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Monday June 15, 2009

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Moving Past Jazz ‘Standards’

Recently, several jazz groups have been venturing outside the great American songbook for inspiration. Here and Now’s jazz aficionado James Isaacs brings us songs by Nirvana, Wilco, Rufus Wainwright, and Bob Dylan reinterpreted by The Bad Plus, Dave Douglas, Jim Hall and Bill Frisell.

Music from the show:

  • Kurt Cobain, “Lithium,” performed by The Bad Plus on the CD “For All I Care”
  • Wilco, “Radio Cure” on the CD “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
  • Wilco, “Radio Cure” performed by The Bad Plus on the CD “For All I Care”
  • Rufus Wainwright, “This Love Affair” on the CD “Want Two”
  • Rufus Wainwright, “This Love Affair” performed by Dave Douglas with Brass Ecstasy on the CD “Spirit Moves”
  • Bob Dylan, “Masters of War,” performed by Jim Hall and Bill Frisell on the 2-CD set “Hemispheres”



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