Sunday, November 1st
Bringing some church to the White House.
—President Obama
Shirley Caesar, Aretha Franklin, Rance Allen, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, T Bone Burnett, et al., live, Washington, D.C., 2015
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2010
Tuesday, 11/9/10
Gregory Isaacs, July 15, 1951-October 25, 2010
[Gregory Isaacs’ friend and former manager Don Hewitt] said of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones that when he was introduced to Mr. Isaacs, “he carried on like he’d met Jesus.”
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In a 2001 interview, Mr. Isaacs reflected on his legacy. “Look at me as a man who performed works musically,” he said. “Who uplift people who need upliftment, mentally, physically, economically—all forms. Who told the people to live with love ’cause only love can conquer war, and to understand themselves so that they can understand others.”
—Rob Kenner, New York Times (obituary, 10/25/10)
Live, London (Brixton Academy), 1984
“Number One”
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“Night Nurse”
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“Border”
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“Sad Mood Tonight” (1994)
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“Kingston 14” (Made in Jamaica, 2006)
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Want more? Here: “Gregory Isaacs Memorial Broadcast,” Eastern Standard Time, WKCR-FM (broadcasting from Columbia University), 11/6/10.
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reading table
No battle that can be won is worth fighting.
2010
Sunday, 10/31/10
At the recording session for the new Elton John/Leon Russell album, how did producer T Bone Burnett break the ice in the studio?
He played this clip (“Didn’t It Rain,” 2:20).
Mahalia Jackson, “Everybody Talkin’ ‘Bout Heaven,” “Didn’t It Rain,” “The Lord’s Prayer,” live, Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, Rhode Island), 1958
Want more? Here.
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I think that this is what everybody needs a whole lot of—not only in their playing, but in their way of living.
As far as rating this—maybe you should use a different kind of star for rating this from the stars you use rating jazz records. A moving star. Make it five moving stars.
—Charles Mingus, listening to a record by Mahalia Jackson during a Downbeat “Blindfold Test” (1960)
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art beat
Lee Friedlander, “Mahalia Jackson” (1956)
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[I]t almost looks like if you could see the next second after this picture was taken that she would start to ascend.
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live on the ’net: tonight, 8 p.m. (EDT)
Todd Rundgren, “the Class of 1963 Wells Scholars Professor at Indiana University Bloomington for this fall,” will talk about—and perform—his music in an “autobiographical concert” that’ll be video-streamed live.
2010
Monday, 10/25/10
The story behind their new album is a sweet one.
Elton John & Leon Russell
Making The Union (2010)
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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”
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Part 2, “Hearts Have Turned To Stone,” “Tiny Dancer”
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