"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Clash In Concert At De Montfort Hall, Leicester – May 28, 1977 – Band Soundboard – As a friend of mine once pointed out “you really had to be there”, when talking about the early Clash. If there…
All Star Parade of Bands – George Shearing – 1953 Over to The Blue Note club in Chicago for this installment of the weekend Downbeat. George Shearing and his Quintet, recorded and broadcast by NBC Radio on July 11, 1953.…
Jolivet Piano Concerto (Premier) – Descaves, piano -André Jolivet, conductor – Strasbourg Radio Symphony The music of Andrè Jolivet is hardly played in public and seldom heard, even on disc. A staunch defender of the school of atonality he never…
NBC Summer Symphony with Milton Katims, Conductor – Leo Smit, Piano – 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More rarities.This week it’s The NBC Summer Symphony series featuring conductor Milton Katims and pianist Leo Smit in music by Mozart and…
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano – Jeanne Gautier, violin – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – ORTF Broadcast, circa 1953 Back to Paris this weekend for a radio broadcast performance of the Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano as played by…
Over to Moscow this week for a concert by The National Philharmonic of Russia, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov and featuring Nikolai Lugansky, Piano. Two works on the program: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto Number 4 and Brahms’ Symphony Number 4. The concert…
Within the vast heading of The History Of Music, I don’t think there is, or will ever be, a shortage of musicians and composers whose work has gone mostly unnoticed, or at best, largely underrated. Lily Bienvenu is one of…
The Amazing Horace Silver this weekend. Recorded from the stage at Newport 1958 for the Voice Of America. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Horace Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited…
Some recently rediscovered Americana tonight. American composers of the early-to-mid twentieth century, aside from the big names such as Aron Copland, have been largely forgotten over the years. Their style of composition has fallen out of favor in the academic…
Another historic concert this weekend. This one featuring The Max Roach Quintet, joined by the legendary Sonny Rollins. All recorded on November 10, 1966 in Stockholm by Sveriges Radio. Along with Rollins and Roach are Freddie Hubbard (Trumpet), James Spaulding,…