Michael Cuscuna, the three-time Grammy winner, Mosaic Records co-founder, historian and archivist who produced hundreds of jazz reissues and studio sessions during his career, has died. He was 75.
Cuscuna died Saturday of cancer at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, Grammy-winning recording artist Billy Vera, a longtime friend, announced.
Cuscuna produced the 1970 album Buddy & the Juniors, featuring Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Junior Mance, for Vanguard Records, and 1972’s Give It Up, Bonnie Raitt’s lone gold album during her time at Warner Bros.
He produced reissues and studio sessions for Impulse, Atlantic, Arista, Muse, Elektra, Freedom, Novus and virtually the entire Blue Note catalog.
“Plainly stated, Blue Note Records would not exist as it does today without the passion & dedication of Michael Cuscuna,” execs from the label wrote on Instagram.
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Cuscuna died Saturday of cancer at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, Grammy-winning recording artist Billy Vera, a longtime friend, announced.
Cuscuna produced the 1970 album Buddy & the Juniors, featuring Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Junior Mance, for Vanguard Records, and 1972’s Give It Up, Bonnie Raitt’s lone gold album during her time at Warner Bros.
He produced reissues and studio sessions for Impulse, Atlantic, Arista, Muse, Elektra, Freedom, Novus and virtually the entire Blue Note catalog.
“Plainly stated, Blue Note Records would not exist as it does today without the passion & dedication of Michael Cuscuna,” execs from the label wrote on Instagram.
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Readers of Blues & Rhythm magazine know his work in the blues field,...
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- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Rolling Stones have curated a new compilation, Confessin’ the Blues, that will feature songs from blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. The set arrives November 9th via BMG and Universal.
Confessin’ the Blues fittingly opens with Waters’ “Rollin’ Stone” and features other classics like Berry’s “Little Queenie,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Litle Red Rooster” and Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover.” The collection will also boast tracks from Elmore James, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell,...
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- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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Tonight’s episode, about alcohol, could have been a mind-bending assault from After-school Special Land, and while there was a bit of that creeping in, the episode managed to be somewhat surprising in its over-all message that yes, alcohol is (or at least can be) fun, but not something to be treated lightly. We were spared most of the teen-show booze clichés (car crash, parental scolding, any real consequences) and only saw the most refreshingly banal of after-effects (vomiting, hangovers,...
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Fox The glee club performs.
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But instead they cut loose, got “slizzard” and drove home a message of responsible drinking without hitting you over the head with it. And boy, was it needed.
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If it weren’t for the booze, this “Blame It on the Alcohol” episode would have been Part 1 of the Rachel Berry party: a snoozefest. Umm, yeah, we gotta leave, we have dinner reservations.
But instead they cut loose, got “slizzard” and drove home a message of responsible drinking without hitting you over the head with it. And boy, was it needed.
Principal Figgins tried to impose a week of sobriety with “Alcohol Awareness Week...
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- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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As well as lots of new Glee music, of course. Below, we've listed four of the songs that will be covered on the installment, along with a video that samples each one. Enjoy!
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Blame It on the Alcohol Songs...
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As well as lots of new Glee music, of course. Below, we've listed four of the songs that will be covered on the installment, along with a video that samples each one. Enjoy!
Tik Tok - Kesha One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - Amos Milburn Don't You Want Me - The Human League Blame It (On the Alcohol) - Jamie Foxx
Blame It on the Alcohol Songs...
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- TVfanatic
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• “I’ll come ’round about midnight...
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• “I’ll come ’round about midnight...
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- EW.com - PopWatch
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