Nobody's commented yet, but let me say what struck me in listening to the songs in the playlist I posted last post, and what connected them for me ( Read more... )

A friend's contra band is releasing their first EP soon. I listened to the preview track, "Golden Goat", and it is fantastic, so at least listen to that, and if you like it, buy the whole thing ( Read more... )

New Caroline Shaw piece commissioned by Mozart in the Jungle:

Say what you want about how great The Good Place is, and it's plenty great, but the one place Mozart in the Jungle has it topped is in original Caroline Shaw compositions. You hear that, Mike Schur? When are YOU going to commission a Caroline Shaw piece ( Read more... )

Characteristics I seek in snow shoveling music: Electronic beeps and boops, bright harmonies, musical continuity over a long piece of music or pieces of music, cheerful themes or solemn but not sad themes, even rhythms ( Read more... )

The annual list for
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King Porter Stomp

Jelly Roll Morton - "King Porter Stomp" 1924
Benny Goodman and his All Stars- "King Porter Stomp" 1935
Pat Williams- "King Porter Stomp" 1968
Manhattan Transfer - "Stomp of King Porter" 1997
Wynton Marsalis - "King Porter Stomp" 1999

Women in JazzBillie Holliday- "They Can't Take That Away From Me ( Read more... )

Because I am perverse, I structured my vidding panel around the reasons why you shouldn't vid jazz music. I had come up with a pretty good list of reasons before the panel ( Read more... )

Yet the gods do not give lightly of the powers they have made
And with Challenger and seven, once again the price is paid
Though a nation watched her falling, yet a world could only cry
As they passed from us to glory, riding fire in the sky

I skippped out of the Dreamwidth meetup at Loncon for a half hour, making apologies to
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