All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Grant Green Matador Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 (1964) This may be the reissue of 2009: a resplendent vinyl pressing of guitarist Grant Green's Matador on two 180-gram, 45-rpm records from Music Matters. This May 1964 recording was, like many Blue Note sets, not released until many years later (November 1979 in Japan in this case) and only reached the U.S. on CD in 1990. It has not been remastered...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Guitarist Fred "Skip" Heller has spent much of 2004 to 2009 burning through the American soundscape searching for the the heart of these United States. In 2004, Heller released Fakebook (Hyena). Considered the pinnacle of the guitarist's organ trio period, Fakebook sheltered hints of Heller's musical restlessness in his inspired readings of {{Grant Green = 7203}}'s "The Yodel" and...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Recorded in New York City in 1993, it is surprising that this fine set of burners and blues had to wait so long to be released. The group, consisting of Dr. Lonnie Smith on organ, Peter Bernstein on guitar and Ray Drummond on drums was performing together regularly at the time and that experience certainly paid off. Lonnie Smith is not a flashy musician, he never tries to dominate the instrument or...
Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
From the NY Times : Fourteen immigrants who were in the country illegally when their relatives were killed in the World Trade Center attacks are still waiting to gain permanent residency, and their lawyer said their tenuous immigration status could be imperiled if Congress does not act. But Representative Carolyn Maloney, the sponsor of a bill that would grant green cards to the immigrants, said she...
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
It took running back Ahman Green just two games to get back into the Green Bay Packers' record book.
Punk Planning (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
I was taking an early morning swim yesterday. It's a good time for me to think, and as ever when I'm surrounded by the sun, the sea and the sand I'm reminded how beautiful nature is and that we're really confronted by a logic bomb when considering how the system we all conspire to take part in, points at the asymmetry of global finite resources and our wasteful production (most products don't exist...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys Smooth Jazz Tribute (CC Entertainment ) Aram Shelton - Two Cities (Delmark ) Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers (LP W/Tshirt) (Phantom ) Charlie Parker - Bird On 52ND Street (Original Jazz Classics ) Collage - Fifty-Four Minutes Twenty Seconds (Wool ) Crane River Jazz Band - Storming Session (United States Of Distribution LTD. ) Crane River Jazz Band - Storming Session: Germany...
"Reflections of an ethical business hack" (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A while back I posted a link about books and asked which ones readers like and would suggest. Here's the original post. Here's what the readers said about their favourite books, FYI: David Coethica said... David Grayson's Corporate Social Opportunity stands out for me. Nathan Schock said... Green to Gold was excellent. I also really liked John Grant's Green Marketing Manifesto. Toby Webb said... Supercorp...
Fernando's Desk (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
I’ve just started my last two courses en route to a BerkleeMusic Master Certificate in Guitar. These are Jazz 201 (the second Jazz course in the programme) and Funk/R&B soloing. You can check out some videos of the two instructors here, Serious funky cool from Thaddeus Hogarth Serious jazz from Bruce Saunders These courses always start [...]
BendingCorners : jazz-n-groove (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Riffing off the recent release of The Beatles RockBand video game, BendingCorners releases a jazz and soul Beatles tribute, The Beatles JazzBand. As with most BC sets, this mix showcases the groovy side of the available material. 1. Ella Fitzgerald - Got to Get You into My Life (from: "Come Together: A Soul/Jazz Beatles Tribute") 2. Tony Williams - Blackbird (from: "Blue Note Plays The...
undomondo (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Too busy with real life stuff at the mo, but been listening to music all day, this is just a quick recap of what kept me movin' and shakin' during the day. Stuff from Nomo, Carlos Lamartine, Baden Powell, The Light of Saba and A Tribe Called Quest.
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
A nice lineup for Turrentine's 1966 Blue Note release. Versions of Ray Charles' "What Could I Do Without You," Sam Cooke's "Shake" and Bacharach's "Walk On By." 1. And Satisfy - 6:48 2. What Could I Do Without You - 4:35 3. Feeling Good - 7:15 4. Shake - 5:55 5. Walk On By - 5:57 6. Baptismal - 6:39 Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum Ryan Sweeney is out of the lineup with knee soreness but manager Bob Geren expects him to play tomorrow. Top pick Grant Green is here and about to step in to take batting practice; his agent, Scott Boras, is also here along...
The Message Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
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