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All members of The Monkees wrote a jazz song called “Goin’ Down” with help from another songwriter. Micky Dolenz initially sang the song a lot slower than it appeared on record. “Goin’ Down” was the B-side to The Monkees’ classic No. 1 single “Daydream Believer.” All members of The Monkees | James Jackson / Stringer
The members of The Monkees usually didn’t write their own songs. Despite this, all Monkees members came together to write a jazz song. Notably, the song in question was inspired by an earlier classic jazz track.
Micky Dolenz said members of The Monkees deserved credit along with their songwriters
During a 2019 interview with Wonderlust, Dolenz discussed how The Monkees made their music. “I was blessed to be part of it,” he said. “The Monkees was not just the four of us.
“It was songwriters [an all-star lineup of Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond],” he added. “It was producers.
All members of The Monkees wrote a jazz song called “Goin’ Down” with help from another songwriter. Micky Dolenz initially sang the song a lot slower than it appeared on record. “Goin’ Down” was the B-side to The Monkees’ classic No. 1 single “Daydream Believer.” All members of The Monkees | James Jackson / Stringer
The members of The Monkees usually didn’t write their own songs. Despite this, all Monkees members came together to write a jazz song. Notably, the song in question was inspired by an earlier classic jazz track.
Micky Dolenz said members of The Monkees deserved credit along with their songwriters
During a 2019 interview with Wonderlust, Dolenz discussed how The Monkees made their music. “I was blessed to be part of it,” he said. “The Monkees was not just the four of us.
“It was songwriters [an all-star lineup of Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond],” he added. “It was producers.
- 4/17/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Who have been playing shows with orchestral musicians for the past three and a half years, and every single night has wrapped up with “Baba O’Riley.” But Friday evening at the Ubs Arena in Elmont, Long Island, they stunned their fans by remaining on the stage and ripping into “Young Man’s Blues” as an extra encore. They hadn’t played the song since a one-off in 2014, and have only done it six other times in the past 40 years.
“Young Man’s Blues” was written by jazz pianist...
“Young Man’s Blues” was written by jazz pianist...
- 10/8/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a partial list of musicians we lost in the 2010s: Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Ornette Coleman, B.B. King, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Merle Haggard, Kitty Wells, João Gilberto, Ravi Shankar, Tabu Ley Rochereau, David Mancuso, Amy Winehouse, Abbie Lincoln, Gil Scott Heron, George Jones, George Martin, George Michael, Allen Toussaint, Donna Summer, Phife Dawg, Prodigy, Adam Yauch, Heavy D, Captain Beefheart, Robert Hunter, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Otis, Big Jay McNeely, Levon Helm, Kate McGarrigle, Guy Clark, Pete Seeger, Ralph Stanley, Gregg Allman,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Iggy Pop and the Pixies’ Frank Black marked what would have been Mose Allison’s 92nd birthday with unique takes on two tracks by jazz-blues great, “If You’re going to the City” and “Numbers on Paper.”
Both will appear on an upcoming Allison tribute album, If You’re Going to the City, out November 29th via Fat Possum.
On his rendition of the tribute album’s title track, Iggy Pop puts a delightfully goofy spin on Allison’s 1968 cut. The brassy flourishes from the original are still there — if...
Both will appear on an upcoming Allison tribute album, If You’re Going to the City, out November 29th via Fat Possum.
On his rendition of the tribute album’s title track, Iggy Pop puts a delightfully goofy spin on Allison’s 1968 cut. The brassy flourishes from the original are still there — if...
- 11/11/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Delbert McClinton describes his latest album Tall, Dark & Handsome, out July 26th, as “kind of a salute to Texas blues, the music I grew up on.” With respect to the always-succinct McClinton, it’s much more than that. As with his 2017 effort Prick of the Litter, the singer/songwriter/harmonica wizard shifts deftly between styles, smoothly segueing from straight-up blues to swing, country and jazz with the confidence of a master. It’s not a stretch to say that McClinton, at age 78, is making the best music of his career.
- 7/17/2019
- by Bob Paxman
- Rollingstone.com
Reclusive “Ode to Billie Joe” and “Fancy” songwriter Bobbie Gentry continues to inspire a new generation of artists including indie rockers Mercury Rev, who have debuted their uniquely psychedelic jazz rendition of the Mississippi legend’s swampy “Okolona River Bottom Band,” with vocal assistance from Norah Jones.
“Okolona” is the opening track on Mercury Rev’s forthcoming LP, The Delta Sweete Revisited, the Buffalo, New York band’s track-by-track recreation of Gentry’s sophomore LP, released 50 years ago next month. Coming on the heels of the singer-songwriter’s groundbreaking debut,...
“Okolona” is the opening track on Mercury Rev’s forthcoming LP, The Delta Sweete Revisited, the Buffalo, New York band’s track-by-track recreation of Gentry’s sophomore LP, released 50 years ago next month. Coming on the heels of the singer-songwriter’s groundbreaking debut,...
- 1/9/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
As widely noted, 2016 has been a year of painful loss in music. This month has been particularly bad: Canadian bard Leonard Cohen, jazz hipster Mose Allison, "Drift Away" songwriter Mentor Williams, Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Jules Eskin, music publishing icon/musical polymath Milt Okun, Country singer-songwriter Holly Dunn, music historian/Norton Records co-founder Billy Miller, the uncategorizable Leon Russell, hot-shot bassist Victor Bailey, guitarist Al Caiola, classical pianist and conductor Zoltan Kocsis, Black Crowes keyboardist Eddie Harsch, French electronica producer Jean-Jacques Perrey, Sri Lankan violinist W. D. Amaradeva, classic pop singer Kay Starr, jazz bassist Bob Cranshaw, beloved Los Angeles music journalist/proto-punk musician Don Waller, and Irish singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy. Bad news practically every day.
And now Sharon Jones, the sparkplug soul singer whose late-arriving fame is a heartening story of talent winning out and the value of persistance.
Born in Georgia or South Carolina (sources differ) but raised...
And now Sharon Jones, the sparkplug soul singer whose late-arriving fame is a heartening story of talent winning out and the value of persistance.
Born in Georgia or South Carolina (sources differ) but raised...
- 11/19/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
J.D. Souther Studio 201 July 21, 2012
Fans of '70s rock know John David "J.D." Souther's work even if they don't recognize his name. Linda Ronstadt, always good with a bittersweet ballad, made several of his highlights of her mid-decade LPs. Fellow Detroiter Glenn Frey and Souther hooked up again after both had moved to Los Angeles, and this eventually led to Souther co-writing several of the Eagles' biggest hits.
Those who do know his work swear by his output for the talented if commercially unsuccessful supergroup Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, and his occasional solo LPs offered his own versions of his songs made familiar by others plus plenty of "deep tracks." But after his fourth solo LP in 1984, he didn't release another one until 2008' If the World Was You. Fortunately he's kept his comeback going, and the opportunity to hear him in a very intimate setting arose thanks to a friend...
Fans of '70s rock know John David "J.D." Souther's work even if they don't recognize his name. Linda Ronstadt, always good with a bittersweet ballad, made several of his highlights of her mid-decade LPs. Fellow Detroiter Glenn Frey and Souther hooked up again after both had moved to Los Angeles, and this eventually led to Souther co-writing several of the Eagles' biggest hits.
Those who do know his work swear by his output for the talented if commercially unsuccessful supergroup Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, and his occasional solo LPs offered his own versions of his songs made familiar by others plus plenty of "deep tracks." But after his fourth solo LP in 1984, he didn't release another one until 2008' If the World Was You. Fortunately he's kept his comeback going, and the opportunity to hear him in a very intimate setting arose thanks to a friend...
- 7/23/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Since 1982, The National Endowment for the Arts has been awarding fellowships to a small cluster of jazz musicians (as well as jazz scholars, critics, managers, and club owners) recognizing “that this magnificent art form, so profoundly based in American culture, is one of America’s greatest gifts to the world.” Today the Nea announced four 'Nea Jazz Masters' for 2013: pianist/vocalist/composer Mose Allison, saxophonist Lou Donaldson, pianist/arranger/composer Eddie Palmieri and 'Village Vanguard' jazz club owner Lorraine Gordon. All four recipients are Jazz living legends and have shaped the genre as a whole.
Those honored receive a $25,000 grant and perform in a concert and ceremony for the awardees at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Previous recipients include Miles Davis (1984), Ella Fitzgerald (1985) and Herbie Hancock (2004).
In 2011, it was announced that due to budget cuts, the 'Nea Jazz Masters award' would be eliminated, but thankfully, that didn't come to bear.
Those honored receive a $25,000 grant and perform in a concert and ceremony for the awardees at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Previous recipients include Miles Davis (1984), Ella Fitzgerald (1985) and Herbie Hancock (2004).
In 2011, it was announced that due to budget cuts, the 'Nea Jazz Masters award' would be eliminated, but thankfully, that didn't come to bear.
- 7/18/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Paul Motian passed away at age 80 yesterday after complications from the bone-marrow disorder myelodisplastic syndrome. In a career that exceeded five decades, Motian was one of the most respected drummers in jazz history as well as a superb composer and adept bandleader. Critic Art Lange called him "that rare commodity, an intimate drummer." And here's a bit of trivia: Motian played at Woodstock, in Arlo Guthrie's band.
Even music lovers largely unfamiliar with jazz have heard his work with pianist Bill Evans, whose trio Motian played in from 1959 to 1964. Other piano greats who availed themselves of Motian's subtly swinging sense of rhythm included Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley, Carla Bley, Lennie Tristano, Mose Allison, Martial Solal, Enrico Pieranunzi, and Marilyn Crispell.
On his own records (perhaps to avoid comparisons?) he favored guitarists instead, most notably Bill Frisell. After graduating from their '80s apprenticeships in Motian's trio and quintet,...
Even music lovers largely unfamiliar with jazz have heard his work with pianist Bill Evans, whose trio Motian played in from 1959 to 1964. Other piano greats who availed themselves of Motian's subtly swinging sense of rhythm included Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley, Carla Bley, Lennie Tristano, Mose Allison, Martial Solal, Enrico Pieranunzi, and Marilyn Crispell.
On his own records (perhaps to avoid comparisons?) he favored guitarists instead, most notably Bill Frisell. After graduating from their '80s apprenticeships in Motian's trio and quintet,...
- 11/23/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Band plays entire Wasting Light LP at intimate Chicago club just one night before headlining Sunday concert.
By Gil Kaufman
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl at Chicago's Metro club
Photo: Gil Kaufman/ MTV News
Chicago — What a difference 16 years makes. The first time the Foo Fighters played Chicago's legendary Metro club they were that new band formed by Nirvana's ex-drummer and not many people had heard their debut.
But late Saturday night, less than 24 hours before they were slated to headline the closing night of Lollapalooza, they packed their stadium-rocking show into the 1,150-capacity club for a torrid, wall-sweating, nearly two-and-a-half hour gift to some very lucky fans who got to witness one of those rare "I was there" moments in rock.
Tweet your pics from Lollapalooza to @mtvnews and they could be featured on MTV.com!
"We're going to do the whole new record and then a bunch of old sh--,...
By Gil Kaufman
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl at Chicago's Metro club
Photo: Gil Kaufman/ MTV News
Chicago — What a difference 16 years makes. The first time the Foo Fighters played Chicago's legendary Metro club they were that new band formed by Nirvana's ex-drummer and not many people had heard their debut.
But late Saturday night, less than 24 hours before they were slated to headline the closing night of Lollapalooza, they packed their stadium-rocking show into the 1,150-capacity club for a torrid, wall-sweating, nearly two-and-a-half hour gift to some very lucky fans who got to witness one of those rare "I was there" moments in rock.
Tweet your pics from Lollapalooza to @mtvnews and they could be featured on MTV.com!
"We're going to do the whole new record and then a bunch of old sh--,...
- 8/7/2011
- MTV Music News
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