Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental arm candy and stress management expert Fah Lo Suee and I will be taking an emergency meeting with the Prince of Darkness, Satan himself. The subject: What the fuck can we do to keep Pat Robertson [R-Insufferable Lunatic] from talking utter shit on his stupid TV show about how the Haitian people made a deal with the Devil? That being the...
mp3: Cozy Cole - Bad mp3: Cozy Cole - Charleston I've been hearting Cozy Cole a lot recently and not just because his swinging instrumentals all seem to start with a deep voiced introduction. His recordings inspire playfulness. There's a certain comic book feeling to them which is probably why they're crowd favourites at my DJ nights. Prior to releasing records under his own name he drummed behind...
mp3: Cozy Cole - Topsy (Part 1) mp3: Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby mp3: Andre Williams - Humpin', Bumpin' and Thumpin' mp3: Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You mp3: The Rumblers - Boss mp3: The Mar-Keys - The Dribble mp3: The Exciters - Just Not Ready mp3: The Monkees - Valleri mp3: The Versatones - Bila mp3: Johnny Burnette - Honey Hush You may have noticed that I recently joined the ranks...
By the time Billy Taylor was 29 years old, he had already had a lifetime of jazz experience. By the close of the 1940s, the pianist had played with Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Big Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Stuff Smith and many other jazz giants. He also had been mentored by Jo Jones and Art Tatum. Though his piano style would evolve in the early 1950s and beyond, Billy's technical prowess...
In the movie Manhattan (1978), Woody Allen's depressed protagonist dictates a list of the things he believes make life truly worth living. Along with Willie Mays and Cezanne's paintings of apples and pears, Allen includes Louis Armstrong's recording of "Potato Head Blues." Whenever you listen to Louis Armstrong, you are doing right by your soul...
(Note before we begin: Jason Hare’s Chart Attack! over at Popdose is one of my favorite things on the whole Internet. This week’s edition is written by a guest author . . . me. Check it out here. You have no idea how honored I was to be asked, truly. And now, our regularly scheduled [...]
September 10, 2008 signified the century mark for the birth of composer and inventor Raymond Scott, and just 20 years ago it would have been hard to find anyone who had even heard of him. This was despite the fact that he had spent eight years as a fixture on a Top 10 television program [...]
Just how good was Armstrong's band in 1949? For one thing look at the lineup; you have some of the best players associated with him, like Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, and the crack rhythm section of Earl Hines, Cozy Cole, and Arvell Shaw. This version of the All-Stars, weaned on Armstrong's music, was very familiar with the intricacies of every tune. Also, the group was playing to enthusiastic Europeans...
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