Total Vibration

a pretty huge score for us at NPR Music to get this concert. it's amazing. Mingus' Magnum Opus: 'Epitaph' In Concert http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=92884124 Charles Mingus' monumental masterpiece "Epitaph" never saw the light of day during his lifetime. But the tempestuous jazz legend left his ambitious score to be discovered by new generations. Hear the full piece, a 2 1/2-hour affair for 31 musicians.

The Ecstatic Jazz Duos Series collects six of the most innovative duos in the avant-jazz/free-noise realm. Each duo contributes a side of vinyl over three LPs (each in an edition of 500) to be released over 2008. The subscription (limited to just 100) includes all three 12"s plus stickers, buttons, and a CDr of exclusive content only available to subscribers. LP1 Talibam! - NYC synth/drums a la Sun Ra. Wasteland Jazz Unit - Borbetomagus-size reed-distortion. LP2 I Heart Lung - Long Beach, CA drone-jazz. DWMTG - Thurston Moore named them his favorite electric bass/drums duo in 2006. LP3 Valerio Cosi & Enzo Franchini - Cosi is one of the most exciting saxophonists today, hands down. Jeremiah Cymerman & Matthew Welch - Both reed players have recorded incredible CDs for John Zorn's Tzadik label. PRE-ORDER HERE

You can download two MP3s from the Dave Douglas/Keystone gigs from this story on NPR Music: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=91118407

This is the second "Jazz Portraits from WGBH" we've put on our site, and I've only just thought about posting about them on the forums, but Archie Shepp's music is near and dear to me, so I thought I'd share. Archie Shepp: The Original Fire Music http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=91086057 "Jazz Portraits" originally recorded and aired throughout the mid-'90s. WGBH has graciously offered to archive them over the next few months on NPR Music.