One of my favorite jazz songs of the last few years from a recording by drummer Mark Prince. Enjoy!
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maybe, just maybe, the best. lyrics. ever.
often I sing when I’m all alone,
and no one can see me but me.
i think and wonder what i am
and how i came to be.i can swim the ocean,
and it’s deep and wide,
and in the house above me
abide.maybe one day i’ll fly like an eagle,
fly like a bird and go and go.
soar like an eagle,
walk like a lion,
although it won’t be i know.but i can swim the ocean,
and it’s deep and wide,
and in the house above me
abide.i guess the time has come for me to go.
and look around for something, oh,
just moving in my house you know.
moving slowly is not really bad,
moving slowly you see
the wonders of the deep,
just waiting there for me.and i can swim the ocean,
and it’s deep and wide,
and in the house above me
abide.and in the house above me
abide…of course, abbey sings the hell out of it too!
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Nice piece by Oliver Lake (ts), Reggie Workman (b) and Andrew Cyrille (d):
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Missed the reunion tour because, really, how could the reunion be better than the original. OTOH, looking forward to listening to the recording. Downloading as we speak. I’ll read the review later…
Update: The music is very familiar and the musicianship is extremely high. It could only be better if they recorded awesome new songs or they really stretched out and improvised (the music is very “arranged”). Still I love it! It’s like seeing an old friend after a too long absence.
One nice moment. Al Dimeola is doing a solo and segues into Spain, where he’s joined by Chick. I was happy when I didn’t see Spain on the play list, but happier when I heard this spontaneous version.
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Betty Carter was, and is, my favorite singer, ever. Here she is in one of her last filmed performances, with: Bruce Flowers – piano, Neil Caine – bass, and Eric Harland – drums.
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i’ve fallen in love with some new music (yet again!), and you should hear it too. so saunter over to wbgo and download or listen to two songs by the edward simon quartet with mark turner, recorded live in early march at the village vanguard. i really like “pere” (and struggling to figure out the rhythms), but “colega” is excellent too.
btw, there’s also an hour-long village vanguard set by david sanchez available here.
enjoy!!
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This npr.org story provides an intimate look at the classic Miles Davis recording, Kind of Blue. Love Cannonball Adderly’s bit about “surf-ass noise!”
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I was searching emusic.com for songs featuring Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and came across this gem with Christian McBride:
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echovar’s The MicroCaster in Chief, puts President Obama in the context of jazz musicians:
“Watching President Barack Obama work his way through the long, long inaugural day, I see a virtuoso. In each venue, at each moment, he’s broadcasting live across multiple streams of media. It’s live, well thought out, and in the moment. While the messages are carried by the major media networks, the voice speaks to the micro-community.
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“When a great player improvises he’s not making things up out of thin air. He knows the scales, the changes, the modes, the melody, the rhythm and the audience. And from those raw materials he makes something both familiar and new.”
It’s a good comparison as Obama always seems to be operating on several levels at once. The post is interspersed with YouTube jazz snippets. I especially liked this one of Anthony Braxton performing “Impressions”:
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