Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ahmad Jamal – I Hear a Rhapsody Ending up the week with a musical tribute to Tryptophan. A track from the legendary Jazz Pianist Ahmad Jamal, accompanied by a 15 piece string section in a session he recorded for Argo Records and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Intimate Stranger – Sand & Water -Nightime I have posted tracks by Intimate Stranger several times over the past few years, having been a fan since roughly 2008 when I first heard them via their MySpace page. Truly an international band, with
Click on the link here for Audio Player:JFK Assassination Not to bring down the festivities of this particular Thanksgiving (falling on the 22nd of November and all), but today marks the 49th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As a reminder of how the day unfolded, from
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Danse society – Peel Session – 1981 Diving into some Post-Punk tonight by way of The Danse Society, recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on November 21, 1981. After Punk came a catch-all sub-genre known as Post-Punk. More experimental
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Manfred Quartet in Concert – Nov. 20, 2012 Over to France this week, for the Dijon Auditorium Debussyades Series of concerts. This one features The Manfred Quartet in concert, recorded on October 7th of this year playing two works. Here’s what’s on
Click on the link here for Audio Player: India-China War – November 1962 The one event that managed to dislodge reports regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis in November of 1962 was the outbreak of hostilities between India and China. Long a hotbed of disputes, the crisis reached boiling point late
Click on the link here for Audio Player:Artwoods-InTheDeepEnd – 1967 One of those bands in the 60’s that evolved into many different things while being highly respected. The Artwoods, with legendary keyboard player Jon Lord started life as The New Art Wood Combo in the early 60’s and then morphed
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Misunderstood – I Can Take You To The Sun – 1966 Probably one of the saddest stories in the annals of Rock, The Misunderstood were originally a surf band from Riverside California who drew the attention of British DJ John Peel
Click on the link here for Audio player: Miles Davis – Live at Salle Pleyel – 1969 The legendary Miles Davis this weekend. Featuring the classic Quintet lineup and recorded live by Radio France, direct from Salle Pleyel in Paris on November 3, 1969. As the story goes, there were
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Gladys Knight and The Pips – In Concert 1982 Some classic Soul this weekend by way of Gladys Knight and The Pips, live at the Jamaica World Music Festival from November 25, 1982. Great sounding concert (which I understand is now available
