Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Not all of my choices for this top ten album list are folkies. They’re just albums featuring the voice and compositions of the artist. Joni Mitchell, Hejira That’s right. My wife’s least favorite singer of all time made my favorite singer-songwriter album of all time. It’s the peak of her jazz-influenced period, and Jaco Pastorius’ bass [...]
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Jazz albums have crept into my other lists here and there (Abbey Lincoln, Don Byron) and will no doubt make it onto other lists. But here’s a list specifically of my favorite jazz albums, on the occasion of getting the Ken Burns Jazz DVD set and re-watching it. And finishing Ross Russell’s Charlie Parker bio [...]
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
in 96 when i was 16 jungle was dead hip-hop had lost a lot of its appeal and although i had mates who had been listening to stations like london underground and freek for a while i wasn't really that into it at the time and i was looking for something to fill the gap and i was flicking through the...
Matablog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
I spent the day record-shopping in Williamsburg (Abbey Lincoln ‘Straight Ahead’ original LP, Cheap Time S/T LP, Nigeria Rock Special dbl LP, Nyurmännen ‘Vem är pavul'’ LP) in 96-degree humidity, and came home exhausted and hot. I wanted something refreshing and summery, and I’d been thinking of making avgolemono soup. I combined elements of this recipe [...]
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
C an't find my old vinyl copy of “We Insist!”, don't remember but seem to remember that “Freedom Now!” had another movement and I also remember a different order, though Max Roach could have changed those on different occasions. Doesn't matter, these four are some of the highest quality You Tubes I’ve seen yet. Part One. Part Two . Part Three. Part Four. posted by Anthony McCarthy
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
A sudden outbreak of sunshine brought an evaporation of posts. Fortunately that gave me more time to immerse myself in your nominations
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Thelonious Monk Plays. Prestige Lp 189 with Percy Heath and Art Blakey. (1954 Session). Tracks are: “Work”, “Nutty”, “Blue Monk”. “Just a Gigalo”. Work — Only recorded once, in a trio setting on September 22, 1954 (Prestige PRLP 189), Work is a dissonant, difficult, wild melodic ride [...]
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
I recently auditioned for and was cast in a music revue called Senior Follies. Cast members have to be 55 years old or older. I’m actually 54 right now, but I’ll turn double nickels right around the time of the performance. Do old folks ever make great music? Do much-loved, talented young performers continue to be [...]
Blog about Lawanda (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
MASAKAZU YOSHIZAWA Kokin Gumi and Masakazu Yoshizawa : Zen Herbarium· Kokin Gumi and Masakazu Yoshizawa · Zen Plastic· Mychael Danna : The Adjuster · 'Masakazu Yoshizawa, a mountebank settle known so his grasp as for canonical Japanese flutes who was featured happening the"Memoirs in reference to a Choral dancer" soundtrack, Masakazu Yoshizawa · Kyori: Innervisions (1987) [...]
Best USA Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Lincoln at the 15th annual Charlie Parker wind festival. Cassandra Wilson, an of import stylistic descendent of abbey Lincoln, filled in at the last minute for multiple sclerosis. Brooklyn. Lower berth east side sponsors a Charlie Parker festival that includes musical performances, art exhibits, poesy readings, and culminates city Parks foundation is proud [...]
Invisible Woman... Black Cinema at Large (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
I hate that I am late on this. While reading my blogging buddy Seth Fine's site " Freshplays ", I saw that Ivan Dixon died. Did anyone in the media pay tribute to that, or am I just that disconnected? (I am on an extended stay in the south right now). I am saddened by his passing for a few reasons. One, I never felt like he was able to show the world what he was capable of as an actor, tho he had some...
Film Forno (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln in Nothing But A Man Ivan Dixon, star of Nothing But A Man and director of The Spook Who Sat By The Door has checked out. Most people probably know him from his role on that idiotic show Hogan's Heroes. He quit that gig after 5 years, I guess he couldn't [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Actor Ivan Dixon, who brought the problems and promise of contemporary blacks to life in the film "Nothing But a Man" and portrayed the levelheaded POW Kinchloe in TV's "Hogan's Heroes," died Sunday of complications from kidney failure, his daughter said. He was 76.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Ivan Dixon, who brought contemporary blacks to life in "Nothing But a Man" and portrayed the levelheaded POW Kinchloe in TV's "Hogan's Heroes," has died at 76.
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Ivan Dixon, who died Sunday at 76, deserves to be remembered for more than just his role as Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes, though he credited that role with opening a lot of doors for him in television. He in...
