keep on dancing Moodymann, “The Day We Lost The Soul”/ “Tribute! (To The Soul We Lost),” 1995 ***** Theo Parrish, “The Love I Lost” (Re-edit of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), 2003 More Theo? Here. And here. And here. And here. ********** lagniappe musical thoughts Dance music holds out the hope, as the beat goes on, and [...]
Archive for the ‘remix’ category
Wednesday, 2/29/12
02/29/2012Tuesday, 1/17/12
01/16/2012keep on dancing Theo Parrish (Detroit-based DJ/producer), live, Spain (Madrid), 2010 #1 *** #2 *** #3 *** #4 ********** lagniappe musical thoughts [I]f you think about it, sound behaves a lot like sculpture except there’s a time limit. Look at that sculpture right there behind you. You look at it and there’s a front, a [...]
Monday, 1/2/12
01/02/2012what you’d be listening to if you were 20* Lupe Fiasco, “The End of the World” (sampling M83, “Midnight City”), 2011 ***** Adele, “Rolling in the Deep,” Jamie xx Remix, feat. Childish Gambino, 2011 ********** lagniappe musical thoughts Hip-hop is jazz’s great grandson. —Roy Hargrove, trumpet player, bandleader ***** found words Don’t Die with your [...]
Wednesday, 12/28/11
12/27/2011more favorites from the past year passings ***** Is any drummer more lyrical? Paul Motian, drummer, composer, collaborator, bandleader March 25, 1931-November 22, 2011 Paul Motian Trio (PM, drums; Joe Lovano, saxophone; Bill Frisell, guitar), “It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago” (P. Motian), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 2005 ********** lagniappe Sometimes he would [...]
Tuesday, 5/31/11
05/30/2011favorites (an occasional series) She’s going to be a big star someday. Nneka, live (Originally posted 2/15/11.) ********** It used to be that music came from a particular place. No more. Whether it’s Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (the Iranian saxophonist who’s lived in Germany, in Japan, and now in New York City [2/18/10]), or Burkina Electric [...]
Monday, 5/30/11
05/30/2011Today we remember him with a mix of new clips and old favorites. Gil Scott-Heron, April 1, 1949-May 27, 2011 new clips “The Bottle,” live, Jamaica (Montego Bay, Reggae Sunsplash), 1983 Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie (1983) ***** “We Almost Lost Detroit,” live, Austria (Vienna), 2010 ***** Interview, England (London), 2010 ***** old favorites Here’s [...]
Monday, 5/16/11
05/16/2011Weary of this “too too solid flesh”?* Wanna liquify? Theo Parrish (remixing Hamilton Bohannon) Live, Denmark (Rotterdam), 1/28/11 If you (like me) could live with this all day, hit repeat. And if tomorrow you want more, go here. *W. Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tuesday, 2/22/11
02/21/2011Don’t forget the Motor City Theo Parrish, Detroit-based DJ & producer Collecting sounds around Detroit *** Live, New York (Brooklyn Yard), 8/23/09 *** Live, Paris (Elysee Montmarte), 4/30/10 *** Recording, “Soul Control” *** Recording (with Marcellus Pittman), “Equality of Patience” ********** langiappe thoughts on music Music history as a whole has been drastically misnamed. Jazz [...]
Thursday, 12/16/10
12/16/2010It’s a remix world. Gil Scott-Heron, “New York Is Killing Me” (2010), Chris Cunningham remix ********** lagniappe Here’s the original track, followed by a couple more remixes. *** With Nas *** With Mos Def ***** musical thoughts In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times. [...]
Saturday, 3/13/10
03/13/2010With music like this, who needs drugs? DJ Spooky, live
