(en)Gender (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I watch a lot of death shows, as I call them - the forensics, the procedurals, the investiigation shows. I’m a big fan of Cold Case, especially: the premise is that they have to take on a cold case - a case where the leads died, mostly - and solve it. So there’s a kind [...]
2719 Hyperion (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
"The roots of the band germinated in the early 1940's when some of us at the Disney Studio used to gather in my office at lunchtime to listen to my records of such jazz legends as King Oliver, Baby Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong. Since most of our little nucleus of old-time jazz lovers had played various musical instruments back in school, we decided to really get into the spirit of...
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
in post Fifty states: Alabama Bound from Star Maker Machine .
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The finale of this season's "Live From Blue Lake" radio concert series is June 19th at 10 p.m. with Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings playing the arrangements and transcriptions by pianist James DaPogny of music from the 1930's when jazz pioneers Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver as well as a young Duke Ellington began to explore sections of instruments, enlarging the instrumentation of the classic jazz...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
We’re told the BBC is dumbing down, and I often tend to agree. But while they can put on superb radio like this, there must be hope that all is not lost. If you haven’t heard it already, I won’t spoil it by trying to describe it. But Marybeth Hamilton’s “The Dream Time of Jazz” was [...]
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Man, if ever there were a time I regretted not saving up the pun in the title of my “I Sought the Serif” post – this would be that time. The time I bought The Serif Fairy for the kids, that is. “The Serif Fairy has lost her wing, keeping her from performing magic. [...]
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
David Remnick of The New Yorker has compiled a list of 100 Essential Jazz Albums. What follows is a list compiled with the help of my New Yorker colleague Richard Brody. These hundred titles are meant to provide a broad sampling of jazz classics and wonders across the music's century-long history. Early New Orleans jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, free jazz, third stream, and fusion...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
When Jelly Roll Morton, who played a pivotal role in inventing how to play jazz piano, spoke of using a "Latin tinge," he was referring to a certain rhythmic pattern called the habanera, that crept into his style. Eighty or so years later, we can speak of the Latin tinge in more metaphorical terms, since "Latin" music has become so intertwined with jazz and other American pop music. Sometimes it's...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Of course there are a few other things that have influenced New Orleans in the more modern era. The government notably during the early 20th century has been famously corrupt and bribe oriented. Today some say just like the chicory in the coffee the french in the cuisine and the party atmosphere things come to this city and take up roost and not much has changed during these hundred years.
wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Things have been a trifle hectic since I got back - but here is my seasonal mix, prepared before I left for Berlin - and forgotten about until about half an hour ago... More mp3s and the usual guff tomorrow - but for now here is the tracklist for: Spring and All (thanks WCW) 1. Clifford Thornton – Tout le pouvoir au peuple 2. Duke Ellington - Moonbow 3. Georgia Ann Muldrow – New Orleans 4. Jelly Roll...
harp and sword (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
I spent my anniverary of sobriety mostly on the couch. I was watching the Kenneth Branagh version of "Hamlet" which is a lush, huge, and beautiful production. He does the entire play, without cutting scenes for the sake of time. So far, Jack Lemmon and Charlton Heston have popped up in little roles of no importance. Both of them have proven the old show business cliche of There are no small parts,...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Review: The Tall Ship was comman-deered by Ken Mathieson and his crew on Sunday night for the first of two concerts in the week that they launch their first CD on the Lake label.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Die Enttauschung Die Enttauschung Intakt 2007 Achille Succi Terra Splasc(h) 2007 Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore A Calculus of Loss Clean Feed 2008 Andrew Robson and Paul Cutlan Simpatico Lamplight Year Le Trio de Clarinettes Ramdam Fremeaux and Assoc. 2007 Edmund Welles Tooth and Claw self-published 2008...
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
With what recordings from the thirties would I load my “dream jukebox”–one that plays both 45s and 78s? Here’s the list to add to the twenties recordings I already listed. “Shake ‘em on Down”–Bukka White (1937) My favorite blues recording of all. Haunting voice and guitar. “If It Ain’t Love”–The Boswell Sisters (c. 1931) Any number of [...]
