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Food for thought: Glenn Gould on why Beethoven is an admired composer.
Spoken notes before performing Piano Sonata 17 in D minor, op 31. The Tempest Sonata. Broadcast March 19, 1967
Bob Egan has written a nice post about the location of jazz clubs in NYC. I’m posting here in case his server quits for posterity. It is amazing how these clubs were really organically the first floors of homes, a few chairs, all beside one another. #history
https://www.popspotsnyc.com/jazz_clubs/
Locations of Jazz Clubs in New York City Greenwich Village
After 55 Years, though the originals were erased, the world kept a copy and we have this album of new material from John Coltrane’s Quartet.
Just #thankful that it is here as a document. Coltrane the person, the soul, the musician is like staring at the sky. Thank you Ken Drucker and Ravi Coltrane for bringing this to the world.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/john-coltrane-both-directions-at-once-the-lost-album/
My apologies for the slow uptake on writing, it has been forever and much has changed. Nearing the end of the work-to-live ‘day job epoch’ and hopefully will enter the ‘creative freedom epoch’ within the next couple years.
Uploaded another pic of the Village Vanguard to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Vanguard.
Enjoy!
A photo taken of the Village Vanguard has been up for several months now on wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Vanguard
About as sweet as the sound of Coleman Hawkins in Body and Soul.
Hi, I’ve made this for the band based on Brad Mehldau’s lyrical Resignaton from the Elegiac Cycle. Notable differences:
Enjoy!
PDF version here Resignation – Brad Melhdau – 6:4
Here is the Leadsheet for this great song by Elliott Smith. Feel free to share.
Enjoy Responsibly
(PDF) Between the Bars – Elliott Smith (Leadsheet) – Arr. Alwinian
Cleaning out the harddrives. A spot test and absolutely the first file created on the beloved macbook 15′ – 2011 model. Improvised a simple march and drew the poor soldier at work on the weekend. It’s just fun and admit – there is a soft spot for this wacky guy. Enjoy.
Another Great One from Michel Gondry.
Metronomy – Love Letters from Partizan on Vimeo.