Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
As I was sitting in La Café Asafoetida in Acapulco, slowly munching on my honey-flavoured tartines listening to Ray Charles, it dawned on me.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
By MATT COLEMAN AMERICAN BEACH - The walls of the Evans Rendezvous Club pulsed with live performances from Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington in its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
He's performed with the greats, like Frank, Ella and Louis Armstrong During the 1940s, bassist George James "Buddy" Catlett roamed the streets of Seattle as a teenager, performing with such future luminaries as trumpeter Quincy Jones and pianist Ray Charles. "Seattle was one of the hottest cities in America," Jones said, adding that he and Catlett often performed three clubs a night together, finishing...
Sylvain Zimmer (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Seems like no week passes without a new concert appearing on my google calendar ;-) Maceo Parker with the WDR Big Band, in Dudelange (July 14th) : A really different performance from Maceo, with a tribute to Ray Charles. As always, it was a blast. Bassist Rodney ‘Skeet’ Curtis lays down basslines like nobody else and [...]
DIY Filmmaker Sujewa (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Couple of quick notes from the road: Interviewed Chuck Tryon for The Indie Film Bloggers yesterday, get his impression of the event here . Saturday night I interviewed Atlanta Film Fest's Gabe Wardel l & another person from the fest (need to get my notes from the other room, past sleeping people, for the name, can't do it now, will do it later/at some point tomorrow - it's 3 AM here right now). The...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Ray Charles Molding His Sound, Finding His Ear Singer, pianist and composer Ray Charles is one of the most legendary musicians of the 20th century. His unique style drew on a wide variety of influences that can be traced back to the music he heard as a kid growing up in the rural South: the blues music played by the men in his town, the gospel music he heard at church, country music on Saturday-night...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The Toronto Film Festival has been the launching pad for many an Academy Award-winning movie. "Ray," the gripping tale of legendary singer Ray Charles' rise to fame and his battle with drug addiction, was unveiled at the festival several years ago. So was "Crash," the gritty saga of racial and social strife in Los Angeles.
bag of songs (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Photo by Chris Ramirez A few weeks ago I caught James Hunter as he tore through an absolutely smoldering set of his horn infused soul music at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia ( listen here ). With a sound reminiscient of people like Sam Cooke , Ray Charles and Jackie Wilson , his live show is a party not to be missed as James pours 110% into every performance. His latest disc, The Hard Way is easily...
JUkeboxmafia (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Nappy Brown I'm in the Mood Savoy 1530 - 1958 MP3 File If You Need Some Lovin' MP3 File Nappy Brown is one of the most powerful and unique R&B vocalists of all time. His gospel drenched style was an influence on Ray Charles, who famously covered Brown's song "Night Time is the Right Time". This is a double sided killer on Savoy from 1958.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Today is the centennial anniversary of the birth of Louis Jordan. Jordan is the link from the birth of jazz and the big band swing era to rock 'n' roll, from Louis Armstrong (with whom he recorded some duets) to Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Having touched everyone from Ray Charles to Prince, Jordan deserves a hearing in his own right. Between 1942 and 1951 he recorded an astounding 57 rhythm and...
CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Click on the arrow above and Happy Birthday America! And here's Ray in 1991 , it doesn't getting any better than this.
The Blue Voice (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
-- Ray Charles, of course
Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
An appropriate music break today: Ray Charles singing America The Beautiful .
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
in post Happy Birthday, America - Presenting The Official SNC Song of Independence Day from Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show .
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
With Independence Day today, I give you one of the finest versions of an inconic song - Ray Charles singing "America the Beautiful". "America the Beautiful" was written by the professor, poet, and writer, Katharine Lee Bates. Bates wrote the song in 1893 while on a trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado. When she got to the top of Pike’s Peak, she said, "All the wonder of America seemed displayed there,...
