https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZl2OCIppU
1956
Tag Archives: jazz
Louis Armstrong – When the Saints Go Marching In
Kamasi Washington – The Rhythm Changes
We've spun a bit of Kamasi before, but no reason not to do so again. Good track for a Friday.
2016
I really want one of those Moog keytars. Also, those drummers are on point.
Al Jarreau – Sunny Stockings
Al Jarreau has passed away at 76.
He said he played "his voice". Here's a great example of that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0kG55hYw24
1976
Esperanza Spalding – Rest in Pleasure
Still need to pick up her latest...
2016
Nina Simone – Why? (The King of Love is Dead)
We must never let love die.
This song was written and first performed at the Westbury Music Festival three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Below is that original performance in full:
7 Apr 1968
William Tyler – Highway Anxiety
This is not William Tyler's WGOM debut; last year Bootsy spun "Geography of Nowhere," a cut from Tyler's 2013 album Impossible Truth. He released his follow-up album, Modern Country, this June. Tyler wrote it in Oxford, Mississippi, and recorded it in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
For me the album evokes a contemporary perspective on Gram Parsons' Cosmic American Music, a genre that blurs country, folk, rock, soul, and bluegrass. Jazz is very much Tyler's addition to this mix – you can hear guitar greats Chet Atkins, Les Paul, and Bill Frisell in this track as much as Parsons' take on country-rock. Listen hard enough and you'll hear some Link Wray & Dick Dale, too.
Mose Allison – I Don’t Worry About a Thing
I used to be trouble, but I found some light.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fHpC4Wux8
03 Nov 1975
Count Basie & His Orchestra – April In Paris
Here's a good song to make an entrance to at work today.
1965
Bobby Hutcherson Quartet – So Far, So Good
We regret to inform you that vibraphone virtuoso Bobby Hutcherson has also passed away at the age of 75.
1977