Through the brain of Christopher Gandin Le and the artistry of Matt Wuerker (whose art I have the pleasure of working with every month at the Hightower Lowdown!), I present to you our interpretation of what happened Saturday morning with the First To Know TXT. tee hee.
Um dos temas do album Possibilities de 2005, um original de BB King, conta com a participação vocal de Joss Stone e Jonny Lang.
A Tour de 2008 de Herbie Hancock, que passou em Loulé - Portugal, em Julho no Allgarve Jazz Festival, inclui este tema com uma fantástica interpretação de Amy Keys, que não […]
On May 29th, in the midst of the chaos and devastation that followed Cyclone Nargis, Gitameit celebrated a fund raising concert for Nargis victims by holding the Daffodil Song concert. Some highlights of the evening included Saw James conducting Attachment of Cloud, Htun Htun’s rendition of If I were a rich man, and Broadway Soloist […]
I followed an Amazon link from one of my favorite webcomics and stumbled across this Justice League movie, pictured on the left. (If you must know, the link I clicked on was for a He-Man animated movie. No, I’m not some sort of closet He-man fan. It’s just that I can’t believe he’s […]
Normalmente non mi occupo di jazz, però, come giustamente fa notare wikipedia, definire Anthony Braxton solo un jazzista è alquanto riduttivo. Come compositore e musicista, ha incentrato la sua attività sul jazz (soprattutto sul free) ma ha scritto anche per orchestra e perfino opere. Come strumentista, oltre a suonare il pianoforte, Braxton si è […]
Here is an interesting public service announcement that reminds the viewer to conserve energy. This 1986 Soviet cartoon features a light bulb who grows increasingly angry as people needlessly waste more energy around the house. Enjoy.
Video at Youtube
The story behind how Louis Armstrong starting playing the trumpet is interesting. When he was a teenager, one New Year’s Eve, he shot a gun off into the air. Because of that incident he was arrested and sent to reform school at the New Orleans Colored Waif’s Home. There he learnt to play the […]
After getting a great response from the stuff we posted about the 2008 Detroit Jazz Festival, decided to see what we could find (in the YouTube archive) about previous Detroit Jazz Festivals.
Here’s a sweet compilation of scenes and sounds from the Detroit Jazz Festival 2007.
Watch closely, and you’ll see Mr. Travelin Blues show up on […]
“You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!” Contemporary Records. (1956) Great West Coast Jazz featuring Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Jack Sheldon on trumpet, and Carl Perkins on piano. Listen to “Complete” - the opening track, here.