From the book “Swing Under the Nazis” by Mike Zwerin.
In the middle of an interview, Miles Davis looked at the camera and said: “I’m no accident.”
I think that’s true of everyone who has achieved something great in music.
A little about the early years of Django Reinhardt. His achievements were no accident either.
– Ken McCarthy
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The entire wide-ranging, free-wheeling conversation – unedited – complete with numerous sidebars, including some genealogical information which despite Aurora’s surprise may actually have a degree of accuracy (to be continued.)
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Every week we screen a ton of videos to bring you the gems.
Last week, I coincidentally stumbled on two remarkable interviews that may transform your view of popular music in the 20th century.
The two short excerpts are followed by a performance that I guarantee will be a big surprise.
The influence of jazz is everywhere…
– Ken McCarthy Jazz on the Tube
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Michele Rosewoman and members of New Yor-Uba perform “The Egun and the Harvest”
Michele Rosewoman Trio perform ‘Akomado’ For Babaluaye
“Guerreros” Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba at Dizzy’s Lincoln Center 10/13
New Yoruba, October, 1984 in Warsaw, Poland a year after the group’s founding
Ed Kelly exploring Monk – “Well You Needn’t
Orlando “Puntilla” Rios – “El Breve Espacio”
– Ken McCarthy
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Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!
Rich Pulin of pulin4jazz.org talks about his life in jazz which included seven years with the Tommy Dorsey Band on trombone. Rich has been running a most innovative jazz education program for kids in Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) that could be a model for the nation.
– Ken McCarthy
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There are many ways to enjoy jazz: on record (or CD), on the radio, at a club, at a festival.
On this call we talk with producer Michael Lazaroff about what is possibly the most glorious way to enjoy jazz mankind has ever created: on a cruise.
Michael’s company Entertainment Cruise Production is the #1 producer of special theme cruises on earth and they got their start producing jazz chartered cruises in 2000 featuring artists the caliber of Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea.
Artists love it because they can arrange jam sessions on board that often just aren’t possible in “real life.” They also get to chill a bit versus flying in, playing and flying out, sometimes on the same day. They also love the sound system which has been tweaked to perfection and
Pat Metheny called “as good as Carnegie Hall.”
How wonderful is the experience?
Over the years, over 12,000 guests have repeated the experience four or more times!
Once is an incident. Twice is a coincidence. Three time is a plan. When people return to an experience four times or more it has to be special. On this call, we talk about some of what makes it so.
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