Turkish Jazz
Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009)[2] was an American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado.[4] He was best known for his local and network children’s...
View ArticleMeditations On The Ultimate Nothingness
+++++++++ +++++++++ +++++. +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++++++ ++++++!! +++++++++++, ++++++ + ++ +++++++++++++ +++ +++++++++++++? On the other hand, So you see,...
View Article…Some Other Peanuts
—– “Salt Peanuts” is a bebop tune reportedly composed by Dizzy Gillespie in 1943, credited “with the collaboration of” bebop drummer Kenny Clarke. It is also cited as Charlie Parker‘s.[1] In fact,...
View ArticleA Wink and A Smile
After yesterday’s depressing post, I thought I’d lighten it up a bit. Here’s an audio/visual selection from the eponymous Sheepherders’ Two Baa Band. [Nah... ... ...I made it up] - [For some...
View ArticleWaylon Reads My Mood
California High Rise 77 degrees in L.A. Sky is endlessssss!! Bright blue. Tall, thin, Washington palms swaying, isolated, along the boulevard. And me? I’m singing “Good Time Charlie”. —– “Good...
View ArticleBlue Hawk In Boston
Ted Hawkins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Hawkins Ted Hawkins in a promotional photograph for his album The Next Hundred Years Ted Hawkins (October 28, 1936 – January 1, 1995) was an...
View Article‘Dis Ain’t New York City, Mama!
Filed under: Jazz and Blues Tagged: blues, dixieland, jazz, Music, new orleans, the blues
View ArticleIs There A Dr. House In The Infirmary?
Filed under: Jazz and Blues Tagged: blues, Music, the blues
View ArticleFrom The Correspondence File:
Catterel – [http://www.catterel.wordpress.com] - and I were commiserating about our “lost” comments: some essence of our work, collected on the blogs of others we’ve encountered around the blog-...
View ArticleFeel So Good Afterwards
Filed under: Existential, Music Tagged: Music, reggae, song, world music
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