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Friday, May 25, 2012

John Coltrane Interviews, Part II: 1962-65

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Michiel de Ruyter Interviews John Coltrane on October 26, 1963 and July 27, 1965. Some segments, mostly Ruyter's comments, are in Du...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Ellington's Symphony in Black

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SYMPHONY IN BLACK: A RHAPSODY OF NEGRO LIFE (1935) Directed by Fred Waller Music by Duke Ellington Songs: The laborers , A trian...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Reminiscing In Tempo

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Happy Birthday Duke!
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Liner Notes for Dexterritory Album

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“ Sweet tenor lifting/All American sorrows/Raises mouthpiece to mouth/And blows to finger ” – Jack Kerouac My first encounter with...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Unheard Masterpieces of The Band [for Levon Helm]

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[update April 19, 2010, 20:27 GMT] Levon left us. "Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, f...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

John Coltrane Interviews, Part I: 1961-62

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Michiel de Ruyter Interviews John Coltrane on November 19, 1961, and later, December 1, 1962. Parts of his comments and his introduction ...
Friday, April 6, 2012

The Swan Song of Pops

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I've confessed this for many times. Most recently, I told it to an interviewer from Q show of the CBC radio: how like so many ot...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Charlie Parker's Dorsian Touch?

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Recently attended a screening of Vincente Minnelli's I Dood It (1942) at National Film Theatre, I was amazed by its dedication to ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

In Memory of Richard Manuel

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Jazz for Dickens

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" Dickens is one of those writers who are well worth stealing. Even the burial of his body in Westminster Abbey was a species...