Crime Jazz Month: Miles Davis (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud)

Miles Davis’s outstanding contribution to Louis Malle’s classic slice of French Film Noir: Ascenseur pour l’echafaud (Elevator to the Gallows). The majority of the music was improvised on the spot by Miles and co. while the film was projected on the wall beside them. This is the sound one thinks of when one thinks of noir: moody, sad, and understated trumpet. A somber sound of harbors and bars and shadowed streets. The heightened step of one who feels pursued. Miles captures it all perfectly.

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April In Paris: The Music of Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, and more…

This Friday, 04/10/09, Bop and Beyond celebrates “April In Paris” with two hours of Parisian inspired jazz. From Don Byas to Django Reinhardt, we’ll cover the sounds of a Paris spring– with a special focus on the man who provided its main rhythm and flow: Kenny “Klook” Clarke.

Kenny Clarke lends his powerful drumming to three feature sessions: the Nathan Davis Quintet’s exquisite The Hip Walk, Dexter Gordon’s legendary summit with Bud Powell entitled Our Man In Paris, and the Miles Davis classic film score Ascenseur Pour L’échafaud.

We’ll also be hearing music from the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet, Von Freeman, Coleman Hawkins, and more.

So please join me this Friday, April 10th, 2009 at 6pm on WSVA Radio for a two hour celebration of Jazz in Paris!

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Celebrating Art Blakey’s Jazz Message (Part 2)

Our celebration of the music of Art Blakey continues this week with music from the 1960’s Jazz Messengers, including an ultra-rare French date for Fontana featuring Barney Wilen:

We’ll also be hearing music from the sextet line-up, plus some of Art’s final Blue Note sideman gigs, including Grant Green’s stunning masterpiece Nigeria:

Join me this Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at 6pm on WSVA Radio for two hours of unparalleled Art Blakey!

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