Tag: Jazz
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Another one gone: John Renbourne
So that’s the last of the Pentangle guitarists gone then – John Renbourne has died aged 70. Can’t say I’m totally into their jazz exploits – but when they branched out into folk or even funk (check out the drumming/groove on Light Flight) they were really good.
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Something wonderfully indescribable this way comes – Leron Thomas
Leron Thomas sent this new video to me, and I have to say I was wonderfully confused, which is always a good sign. Anything that cannot be easily be pigeonholed is usually something ploughing it’s own course to a new star, so to speak. Here’s Sanitation Truck, which seems to deconstruct jazz and 80’s pop…
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Reichhead
Following GlassShreds in the real world Steve Reich takes on Radiohead in Radio: Rewrite – and the results are most intriguing. I’d be more surprised if it was say Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga or Benga (actually I think Benga & Reich could bond over poly-rhythms…). Interesting reading about his approach to Radiohead, Berio and Stockhausen,…
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Electro Swing Aint Just Doop to Me
Just to prove those remixing vintage and old jazz tracks goes far beyond Doop or Americano is this new compilation Buonasera Signorina…Electro-swing isn’t dead, it just crackles that way 😉 Heard about this from an email from them*, but after only two tracks and even a thumbs up via Facebook from Pom Deter – I…
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Meteors in flight, Balkan Delight
So now we haven’t been squished by the 7:29pm Mayan Express from Mars I can post about this great mix by the ever-talented DJ Frogg. It’s not just Balkan gypsy music it’s also a whole world of remixed sources: Brazilian bossa nova, Latin American (not sure if the track after Masquenada is Cuban or Columbian?),…
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Lazy music for a sunny day*
Checking through my old emails I found this excellent song sent to me by The Other Planets – a few months late but I think the woozy vibe fits the summer* even better. They are a New Orleans self proclaimed psychedelic ‘weirdo-rock’ outfit, with a Flaming Lips influence which doesn’t hurt, but with the added…