Click here for Audio Player: Joe Pass and Lee Konitz – live in Copenhagen 1988 A couple of Jazz legends this weekend (not that there aren’t Jazz legends here every weekend), by way of Joe Pass and Lee Konitz, recorded live in Copenhagen in 1988 and broadcast over the Danish
Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC London Report – Week of June 9, 1977 Despite views to the contrary, when a pivotal band loses one or more of their members, things just never feel the same. When I recently saw a concert by the remaining members of
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Eric Sevareid Commentary on Vietnam – June 21, 1966 On this day in 1966, mainstream media was still putting an upbeat face on the Vietnam War. Reports of flagging morale by the Viet-Cong and defectors to the South were outnumbering defectors
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hour 1: Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hour 3: On this night, June 16th 1967, forty-six years ago, Los Angeles was mourning the loss of one of its powerhouse Top-40 Radio stations, going
Editors note: This was originally posted in 2013, but since today (August 16th) is Bill Evans’ birthday, it only seems fitting to celebrate a remarkable talent and light. In an era that produced a phenomenal amount of truly revolutionary talent in the Jazz World, a number stand out as pathfinders;
A lot of people I have run into lately, who are big fans of Pink Floyd, usually cite not knowing too much about them prior to Dark Side Of The Moon, or even The Wall. Pink Floyd’s history goes back much-much further (and for me, much more interesting) than that
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Starting off the weekend with the inimitable Koko Taylor, live in Bordeaux, France on November 15, 1993. The whole thing (or about an hours worth) recorded live from the stage by Radio France. Something that happens on an almost daily
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Perennial favorites Ride tonight. One of the memorable bands of the 90s (for me anyway), they were at the forefront of the “wall of guitars” sound that started up in the late 80s. Sadly, they never really caught on in
Click on the link here for Audio Player: With news the legendary Neville Brothers are on their farewell tour this year, I thought I would add something as a preview of coming attractions if you happen to be in a city they’re heading to and have tickets, that
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Something rather short and rare tonight. From a broadcast recital from Paris Radio (ORTF) given by the legendary French Soprano Ninon Vallin in 1952 are two songs (sorry): Debussy: Les Cloches and Faurè: Soir. According to the notes, this recital
