Click on the link here for Audio Player: Art Pepper – Live in Nice, France – 1980 Any one who is familiar with the story of Art Pepper knows what a brief and troubled career this brilliant musician had. Maybe not so much different than many others of his or subsequent
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Simon & Garfunkel – America – 1968 Taking a break from Non-traditional, or any kind of Christmas music tonight. When Simon & Garfunkel released America in 1968, it was a reflection on what were the most uncertain of times in our country. We were
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Balancing Act – Green Pants and Finance – 1987 Roaring on with our non-Traditional week of Christmas Tunes. The Balancing Act were one of those under appreciated and under-noticed bands of the late 1980s that got slightly overlooked by their then-label. Happily
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Timbuk 3 – All I Want For Christmas – 1987 Continuing our romp through non-traditional Christmas tunes, here is Timbuk 3’s contribution; All I Want For Christmas. Less domestic mayhem-oriented than last nights entry, it still carries that message of anti-conspicuous consumerism,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Percy Mayfield – What A Fool I Was – 1950 The immortal Percy Mayfield tonight. Rightfully dubbed The Poet Of The Blues, Mayfield was not only a gifted and compelling singer, but he was also was one of the great Blues and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Suarez – Rio Parana – 2000 It occured to me that probably one of the most-posted bands on this and my other site was the Argentine experimental/alternative/Indie band Suarez, featuring the hypnotic voice of Rosario Blefari. During their short time together, Suarez
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: 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: Jacqueline Taieb – 7 Heures du Matin – 1967 Another sampling of some classic French “Yè-Yè” of the 60’s. This time from one of the lesser luminaries, Jaqueline Taieb, a French singer born in Tunis who had a string of hit singles
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Soft Machine – We Did It Again – 1968 My first exposure to The Soft Machine came in 1968 when they opened for Jimi Hendrix – it was a turning point in my musical journey (yep, it was a journey – there
