music clip of the day

If only Janis were still around to cut a gospel album.

Tom Jones, “Strange Things Happening Every Day,” live (TV broadcast), 2010

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langiappe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (1944)

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mail

He’s [Tom Jones] got a new gospel album out on Lost Highway that is really good.

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Absolutely love your latest clips. Was that Kermit Ruffins and Trombone Shorty on the Rebirth clip [don’t believe so]? If you haven’t already, please check out Praise & Blame by Tom Jones. I picked it up after reading a review by Jim Fusilli in the WSJ. It is very good. Thanks for what you do. I look forward to your email each day.

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art beat

The other day I happened upon a wonderful photography exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center (through September 19th), The Jazz Loft Project, W. Eugene Smith in NYC, 1957-1965.

From Smith’s loft (821 Sixth Ave. [near W. 28th St.])

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Thelonious Monk

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Zoot Sims

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musical thoughts

It is hard to believe of the world that there should be/music in it . . .

—William Bronk (from “The Nature of Musical Form”)

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radio

WKCR-FM winds up their three-day Lester Young/Charlie Parker marathon today—Parker’s 90th birthday.