blind-blake

Thanks Chuck.

Any thoughts on Braxton's 2by2 with Buell Neidlinger? Thanks. Did a search but couldn't find a mention.

At what point do we raid Quasimodo's place for copies?

A terrific old video

It was through his recordings that I got turned on to Joseph Spence, Blind Willie Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, Arsenio Rodriguez, and so many other greats. I love the way he transformed Johnny Cash's Hey Porter and Woody Guthrie's Vigilante Man into country blues tour-de-forces, and no one could interpret Blind Blake any better. His version of Ditty Wa Ditty with Earl Hines is a blast. I still revel in his supernaturally beautiful version of Maria Elena on Boomers Story and his haunting version of Dark Was The Night. Music just doesn't get any better than that. If you like Ry (I usually hate using first names, like I know him personally or something -- but I've been a fan for so long, WTF), be sure and check out his recordings with guitarists Manuel Galban, Ali Farke Toure, and the Indian dude (someone help me out here). And my God, Across the Borderline on The Border soundtrack (with Freddie Fender on vocals and Flaco Jimenez on button accordion) ---- not to mention (although I'm doing it anyway) Roosevelt in Trinidad on Into the Purple Valley! Simply spectacular guitar playing! I may never have discovered calypso, Norteno, Hawaiian slack key guitar, and several other genres of music without him. OK, he's made some duds (particularly on some of his later Warner Bros. records, which is why I might avoid the box and instead pick and choose his best), but where he succeeded, he's been amazing. (Yes, I may have indulged in a little hyperbole here-- as William Blake wrote "Exuberance s beauty" or something like that -- but not by much.) The Indian guitarist is Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. A very interesting player.

Are these shows archived anywhere? Thanks

I'm in

I'm with you, my man

Any word on this?

Been listening to a lot of this stuff on the Cam jazz site and the one that is most eye-opening for me is the bill Dixon. I'd avoided most of his black saint stuff previously, finding what I'd heard just too out there. Loved his stuff on savoy and RCA but the bs stuff just didn't move me. Listening more closely Im getting a different picture - a lot of quiet artistry going on. Anybody else getting a new appreciation for any of the musicians in this series?

I'm totally in on this one. Been waiting years for it. I'm with you on this one. I wish more people (anybody?) had heard & lived with Iapetus for a while, but Motivation is, like Iapetus, a wholly uniqhue record that has been virtually unheard.

http://www.forward.com/articles/138614/ Music for Murder Re-examining the Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann By Benjamin Ivry Published June 13, 2011, issue of June 24, 2011. Few movie soundtrack composers are perennially contemporary household names, but New York-born Jewish musician Bernard Herrmann, whose June 29 centenary is being celebrated with a year of CD releases and live concerts from Minnesota to Bristol, England, is a noteworthy exception.... Read more: http://www.forward.com/articles/138614/#ixzz1PGLWJHJ0

Simply amazing!! Thanks.

Happy Birthday, man. Keep up the great work!!

A belated Happy Birthday!!

Dots. Is it me, or does Jim Lehrer on the News Hour look like Barney Rubble? Look at him next time you watch. Perhaps it's my taking too many dangerous narcotics as a youth.

Music sucks? He should arrested for that alone.

OK, it's not jazz. Still fun, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khJaHNocYK0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ua0Hu8e3xo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47MPHg

Me likes it as well! Thanks for posting.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AliceTheFilm

Wow!!!!!!!!!! That's amazing!! I'm all over this one.

Hank Mobley. What a tremendous set.

Sam Rivers and Ellington sets??? I guess I've missed something. See here: