The Maple Blues Awards, Canada's national award programme that promotes and recognizes outstanding achievement in blues music, has announced their nominees for 2005. The nominees are selected by a distinguished panel of blues experts from across Canada, and winners are selected by the votes of Canadian blues fans.
The winners will be announced at a spectacular gala presentation at the Phoenix Concert Theatre ( Toronto) on Monday, January 16, 2006.
This year's nominations are dominated by a new generation of musicians, proving beyond a doubt that Canadian blues has a bright future. Second-generation bluesman Garrett Mason, son of Canadian blues legend Dutch Mason, has made an impression worthy of his lineage, and leads all nominees this year with nods in six categories. Close on Garrett's heels are Toronto's Paul Reddick and debut recording artist Julian Fauth with five nominations each. Ottawa is represented by three nominated young artists: Roxanne Potvin, Southside Steve Marriner, and 13 year-old Elyssa Mahoney.
Veterans of the Canadian blues scene who laid the foundation for these younger artists aren't outdone, however. Chris Whiteley received four nominations while Downchild Blues Band, who are celebrating their 35th year, have even more reasons to party after being recognized in three major categories. Four Downchild musicians also received individual nominations. Jack de Keyzer received three nominations to further sweeten his 25th year in the business.
The nominations reflect a blues scene that is alive across the country. In many categories, musicians from Ontario are nominated alongside artists from Quebec, the Prairies, the Maritimes, or the West Coast. In the hotly contested Electric Act of the Year category, Toronto acts Downchild and Jack de Keyzer received recognition opposite Halifax-native Garrett Mason, Winnipeg band The Perpetrators, and Vancouver blues-rocker David Gogo. Up for Entertainer of the Year, Kitchener's Mel Brown is in good company with Vancouver's Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne. Acoustic Act of the Year nominees include New Brunswick's Hot Toddy, BC’s Harry Manx, and Hamilton's Harrison Kennedy. Nowhere is the regional diversity more apparent than in the Female Vocalist of the Year category in which New Brunswick's Theresa Malenfant, Dawn Tyler Watson from Quebec, Ottawa's Roxanne Potvin, Toronto's Shakura S'Aida, and the ever-popular Saskatoon-born Suzie Vinnick all received nods.
Re: Эротические обложки альбомов - Erotic cover art Автор:pempeДата: 22.11.05 22:30:33
Jason Mraz has been hand picked by The Rolling Stones to support the group on five dates of their 'A Bigger Bang' tour. The first date was this Friday, November 18th in Las Vegas, NV.
'It is such an honor for me to be playing with the Rolling Stones, ' says Jason. 'Growing up listening to the Stones, I never would have imagined that some day I’d be playing on the same stage as them. This is incredibly exciting for me.' Jason Mraz is currently on a sold-out U.S. headlining tour that will wrap in mid-December. In addition, Jason will perform a concert in his hometown of Mechanicsville, VA on December 11th to benefit his alma mater's choir, the Lee Davis High School Chorus, in partnership with the Hanover Education Foundation.
Jason's current album, MR. A-Z, debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, and comes nearly three years after his breakthrough debut, the RIAA platinum-certified, Waiting For My Rocket To Come. MR. A-Z was produced by Steve Lilywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band) and features the new single, 'Geek in the Pink'.
Network LIVE, a joint venture between America Online, XM Satellite Radio and AEG, will present the John Mayer Trio at New York City's Bowery Ballroom next Wednesday, November 23rd to celebrate the November 22nd release of "Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert." Through Network LIVE's partnership with AOL and XM Radio, millions of John Mayer fans will have access to this intimate performance in real-time and on demand. The Network LIVE horizontal platform of partners allows artists to connect with millions fans, while still maintaining the intimacy of a small show. Moreover, it allows fans to enjoy the live performance live, or on demand. The exclusive performance will be broadcast live via AOL Music LIVE and XM Satellite Radio using the same highly successful and critically acclaimed Live8 model of live music content creation production, distribution and marketing.
Next Tuesday's highly anticipated live release from the John Mayer Trio comes on the heels of a six-week Trio tour that revealed the blues, soul, and rock partnership of John Mayer, Pino Palladino, and Steve Jordan. Try! was recorded at various venues throughout the tour, and features brand new songs such as "Who Did You Think I Was", "Gravity", and "Vultures", along with classic Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles covers, as well as workings of Mayer's Grammy-award winning "Daughters" and "Something's Missing."
The John Mayer Trio will perform on Good Morning America on Tuesday, November 22nd and The Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday, November 24th. Fans in the New York area will be treated to a special in-store performance by the Trio at Tower Records Village location on November 22nd. Performances on the CBS Early Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien are scheduled for December.
John Mayer is a Grammy-award winning, multi-platinum artist celebrated for his talent as a songwriter and guitar player. He has collaborated with a diverse range of artists from the prolific and iconic -- Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Buddy Guy, BB King, and John Scofield -- to ground-breaking, contemporary artists such as Kanye West, Maroon 5, and Alicia Keys. Drummer Steve Jordan (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones) and bassist Pino Palladino (the Who, Jeff Beck) are two of the most respected players in their field whose collaboration with John Mayer resulted in the formation of the John Mayer Trio, a soulful rock and blues band. The John Mayer Trio will release a live album -- Try! John Mayer Trio Live In Concert -- on Aware/Columbia Records on November 22, 2005.
Re: Carlos Santana. Какие мнения ? Автор:pempeДата: 19.11.05 11:59:50
Santana's All That I Am Enters the Billboard Charts
Santana's All That I Am at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. The new CD marks the third Santana album release on Arista Records. Carlos Santana co-produced All That I Am with Clive Davis, who also produced the multi-platinum and Grammy award winning albums Supernatural and Shaman, which have sold 30 million copies world wide in just six years since their release.
Santana also celebrated the release of All That I Am with a concert webcast by RealNetworks at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on release date Tuesday, November 1st. The new single "Just Feel Better" featuring an anthemic rock performance by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith ships to radio next week.
An inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Carlos Santana has won ten Grammy Awards, sold more than 90 million records, and performed to over 100 million people. Ever since Santana's electrifying performance at the original Woodstock in 1969, Carlos has been a globally renowned artist who continues to evolve and grow with every new endeavor. All That I Am builds on the legacy of one of the most extraordinary creative and personal journeys in music.
Re: Miles Davis - гений ХХ-го века Автор:pempeДата: 19.11.05 11:56:55
Miles Davis' "the Cellar Door Sessions 1970" will be released December 27 by Columbia/Legacy Jazz. Previously available as a fraction of the music herein and only initially issued domestically (in edited form on the two-LP set, “Live Evil, ” “The Cellar Door Sessions 1970” was recorded December 16-19, 1970 at a club in Washington, D.C., where the great trumpeter-bandleader Davis was at the helm of one his most stimulating groups.
The sextet on the Cellar Door's bandstand - Davis, saxophonist Gary Bartz, keyboardist Keith Jarrett, electric bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and percussionist Airto Moreiera - is a sheer marvel of kinetic energy. Adding another dimension of excitement on the final two discs is the blazing guitar of John McLaughlin. With the exception of young Henderson, who had made his bones as a Motown session ace and touring with Stevie Wonder, every member of this Davis band has subsequently proved to be a major figure in jazz; in his own way, each has placed a highly personal stamp on improvisation during the past 35 years. In 1969, the year Davis (1926-1991) recorded “In A Silent Way” and “Bitches Brew, ” he told Downbeat's Don DeMichael, “I could put together the greatest rock 'n' roll band you ever heard.” Well, here it is, and if the Davis group is not working the same blues-rockin' side of the street as the Rolling Stones (then billed as “the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world”), they're breaking on through to another side - the fearless and peerless jazz side of funkmeisters James Brown and Sly Stone, and rock deity Jimi Hendrix.
The 28 performances spread out over these six discs, running nearly six hours, add up to an inestimable document of the musical crossbreeding spearheaded by Miles and his crew. Bringing additional luster to this deluxe package is a number of previously unpublished photographs, as well as individual essays of four unforgettable nights by each of the six men who, with their leader, created the music that elevates the Cellar Door.
Re: Кто слушает джаз? Автор:pempeДата: 13.11.05 20:06:37
2Кот Котофеич >Кто такой гитарист Пьямента А как в оригинале пишется Пьямента?
>Oz Noy - это, действительно, израильский гитарист. >http://www.oznoy.com/mailinglist/newsJoesPub.html Что известно о другом израильском гитаристе Eyal Maoz. Его недавний альбом "Edom" вышел на Tzadik
Re: Джаз-рок вообще, и The Mahavishnu Orchestra в частности. Автор:pempeДата: 13.11.05 12:36:14
With a collective resume that ranges from the ostentatious stadium rock of David Lee Roth and Mr. Big to the fusion of John Scofield and John McLaughlin, the members of Niacin—keyboardist John Novello, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Dennis Chambers—clearly have chops to spare. What’s remarkable about their sixth release, Organik, is the unbelievable high level of energy maintained throughout. By the time the hour-long program is over, even the most indefatigable listener will be spent and exhausted. It’s a wonder that Niacin, after nearly ten years together, isn't feeling the inevitable onset of aging; but if anything, Organik manages to kick the level up a notch or ten from the group's last release, the live Blood, Sweat and Beers (Magna Carta, 2000).
While essentially an organ trio, Niacin is a far cry from groups like Medeski, Martin and Wood. MMW may be a jam band with roots that reach equally far and wide, but they come from a deep understanding of the jazz language. While Chambers has demonstrated a clear ability to work within the jazz tradition, Niacin is as much a product of progressive rock as it is fusion. Niacin, in fact, sounds a lot how Emerson, Lake and Palmer might have, had Lake been a more virtuosic bassist and Palmer a drummer who, in addition to demonstrations of lightning speed, could actually play groove and keep consistent time. There are hints of the same kind of mind-numbing speed-playing and progressive leanings of ELP at their prime on tracks like “4’5 3,” the exhausting “Barbarian @ The Gate,” and the Spanish-leaning “Super Grande.”
While bombast and excess are two words commonly associated with progressive rock and fusion—and Niacin is unapologetically overblown much of the time—it’s hard not to be drawn into the group's unrelentingly powerful world. There are few moments of respite, with the funky first half of “Magnetic Food” merely a subterfuge to lull the listener into relative calm before a kinetic, double-time middle section. And Sheehan, Novello, and Chambers often deliver more notes per second than would appear humanly possible. But as hyperactive as these players may be, the one thing that they cannot be accused of being is superfluous.
While the compositions often feature shifts in meter and tempo—“The Hair of the Dog” is a prime example—they always make perfect sense. Novello and Sheehan, who write the lion’s share of the music, don’t paste together mere pastiches of disjointed ideas. Instead, they endow a logic and flow upon even the most complex and knotty writing.
Sheehan’s often been called “the Van Halen of the bass” and for good reason. But like Chambers, whose dexterity remains frightening, he’s also ready to settle into a groove, albeit most often a high octane one. And Novello’s wealth of sonic textures is almost unprecedented.
Those who believe subtlety and understatement are key aspects of good music would be well advised to avoid Organik. But for those who like it in-your-face, unrepentant, and hyper-kinetic, Niacin is just the ticket.
Re: Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl... кто знает - ответьте! Автор:pempeДата: 12.11.05 22:47:13