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If you're familiar with Miles Davis at all, you know the Kind of Blue album. I bought this CD along with In a Silent Way about six months before I met Heather. Our cat, Miles the Terrible, was named after Davis (at least he was as far as I'm concerned, as his name was Miles when I got him), and I...
I remained obsessed with French cinema from the 1950s and stumbled across this clip while trolling YouTube. I find it interesting that with the contentious relationship between France and the United States no other country has embraced the quintessential American musical idiom of Jazz quite like the...
Here's yesterday's personalised Artist News Feed from iLike. All my news is about releases from dead guys. Watch out for a massive deluge of blog posts from me after I croak.
As an addendum to my previous post, I've found a usable (i.e. under 20 minutes) edit of "Prelude" from Agharta, the electric-era Miles Davis tune that opened up a whole new area of music to me in 1991.
I've liked Medeski Martin and Wood ever since I first heard them on the Get Shorty soundtrack (one of the grooviest soundtracks to a mainstream movie since the 70s), but I only ever got a couple of their albums. One that I bought was their first album with guitarist John Scofield, issued under...
Praying for his family and friends Learn about Mr. Butler's Legacy through this wonderful obituary in the New York Times NYTimes: George Butler, 76, Jazz Record Executive
This is a snippet from a little jam we did with Pedro Costaño on March 5, 2005. He musta been 19 or so? The subtlety inherent in Pedro's playing here is an early harbinger of his mature style (which he is still realizing). There is a nice build up and a nice minimal contrast between the bass and...
Am I willing to eat crow? Not yet but Bob Belden and his Animation came pretty close to making me eat my words. Guitarist Al Street, Drummer Rocky Bryant, bassist David Dyson and DJ Logic performed at Blue Frog and I was there both the days. For those who might not be aware of Belden, he’s an...
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