TRAVELIN' MAN DEPARTURE #1 Stanley Cowell Musa: Ancestral Streams Strata East : 1974 SC, piano, electric piano, kalimba (African thumb piano). We're not sure why it's taken us so long to devote a post to the wonderful pianist and composer Stanley Cowell . Like many fans and critics, we're probably guilty of overlooking and underrating his work from the late '60s and early '70s. He recorded [...]
LOVE AND HATE Jackie McLean Destination...Out! Blue Note : 1963 JM, alto sax; Grachan Moncur III, trombone; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Larry Ridley, bass; Roy Haynes, drums. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE SITE! It's hard to believe, but this is the fifth birthday of Destination: Out . The site was born from a frustrated attempt to sell a book about adventurous jazz. Over a dozen publishers [...]
Download audio file (01-Autumns-Evening-Breeze.mp3 ) The first time we decided to collaborate on a compilation it was for Grimey , which was three volumes of hardcore hip hop. And during the process of selecting songs, we discovered that our individual musical tastes were very similar and complemented each other well. We have some dope compilation ideas for the future but for now we proudly present... All That Jazz Vol. 1. Some of the songs are strictly jazz, while others just have the smooth vibe like "Autumn's Evening [...]
"One day, music will take its rightful place as the true religion of Mankind." - Inayat Khan Throwback : Bobby Hutcherson - Ummh (don lowed) -- Throwback : Grant Green - Sookie Sookie (don lowed)
I love an overcast morning in Los Angeles. Such a welcome reprieve after a nuclear-hot September... And some gray skies make for mellow tunes, so here's a really, really... no, really... really laid-back joint from Bobby Hutcherson . Now, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that vibes are the coolest instrument to say that you play. To wit, next time someone asks you what you do, you say, "I play vibes, man" and watch how fucking cool that person instantly thinks [...]
ECHOES Steve Lehman Octet Travail, Transformation, and Flow Pi : 2009 SL, alto sax; Jonathan Finlayson; trumpet; Jeremy Viner, tenor sax; Tim Albright, trombone; Jose Davila, tuba; Chris Dingman, vibraphone; Drew Gress, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums. At D:O we mostly focus on uncovering the buried riches of jazz's past. But of course there's lots of vital jazz being made now. To help spotlight some of this exciting new work, we're starting to offer occasional previews of upcoming albums [...]
It's only fitting we end Jazz Week with another song by Tribe – since they "kicked" it off on Monday. Which got me thinking about vibes. One of my favorite instruments. Why not feature a few tunes that feature said instrument. The Vibes: A Tribe Called Quest ∞ Vibes And Stuff The Modern Jazz Quartet ∞ Django Miles Davis ∞ Bags' Groove [Take 1] Steely Dan ∞ Rikki Don't You Loose That [...]
Audiversity's weekly column on music we stumble across during our sonic adventures. No random numbers, just straight audio goodness. MA: Drunken dialogue is a thing of both sheer embarrassment and protean beauty. It ebbs and flows between grandiose pontification and petty sarcasm, creating a rather malleable cadence between conversationalists that has a certain charm to it. Within a group of witty personalities, the banter can become a poignant, unpredictable free-flow of individual ideas and mental competitiveness. I hear this same kind of fluid [...]
Bobby Hutcherson - Goin' Down South Bearing in mind that Wales won the Triple Crown earlier today, I'm in a reasonably sedate mood. Call it a state of quiet contentedness. This tune suits my mood well. I'd go as far as to say that this is one of my favourite tunes. I have lots and lots of favourite tunes, but this would be on the list. Goin' Down South is a 1970 Blue Note release from vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Any other Blue Note or Hip Hop [...]
Bobby Hutcherson : Montara and Little Angel From: Montara [Blue Note 1975] Madlib : Montara From: Shades of Blue [Blue Note 2003] There was a post from Codec recently on the excellent Feed Me Good Tunes about certain albums "tracking you down" and subsequently taking possession of your daily existence. As I was reading it I immediately identified with his plight, since something similar has been happening to me recently. For him it was Cannibal Ox 's [...]
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