A budget-priced collection of informative, well-produced jazz documentaries.
Man Parrish is an absolute electronic music legend, helping to shape Hip Hop, ElectroPop and Italo throughout the years. 'Hip Hop Bebop (Don't Stop)' was 1982. 1982! insane. Buy Man Parrish's music from: Follow @electronicrumor
Historical survey of jazz on two CD set

My first encounter with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire was at last summer's CareFusion Jazz Festival at the Jazz Standard. I was really taken with his compositions, but I found that the other musicians overshadowed him that night to the point that it was often hard to tell that he was the bandleader. On his second album, When The Heart Emerges Glistening , Akinmusire clearly is at the helm of this project with his mostly original compositions and a tight knit group of musicians. On "Confessions To My Unborn Daughter," Akinmusire opens the piece with [...]
Woah! This has the bass-funk & then some Brothers and Sisters! Lyrically pounding, with a deep n' dark collective significance, Buddy Miles screams a Blues-type message across in perfect form, crossed over with a magical piece of Rock 'n' Roll magnitude that gifts his sound with important consequence and meaningful character. A true embodiment of [...]

Woah! This has the bass-funk & then some Brothers and Sisters! Lyrically pounding, with a deep n' dark collective significance, Buddy Miles screams a Blues-type message across in perfect form, crossed over with a magical piece of Rock 'n' Roll magnitude that gifts his sound with important consequence and meaningful character. A true embodiment of Nebraska born American rock and funky drumming talent, the former drummer for Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys, Electric Flag and the Buddy Miles Express leaves his legacy in tack and his love for California Raisins in the archives. [...]

This bebop standard by Bird has been played to death by a lot of musicians ranging from Miles Davis, who is actually the composer of the tune, to Clifford Brown, Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz and Joe Lovano among others, but I guess one of the best versions have always been Jaco's. "Donna Lee" was first recorded in May, 1947, by Charlie Parker's All Stars which included Davis on trumpet, Bud Powell on piano, Tommy Potter on bass, and Max Roach on drums. Speculation is that the tune was named for bassist Curly Russell's daughter. The [...]
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie était un trompettiste de jazz américain né en 1917 et mort en 1993. Il est considéré comme l'un des trompettistes les plus importants de l'histoire du jazz avec Louis Armstrong et Miles Davis . Au delà de son talent, Dizzy Gillespie a beaucoup apporté de par sa participation à la création du bebop et pour son rôle majeur dans l'introduction de rythmes latino-américains . Il va sans dire que son influence a été considérable et qu'on la retrouve encore aujourd'hui. Dizzy Gillespie commence la trompette [...]

Il panorama Creative Commons mondiale si espande a macchia d'olio. Ogni giorno milioni di persone collaborano da tutte le parti del mondo, creando e condividendo musica, video e immagini. La quantità di progetti liberi online è arrivata a un punto che non può essere più messa in ombra. Girovagando in siti come Myspace, Last FM e vari, si nota l'enorme quantità di una manciata di lettere comunemente disposte in questo modo "Free Download". Due parole che sembrano fatte l'una per l'altra. TheWaveInvasion Vol. 2 MONDO raccoglie la selezione di un anno di invasione, proponendo artisti che [...]
A generous helping of early Monk classics on a two-disc reissue. Thelonious Monk - Arts - Riverside Records - Miles Davis - John Coltrane

Hello folks. Last weekend I did a jazz mix for the radioshow because of the holidays and the peace vibe, although I had previously planned something more sluggish and hypnotic. Yet unfortunately for technical reasons it was not broadcasted. So I took two of the tunes which inspired me to go jazz this weekend and added one classic, to kickstart the week. The first tune is off a collaboration between saxophonists Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims called the Sber off their Complete Recordings issued by Lone Hill Jazz . Dating from 1960s. The second [...]

Suicide Sundaes – stop your grinnin' and drop your linen. Every Sunday electblake of Earmilk will bring you the weeks dirty servings, and some old favorites through a throwdown-throwback to simpler times. A time when bangers were big, remixes were bigger, the bassline bled, and we didn't care about anything as long as came in kicking and left screaming. To hell with sketchy sunday, we want to shove another dragon down the hole. This week I'm going to see how a live Radio Broadcast will go so tune into: http://radio.earmilk.com:8000/ listen.m3u [...]

Today's post is inspired by two beautifully executed sets courtesy of AutoErotique (Toronto) and SonicC (Miami) at U Street Music Hall last night. Turns out both of these guys are cool as shit and bring it heavy as fuck. I don't even have anything to say right now due to the massive pounding my brain took last night at the hands of [...]

Photo and Artwork : Ferdinando Tremamunno Artist : Bebop Title : Raver Boom Genre : Electro Fidget Nu Rave Release on : 09/07/2010 For his first LP with Sostanze Records, Bebop aka Bebop the Dog aka Bebop Twinkmafia starts with a bang, and is not just a saying!Raver Boom is the title of an album chock full of Nu Rave, Electro and Fidget sounds! Rest assured that for the next season these tracks will haunt you wherever you'll go dancing. By now the lines between different genres are outmoded [...]

Photo and Artwork : Luca Mascioli Artist : IlKobra , Flux , Nezoomie, Innyu, Bebop Title : Dont believe the hype Genre : electro, fidget, breakbeat Release on : 25/06/2010 Are you ready for the holidays? don't forget to put on your ipod this compilation, it will be the perfect soundtrack for your best summer experiences. The electro music (and others) contained in this LP is a time bomb, then, be carefull! Handle carefully and store in a dry [...]

Readers who checked undomondo yesterday, unfortunately saw a broken site. I wasn't aware of this until I logged on half an hour ago and saw that there were NO posts. Yes, five years of posts gone. With an excruciating chest pain, I remembered that my latest backup was probably months ago. Thankfully, for once in a lifetime a security measure worked as promised and the repair button fixed the DB and everything came back intact. PHEW! Before this mishap, I was going to share a gem from saxophonist Sahib Shihab 's 1965 recording with the Danish [...]
Ben and John prove their spirit and talent in an uncertain world.
Was the record-buying public ready for what he was selling?
Robin D.G. Kelley's massive new biography Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original is first and foremost a demystification of the composer's life. Kelley, who holds a chair at the University of Southern California, spent 14 years researching the book, and it's the most comprehensive biography yet of its subject.

Amazing piece from Sahib Shihab , a traditional piece from the Black Sea region of Turkey as far as I know. Multi-reedist, Sahib Shihab was born Edmond Gregory before he adopted the Muslim faith in 1946 and changed his name. This one's off Companionship which contains the Francy Boland tune "Om Mani Padme Hum" apart from classics such as "Bohemia after dark" (which I'll be doing a special post on soon) and "Insensatez". Buy digital from Soul Seduction ~ 2xLP from Sounds of the Universe Sahib [...]