Still hilarious how the only Far Side that Gary Larson apologized for was the one making fun of Ishtar, because everyone told him it was awful but he hadn’t actually seen it himself and ended up thinking it was an okay film
I feel identical immediate unease whenever I realize that someone has clearly taken harmonica lessons and when this one is going to be a whedonesque musical episode.
They said that they were returning to their roots with the latest installment of this video game series, and if they mean crappy by today's standards then they nailed it.
Remembering the great Vi Redd who was born on this day in 1928. The first female instrumentalist to headline at a jazz festival, Redd was a gifted saxophonist and singer.
Her saxophone style was mellow with a bright, effortless swing. She demonstrated intentional melodic phrasing to accommodate the rapid chord progressions while maintaining swing within the songs. She created emotional swells through emphatic phrasing, carefully adding just enough embellishment to subtly, but definitively, convey the meaning of the songs.
In spite of the fact that she became an accomplished saxophonist who performed with well-known artists such as Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, she only had two commercially recorded albums. This was at least in part due to the assumption that female musicians wouldn't be commercially successful. Even though she only had two albums recorded, they are excellent illustrations of her mastery of jazz music. Redd’s dedication to and mastery of jazz music has paved the way for many other talented ladies.
Here, she is performing “Stormy Monday Blues” with the Count Basie orchestra live in France, 1968.