It's been quite a while since I dropped a Wacky LP of the Day on you all, but as soon as I remember I owned the following, I felt like I had to share. Dig this little beauty..... I bought this amazingly awful record as soon as I saw the amazing cover. It didn't hurt …
Enough with the Sex/Sax Puns and More!
In the Fall 2014 issue of Jazziz I came across this piece on saxophonist Mindi Abair: "Sax Education." Ugh, as a saxophonist I've been hearing the sex/sax pun since I was about 10 years old. And let me tell you, it never gets old. Wait, that's not true, it got old about 10th grade. Unless …
Get Hip! Fast: Astell&Kern Blue Note 75th Anniversary Package
Among the many different products celebrating Blue Note's 75th Anniversary (or perhaps capitalizing upon is a better way to put it) is the Astell & Kern Blue Note 75th Anniversary Package. When I got the press release I was curious, so I clicked on the link and here's what the package includes: -75 Blue Note …
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Jacob Young’s Multiple Sides and the Danger of Pigeonholing
There aren't too many professional musicians I know who can only do one thing. In fact there might not be any. To make it playing music one has to be able to take a bunch of gigs which requires playing in a bunch of styles - weddings, swing dances, funk bands, latin, messed up country, …
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The Genre Bending of Rare Noise Records
The handful releases from Rare Noise records I've received in the last couple years has presented a problem for organizing my music collection: as I sort albums into loosely defined genres I can't figure out where in the hell to put them. Most of Rare Noise's output that I've heard contains a mix of so …
Pharoah Sanders’ Black Unity for Less than a Buck!
So after getting a few things for the S.O.'s birthday last week on Amazon I got sent a free $1 mp3 credit. When I get one I scour Amazon for digital albums that, because they only have one long track, are 99 cents. Not every album with one track is 99 cents, but many are. …
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It’s Not about Cyrille Aimee’s Eyes and Curls
I recently got a press release for singer Cyrille Aimee's new album that featured the following blurb: "When you see Cyrille Aimée perform, you instantly fall in love with her—her voice, eyes, curls and the joyful spirit she invests in each song." The quote comes from a 2013 interview with Aimee by the singer Roseanna …
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