And here he is playing Blue Monk in Oslo, April 1966 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhP1RgbrrY
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This week’s rhapsody is Emmanuel Chabrier‘s España, Rhapsody for Orchestra from 1883.
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Just saw this promotional poster for the Students and Academics International Assistance Fund (SAIF) over at PZ Myers’s Pharyngula and had to share it with everybody. Apparently it offended the sensibilities of Iran’s Ambassador to Norway. And now it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today we are going to do George Gershwin‘s other rhapsody, the Second Rhapsody also called the Rivet Rhapsody. Enjoy.
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I’m ashamed to say that I’m late in my appreciation for the great Dizzy Gillespie. For the longest time when my knowledge of Jazz pretty much consisted of the “basics” like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Charlie Parker,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I’ve been a fan of Spider Robinson‘s Callahan’s Series for a very long time. One of the best things in the Calahan stories were the occasional songs incorporated into the stories which I would spend quite a bit of time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today something fun. Fritz Freleng‘s “Rhapsody in Rivets” from 1941. It’s yet another version of Liszt‘s second Hungarian Rhapsody but it’s lot’s of fun and Fritz is one of my favorite animator of all time. Besides Carl Stalling plays with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Just saw this sneak preview of the Lorax and I have to say I am skeptical as hell. It looks technically well done and I liked previous work by Illumination Studios, (Despicable Me rocked) but what I’m seeing so far[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today we go back to Claude Debussy, with his Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra
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