Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
What’s the most swinging jazz…
I was in the car listening to the radio the other day. I complain about jazz sometimes having once been a serious jazzhead and semi-serious gigging jazz bassist. But every once in a while I’ll hear some straight ahead combo stuff that is just swingin’. Swangin’! I mean, on the money and in the pocket. [...]
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Remember this? http://garyarthuryoung.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/the-state-of-music/ When I pissed off a guy named Bob Merlis? He commented: It’s amazing to me that you’ve blogged negatively about Peter Bernstein’s “Monk” album since you admit you haven’t heard it. It’s a brilliant album that has garnered some very positive reviews including one from the New York Times. Peter is part [...]
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The State of Music
And welcome back to my fictitious radio program, The Future of Music. It is pledge season here at WSTFY. We rely on you, the listener, to keep us afloat. I know times are tough, but whatever you can spare. Not to toot my own horn, no pun intended, but you won’t hear this caliber of [...]
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Tags: humor, jazz, music
1. I was talking to Leika and I asked her if she remembered her mother. And then, it dawned on me that she probably has or had a lot of siblings. I wonder if she remembers all of her brothers and sisters. And were they all black and brown? It must have been a handsome [...]
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California Dreamin’
I was in California last week. It was a good trip but different. With the wedding in Roseville, the Monterey Jazz Festival in, er, Monterey and the flight at SFO, there was a lot more traveling and such than socializing.
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UX: Baltimore Jazz Alliance Category: Web, HTML, Tech In theory, I started a UI/UX design blog. I have posted next to nothing. So whenever I’m feeling design-y it’s going to be here for now. Todd told me about the BJA the other week and how they were looking to update their website and also their [...]
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Yoshi’s Accused of Racism Category: Music Yes, I’m jumping on the blog bandwagon. THE VANISHING BLOG ENTRY I was going to respond to a blog entry re: the “racism” attributed to Yoshi’s and the Berkeley Jazz Festival (if I have my facts straight, which I may not). Short version: Yoshi’s released a 10th anniversary CD [...]
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R.I.P. Keter Betts
Sigh. Keter Betts died. 77 years old. He was an upright bass player who is renowned for playing with THE jazz greats – he was a “great” himself but sidemen tend to not find their way to the same echelons of fame — and lynchpin of the Washington, DC area. Coincidentally, I was flipping through [...]
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Music for Paul
“Speaking of music resonating with your soul, I think I need to do some serious soul-searching or need serious help because for the past few months, very few songs, across many genres have excited me much. I mean, I assume if I heard you playing upright bass live, I would be experiencing the equivalent of [...]
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So here I am, sitting here on a nice but windy – at least I think it’s nice out. I haven’t been bold enough to venture beyond the confines of the domicile today. But I am going to see Gary Bartz at Blues Alley this evening so that’s something. BLUES ALLEY Blues Alley is pricey. [...]
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