"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Frank Sinatra turns 107 today. The singer who became so identified with the Big Band era of the 1940s, and who branched out to become one of the Entertainment world’s great icons of the 20th century, was born on this…
KXLA – Redondo Beach Barn Program – Nov. 27, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fans of the West Coast, and specifically Southern California, may get a kick out of this slice of Popular Culture from the 1940s. By all…
Little Richard – Interviewed on KRTH-101-FM Los Angeles – June 18,1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Editors Note: I originally ran this 1986 interview in 2018. With the sad news of Richard’s passing earlier today, it’s now offered as…
John Coltrane with Miles Davis – Live from Amsterdam – April4, 1960 – VARA/VPRO – The Netherlands – A monumental pairing this weekend. John Coltrane, along with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, along with Miles Davis in concert…
– Nicoletta – 4 Songs – Barclay Records 1967 – For those of you not familiar with the extraordinary, spellbinding voice of Nicoletta (aka Nicoletta Grisoni), you’ve missed something. Having a string of hits in France in the 1960s and…
There are probably not that many people around now who are familiar with the name Percy Mayfield. But the name Percy Mayfield is synonymous with Blues and early Rock n’ Roll. From the late 1940s through the 1950s Percy Mayfield…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Billy Vera Interviews Little Jimmy Scott – 1992 – KCRW As you all know by now, the phenomenal and legendary singer Little Jimmy Scott passed from the scene yesterday at the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player- Little Jimmy Scott – An Evening In Paradise – 1960 – More sad news this week. Little Jimmy Scott, one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in Jazz passed away today…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – All-Star Parade of Bands – Stan Kenton, live At Sardi’s, Hollywood – June 4, 1956 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The Golden Age of Big Bands was rapidly…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ray Charles, live at Palais des Sport, Paris – October 22, 1961 – Radio France Since I’m a firm believer that you can’t really have too much of a good thing, as…