Music doesn’t care who you are, where you come from, what you know. It asks only that you pay attention. Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972), Piece in Three Parts for Piano and Sixteen Instruments (1961), Peter Serkin (piano), Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Oliver Knussen, cond.) More? Here.
Archive for the ‘tuba’ category
Tuesday, 3/13/12
03/13/2012Monday, 12/5/11
12/05/2011recipe 1 river 1 bridge 1 brass band Mix lightly. Raya Brass Band, live, Poughkeepsie, New York Walkway Over The Hudson Grand Opening, 10/3/09 #1 *** #2 *** #3 *** #4 *** #5
Friday, 10/14/11
10/14/2011Happy (Belated) 70th Birthday, Lester! Lester Bowie, October 11, 1941-November 8, 1999 trumpet player, bandleader, irrepressible spirit Lester Bowie Brass & Steel Band, Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy), 1996 Part 1 *** Part 2 *** Part 3 *** Part 4 More? Here. And here. And here. And here. And here. ********** lagniappe musical thoughts Jazz is [...]
Saturday, 7/2/11
07/02/2011Here’s a different take—one deeply indebted to Lester Bowie—on the brass band. Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy DD, trumpet; Louis Bonilla, trombone; Vincent Chancey, horn (AKA French horn); Marcus Rojas, tuba; Nasheet Waits, drums “Bowie,” recording session (Spirit Moves, 2009) *** “Spirit Moves,” “This Love Affair,” “Twilight of the Dogs” Live, Washington, D.C., 2009 ********** [...]
Monday, 6/6/11
06/05/2011sui generis, adj. A person or thing that is unique, in a class by itself. E.g., Anthony Braxton, composer, reed player, professor, MacArthur “genius” grant winner, one-time professional chess hustler. Happy (Belated 66th) Birthday, Anthony! (born June 4, 1945) Anthony Braxton with his 12+1tet, Ghost Trance Music New York (Iridium), 2008 ********** lagniappe musical thoughts [...]
Monday, 3/14/11
03/14/2011Albert King Fontella Bass Art Ensemble of Chicago Fela Anikulapo Kuti Few musicians travel so widely—or so well. Lester Bowie, trumpet, October 11, 1941-November 8, 1999 Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy (Steve Turre, trombone; Phillip Wilson, drums) Live, Germany (Berlin), 1986 #1 *** #2 (Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You”) Lester and drummer Phillip [...]
Saturday, 3/12/11
03/12/2011Have you heard of Brandt Brauer Frick? —Rachael Z., the 20-something stylist who cuts my hair The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, live (rehearsal), Germany (Berlin), 2010 ********** lagniappe reading table Teenager Me — a teenager? If she suddenly stood, here, now, before me, would I need to treat her as near and dear, although she’s [...]
Friday, 11/26/10
11/26/2010Deep, wide, strong: the groove, with this guy at the drums, is like a river. The Levon Helm Band with guest Jim Keltner (drums), “Deep Ellum Blues,” live, Los Angeles (Greek Theater), 8/15/10
Monday, 10/25/10
10/25/2010The story behind their new album is a sweet one. Elton John & Leon Russell Making The Union (2010) ***** Live (TV broadcast [Good Morning America], with Marc Ribot, guitar), New York (Beacon Theatre), 10/20/10 Part 1 (music begins at 4:10), “If It Wasn’t For Bad” *** Part 2, “Hearts Have Turned To Stone,” “Tiny [...]
