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On Soundcheck you'll find in-studio performances by everyone from indie rockers to string quartets to jazz ensembles. When artists visit our studios, they are in peak form and often present special tracks, fan favorites and brand-new songs. In case you missed them, here are highlights culled by the Soundcheck staff.
Jumpin' Jack Jazz
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January 07, 2009
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Tim Ries has created a career out of the creative fusion of classical and jazz idioms. Over the last decade, he has taken a dip into the world of rock and roll with a world tour with the Rolling Stones, an experience that provided inspiration for his release Stones World: Rolling Stones World Music Project. Ries joins us live in the studio to discuss the process of adapting the Jagger-Richards canon into a jazz idiom and to perform live in the studio.
Pepi Ginsberg
Soundcheck
January 06, 2009
Brooklyn singer/songwriter Pepi Ginsberg has combined her soulful and weathered voice with imaginatively folky arrangements to create her most recent release, Red, a meditation on city life, free will and starting anew. Today, she takes a takes some time from prepping her new album to join us in the studio and discuss the album, a collaboration with Scott McMicken, front man of psychedelic rock group Dr. Dog.
Underground Founder Comes Up for Air
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January 05, 2009
Danish bassist-composer Anne Mette Iversen seamlessly combines elements of jazz, classical music and swing in her latest album, "Best of the West." She's also a founder of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a composer cooperative. Iverson and her jazz quartet joins us for a live performance in the studio.
The Anne Mette Iversen Quartet performs at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 10, at Smalls as part of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival. Click here for more information.
Soundcheck's Best Live Performances of 2008
Soundcheck
December 30, 2008
Episode four, part two. Performances by Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet, British soul group The Heavy (live at the South by Southwest music festival), London rapper Scroobius Pip (live as the Eliot Spitzer resignation unfolded), and Band of Horses guitarist Tyler Ramsey.
Soundcheck's Best Live Performances, Part 1
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December 30, 2008
Episode four, part one. Performances by breakout indie group Bon Iver, songwriters John Doe and Kathleen Edwards, Brazilian-born percussionist Cyro Baptista, and local rock group Sam Champion.
Soundcheck's Best Live Performances of 2008
Soundcheck
December 29, 2008
Episode three, part three. Performances by the "Southwestern noir" ensemble Calexico and Israeli jazz group Avishai Cohen Trio.
Soundcheck's Best Live Performances of 2008
Soundcheck
December 29, 2008
Episode three, part one. Performances by singer-songwriter Cat Power, Italian musician Vinicio Capossela, and local favorite Regina Spektor.
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