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Phil Schaap

Phil Schapp's parents were introduced to each other by Red Rodney , jazz trumpeter. They were real jazz lovers, and got a son who a was a jazz lover.  Phil Schaap has 10 years of Birdflight on his website , his radio show on WKCR, the Columbia radio station. He died in 2021. He started broadcasting in 1970! The website has 2008-2018 of his morning show Birdflight.  I remember a friend yelling, "shut up" because he talked a lot, because he knew so much. He was a real institution for those who loved jazz. You quickly realize after listening to him that you don't know anything, and that can be discomforting, and because he knows so much, he talks and talks and talks. He received six Grammy Awards over the course of his career. He was talking to jazz musicians when he was 5, and weaves his life through the lives of jazz musicians. Count Base and big band jazz weaves into his bird show because the show had huge ratings, and he never gave it up. Many jazz musicians moved to...

Modernism

There's a fascinating article about modernism in the NY Times . My goal has been to share all 10 gift articles every month, and I'm out, so I can't share this article today. Pierre Boulez ’s “ Le Marteau Sans Maître ” (wikipedia) came out 70 years ago, and sounds as modern as anything out today.  The Times didn't create an album on Spotify, but I found an able that has that ditty.  The next piece is " Dark With Excessive Bright " by Missy Mazzoli is the next one.

November album listening

  11/1 Tame Impala 2025 Deadbeat spotify 11/2 Brandi Carlile 2025 Return to myself spotify 11/3 Pierre Boulez 2004 Le Marteau Sans Maître spotify 11/4  Nujabes 2005 Modal Soul spotify 11/5 J Dilla 2001 Welcome to Detroit spotify 11/6 I don't want to do too many playlists, but I found this one for upcoming and new independent artists . 11/7 Polyrhythm Addicts 1999 Rhythm Related spotify 11/8 Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) watch by Charismatic Voice YouTube . I watched a lot of her videos, but haven't watched her recently, but thought it would be lovely to see her comments on singing. I love the Rocky Horror Picture show. This video is 3 hours and 15 minutes.  Elizabeth Zharoff was an opera singer who didn't listen to any popular music growing up, and goes over popular music like she's never heard it, and she discusses the vocal aspect, and reminisces about her career, she's chosen to raise children, and this is second career.  In high school I went to the mid...