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New Shades of Blue to play SoundCheck livestream
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Juliane Gardner and Christopher Poulin. (Photo by West Hope)
Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, Feb. 26, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by New Shades of Blue. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary.
Juliane Gardner (lead vocalist, keyboards) and Christopher Poulin (lead vocals, guitar, flute) began playing together when they met as students in University of Maine’s Jazz and Contemporary Music program. They continued to perform together in various groups until New Shades of Blue came to its current configuration.
Chick Corea interview: Music can bring us together Friday, February 12, 2021
As a tribute to Chick Corea, who has died at the age of 79, we are republishing the interview he gave to Jazzwise in May 2017. Chick spoke to Stuart Nicholson about his beginnings with Cab Calloway to his stint in Miles Davis’ ‘Lost Quintet’ and how music continues to unite rather than divide through its universal power and appeal
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David Bowie and Mike Garson recording Young Americans in 1974
Credit: Terry O Neill
In the autumn of 1972, Mike Garson was earning five dollars a night playing piano in a club on 69th Street and Broadway, in Manhattan. Despite being part of a group that featured saxophonist Dave Liebman and bass player Steve Swallow, later to work with Miles Davis and Stan Getz respectively, the musicians’ lengthy sets were usually seen by fewer than 10-people. Schlepping home to his wife and baby daughter in Brooklyn, the 27-year old realised that he needed a new gig.
Luck was waiting in the wings. The following day he received a call from Tony Defries, the manager of David Bowie, inviting him to audition for a berth in the Englishman’s backing band. After playing just four chords for guitarist Mick Ronson, within the hour Garson was offered the job as the newest member of The Spiders From Mars. Despite having never previously heard of Bowie, his wage increased to $2,650 a month. A week lat