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2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010

These guys sounded awfully good the other day—let’s hear some more.

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, “Orleans & Claiborne,” live, New Orleans, 2010

There are a lot of things to like about this performance. One is the way Shorty, following two hot solos (tenor, baritone), doesn’t try to out-blow those guys. Instead, he changes directions (3:20). Sometimes nothing packs more punch than restraint. (Yeah, I don’t know why this clip cuts off when it does, either.)

Want more? Here.

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passings

Soon I’ll be leaving for a funeral—my uncle, Hugh Frebault. Nine days ago we sat and talked and laughed for over an hour; now he’s silent. Does life get any more understandable as you get older? I don’t think so—if anything, it seems to become only more mysterious, more unfathomable.

Blind Willie Johnson, “Dark Was The Night – Cold Was The Ground” (1927, Dallas)

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2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

no redeeming value whatsoever

Andre Williams & His Orchestra, “Sweet Little Pussycat” (1966)

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Andre Williams, 2010

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2010

Saturday, 5/8/10

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2010/part 2

Scene 1: Parade of the New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club

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Scene 2: Chouval Bwa

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Scene 3: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, “Backatown” (record-store performance)

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Scene 4: Pinettes Brass Band (outside another record store)

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2010

Friday, May 7, 2010

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2010/part 1

Scene 1: Sousaphone Parade

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Scene 2: Brian Blade & The Fellowship

Want more Brian Blade? Here.

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Scene 3: Mardi Gras Indians (Members of the Golden Star Hunters, Carrolton Hunters, et al.), Backstage

Want more Mardi Gras Indians? Here.

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2010

Saturday, May 1, 2010

What was it like to live—people may wonder someday—back before everyone had, each day, their own personal soundtrack?

Tom Ze, “Mae” (Gespenster [trailer])

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2010

Wednesday, 4/28/10

As I mentioned a while back, I’m leaning toward a career, in the next life, as a tap-dancer.

Marilyn Miller, “All I Want To Do, Do, Do Is Dance” (Sally, 1929)

Want more? Here.

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2010

Saturday, 4/24/10

Sixty years from now what will folks think about today’s music?

Barton Brothers, “Cockeyed Jenny,” c. 1947, on Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days (Dust-to-Digital)

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Here’s a profile of this fine small record label (previously featured here [Sister O.M. Terrell] and here [email from founder Lance Ledbetter]).

Dust-to-Digital

Part 1

Part 2

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2010

Wednesday, 4/14/10

Originally, Morton Feldman was commissioned to compose the score for the film [Something Wild], but when the director heard the music, he promptly withdrew his commission, opting to enlist Aaron Copland instead. The reaction of the baffled director [Jack Garfein] was said to be, ‘My wife is being raped and you write celesta music?’

—Wikipedia

Morton Feldman, “Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann’s Theme,” 1960

Want more Morton Feldman? Here. Here. Here.

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2010

Friday, 4/2/10

[T]he greatest rock is birthed from equal parts intelligence and stupidity.—Chris Bohn (The Wire, 2/10)

Jandek

“Real Wild,” live, Glasgow, 2004

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Live, Houston, 2009

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Much speculation has been made over the true identity of the mysterious singer/songwriter Jandek, and his equally obscure record label, Corwood Industries. For over 25 years, the artist released album after album of twisted, ghostly, and utterly unique songs that crooned a tale of despair.

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Jandek played his first ever concert on October 17th, 2004 in Glasgow, Scotland as part of the Instal Festival, accompanied by Richard Youngs on bass, and Alexander Neilson on drums. The name Jandek did not appear on any of the promotional material for the festival. Some members of the audience, in disbelief, recognized the man from his album covers and could not mistake the sound for any other. Word quickly spread that Jandek had indeed performed . . . —Raphi Gottesman

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art beat

Joseph Cornell, Hotel Eden (c. 1945)


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2010

Monday, 3/29/10

This guy, like Captain Beefheart, studied at the Howlin’ Wolf School of Vocal Alchemy.

Tom Waits, “Make It Rain,” live (TV broadcast), 2004

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More on William Eggleston and Alex Chilton

Yesterday, while at the Art Institute, I stopped again at the William Eggleston exhibit (previously mentioned here and here), which runs through May 23rd. It includes not only the album cover I posted earlier (Big Star’s Radio City), but also this one. Eggleston, an accomplished piano player, once accompanied Chilton on a track—the Nat King Cole classic  “Nature Boy,” which appears on Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers (expanded reissue), produced by Jim Dickinson, as well as Keep an Eye on the Sky (2009 boxed set).

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