Anytime you can sneak Miles Davis into a playlist is a win for me so here he is this year’s Christmas Playlist with Blue Xmas (To Whom it May Concern) along with Bob Dorough! It’s nearly as cynical as Tom[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So here is on that I have been looking forward to doing, Duke Ellington‘s version of the Nutcracker Suite. I just love the way he has Tchaikovsky’s original melody drifts around the piece at first almost a subliminal accent behind Ellington’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington! let’s celebrate listening to his incredible Money Jungle!
A very happy 89th Birthday to Mr. Miles Davis. Let us celebrate with the “Birth of the Cool” It’s funny… By what I’ve come to expect from Miles this feels almost “tame”. Still is good to listen to though.
A very happy birthday to the man himself, Mr Charlie Parker. Let’s Celebrate with his own version of George Gershwin‘s “I’ve Got Rhythm.”
Once again a very happy birthday to Mr. Dizzy Gillespie! The biggest thing about Diz I always liked, besides his astronomical talent, was what a fun guy he was, and because of this I will never be able to resist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s Rhapsody is the Midnight Rhapsody by Bradley Young.
A very happy 117th birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington, so let’s celebrate by listen to him perform “Sophisticated Lady” with a little bit of help from his orchestra and saxophonist Harry Carney.
A very happy 90th birthday to Mr. Miles Davis! Let us celebrate with a little something I first heard from his Bitches Brew album, It’s About Time! But since it’s always better to hear the man live here he is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Week’s rhapsody is the Lunar Rhapsody, by Harry Revel from his album Music out of the Moon.
