some jazz from slightly off the beaten path.
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Loading... WGOM regular mr. waits speaks of something i'm sure we all could use. happy new year, you guys.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpkfcklv8Ag
1976
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wG55hfh2w0
Dr. John on the Ivories backed by Jools Holland's brass. If you're not busy on the 28th of this month you can catch Dr. John at the House of Blues in NOLA, but be warned the drinks are overprices and watered down.
(3 votes, average: 9.67 out of 10)Loading... obligatory...
that said, dave brubeck, in all his incarnations, is (not was) one of my favorite jazz musicians. he seemed to have this mad scientist approach to jazz; this strange mathematical deconstruction of the music. an innovator in key structure and time signatures (i'm still not 100% sure which time this is in... 6/8?), he deserves all the credit he received and will receive in the coming days.
here's a cut from the quintessential brubeck album time out. you will be missed.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPwLP8wGi4
1964
one of my favorite cuts after the jump...
Continue reading The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Three To Get Ready
(6 votes, average: 9.67 out of 10)Loading... with few details currently released, the promising career of austin peralta came to an end last week. here he is as a 16-year-old kid absolutely destroying the ivories with his equally impressive bandmates.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhpRdLEvcrk
2006
(4 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... let's switch things up a little.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-4sDnGJIs
(1 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)Loading... more new music. here's the opening track to another impressive debut.
(3 votes, average: 7.67 out of 10)Loading... something for the hepcats.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f06FvJgk52I
1961
(plus a bonus cut at the end)
(4 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... One of my two favorite Jazz groups active right now.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJoKFgWhOs
This is a pretty wild cut, so if you'd like somethig a little more traditional, check out the official video for "Summer Goddess" below the fold, which has some incredible solos and really tight group work. Continue reading Soil & “PIMP” Sessions – Tokyo Jazz 2007
(2 votes, average: 5.50 out of 10)Loading... definitely one of the more exciting musicians on the scene today.
2011
(7 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading...