Category Archives: Music

Today’s Music: John Coltrane, “My Favorite Things” Live (1965)

Posted on April 8, 2012 by admin

Soothing Easter Sunday music from the genius of John Coltrane and his arrangement of “My Favorite Things” that really hooked me on jazz way back when.

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Today’s Music: Joe Pass, “Summertime” (1992)

Posted on April 7, 2012 by admin

Catch up on Joe Pass’ bio here while you listen to his nifty solo instrumental version of this George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward tune from the 1935 opera, “Porgy and Bess”. Recorded live at the Opernhaus, Kiel, Germany, October 24, 1992.

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Today’s Music: Wes Montgomery, “Four on Six” (1965)

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

What, you say you’ve never heard of Wes Montgomery, a major influence on jazz, rock and blues guitarists that they all copy to some degree, even if unwittingly? Time you did something about that — read here while you listen … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: The Who Live, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

In keeping with today’s theme, here’s The Who’s take on it all. I don’t usually like big arena power-chord rock bands, but you have to credit these guys for their sheer energy and ‘sweat equity’ on stage, and the fact … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: A “Minnie the Moocher” Two-Fer

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

Here’s Cab Calloway doing his big hit from 1931: And The Blues Brothers covering it in the ‘80s:

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Today’s Music: Big Walter Horton and Jimmy Rogers Live, “Tin Pan Alley”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

Recorded at the old Elsewhere’s club on Clark St. in Chicago. (Sound quality isn’t great, but it’s worth a listen.)

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Today’s Music: A “Plastic Jesus” Three-Peat

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

I know nothing about this first group, The King Earl Boogie Band, except two of them, Paul King and Colin Earl, used to be in Mungo Jerry (remember “In the Summertime”?). But the tune “Plastic Jesus” (originally written as a … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Paul Butterfield, “Born in Chicago” Two-Fer

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

There was a time in the ‘60s and early ‘70s when every self-respecting young white blues-rock guitarist was required to know two tunes, “Louie, Louie” and “Born in Chicago.” The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was a fairly big name back … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme” (1965)

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

I have to admit it took me awhile to be able to listen to and enjoy John Coltrane’s music of the mid-‘60s (and some I still can’t appreciate), but in “A Love Supreme” (released in 1965), Coltrane eases us into … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Fats Waller & Art Tatum, “Georgia On My Mind” (1941)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin

You’ve heard Ray Charles’ great vocal version, but here a couple of other geniuses take a crack at Hoagy Carmichael’s 1930 melody instrumentally. Fats (Thomas Wright) Waller is first, followed by Art Tatum, and I’ve plum run out of superlatives … Continue reading →

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