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In her career, flutist and soprano-saxophonist Jane Bunnett has consistently championed Cuban jazz musicians, visiting Cuba often to donate instruments and discover talent who she often added to her groups.

In recent times she has led the all-female Cuban sextet Masqueque, performing originals and folk melodies in a particularly inventive and infectious brand of Afro-Cuban jazz.

For this home concert from Mar. 30, 2020, Jane Bunnett performs with half of her group, interpreting memorable material with pianist Dánae Olano and singer Magdelys Savigne.

This setting is a particularly fertile setting for Bunnett who, in addition to her very important work as a talent scout, shows that she is one of today’s greats on both soprano and flute.

– Scott Yanow

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10 Rules for a successful livestream

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10 Rules for a successful livestream

If you can avoid it, no need to get professional video people involved. Like doctors and lawyers they will complicate ($$$) everything. (There are some exceptions. See Live at Vito’s in Seattle)
Simple and homemade is absolutely fine. People actually prefer it
The first place to spend money/nerdom is on sound quality (good microphone or microphones, mixer)
If all you can manage is one camera on a tripod, that’s fine, but if you have a band, it’s better to have a live person who can change vantages and focus on soloists
Up close and personal is better than a camera shooting from the back of the room
This is TV, the small screen, not a concert hall stage or a noisy club. Talk like you’re talking to a person, not an audience
Make sure the payment/donation button is front and center and absolutely visible and easy to find
Record and archive your stuff
Make sure there’s a clear link to your merch – CDs, T-Shirts etc.
Invite people to join your EMAIL list. Everything else (Facebook, Twitter etc) is a distant second in value

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Chopin and Jazz

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Who appreciates – and understands – Chopin the most?

The proof is in the pudding.

Reading is one thing. Playing the spirit is another.

How many classical pianists could hold their own in Chopin’s salon?

Here’s four jazz musicians who would have been welcome guests.

Barry Harris

James Booker in Leipzig

Erroll Garner “Chopin Impressions”

A little “Bud on Bach”. Bud Powell.

– Ken McCarthy
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Seth & Will Kibel, Live from the Basement!

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Review:

This is the thirteenth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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Seth Kibel is usually a very busy musician, performing in the Washington/Baltimore area where he is based and throughout the East Coast; he plays jazz, klezmer, blues and rock on tenor, clarinet and flute with such groups as the Alexandia Kleztet, the Bay Jazz Project and The Natty Beaux.

He performs a set of duets with his teenaged son pianist Will Kibel, playing such numbers on clarinet, tenor and flute as “Lady Be Good,” a Joe Henderson song, some klezmer, “Bei Meir Bist Du Schon,” “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free,” Junior Walker’s “Hot Shot,” “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” ”Have You Met Miss Jones,” “Wave,” “There Will Never Be Another You,” and “Blue Skies.”

There is a lot of joking around between songs as Seth Kibel puts on a good-humored, joyful and warm performance.

-Scott Yanow