Now, half a century later, the Birdland banner has
been reborn in midtown and called, "close to
perfection for serious fans and musicians," by The
New York Times. After a decade of neighborhood
success on the Upper West Side, John decided to
move the club back to Midtown. The new Birdland
offers top-flight jazz in a world class setting,
good sight lines and acoustics, elbow room, and a
menu ripe with award winning Southern Cuisine.
Since the reemergence of the club, midtown
Manhattan has been treated to some of the best
jazz on the planet, including memorable sets by
such musicians as Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny,
Diana Krall, Roy Haynes, Michel Legrand, Pat
Martino, Tony Williams, Hank Jones, Michel
Petrucciani, John Pizzarelli, John Scofield,
Phoebe Snow, Dave Holland, and Tito Puente, as
well as the big bands of Chico O'Farrill, Toshiko
Akiyoshi, and Maria Schneider.
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| Birdland(Remix)-Tribute to Joe Zawinul(1932-2007) |
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One man orchestra(F.Tenelli) play's his version of
Joe Zawinul's "Birdland"
On that day when I first heard about Jozy's death
I realised how important he was to me and to music
world in general so I wanted to do something
special and the best way for me would be the
musical form to do it.
It's now upto you to like it or not all I had to
say is thank you Jozy.
Josef Erich Zawinul (July 7, 1932 -- September 11,
2007) was a jazz keyboardist and composer.
First coming to prominence with saxophonist
Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with
trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the
earliest musicians to play jazz fusion, which
blended jazz with rock and roll. Later, Zawinul
co-founded the groups Weather Report and the
Zawinul Syndicate. Additionally, he made
pioneering use of electric piano and synthesizers.
Zawinul won 30 times the "Best Keyboardist" award
from American jazz magazine Down Beat's critics'
poll.
Several artists have honored Zawinul with songs,
notably Brian Eno's instrumental "Zawinul/Lava",
John McLaughlin's instrumental "Jozy", Warren
Cuccurullo's "Hey Zawinul" and Biréli Lagrène's
instrumental "Josef".
Joe Zawinul's Birdland
Jazz great and keyboard artist Joe Zawinul
personally chooses the program for Vienna's newest
jazz club "Birdland" -- named after one of his
most renowned compositions and the legendary New
York temple of jazz. And quite often, Zawinul
himself performs in his club.
Birdland is an elegant jazz and music club with
enough room for about 200 people to experience
first-rate international and Austrian musicians
from the realms of jazz, pop and world music.
Visiting groups perform for at least one week. To
the more or less outlandish sounds from all
musical styles, culinary delights of the highest
quality are served -- thus providing total
satisfaction to all senses.
The Jazz Corner of the World
"Birdland in New York," Joe Zawinul remembers,"
was known as the Jazz Corner of the World. At the
time, there were numerous great jazz clubs in the
city, but none of that class. At Birdland, you
found the best jazz musicians and bands. Duke
Ellington and the Count Basie Orchestra, Miles
Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Ella
Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington: this club simply had
it all. For me, it was the most important spot in
my life."
Zawinul personally will see to it that the Vienna
Birdland will become a deserving counterpart to
this "most important spot" -- by inviting young
talents and stars to Vienna and by initiating new
musical projects as well as encounters with the
native scene. Look and listen ...
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Affichage : 8796
Durée : 419 s |
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