Guitarist Steve Schenkel and singer Ashley Mason will issue their latest duo CD, Hold On To Love, on Sunday, February 14. An official release date on Valentine's Day makes perfect sense thematically, since "this is an album of songs about all aspects of love - romantic love, love for family, and love for friends," said Schenkel. Blending jazz, rock and pop influences, Hold On To Love ( pictured...
One of the first bands I should point out from this month's Sheffield Music Scene is Bromheads , they are giving away a free track this month called Magic Number. Yes, they do mention the number 3 but it's not a cover of Bob Dorough's much covered song (Embrace and De La Soul versions spring to mind). It is however an upbeat track which didn't really match my mood as a drove through the rain towards...
That's it. I've now read too many pieces about Noughties trends in too many kulcha supplements. Enough already. Here's the effective antidote. Blossom Dearie singing the Dave Frishberg/ Bob Dorough song. Enjoy.
SIART wishes you and yours a happy holiday season, and here are some tunes to help you get there...________Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas TimeMiles Davis & Bob Dorough - Blue XmasThe Bell Sisters - Barnyard ChristmasThe Waitresses - Christmas WrappingAretha Franklin - Winter WonderlandJames Brown - Soulful ChristmasRun DMC - Christmas In
Excellent! It looks like ABC Radio – like BBC 6 – is carrying some of Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour shows from XM. On December 24 and 25 they’ll be playing his special Christmas show. Check out this playlist: ‘Swinging For Christmas (Boppin’ For Santa)’ – Tom Archia (1948) ‘Christmas Is A-Coming (Chicken Crowns At Midnight)’ – [...]...
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I think my list of Edgiest Christmas Songs just got one track longer. "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)" was Miles Davis's only Christmas song. He recorded it in 1962 with Bob Dorough, who was still a decade...
There he was, bigger than life, channeling Santa Claus and cracking Tiger Woods jokes on stage Tuesday night, the Bay Area’s caroling cut-up, Dan Hicks. In size XXL and sequined Christmas-red dinner jacket, a brown derby and black open-necked nightclub shirt right off the Vegas Strip, Hicks was a sight for sore eyes and [...]
So there I was searching for a Miles Davis Christmas song, cause I'm thinking if Miles did a Christmas song it would be awesome. And it turns out the one that I found IS! Bob Dorough a wonderful jazz vocalist, who you might remember from School House Rock, sings the song. This is wonderful stuff, kind of dark, but true and while not cheery like a lot of Christmas songs, I think it should be on every...
Nellie McKay has three loves - animals, the Poconos, and Doris Day. She's penned her share of songs with pithy social criticism on subjects such as gay marriage and feminism. But the tartly lyrical vocalist and pianist's dedication to animal rights and pet advocacy, her favorite cause, shows through in songs like "Columbia Is Bleeding" and "The Dog Song."
Ravi Coltrane makes guarded, intricate, concise art, and at the Village Vanguard on Tuesday, in the first set of his band’s six-day run this week, the music kept its secrets intact.
Kristin Korb, In The Meantime (KK). In the nature of things, attention will go to Korb's vocals and her glamorous makeover illustrated in the cover shots. Serious listeners will also be drawn to her bass playing. She accompanies herself as...
Yeah, I know, he hits the 3,000 mark in posts , and, it's all coasting the rest of the way. No, no such swelling heads on this end. More so, we had such a spectacular day, weather-wise, here in the Northeast, it was compelling, to get outside and enjoy it, as opposed to being anchored to the computer, reading and writing (and we do have, about, ten, partially-written posts in the chute). So, sorry...
Inner City/Classic Jazz is proud to announce the re-issue of {{Bob Dorough's}} 1954 album An Excursion Through 'Oliver!' While the arrangements and conceptions are credited chiefly to Dorough, a great deal of integrated creativity was brought to bear by quartet members Al Schackman (guitar), Ben Tucker (bass), and Bobby Thomas (drums)...
Bob Dorough, the American jazz composer and pianist, is famous for working with Miles Davis and Mel Tormé. He also did sets and gigs with poets and comedians, including Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg. Despite his strong jazz roots, Dorough may be better known for his time with Schoolhouse Rock! . A man named David McCall asked Dorough to compose a song with multiplication tables and the result...
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