Today’s Rhapsody is Rhapsody in White by Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxM__StszE8
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Well last night the neighborhood had the second power outage in a month. Which made the evening interesting to say the least. The worst thing about them is they seem to know when I’m my zone working on something and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsodies is… Okay, I confess it’s more Liszt but hear me out. Generally when everybody says Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies what they mean is Rhapsody # 2 (and to a lesser extent 10) Forgetting that there are 19 of them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s all raise a toast and wish a very happy birthday to the great Duke Ellington. So sit back and enjoy a rare filmed version of his signature piece “Take the A-Train” done in 1943 with a vocal accompaniment by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is another one that probably doesn’t count as a Rhapsody but it does fit most of the criteria: i.e “Irregular in form and improvisational” so I’ll run with it. This is “Seven Angels” by the band Avantasia (Lead singer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy birthday to Miles Davis with one of my personal favorites, “So What” For some reason I keep finding myself trying co come up with lyrics for this but never get farther then a couple of phrases.
Finally going to see the Avengers was an entertaining comedy of errors. I had planned to go see it in the U-District on a 1:00 clock showing and based on what I had heard about sold out showings I wasn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is from the exceptional guitarist Al Di Meola playing Rhapsody of Fire.
I just heard that Maurice Sendak passed away today. Obviously I grew up reading everything by him, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Really Rosie, the Little Bear series… everything. As I grew up I studied him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is the Trumpet Rhapsody by Maynard Ferguson . http://youtu.be/dk5N6NH-4×4