It was a whole lot of fun to chat with Adam Nussbaum about how a couple albums from his parents' record collection inspired The Lead Belly Project. https://t.co/NHsmgMDBcQ
BTD 1852 - Spanish guitarist, composer Francisco Tárrega. Several of his pieces, including Capricho árabe, have become guitar favourites. Performed here on a modern copy of his preferred instrument - a Torres guitar from that period.
Live In Paris 1971 (2007, Jazz Row) is a live recording of the Ornette Coleman Quartet during their turn-of-the-decade European tour. Paris, France, 1 Nov. 1971. w/ Ornette, my father, Dewey Redman, Ed Blackwell.
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The composer and saxophonist Henry Threadgill has always been committed to the ensemble. Fittingly, his memoir is less about his own artistic accomplishments than the other musicians on his journey. https://t.co/2a4x7XmMHn
🧵Greatly saddened by the death of Tony Bennett at 96. While he wasn't a jazz singer, he spent his life exploring the sometimes porous borders of jazz & pop in the context of the Great American Songbook. He told me in 1991: “I’m not a jazz singer; I’m a singer who likes jazz.”
The latest preview from Sparklehorse's posthumous album, Bird Machine, “The Scull of Lucia” features vocals from Jason Lytle of Granddaddy.
Stream it here: https://t.co/5D8l8Wt8R4
I didn't realize how many Mo Foster recordings I'd listened to over the years until I began reading the tributes to him. What a solid sound. https://t.co/qwNbADn8Zr
Thanks to @Matthew_Kohut for taking the time to share some insight for the Jazzfuel community. He touches on the value of CONSISTENCY. Anyone have a great example of a musician who has been super consistent with a very specific 'thing' in their career?
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Happy birthday to Sly Stone, born on this day in 1943 in Denton, Texas. Here’s Sly and the Family Stone performing “Everyday People” and “Dance to the Music” in 1969.