Ted Gioia's Huffington Post articles about how Lady Gaga recording with Tony Bennett proves that young Americans are sick and tired of all that programmed electronic bleepity-bloop pop and are ready for real music has almost totally pushed me away from reading any of his books.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 7 November 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
The other day I got to wondering about the origins of Autumn Leaves, for the stupid reason that it's fall right now and autumn leaves were drifting past my window.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfsp8kwJto
― how's life, Monday, 7 November 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
There are so many versions of Love For Sale but aside from Ella Fitzgerald, the two Miles/Cannonball ones are the ones that cannot be fucked with imo.
― calzino, Monday, 7 November 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
I don't think this qualifies as a jazz standard, but I've been kind of obsessed with "The Weekend of a Private Secretary" lately, which it turns out was written by Johnny Mercer, and recorded by Mildred Bailey, Eileen Farrell, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_xb8Ml-zU
― Their all losers and I like associating with loser (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 November 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
that spotify list is a great treat
― niels, Monday, 7 November 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Even better than my Jazz Daily Mix
― Miskatonic Reducer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 November 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Giant playlist is surprisingly listenable. Or maybe not surprising.
Also, here is another relevant thread: Standards Scrutiny: A Night In Tunisia
― In Walked Bodhisattva (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 January 2017 05:33 (seven years ago) link