I’m breaking a rule, and maybe committing a sacrilege. So sue me. Better yet – jazz me. Founding principle of the Jazz Is series: not just good music, but interesting video. Principle betrayed. “Moanin’,” by Charles Mingus, first appeared on the album Blues and Roots, in 1959, a year after the Bobby Timmons song of […]
Eating Poetry (XXVII) – “My Ship Isn’t Pretty”
Part of the difficulty in considering song lyrics as poetry is the crucial omission of the role the music plays. Poetry is meant to contain its own music; even the most imagistic, syntactically concentrated and ideationally evocative song lyrics find their true measure in the music of the song, which offers connectors the lyrics will […]
Jazz Is: 18 – A Twofer
I might as well confess it, I am in deep infatuation. I can’t get enough. I have to offer two this week of my favorite sultry hipster, ’cause you know, baby, I’m a fool. t> There’s nothing to be done about it, though. It’s just the way that I am. I’ve got a worrisome heart. […]
More Benny Golson
charlie K, photographer and jazz connoisseur, and my personal pizza maven, sends along this shot of Benny Golson, today’s Jazz Is feature. [ad#adsense]
How We Lived on It (27) – L’Eclisse
The ending of Michelangelo Antonioni‘s 1962 L’Eclisse. The two lovers do not come to each other in the end. New music: “Wavy Gravy” by DJ Sasha. Related articles Famous and Celebrity Birthdays for September 29, 2010 (blippitt.com) ‘Numbers’ adds up for helmer (variety.com) Five things to do today: January 21 (timeoutny.com)