Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Nine Years Ago Today

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This happened nine years ago today; adjusting for time zones, this post should go up at the moment (6pm Spanish time, 12pm Eastern US). It...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Dylan, Nobel Laureate

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I am genuinely quite, quite thrilled by this news . There has been no better writer than Dylan in the years Dylan has been writing. The N...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Seven Songs Per Decade: 1970s (Part 1 of 4.5)

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In the spring, I am teaching I brand-new class, on the history of the United States from 1974 - 2014.  I am currently in the process of prep...
Monday, September 02, 2013

A Marvelous Jazz Visualization

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Via , here's a fabulous animation visualizing (part of) the title track to John Coltrane's classic 1959 album Giant Steps , by Israe...
Friday, April 12, 2013

The Unlearned Traveler's Tales, or, In Praise of Oliver Nelson's The Blues and the Abstract Truth

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Thus far I have been discussing entrance points to jazz -- first albums , second albums , avoiding albums , and the like.  It's like t...
Friday, April 05, 2013

Exploring Jazz Sideways (Albums? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Albums)

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In my posts on jazz to date -- which I am viewing as a combination of personal narrative and a possible help to any who might wish to follow...
Monday, April 01, 2013

My First Favorite Jazz Album: Ella and Louis (Again, Porgy, Compact)

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I have been talking about the first and subsequent jazz albums one ought to listen to, as well as about some of the famous ones that have ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Your Second Jazz Album

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So we've established that the first jazz album you should listen to is, clearly and unmistakably, Kind of Blue .  What's the second...
Friday, March 22, 2013

The Shape of Jazz to Come Recognized as the Shape of Jazz That Was (and Other Jazz at the LIbrary of Congress)

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If you're at all serious about it, t takes a really stunning amount of self-confidence to label a record "The Shape of Jazz to Come...
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