Sunday, February 15, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
RIP Blossom Dearie
One of my favorite jazz singers, Blossom Dearie has died at the age of 82. There is precious little performance footage on the web:
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Friday, December 26, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger....
One of my favorite blog discoveries of late is a collection of images archived by the fine people at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. The images are primarily from the past with a heavy emphasis on the 20's through the 60's. Everything is here: celebrities, pulp novel covers, musicians, artists, political figures, pinups, advertisements, famous criminals, images of new york, interesting artifacts from quirky news stories. The archive is well organized and is updated daily. A true visual feast.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
John Zorn's Masada live in Poland 1999
Joey Baron has to be one of the most enjoyable drummers to watch. I remember seeing pieces from the Masada books performed in Minneapolis with the same quartet in this video (though it was some 4 or 5 years later) and being absolutely transfixed by how much fun Baron seemed to be having while using rhythm and texture as highly expressive elements of the music. The other players ain't to shabby either :)... Dave Douglas on trumpet, Greg Cohen on bass, and Mr. Zorn on sax.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Pierre Boulez on listening
Its been a tremendous amount of time since the last post. Life has been busy which hasn't allowed for too much internet play time. I'm back to it again and I have some wonderful things to share so expect posts a little more often now.
"Just listen with the vastness of the world in mind. You can't fail to get the message."
--- Pierre Boulez
