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That's (like) HIP, man.
What are you listening to? October 2021
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That's (like) HIP, man.
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The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
When in Kansas City this summer, visiting the Negro League Museum, I felt like I had to visit the Jazz Museum right next door. A small museum - jazz deserves better - get Tom Hanks on it! Between WWII and Academy Awards museums, he seems to be able to raise great bank to start museums. Hey perhaps there's another jazz museum somewhere (though not that I know in New Orleans, Chicago, or NYC).
Sill, the highpoint of this small museum is Charlie Parker's saxophone from this Toronto concerto, arguably jazz's most famous concert. Excited to find the exhibit, only to see an empty case and a note saying the sax was on loan to Disney for their Epcot American Experience exhibit.
When in Kansas City this summer, visiting the Negro League Museum, I felt like I had to visit the Jazz Museum right next door. A small museum - jazz deserves better - get Tom Hanks on it! Between WWII and Academy Awards museums, he seems to be able to raise great bank to start museums. Hey perhaps there's another jazz museum somewhere (though not that I know in New Orleans, Chicago, or NYC).
Sill, the highpoint of this small museum is Charlie Parker's saxophone from this Toronto concerto, arguably jazz's most famous concert. Excited to find the exhibit, only to see an empty case and a note saying the sax was on loan to Disney for their Epcot American Experience exhibit.
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Stan Kenton - New Concepts of Artistry In Rhythm (1953)
Decisions with album cover photos/art can sometimes be fascinating - Stan, good profile shot. We're gonna cover most of your face with red leaving a triangle clear where your eyes are. Wait, can we get a shot with a cigarette in your mouth. Why? I dunno - you're a jazz bandleader - you have to convince the public you're hip like that Dizzy Gillespie fella with his beret and soul patch.
Decisions with album cover photos/art can sometimes be fascinating - Stan, good profile shot. We're gonna cover most of your face with red leaving a triangle clear where your eyes are. Wait, can we get a shot with a cigarette in your mouth. Why? I dunno - you're a jazz bandleader - you have to convince the public you're hip like that Dizzy Gillespie fella with his beret and soul patch.
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
Bobby Previte - Claude's Late Morning (1988)
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Bracha Eden & Alexander Tamir - Music For Two Pianos (1965)
Unless your name happens to be Ferrante or Teicher, I've always been puzzled about who was the intended market for two piano compositions. "Hey, Ludwig! How 'bout I drop by on Tuesday and bring my Steinway? We can hoist a few and play some tunes together."
Still, there are many such compositions, usually recorded by one off pairings. However, Israelis Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir devoted their careers to this music. He was a survivor of the Vilnius ghetto and she grew up in Jerusalem. They met in music school and the rest is history. They gained fame from appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, resulting in a string of successful LP's on English Decca (London in the U.S.) All of these albums and some unreleased material were gathered this year in a revelatory 10 CD box. The repertoire here is eclectic, and their years of playing together gave the pair an intuitive connection. You can drop the needle anywhere in this collection and hit pure gold. Linear guy that I am, I started with Disc 1.
on the Sam-O-Meter. And it's on Spotify! 
Unless your name happens to be Ferrante or Teicher, I've always been puzzled about who was the intended market for two piano compositions. "Hey, Ludwig! How 'bout I drop by on Tuesday and bring my Steinway? We can hoist a few and play some tunes together."
Still, there are many such compositions, usually recorded by one off pairings. However, Israelis Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir devoted their careers to this music. He was a survivor of the Vilnius ghetto and she grew up in Jerusalem. They met in music school and the rest is history. They gained fame from appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, resulting in a string of successful LP's on English Decca (London in the U.S.) All of these albums and some unreleased material were gathered this year in a revelatory 10 CD box. The repertoire here is eclectic, and their years of playing together gave the pair an intuitive connection. You can drop the needle anywhere in this collection and hit pure gold. Linear guy that I am, I started with Disc 1.
on the Sam-O-Meter. And it's on Spotify!
Earth Wind & Fire - Last Days and Time (1972)
James Farm - City Folk (2014)
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Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 & 2 (1954)
Been a jazzy kind of week
Been a jazzy kind of week
Tears For Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989)
Sweetback - Stage [2] (2004)
The Temptations - Temptin' Temptations (1965)
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Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954)
Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954)
After the Blakey live Birdland albums yesterday, had to get some more of Clifford Brown. On Dinah Jams, Dinah of course rocks, but the album is one of the best showcase of the young trumpeter's talents.
Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954)
After the Blakey live Birdland albums yesterday, had to get some more of Clifford Brown. On Dinah Jams, Dinah of course rocks, but the album is one of the best showcase of the young trumpeter's talents.
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Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1949-50, released 1957)
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Vadim Repin, violin; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Andris Nelsons, Cond.) - Gubaidulina: Dialog-Ich and Du; The Wrath Of God; The Light Of The End (2021)
It's kind of depressing to read the medical reports (not to mention obituaries) for our aging Baby Boomer musical heroes. But this album offers the perfect antidote. Released today
(never say we don't keep you up-to-date here 
), it is a 90th birthday tribute to composer Sofia Gubaidulina who is still very much alive and active. A native of Tatarstan, Sofia emigrated to Germany shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, as she explained it, "in search of silence.". My favorite story about her is that a symphony she composed as a student was deemed "irresponsible" due to its exploration of alternative tunings. However, she was supported by no less than Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to maintain her direction despite lesser "mentors" calling it "mistaken".
The music on this collection is highly sophisticated and daring, but by no means unapproachable. "Dialog: Ich und Du' is actually her third violin concerto, written for and played by Vadim Repin whom she hand picked for his sympathetic treatment of her music. "The Wrath of God" is her latest orchestral work and shows her powerful mastery of large orchestral forces.
Gubaidulina was just named to a three year term as "composer in residence" for the Gewandhausorchester, so I'm really looking forward to more fine work from this remarkable young woman.
on the Sam-O-Meter. And it's on Spotify!
It's kind of depressing to read the medical reports (not to mention obituaries) for our aging Baby Boomer musical heroes. But this album offers the perfect antidote. Released today
(never say we don't keep you up-to-date here ), it is a 90th birthday tribute to composer Sofia Gubaidulina who is still very much alive and active. A native of Tatarstan, Sofia emigrated to Germany shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, as she explained it, "in search of silence.". My favorite story about her is that a symphony she composed as a student was deemed "irresponsible" due to its exploration of alternative tunings. However, she was supported by no less than Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to maintain her direction despite lesser "mentors" calling it "mistaken".The music on this collection is highly sophisticated and daring, but by no means unapproachable. "Dialog: Ich und Du' is actually her third violin concerto, written for and played by Vadim Repin whom she hand picked for his sympathetic treatment of her music. "The Wrath of God" is her latest orchestral work and shows her powerful mastery of large orchestral forces.
Gubaidulina was just named to a three year term as "composer in residence" for the Gewandhausorchester, so I'm really looking forward to more fine work from this remarkable young woman.
on the Sam-O-Meter. And it's on Spotify!
axolotl
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This finally arrived in the mail. I ordered it about seven weeks ago from France via Discogs.
It is already an ambient favorite of mine.
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The title is something I say a lot in regular conversation or just singing to myself. Just the first line usually, and never going past "like a dog". It's nice to listen to the whole song and be reminded of the rest of the lyrics.
This is a relaxing mix of poppy melodies.
The title is something I say a lot in regular conversation or just singing to myself. Just the first line usually, and never going past "like a dog". It's nice to listen to the whole song and be reminded of the rest of the lyrics.
This is a relaxing mix of poppy melodies.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (2017)
Impatiently awaiting his new album... ...
Impatiently awaiting his new album... ...
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