Pointillist Haze

Jul 15, 2018 19:57

I found it! Live recording from the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, 1965, Duke Ellington "Second Portrait of the Lion," first track I heard affixed to the word "jazz": instrumental (so to speak) in fixing in my brain the idea of jazz as quick notes in a pointillist haze.

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(Surely I'd heard jazz previously in movie scenes and on TV shows: lounge singers ( Read more... )

eurobeat, austral-romanian empire, token jazz albums, crayon pop, no tiers for the creatures of the night, freestyle

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Saturday koganbot July 29 2018, 05:30:05 UTC
New group called Saturday perhaps trying to sound somewhat like a group that did a song called "Saturday Night."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4tJ1k7AP-o

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Re: Saturday davidfrazer July 30 2018, 19:38:54 UTC
The thought had dawned on me that Saturday's name might point to a source of inspiration. Their song, incidentally, is named after a Korean variant of rock-paper-scissors.

Meanwhile Momoland are also embracing silliness.

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Re: Saturday davidfrazer August 2 2018, 21:14:59 UTC
Did you know that the summer smash hit in Japan is a Eurobeat song?

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