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April 11th, 2008
By Mike
This DVD is a fascinating look behind the board, inside the studio, and into the heart and soul of the music we all know and love. Again I have to say, if you’re really into collecting music, this is a historical document and a must have for any fan of classic rock, R&B [...]
October 17th, 2007
By Mike
The album Floratone is a very cool atmospheric album that resulted from a rare free-form jam between guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Matt Chamberlain. Producers Tucker Martine and Lee Townsend took the raw tracks and applied their creative license to create an album of spacey instrumental grooves. Floratone’s 11 tracks also feature [...]
stan getz & john coltrane - hackensack two giants of tenor sax, and yes, that's oscar peterson on piano, along w/paul chambers on bass & jimmy cobb on the drums.
Now that Rolling Stone's list of 100 Immortals has been thoroughly parsed, here is another "greatest of all-time" list to chew on. Back in 1998, VH1 asked 600 musicians to list what they felt were the greatest artists of all-time. As you might expect, the list included many artists who were already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the time, but it also includes a whopping 26 artists who weren't in the Hall, but have subsequently been inducted. There are only twelve artists from the list who
From my inbox. Here’s a list of new arrivals (new and used) from Crooked Beat: Radiohead- All Lps have reissued on LP and very limited Nick Cave- Dig Lazurus Dig- comes with bonus 7″ Daniel Johnston- 1990 (LP Reissue) Zomes- S/T (Asa From Lungfish’s new project) James Brown- Live At The Apollo (LP reissue) Stereolab- Chemical Chords- LP/CD TV On The Radio- Dear Science- LP/CD Faraquet- Anthology- LP/CD Pixies- Bossanova-(LP Reissue) Pixies- Trompe Le Monde- (LP Reissue) Bob Marley
There’s a reason Miles Davis’ 1959 album Kind of Blue is the one jazz album found in the collections of people who don’t own any other jazz albums—it’s very dope, and very accessible. Now all those folks are going to have to pick up a recently released box set celebrating Blue’s 50th anniversary. Released on Columbia/Legacy Recordings, Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition redefines the phrase “lavish box set”: it includes a 180-gram blue vinyl LP, two CDs (the original album pl
1:20 PM Taj Mahal isn’t a jazz man, of course, but a blues legend — and a powerful one. Put it this way: during “Annie Mae,” four songs into his guitar-drenched set, one of the speakers at the lip of the stage began smoking. The roadie who disconnected and hauled it off actually got an ovation from the crowd. Even his blues, though, are constructed like jazz, especially in their draw from a variety of sources. He performed his work “Baby, You’re My Destiny” with a faint reggae beat, combined
The sign in the photo reads “Non gode l’immunita ecclesias,” which means, “Does not enjoy ecclesiastical immunity.” The sign removed a church’s right to offer asylum. The image just struck me though… the phrase “ecclesiastical immunity” hit me in a very different way when I discovered it mid-week with the photo, and I wanted to do something with it but didn’t know what. So which of us is immune, or can do whatever we want by virtue of our position in the church? Sadly, there are those who fee
A week of hip interpretations of classic music featuring Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Dave Hahn, Caecilie Norby, Archie Shepp, Andy Bey, Tom Browne, Vanessa Rubin, Roberta Flack, Mark Murphy and the a cappella group The Inspiration. If you enjoy wonderful vocals this is the week for you.
Was born in Syracuse, New York circa 1932 and was introduced to national audiences by Sammy Davis Jr. who heard him at a jam session in Syracuse and got Murphy a spot on the Tonight television show hosted by Steve Allen. A four time winner of Down Beat magazine’s annual Best Male Vocalist. Murphy is a child of the Beat Generation and as such is as much a raconteur as a vocalist, bebop is in his blood and story telling is the hand he fans with. Murphy is heavily influenced by Jack Kerouac, to
Duke Ellington wrote “In A Sentimental Mood” and recorded the song with his orchestra in 1935. The song has been covered literally hundreds of times and would have been a true classic even if on September 28, 1962 Duke had not collaborated with John Coltrane to produce the classic arrangement of a classic song. What a classic collaboration—yeah, I know, classic song, classic collaboration, classic arrangement, I’m kind of over using the word classic but in this case it’s accurate to do so. O
Are you a "thrill seeker?" Then you must gravitate towards music videos. A "self-medicator?" Then you probably have a few Smiths recordings in your collection, or maybe Portishead. And naturally you're neurotic to boot. Are you an introvert? Then you must like music with the symmetry of, say, Bach fugues. If just about now you are forming a question with the phrase "off her rocker" in it, let me assure you these are not my theories. But they are theories about taste and personality which I hav
Hello Listeners…. Thanks for checking in once again to the Sunday Soundtrack, I trust all is well with you. It’s about 1:58am in the place to be. Good weekend so far…I hope to truly relax tomorrow, as it is an intended day of rest…we shall see. As I had mentioned some time ago, I find most of my artists for the podcast by listening to XM Radio, Channel 84 (Chill) or by checkin out Soma FM’s Groove Salad. This time around, I decided to go back to myspace and do a little track hunting. I got m
Whenever I hear of Bangladeshis making a name for themselves in a world where their background is just a historical fact and not an overriding characteristic and artistic trait that handcuffs them with a label, I get excited and feel the urge to share their work with everyone. To simplify: a Bangladeshi musician who plays pop music as opposed to a pop musician who happens to be Bangladeshi. Do you notice a difference in those descriptions? If yes, you understand already. If not, you will in a b
Since we’re in the midst of a Suburban Guerrilla wedding song festival, I wanted to post mine. My wife and I chose Nancy (With the Laughing Face) because it was one of the few John Coltrane recordings we had the slightest chance of being capable of dancing to. I still get all misty listening to it.
Library Task Force To Hold Public Input O brother where art thou sound October 4th, 2008 by firdaus The sagest advice the teen trio could be given right now would be this we know you can re create. New Orleans based blues guitarist Eric Lindell adds a Gil Scott Heron cover Lady Day and John Coltrane to a batch of originals on his latest CD. It is very easy to make inflammatory statements about any candidate, particularly with the anonymity provided by the internet and political ads. The TV stu
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue is considered one of the best albums of all time. It has been featured numerous times in various top ten lists and has sold millions of copies worldwide. It is a staple in my car’s six disc CD changer as it is the perfect music for a variety of moods. To mark the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking work, Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony, is putting out a luxury collector’s edition which includes two compact discs of the original album, plus outtakes and alterna
Having written and podcasted about those bizarre anti-Scientology protesters Anonymous, I was interested to read that '80s crooner Rick Astley has just been shortlisted for an MTV Europe Music Award. Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" was catapulted to number one earlier this year as a result of Rickrolling, one of Anonymous's online pranks. In my article I opted to use the words of one of their own to explain it, and I think I'll do that again here: “A lot of people involved in this are trolls
Edit: replaced the video since people were having problems with it. Same song, Miles Davis with John Coltrane instead of Cannonball Adderly.
Fiesta de la Merce - Catalan, Barcelona Date: 9/22/08 *** It’s always nice to witness an artist onstage whose prolific musical output pushed him safely past that point in his career path that some like to call “making it”. Only this time around, Jose James is cruising down that path at two miles per hour, so everybody can take note as his stereo pumps out the smoothest shit produced in the industry. He arrived at the annual Fiesta de la Merce, for the weeklong party in the Catalan capital.
A few weeks ago my daughter Esme' and I were in San Francisco. Somewhere in the back of my memory bank I recalled a church devoted to John Coltrane's album "A Love Supreme". I looked it up in the yellow...
Jump to Comments Politics and marketing don’t mix, or do they? Like a lot of people, I took piano lessons throughout most of my childhood and adolescence. One great music lesson that also became a great life lesson was the notion of breaking rules well. In music theory, arbitrary and reckless violation of the rules just makes noise, but skillful violation of the rules brings forth the type of genius that exemplifies the work of artists like Chopin or John Coltrane. I like to think the same is t
