2002
Tag Archives: RIP
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Three To Get Ready
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...
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The Austin Peralta Trio – Passion Dance/Untitled Original In D
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
Eva Cassidy – The Autumn Leaves
I always said that if I ever do a week of this and I'm feeling lucid, I'm going to open with the late Miss Cassidy. I'm lucid tonight, so here's one from 1996 at Blues Alley.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07R5q4gxkk&feature=related
Morphine – Shame
so far this season, i feel shame and need morphine.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnp09K_b8lI
(okay, this was more an excuse just to play some morphine)
Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You
obligatory...
let's enjoy the beginning of a promising career instead of mourning the sad end of it:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2DlbJJeg9E
1985
stay tuned for wolfman jack carter hayes week, comin' up next.
David “Honeyboy” Edwards – Gamblin’ Man
from the 2004 documentary "lightning in a bottle", arguably the last of the delta bluesmen, here's honeyboy.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UV0JKEfVQ
X-Ray Spex – Warrior In Woolworths
marian joan elliott-said and the gang on the OGWT.
1978