Sometimes you should just let a dead guy rest. When the dead guy is Nat King Cole, whose jazz trio recordings of the forties are some of the best that jazz has to offer, you should leave well enough alone. Doing an album of Nat King Cole remixes, 44 years after his death, is like… Read More Remixers Make Nat King Cole Roll Over In His Grave
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Orange Tree Samples has released a free sample library for Kontakt, Jazz Drumset (direct link): In celebration of this month, I’ve decided to release a free jazz drumset sample library. This sample library features unique and rare drums and cymbals and has an excellent tone suitable for jazz and funk. You can preview the sample… Read More Free Jazz Drumset Samples For Kontakt
Big Fish Audio has introduced a new sample library, The Jazz City Collection. Description: Inspired by the classic 1950s and 1960s jazz albums of artists like John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and others, Jazz City features 14 construction kits of traditional Jazz loops. Also included is a substantial amount of extras and alternate loops,… Read More Big Fish Audio Releases The Jazz City Collection
The awesome Pamelia Kurstin performing at TED! SHe discusses the theremin and performs Autumn Leaves, Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life and a composition by David Mash, Listen: the Words Are Gone. Piano: Makoto Ozone Born in Los Angeles, Kurstin currently resides in Vienna, and performs with acclaimed eccentric rockers Barbez, among many others. Her latest solo… Read More Pamelia Kurstin: Theremin player
Fusion jazz pianist, keyboardist, synthesist and composer Joe Zawinul, best known for his work with the group Weather Report, has died at the age of 75. Zawinul died today in Vienna, from a rare form of skin cancer. Zawinul played with Cannonball Adderly, Dinah Washington and Miles Davis. With Davis, Zawinul helped create the jazz… Read More Fusion Synth Pioneer Joe Zawinul Dead At 75
Loopmasters has introduced with a new collection of jazz samples. Containing a massive 3GB of original samples, all played by seasoned professionals, Jazz Sessions is designed add authentic swing, soul and jazz attitude to your productions. While the idea of sequencing jazz seems a little ass-backwards, the collection sounds like it would be right at… Read More Loopmasters Releases Jazz Sessions DVD
Avant jazz guru Bill Laswell has created Method of Defiance, a new super group that marries drum and bass electronic beats with the improvisation of jazz musicians. Inamorata is possibly one of his most ambitious projects in a prolific career that has included producing Grammy winning albums and singles for Herbie Hancock – who makes… Read More Bill Laswell Forms Jazz / Drum and Bass Super Group
PlayJazzNow.com, a website featuring downloadable play-along tracks for instrumentalists and vocalists, has announced the addition of play-along tracks for jazz drummers and percussionists. The site already offers tracks for keyboardists, so one can download backing tracks for pretty to practice any role in a jazz ensemble. Since its inception last June, PlayJazzNow.Com has offered downloadable… Read More PlayJazzNow.com Adds Playalong Tracks for Jazz Drummers and Percussionists
Monkey Straddle, the debut CD of Nnnj (“inch”) on The Agriculture records, is an interesting downtempo blend of influences ranging from ambient to jazz to IDM to world music. Nnnj’s music falls into the broad downtempo category – but the tracks on Monkey Straddle are some of the most interesting examples of the genre that… Read More Nnnj – Monkey Straddle
