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THE SHARED INFLUENCES and CHARACTERISTICS of JAZZ FUSION and PROGRESSIVE ROCK by JOSEPH BLUNK B.M.E., Illinois State University, 2014
COMMON GROUND: THE SHARED INFLUENCES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JAZZ FUSION AND PROGRESSIVE ROCK by JOSEPH BLUNK B.M.E., Illinois State University, 2014 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master in Jazz Performance and Pedagogy Department of Music 2020 Abstract Blunk, Joseph Michael (M.M., Jazz Performance and Pedagogy) Common Ground: The Shared Influences and Characteristics of Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock Thesis directed by Dr. John Gunther In the late 1960s through the 1970s, two new genres of music emerged: jazz fusion and progressive rock. Though typically thought of as two distinct styles, both share common influences and stylistic characteristics. This thesis examines the emergence of both genres, identifies stylistic traits and influences, and analyzes the artistic output of eight different groups: Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis’s electric ensembles, Tony Williams Lifetime, Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Soft Machine. Through qualitative listenings of each group’s musical output, comparisons between genres or groups focus on instances of one genre crossing over into the other. Though many examples of crossing over are identified, the examples used do not necessitate the creation of a new genre label, nor do they demonstrate the need for both genres to be combined into one. iii Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Part One: The Emergence of Jazz………………………………………………………….. 3 Part Two: The Emergence of Progressive………………………………………………….. 10 Part Three: Musical Crossings Between Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock…………….... 16 Part Four: Conclusion, Genre Boundaries and Commonalities……………………………. 40 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………. -
Impex Records and Audio International Announce the Resurrection of an American Classic
Impex Records and Audio International Announce the Resurrection of an American Classic “When Johnny Cash comes on the radio, no one changes the station. It’s a voice, a name with a soul that cuts across all boundaries and it’s a voice we all believe. Yours is a voice that speaks for the saints and the sinners – it’s like branch water for the soul. Long may you sing out. Loud.” – Tom Waits audio int‘l p. o. box 560 229 60407 frankfurt/m. germany www.audio-intl.com Catalog: IMP 6008 Format: 180-gram LP tel: 49-69-503570 mobile: 49-170-8565465 Available Spring 2011 fax: 49-69-504733 To order/preorder, please contact your favorite audiophile dealer. Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat. Shout-Cisco (three 200g 45rpm LPs). Joan Baez, In Concert. Vanguard-Cisco (180g LP). The 20th Anniversary reissue of Warnes’ stunning Now-iconic performances, recorded live at college renditions from the songbook of Leonard Cohen. concerts throughout 1961-62. The Cisco 45 rpm LPs define the state of the art in vinyl playback. Holly Cole, Temptation. Classic Records (LP). The distinctive Canadian songstress and her loyal Jennifer Warnes, The Hunter. combo in smoky, jazz-fired takes on the songs of Private-Cisco (200g LP). Tom Waits. Warnes’ post-Famous Blue Raincoat release that also showcases her own vivid songwriting talents in an Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjá Vu. exquisite performance and recording. Atlantic-Classic (200g LP). A classic: Great songs, great performances, Doc Watson, Home Again. Vanguard-Cisco great sound. The best country guitar-picker of his day plays folk ballads, bluegrass, and gospel classics. -
Chick Corea Bio 2015 Chick Corea Has Attained Iconic Status in Music
Chick Corea Bio 2015 Chick Corea has attained iconic status in music. The keyboardist, composer and bandleader is a DownBeat Hall of Famer and NEA Jazz Master, as well as the fourth- most nominated artist in Grammy Awards history with 63 nods – and 22 wins, in addition to a number of Latin Grammys. From straight-ahead to avant-garde, bebop to jazz-rock fusion, children’s songs to chamber and symphonic works, Chick has touched an astonishing number of musical bases in his career since playing with the genre-shattering bands of Miles Davis in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Yet Chick has never been more productive than in the 21st century, whether playing acoustic piano or electric keyboards, leading multiple bands, performing solo or collaborating with a who’s who of music. Underscoring this, he has been named Artist of the Year twice this decade in the DownBeat Readers Poll. Born in 1941 in Massachusetts, Chick remains a tireless creative spirit, continually reinventing himself through his art. As The New York Times has said, he is “a luminary, ebullient and eternally youthful.” Chick’s classic albums as a leader or co-leader include Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes; Blue Note, 1968), Paris Concert (with Circle: Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul; ECM, 1971) and Return to Forever (with Return to Forever: Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreria and Flora Purim; ECM, 1972), as well as Crystal Silence(with Gary Burton; ECM, 1973), My Spanish Heart (Polydor/Verve, 1976), Remembering Bud Powell (Stretch, 1997) and Further Explorations (with Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian; Concord, 2012). -
Chick Corea – the Music Defies Words
By Allen Morrison PHOTO BY ARNE ROSTAD JAZZ ARTIST ‘The Music CHICK COREA Defies Words’ have no plan for this evening. So welcome to my living room.” Corea originals: the $amenco-inspired “Homage” and a previously unre- at’s how Armando “Chick” Corea opens a concert in Quebec, leased piano sonata called “e Moon.” as heard in the opening moments of Portraits (Stretch Records/ ese live albums are just two among Corea’s many recent projects. In Concord Jazz), his recent two-CD collection of live solo the past few years, he has toured and recorded with his current Latin-tinged performances. electric band e Vigil; formed the Grammy-winning Five Peace Band with ‘I Not to worry—he’s got this. John McLaughlin; reunited with his supergroup Return to Forever and He proceeds to unspool a program of favorite tunes by joined his RTF colleagues Stanley Clarke and Lenny White in an acoustic elonious Monk, Bill Evans, Stevie Wonder and Bud Powell; his improvi- trio; recorded Grammy-winning duos with Gary Burton and Béla Fleck; and, sations on compositions by Scriabin and Bartók; several original tunes from in his spare time, written and recorded !e Continents: Concerto For Jazz his album Children’s Songs ; and spontaneous musical “portraits” of volun- Quintet And Chamber Orchestra. teers from the audience at shows in Poland, Morocco, Lithuania and the Even the musicians who are closest to him wonder how he does it. Blade United States. Before each segment, Corea brings the audience into his con"- said it’s hard to separate the musician from the man. -
Chick Corea and Béla Fleck
Chick Corea and Béla Fleck Thu, April 24 ABOUT THE PROGRAM Royce Hall Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, two master songwriters, musicians, and band leaders 8pm meet in a historic duet of piano and banjo, combining Corea and Fleck’s classic tunes with music from their 2007 Grammy-winning album The Enchantment. With a mix of jazz and pop standards, crossing a myriad of genres, from jazz, PERFORMANCE DURATION: bluegrass, rock, flamenco and gospel, this will be a casual, intimate evening Approximately two hours; with two legends from different musical worlds. One Intermission The original Enchantment recording came about after the two artists had admired each other’s music for several years. Chick had previously recorded PRE-SHOW CONCERT three songs on Béla’s 1994 CD, Tales From the Acoustic Planet, as well as on the SCA Terrace Series featuring group’s 1996 live CD, Live Art. Sean Stevens and Andrew Davis. FREE - ROYCE TERRACE - 7PM Chick, in turn, had enlisted Fleck to perform with him and Bobby McFerrin on the 2002 Rendezvous in New York project. Fleck said that The Enchantment was “one of my greatest experiences as a Supported in part by the musician … playing with my hero, Chick Corea.” Chick returned the compliment Evelyn & Mo Ostin Endowment by saying that for the Performing Arts the album broke new ground for him, with Fleck inspiring him to delve into “unfamiliar territory.” “I love those kinds of challenges, and we had a blast on The Enchantment, which MEDIA SPONSORS: has a totally new kind of sound,” Chick says. ABOUT THE ARTISTS MESSAGE FROM THE CENTER: Chick Corea Since embarking on a solo career in 1966, Chick has been at the We’re incredibly proud to bring two of the most acclaimed forefront of jazz, both as a renowned pianist forging new ground with instrumentalists in the world to the Royce Hall stage. -
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions 2
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions 2012 Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY (upcoming August) Passage (Special Installation) The Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin 2011 Passage, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog) 2010 Glidepath, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2009 Emergency Response Studio, Rice University Gallery, Houston, TX (catalog); Also traveled to Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX; The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, TX; and Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Air Chair, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, CW Post Campus, Brookville, NY Janet Nolan and Paul Villinski, Art-O-Mat, Long Island City, NY Metamorphosis, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Airlift, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA Portent, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada Wishful Thinking, Scope New York Art Fair, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery 2005 Aloft, Gallery 138, New York, NY 2004 Annette Cyr & Paul Villinski, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Emerging Artists Program, New York, NY 2000 Lumenroom: Paul Villinski & Linn Meyers, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 Stephanie Dalpra & Paul Villinski, Zoön Gallery, New Haven, CT Ellen Harvey and Paul Villinski, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Emerging Artists Program, New York, NY Paul Villinski / David Krepfle, Artspace, -
Recorded Jazz in the 20Th Century
Recorded Jazz in the 20th Century: A (Haphazard and Woefully Incomplete) Consumer Guide by Tom Hull Copyright © 2016 Tom Hull - 2 Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................................................................................1 Individuals..................................................................................................................................................2 Groups....................................................................................................................................................121 Introduction - 1 Introduction write something here Work and Release Notes write some more here Acknowledgments Some of this is already written above: Robert Christgau, Chuck Eddy, Rob Harvilla, Michael Tatum. Add a blanket thanks to all of the many publicists and musicians who sent me CDs. End with Laura Tillem, of course. Individuals - 2 Individuals Ahmed Abdul-Malik Ahmed Abdul-Malik: Jazz Sahara (1958, OJC) Originally Sam Gill, an American but with roots in Sudan, he played bass with Monk but mostly plays oud on this date. Middle-eastern rhythm and tone, topped with the irrepressible Johnny Griffin on tenor sax. An interesting piece of hybrid music. [+] John Abercrombie John Abercrombie: Animato (1989, ECM -90) Mild mannered guitar record, with Vince Mendoza writing most of the pieces and playing synthesizer, while Jon Christensen adds some percussion. [+] John Abercrombie/Jarek Smietana: Speak Easy (1999, PAO) Smietana -
The Emporium Strikes Back | the Economist
The emporium strikes back | The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/21581755/print Shopping The emporium strikes back Retailers in the rich world are suffering as people buy more things online. But they are finding ways to adapt Jul 13th 2013 | From the print edition “THE staff at Jessops would like to thank you for shopping with Amazon.” With that parting shot plastered to the front door of one of its shops, a company that had been selling cameras in Britain for 78 years shut down in January. The bitter note sums up the mood of many who work on high streets and in shopping centres (malls) across Europe and America. As sales migrate to Amazon and other online vendors, shop after shop is closing down, chain after chain is cutting back. Borders, a chain of American bookshops, is gone. So is Comet, a British white-goods and electronics retailer. Virgin Megastores have vanished from France, Tower Records from America. In just two weeks in June and July, five retail chains with a total turnover of £600m ($900m) failed in Britain. Watching the destruction, it is tempting to conclude that shops are to shopping what typewriters are to writing: an old technology doomed by a better successor. Seattle-based Amazon, nearing its 19th birthday, has lower costs than the vast majority of bricks- and-mortar retailers. However many shops, of whatever remarkable hypersize, a company builds in the attempt to offer vast choice at low prices, the internet is vaster and cheaper. Prosperous Londoners and New Yorkers ask themselves when was the last time they went shopping; their shopping comes to them. -
Lead Belly November 1-7, 2004
September/October 2004 Issue 270 Free 30th Anniversary Year www.jazz-blues.com Ninth Annual American Music Masters Shine A Light On Me, the Life and Legacy of Lead Belly November 1-7, 2004 Lead Belly September/October 2004 • Issue 270 Ninth Annual American Music Masters Shine A Light On Me, the Life and Legacy of Lead Belly November 1-7, 2004 Presented by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Published by Martin Wahl Communications ead Belly was inducted into the feur (for John Lomax) and occasional per- Editor & Founder Bill Wahl Rock and Roll Hall of Fame former. During the last 15 years of his life, Land Museum in 1988. The he found an appreciative new audience in Layout & Design Bill Wahl Rock Hall will celebrate Lead Belly’s the leftist folk community, befriending the legacy in their Ninth Annual American likes of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Operations Jim Martin Music Masters, this November. Lead Much like Guthrie, he performed for politi- Pilar Martin Belly was one of the most influential art- cal rallies and labor unions in his later ists of the twentieth century. An emblem years. His keening, high-pitched vocals and Contributors of American Folk music, Lead Belly had powerful, percussive guitar playing com- Michael Braxton, Mark Cole, Chris a profound influence on artists such as manded attention, and he became known Hovan, Nancy Ann Lee, David Muddy Waters, Pete Seeger, Neil Young, as “the King of the Twelve-String Guitar.” McPherson, Peanuts, Mark Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Kurt Lead Belly recorded for a variety of labels, Smith, Duane Verh and Ron Cobain. -
Musical Expressions in Times of Uncertainty
Musical Expressions in Times of Uncertainty: A Study Of Gideon Klein’s Songs Opus 1 (1940) A document submitted to The Graduate School of the University of Cincinnati in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS in the Keyboard Division of the College-Conservatory of Music 2012 by Galit Gertsenzon Fromm B.A. Tel Aviv University, 2001 M.A. Tel Aviv University, 2003 Committee Chair: Steven J. Cahn, Ph.D Abstract An important set of works by Gideon Klein, the Three Songs Opus 1 (1940) is the subject of my DMA document. Klein, a Czech-Jewish pianist and composer, was twenty-five years old when he died in Fürstengrube camp, following an internment in the Terezín concentration camp. On the broad level, the compositions discussed in this document manifest a significant contribution to the musical canon of the twentieth-century repertoire. Yet, the choices of texts and musical expressions also suggest the possibility that these works respond to historical and personal events Klein experienced while composing them. The songs, set to texts by Goethe, Johann Klaj and Friedrich Hölderlin, portray a variety of scenes that involve few optimistic hints yet mainly they express melancholy, solitude, and uncertainty. Given the historical context of these compositions, the heart of my document focuses on the following question: How are the textual and musical expressions of melancholy and solitude in these songs are influenced by Klein’s own uncertainty and how do the manifold musical images of these songs coalesce in a historic testimony of this most horrific time? In exploring this question, I examined the musical score of the songs. -
Downbeat.Com July 2010 U.K. £3.50
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Tower Records up for Sale
FOUNDED 1857 SATURDAY MAY 10, 2003 www.sacbee.com • • • $1.50 Tower Records Up For Sale By Dale Kasler Staff Writer Tower Records, humbled by debts buyers would want to keep and edging closer to bankruptcy, has those facilities intact. put itself up for sale. That would be a relief to Capping a painful, two-year struggle West Sacramento, where the to regain prosperity, Sacramento's company has kept a low profile Solomon family hired a Los Angeles but is still a major -- and presti- investment banker to find a buyer for gious -- employer. the legendary music retailer, that bank "Having a company like said Friday. Tower Records headquartered Founded in Sacramento in 1960, in West Sacramento gives us Tower grew into an international brand tremendous bragging rights," and pioneered the era of the music said Val Toppenberg, the city's Tower founder Russ Solomon, right, and son megastore. In the past few years, how- redevelopment director. Michael at the West Sacramento headquarters. ever, the rise of discounters and the The Solomons declined com- Internet sapped its strength. ment Friday. that business -- it's a turbulent time." The decision to sell followed Tower's The decision to sell wasn't surprising Greif indicated that the Solomons, declaration on April 29 that it might to many in the music industry, given whose patriarch, Russ Solomon, miss a $5.2 million interest payment on Tower's financial troubles and the founded the company, could play a its bonds. slump facing music retailers. Chilmark role in the post-sale Tower. Although Tower, which also sells Partners, a Chicago investment bank "Russ Solomon's relationships in the books, has had other brushes with hired by Tower in 2001, tried to sell industry are the envy of virtually bankruptcy in the past two years, the the company's U.S.