Fantastic Box Sets for the Miles Davis Jazz Fanatic
April 20, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Genius of Miles Davis Trumpet Case When the pictured Miles Davis Trumpet Case was delivered by UPS, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. I had coveted this box for 2 years waiting for the price to drop to
How Not to Be Annoying at Rock Concerts
April 15, 2015 | Posted in LIVE MUSIC, ROCK | By sockii
No doubt it’s happened to almost all of us at one time or another. You save up and splurge on tickets to a rock concert or show you’ve been looking forward to for ages. The anticipation and excitement leading up to the show is tremendous…
What Are Some of the Best Miles Davis Quotes
April 12, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
The quotable Miles Davis: The 9 selected quotes below do indeed capture the essence of the street wise and equally brilliant mind of Miles Davis. Some of Miles’ quotes cut to the core, like a skilled surgeon performing an appendectomy.
The Second Great Quintet of Miles Davis: The Best Band Miles Ever Had
April 5, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Nearly telepathic band interplay At the risk of hyperbole, I believe The Miles Davis Quintet of 1965 to 1968 is the greatest modern jazz group ever assembled. Think about it? Saxophonist Wayne Shorter at his composing and playing peak, Herbie
Song Review – The Big Bopper – Chantilly Lace
April 4, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, RADIO, ROCK, VINYL RECORDS | By Arthur Chappell
Jiles Perry Richardson wrote the song himself, and recorded under the name, Big Bopper. It became his biggest, and in most countries, his only hit. He was tragically killed the following year in the same plane crash that took Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly from us. Richardson’s overt sexual call was a sharp, loud contrast to Buddy Holly’s gentle romantic style in songs like True Love Ways.
Miles Davis: The Final 10 Years of Music
April 3, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Not groundbreaking music, but still pretty good: I will not insult your intelligence by saying the 1980’s music from Miles Davis is as good or even close to being as groundbreaking as the earlier time periods of his music. I
Going Off the Score with Stewart Copeland and Jon Kimura Parker
April 2, 2015 | Posted in CLASSICAL, JAZZ, LIVE MUSIC | By sockii
An impressive ensemble of talented, diverse musicians recently completed a 5-date tour of college concert halls across the United States. Led by legendary drummer and composer Stewart Copeland and award-winning pianist Jon Kimura Parker, the band led listeners “Off the Score” with an energetic, challenging and varied collection of music that ranged from Igor Stravinsky to Paul Schoenfield, from re-interpreted Police songs to newly-commissioned classical work.
What Happened During the Lost Years of Miles Davis
March 30, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Miles Barely Survived: No time in the life of Miles Davis is more of an enigma than the “lost” period. The period where Miles forced himself into retirement from late 1975 through Mid 1980. During this 5 year period, Miles
The Little Big Town Girl Crush Controversy
March 30, 2015 | Posted in LGBT THEMES, MUSIC | By Arthur Chappell
The title is misleading as it isn’t really a song about a crush, but a song about envy and fantasizing about being in another body. The lyrics are set to quite a gentle melody.
Miles Davis Birth of the Cool: Hauntingly Good Music From 1949/1950
March 29, 2015 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
The Beginning of the Davis/Evans Collaboration Historically, one of the oddities about the Birth of the Cool is that the music gathered in one place was not released until 1957. After Miles had Secured his big deal with Columbia, in
