Category Archives: Music

Today’s Music: Ramsey Lewis Trio: “The In Crowd”

Posted on December 28, 2011 by admin

The Ramsey Lewis Trio proved in 1966 that you could get a jazz arrangement of a pop tune, such as “The In Crowd,” on the rock charts, even though the experts of the time said it was impossible. (Of course, … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”

Posted on December 25, 2011 by admin

I’ve read that, although Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t particularly religious — it’s been speculated he was a Deist like contemporaries Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin — he liked the emphasis on universal brotherhood and the joy of life in the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Seasoned Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2011 by admin
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Today’s Music: Charles Brown, “Merry Christmas, Baby”

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin
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Today’s Music: ‘The Weight’ by The Band with Eric Clapton

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

Just a different version of The Band’s hit “The Weight” recorded I know not where (but maybe at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) in 1994.

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Today’s Music: Big Walter Horton Two-Fer

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin

I met Big Walter Horton years ago at a North Side Chicago blues bar. Although his playing was loose, almost to the point of kidding, with his band, he told them to stop playing at one point and then, just … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: “I’m Drunk on Tuesdays” by 4 On The Floor

Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin

These guys look like they’re having fun on Twin Cities Radio. The band’s name is ‘4 On The Floor’ and I guess we know how they got on the floor, judging by the title of the tune.

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Today’s Music: Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass

Posted on December 11, 2011 by admin

How can you go wrong with the Oscar Peterson Trio with Joe Pass on guitar? (If you don’t know who these great musicians are, go to the Google and get some learnin’.)

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Today’s Music: ‘Satisfaction’ The Rolling Stones

Posted on December 1, 2011 by admin

Reaching back to the mid-’60s for this clip, when Mick Jagger’s face wasn’t carved out of leather, Keith Richards looked like the poor man’s George Harrison, and before Brian Jones and Bill Wyman passed on. Parts are dated, but the … Continue reading →

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Music: Kenny Burrell Three-peat

Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin

Kenny Burrell is one of my favorite guitar players, both because of his fluid, bluesy solos and his mastery as ‘King of the Ice Cream Chords.’ (Meant as a compliment.) He’s played with every major name in jazz over the … Continue reading →

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