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Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters – Daily Post 2011 #1
Image via Wikipedia My son, Matthew, got me a $50 gift certificate for music at Cutler’s Record Shop in New Haven. I took him to this store last year and he really liked it, which made me very happy ,...
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World Music and Wesleyan University, Daily Post 2011 #8
“When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education Hasn’t hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall“ “Kodachrome” -...
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Bill Laswell – Miles Davis Remix
Wisps of smoke from a burning nag champa incense stick (Carlos Santana brand) swirl about my head as I channel my energies towards some difficult academic writing this afternoon. I aid and abet the...
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Happy 85th Birthday John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Image via Wikipedia Today, Friday September 23, 2011, we celebrate the 85th Birthday of John Coltrane. As a Sirius/XM subscriber and rabid jazz music fan, I am enthralled that Sirius XM is offering a...
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Miles Davis – Electric Jazz-Fusion
Cover of In a Silent Way I should have made this blog post about Miles Davis the first post for the four-part jazz/rock fusion series this week. Miles invented jazz/rock fusion beginning with In A...
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Santana – Caravanserai
My favorite Santana studio recording is Caravanserai. It never ages or fails to intrigue me after 40 years. Caravanserai was released on October 11, 1972, the same day as Miles Davis’s On The Corner....
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Mr. Wayne Shorter – Composer and Saxophonist
Mr. Wayne Shorter as Carlos Santana lovingly calls him turns 80 years young this year on August 25th. I awoke this morning thinking about his brilliant legacy of jazz compositions and performances....
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Music Journalism A-Z – Additional Authors
I have looked high and low for a music journalist whose last name begins with X. I could not find anyone. David Byrne speaking at the 2006 Future of Music Policy Summit hosted by the McGill University...
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Wayne Shorter – Zero Gravity
I love the spiritual muse contained in the music that Wayne Shorter composes and performs. His visionary role in jazz offers us a unique portal into an ever-expanding collective consciousness. I made a...
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Bill Laswell, Advancing Art and Communication
Prolific, profound, pursuant, are just some of the inherent attributes of Bill Laswell. The music of our heart is openly receptive to the experimental spirit of this modernist vanguard. Bill Laswell is...
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MILES AT THE FILLMORE: MILES DAVIS 1970: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 3
Cover of Bitches Brew Think of it, Miles Davis performing live at the Rock Palace, The Fillmore East from June 17-20, 1970. If only you could turn back time and be one of those lucky fans in...
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Will You Welcome From My Heart, Santana
Ten years ago I was in the midst of purchasing every album in the Santana catalogue for my music collection. It’s very rare that I collect every commercial recording by an artist. When I purchased the...
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Miles Davis On His 88th Birthday
Forever Miles Davis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We are students of Miles. Miles Davis, mentor would have been 88 years old this day, Monday May 26, 2014. What a true Memorial Day it is for jazz fans...
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Concert Review: Santana and Rod Stewart, Mohegan Sun, May 25, 2014
The last time I saw Santana live was during their co-headliner tour with the Allman Bros. in July of 2012. The band’s trend of co-headlining East Coast concerts continues this year with Santana teaming...
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The Universal Tone, My Life By Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana will release his biography, The Universal Tone, My Life on November 4, 2014. The book will be published by Little, Brown and Company, a publishing group of Hachette Book Group. The...
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Miles Ahead – Social Music
English: Miles Davis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Cover of Miles Ahead For those of you who know about and for those of you I am just informing Don Cheadle, actor and producer is making his directorial...
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Miles Davis At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
The Columbia/Legacy Vault reveals another gem from the Miles Davis archives, Miles Davis At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4. This recording becomes available on July 17th. Filed under:...
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Born to Be Blue – Ethan Hawke
Spring 2016 offers jazz fans some great choices for famous trumpet player movies. I reported earlier on the Miles Davis biopic, Miles Ahead, starring Don Cheadle which opens April 1st in limited...
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Miles Ahead Official Poster
Filed under: Movie Tagged: Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Miles Davis
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Miles Ahead Biopic Recorded Music Projects
Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) The music recorded for the Miles Davis Biopic, Miles Ahead is pure improvisational genius. The Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) has...
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