Riverside Records was an important part of the jazz scene during their relatively short life (1952 to 1964) and their catalog is now part of the Concord Music Group, which recently released a set of five commemorative albums. Those albums, which are collectively named Riverside Profiles, each feature a legendary artist: Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, … Continue reading REVIEW: Cannonball Adderley – Riverside Profiles
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BG (aka The Big Geez) is a retiree who who has spent over a decade generating the Geezer Music Club, where he tries to prove that geezers can stay in touch with today's world. . .and still find time for the trimming of ear hair.
Silly Songs – From Edison To Weird Al
It's entirely possible that Thomas Edison, after inventing the phonograph, recorded a wax cylinder of himself making armpit noises in time to a Sousa march. Well -- maybe not, but my point is that silly songs go back a long way, and modern performers such as Weird Al Yankovic are really just the latest in … Continue reading Silly Songs – From Edison To Weird Al
REVIEW: Johnny Mathis – Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Music Added!)
Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, a new offering from Columbia/Legacy that's being released very soon now, is part of a larger effort that's been put together to commemorate the long and notable career of Johnny Mathis. It joins the already released A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration album, and both tie in with an upcoming PBS … Continue reading REVIEW: Johnny Mathis – Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Music Added!)
Dinner With Clint Eastwood – Music By Frankie Laine
Clint Eastwood's new movie, Flags Of Our Fathers, is getting a lot of attention lately, and it got me to thinking about the first time I became aware of Clint, and sort of had dinner with him. It goes back before his directing fame, before his solid movie career as a leading man, before his … Continue reading Dinner With Clint Eastwood – Music By Frankie Laine
REVIEW: Kenny G – I’m In The Mood For Love
It might surprise you to hear that Kenny Gorelick, more popularly known as Kenny G, has been appearing professionally for thirty years. From his first appearance as part of Barry White's Love Unlimited band in 1976, he moved on to forming his own group and eventually to finding a formula that made him into a … Continue reading REVIEW: Kenny G – I’m In The Mood For Love
Did Rock & Roll Kill Your Hit Parade?
I don't really recall Your Hit Parade as a radio program, but after it made the jump to TV in 1950 it eventually became a regular part of my family's viewing schedule. The show, which was also sometimes called the Lucky Strike Hit Parade (since the American Tobacco Company paid the bills) had a pretty … Continue reading Did Rock & Roll Kill Your Hit Parade?
REVIEW: Rez Abbasi – Bazaar
Sometimes it's a little difficult to pin down the work of a particular musician and assign a genre or type to it, and maybe that's not a bad thing. I think that a lot of listeners - and I include myself - have a tendency to make assumptions about an artist before we ever hear … Continue reading REVIEW: Rez Abbasi – Bazaar
Warming Up To Hank Snow On The Philco
Today I was scrolling through the thousands of songs on my little MP3 player and then playing some of them while admiring the album art. After that I listened to the built-in FM radio for a while, and during all this the thought once again occurred to me that it would be easy to take … Continue reading Warming Up To Hank Snow On The Philco
REVIEW: Sarah Brightman – Diva
Soprano Sarah Brightman's new CD/DVD set Diva is a compilation of past performances, and although the two pieces can be purchased separately, there is enough variety in the songs included on each component to make buying both a move to consider. The CD contains 14 songs, 10 of which are also on the DVD, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Sarah Brightman – Diva
From Billie Holiday To Doris Day – The Songbirds
What do Norma Deloris Egstrom, Frances Rose Shore, Eleanora Fagan Gough, and Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff have in common? You'd probably have an easier time guessing if I gave you their stage names: Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Billie Holiday, and Doris Day. By now you've figured out that they were all famous singers (and … Continue reading From Billie Holiday To Doris Day – The Songbirds
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