Friday, June 20, 2014

Christian Aerobics a/k/a Praise-r-cise

By Mona Goldwater

Found via tsutpen.blogspot.com a/k/a "If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats" (which comes from the title of a Charles Mingus song).


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New York Times, 1924: Hitler no longer to be feared

By Jack Brummet, History Ed.

That didn't really work out, did it?


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Faces No. 835 - Scratchboard drawing

by Jack Brummet

[India Ink scratchboard; second image is the scratchboard image digitally reversed (negative image)]


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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins play together (with Ray Brown and Buddy Rich)

By Jack Brummet, Jazz Ed.

Two favorites performing together. . .with Ray Brown (whom I got to see just once; Bird died when I was two years old, and Hawkins died just a few years before I got into jazz).  Not quite so sure about Buddy Rich—I'm not a fan of his over the top drum attacks or his notorious treatment of young band members on the road.  Check out his rants here: http://youtu.be/omID1prJHFo).



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Neil Young performs Needle Of Death in Jack White's Third Man phono-recording booth

By Jack Brummet, Americana and Roots Music Ed.




Neil Young playing Bert Jansch's Needle of Death in Jack White's vintage phonograph recording booth, from his new album Letters From Home. This song is maybe my favorite (Del's too) from the album.
"I was especially taken by Needle Of Death, such a beautiful and angry song. That guy was so good… And years later, on On The Beach, I wrote the melody of Ambulance Blues by styling the guitar part completely on Needle Of Death. I wasn’t even aware of it, and someone else drew my attention to it."
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Monday, June 16, 2014

47 years ago today: The Monterey Pop Festival

By Jack Brummet, American Music Ed.

On June 16, 1967, the three day Monterey Pop Festival in California began.  The performers played for free and all proceeds went to charity.  This was the birth of "the summer of love."  

The festival included the first major appearances of many bands that would come to dominate music over the next few years, . .and decades,   Among the bands and performers:  The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon & Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, The Mamas And The Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, and The Electric Flag, 


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Sunday, June 15, 2014