Nice piece by Oliver Lake (ts), Reggie Workman (b) and Andrew Cyrille (d):
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The strangest moment in this YouTube video was seeing Lyndon Johnson morph into Richard Nixon…
(0)I’ve been working my way through Ethan Iverson’s interviews of Wynton Marsalis and his discussion of the Young Lions, including the Marsalis brothers and Kenny Kirkland, who hit the jazz scene in the 1980s. The two BET videos below feature Kenny Kirkland and his trio, and includes a brief interview conducted by the show’s host, Ramsey Lewis:
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Letters to Herbie, by pianist John Beasley, presents a number of well-known Hebie Hancock songs in a fresh light, with a little help from Christian McBride on bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums. I especially love “ 4 A.M.,” with McBride channeling Jaco Pastorius’ original performance, and “Eye of the Hurricane,” but it’s all good! I think it’s also one of the best jazz recordings of 2008.
The CD also contains “Bedtime Voyage,” an interesting combination of Herbie’s “Tell Me a Bedtime Story” and “Maiden Voyage.” The YouTube video below features a version recorded in April 2008 by Beasley with Trevor Ware on bass and Bill Wysaske on drums:
I was watching Letterman when the band started playing this familiar song. Couldn’t remember the name but knew it was Curtis Mayfield. It’s a great song. Maybe it could be a replacement for “Hail to the Chief?”
(0)Comcast’s commercials are so consistently good they’re Tivo-proof. Here’s my favorite for 2008:
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