"Crazy moonbeams cover up the sky, oh crazy, you're the light in my eye..." Un poco loco? Good. Presenting a mad mad ten pack. Dig in. Bud Powell - Un Poco Loco MP3 Patsy Cline - Crazy MP3 Daniel Johnston - Crazy Love MP3 James Brown - I'll Go Crazy MP3 King Tubby & Friends - Real Gone Crazy Dub MP3 The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms [...]
MOVEMENT I ("INTERROGATION") MOVEMENT II ("LOSS") Anthony Davis You Have the Right to Remain Silent! Unreleased : 2007 Perspectives Ensemble featuring JD Parran and Earl Howard. VICISSITUDES (FOR MEL) Jason Robinson and Anthony Davis Cerulean Landscape Clean Feed : 2010 JR, sax; AD, piano. [...]
In between stays at mental institutions for schizophrenia, Powell left behind a remarkable legacy. Sadly, he hasn't received the same widespread admiration that his close friend Thelonious Monk secured. But to true fans of the jazz genre, Powell is revered. Bud Powell was one of, if not the, greatest jazz pianists we've ever known. Most likely, you've never heard of him. The man they called "the Charlie Parker of the piano" had his career damaged by many unfortunate events. The most disheartening were at the hands of the police. At age 20, a drunken Powell was brutally beaten by [...]
Bud Powell - Parisian Thoroughfare* Photo by amalia euphoria
Well, that's not exactly true. The contrast podcast theme this week (courtesy of James! ) is "A place I've never been to." That narrows it down a bit! Narrows it down for some people, but not for me. I've never been to a lot of places, as I am not what you'd call well-traveled. The list of songs I had to choose from was long indeed. (To listen to the entire podcast, you can [...]
JAZZ FIENDS REJOICE! Don Schlitten's legendary jazz label Xanadu re-launched on January 19th with a new release from the Peter Bernstein Trio and five re-mastered versions of notable past records, now available digitally for the first time. As the first new release in several years, Peter Bernstein Trio's set Monk boasts the legendary session player himself, [...]
Outono Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, 'Tis Autumn. Françoise Hardy, Autumn Rendez-vous. Hugh Hopper and Richard Sinclair, Long Lingers Autumn Time. The Moody Blues, Forever Autumn. Gene Autry, When Golden Leaves Are Falling. Chet Atkins, The Red Leaves of Autumn. Yves Montand, Les Feuilles Mortes. Jerry Lee Lewis, Autumn Leaves. Ahmad Jamal Trio, Autumn Leaves. Lena Horne, Autumn in New York.
Max Roach, 1924-2007 Charlie Parker, Ko-Ko. Bud Powell, Tempus Fugue-It. Miles Davis Nonet, Deception. Lee Konitz, Ezz-Thetic. 'The Quintet', Salt Peanuts. Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Delilah. Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Max's Variations. Sonny Rollins, Paradox. Thelonious Monk, Bemsha Swing. Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins, Driva Man. We interrupt the "7 Means of Movement" to
Lately over the past few summer weeks, I've been trying to get a grip on my music collection vinyl, CD, strictly digital and combinations thereof... I've invested in back uo drives for storage, started trading discs on LaLa, and trying to get some old vinyl into the mp3 realm as well... I've got USB cords criss-crossing the living room from turntable to pooter and whatnot...stacks of LPs about, CDs and whatnot... and then I got interrupted... [...]
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