Diving into something a bit different tonight – four songs off a Cuban ep featuring Hermanas Benitez, released in 1960. The songs: 1 – Pepito – 2. Moritat – 3. Corazón de melón 4. Llorarás – released by Zafiro records in Havana. Hermanas Benítez was a Cuban vocal group active
Henri Barraud – Sonatine for Violin and Piano – Angel Reyes, Violin – Jacques de Menasce, Piano – Concert Hall Society E-17 (circa 1951-1952) – The music of Henri Barraud this weekend, in this commercial release from Concert Hall Records, recorded somewhere between 1951 and 1952 by the Cuban-born violinist
The Four Preps, appearing on Rocketing Rhythms for Armed Forces Radio in August 1961. Probably a fair guess that most people (of a certain age) won’t know who The Four Preps are (or were) – and also a fair guess that most people of a certain age before them will
You wrote it down, keeping a record – you need proof – 9:48, Saturday night – One day, when you’re ninety and they ask when you’re life changed, you’ll know. Talking to yourself in the bathroom mirror – you always talk to yourself – you never answer back. You ask
– Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra – Live at Veteran’s Memorial, San Francisco – 1950 – Gerald Wilson, one of the most dynamic and original forces in Jazz from the mid-century on. I ran across this never-before-released live concert by Gerald Wilson and his orchestra, during a critical but not
