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Jazz Podcasts

I'd say I'd rather just listen to jazz than people talking about it, but jazz is so vast, and the world is really opening up, and I'm always wanting to learn. r/jazz asks about podcasts, and I find You'll Hear It on YouTube . 1. They start out the podcast riffing while playing piano. So they're a couple of pianists: Peter Martin,Adam Maness. They play some music. They talk over it some, which is good because they're all about describing what is going on. They seem to be in arrangements. I listen to the latest episode about Shirley Horn’s “Here’s to Life” ( spotify ). "It’s an album only an artist with decades of love, loss, and resilience could create. In this episode, we break down Horn’s unmatched ability to accompany herself, the elegance of Johnny Mandel’s string arrangements, and the quiet confidence that defines every track. Whether you’re discovering Shirley Horn for the first time or revisiting a favorite, this episode will leave you hearing her...

Shaggs

Just read about the Shaggs in This Is What It Sounds Like. I'm listening to them. I'm reading the New Yorker about their 2017 concert ( Archive ). Wikipedia: The Shaggs composed seemingly simple and bizarre songs using untuned guitars, erratic time signatures, disconnected rhythms, wandering melodies and rudimentary lyrics. According to Rolling Stone, the sisters sang like "lobotomized Trapp Family Singers", while the musician Terry Adams compared their music to the free jazz compositions of Ornette Coleman. The Shaggs formed at the insistence of their father, Austin Wiggin, who believed that his mother had predicted their rise to fame. For several years, he made them practice every day and perform weekly at the Fremont town hall. The girls had no interest in becoming musicians and never became proficient in songwriting or performing. In 1969, Austin paid for them to record an album, Philosophy of the World, which was distributed in limited quantities in 1969 by a ...

Gypsy (The Musical)

Friend said she did Gypsy in high school. I've never seen it. Good musical. She said yes. I'm always looking for a famous musical I've never even seen once, there are so many. Turns out I recognize a lot of the big numbers. I created a playlist with many version of Gypsy soundtrack on spotify. Couldn't find the movie. Could find a version on YouTube with the recently canceled or snickered at her tone deaf diva comments, Patti Lupone. (New Yorker Archive ) ... She apologized Bette Midler: Rose's Turn YouTube Tiny Desk Concert YouTube April 22, 2025

June Album listenings

I'm educating myself by listening to albums. 6/1 Salah Ragab Egyptian Jazz 2006 spotify 6/2 Salah Ragab The Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab 1983 spotify 6/3 Ivo Perelman Shammanaism 2020 spotify 6/4 Toshiko Akiyoshi The Village YouTube 6/5 Toshiko Akiyoshi was born in China to a Japanese family. In 1953, during a tour of Japan, pianist Oscar Peterson discovered her playing in a club on the Ginza. Peterson was impressed and convinced record producer Norman Granz to record her. Akiyoshi studied jazz at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Toshiko's Piano was her first album in 1953 spotify . 6/6 Terumasa Hino Taro's Mood 1973 spotify 6/7 Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7th. Listen to The Gold Experience 1997 spotify Read some oral history about him BBC 6/8 Jun Fukamachi On The Move 1978 spotify 6/9 Akio Sasajima Quiet Intentions 2013 with Carla Helmbrecht ( artist site ) spotify 6/10 Marcus Miller Su...

Pulling Records

This is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas suggested the idea of "Pulling Records" where you play records for people to they know what you like. Cyrus Chestnut Baroque Impressions ( spotify ). I love how he goes from classical to jazz and back again. Katherine Kim "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" from Les Contes d'Hoffmann YouTube : I just find this singing sublime Katherine Kim. She's so good. I've watched a lot of different versions, they're not as good as this. I thought it was the music I really liked, but her actual performance is so amazing. I don't think anyone gets close to it compared to her. I'd say my roots are my stepfather's record collection, in which I listened to the Beatles and The Who and Bob Dylan. I'd say Sergeant Pepper is the height of that ( spotify ). Who's Next (1971) ( Spotify ). Here's my Bob Dylan post . In 4th grade someone had a Barracuda single by Heart ( spotify ). My neighbors ...

John Ruocco

His obituary appeared yesterday. John Ruocco (1952-2025) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, played with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Slide Hampton, Ed Soph, Beaver Harris, Teddy Edwards, Toots Thielemans and many more, and was the director of the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and of The Hague Conservatory big band. He has been living and working in Europe since 1979. I listened to Leib Plays the Beatles 2013 spotify , which he plays on. No, maybe... YouTube . Like someone in love YouTube 10/01/2014.