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...ensure that Web radio can't function as a Napsterish file-sharing system forbid you to broadcast chunks of an album or a lot of tracks from one artist within a short period of time. However, just about any other narrower format is fair game. Computer technician and percussionist Amilcar Carvalho, of Brockton, Mass., who runs a Live365 station featuring the music of his native Cape Verde, uploads "over 100 songs a couple times a week" for pleasure. "I am a musician, and I love people to hear the music," he says...
...Paquito d'Rivera and Tito Puente over 12 days in March 2000 to visually and aurally document these aging Lions of Latin music. The project proved timely, because two short months after production finished, Puente passed away, and the footage remains one of the last recorded performances the legendary percussionist and bandleader ever gave...
...Hombres have been fond of performing suite-like tunes in the past. They indulged themselves with a lengthy, multi-sectioned rendition of “Bill’s Q Yvette,” a title which refers to Yvette Summers, the band’s diva and percussionist. After another dynamic solo from Mayfield, the focus was turned to the outstanding sideman of the group, pianist Red Atkins. With bassist Ed Livingston keeping time, Atkins danced through the tune, playing with various rhythms. This feature was followed by a showcase of the entire percussion section, from master percussionist Summers...
...warning bell sounded last year when the giant BMG Classics began to offload several of its most famous artists, including the percussionist Evelyn Glennie. There was speculation that when company sales failed to justify inflated costs of pop-star-like promotions, which can exceed $500,000, the management cried, "Re-structure." BMG declines to comment...
...Carter is the rare bassist who propels music as much with his ideas as his skills. On this, his first album-length experiment with Latin jazz, Carter realizes that others have come before him, so rather than beat the congas to a pulp, his expert quartet, featuring ace percussionist Steve Kroon, flirts with them. Latin classics like Besame Mucho and Corcovado are splendidly reworked into disciplined, mid-tempo jazz tunes, while samba-flavored Carter originals Loose Change and Mi Tempo prove that playing in the cultural middle ground has its own intellectual thrill...