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I Witness: Part 3: A Short Weill
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Friday, September 2, 2011. Part 3: A Short Weill. He was not a tall man, this proud new American, this solid citizen immigrant. Diminutive, compact, bespectacled, he was a shy man, quietly confident- perhaps arrogant, but silently so- regarding his musical skills and his business (. Music, Weill responded:. To Jazz arrangers ...
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I Witness: Kurt Weill and Gil Evans
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Kurt Weill and Gil Evans. As a new email from the Kurt Weill Foundation reminds us, that 65-years-dead composer's music still has surprises in store and even premieres awaiting performance. and so. the American premiere of The Road of Promise. Winding careers a few years ago- an eclectic five parts di...
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I Witness: Paul Oliver's Blues
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. A friend in Los Angeles named Bruce Lofgren is a working Jazz musician-. Working, yet still "scuffling," I think- who plays guitar, composes, produces occasionally, leads a big band, and also teaches for a living. Bruce sends out a "Gig Alert! Blues Fell This Morning. His inspired study of Blues lyric...
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I Witness: Ozzie Bailey Too
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Monday, June 6, 2011. Six months ago I posted a brief piece titled " Ozzie Strays. An introduction of sorts to Ozzie Bailey, a littleknown vocalist who sang with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra around 1957-58. Ozzie performed on Duke's 1957 television special. A Drum Is a Woman. For a Strayhorn project. What became of him?
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I Witness: Gil Evans: Here 4A Weill
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Saturday, September 24, 2011. Gil Evans: Here 4A Weill. Lengthy Part 4 is now divided for readability, with second half in a day or two.). The near-musical, carefully timed, rapid-fire routines of comics like the Marx Brothers and Abbott and Costello fit in there somewhere too.). One end “light”… one end ...Edging toward t...
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I Witness: Lenya, Kurt, and Bert
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Monday, August 1, 2011. Lenya, Kurt, and Bert. I sold my record collection a few days ago. Piano by Alicia de Larocha,. Keys courtesy of Sviatislav Richter,. Simmer down, kids- the truth is I have a ton of CDs around here, easily replenishing any offloaded LP greats.). Actually, the single biggest subset was probably albums c...
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I Witness: Encore for Ozzie Bailey
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Monday, May 18, 2015. Encore for Ozzie Bailey. When I wrote tentatively about little-known Jazz vocalist Ozzie Bailey (revisit it Here. Somehow I touched a nerve. Both the Bailey essay and its sequel several months later (that one archived Also, Here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Herb and Ozzie Duke It Out. Scotch Gone...
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I Witness: 4B: "Svengali" a Weill Later
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Monday, September 26, 2011. 4B: "Svengali" a Weill Later. Titled Out of the Cool. And The Individualism of Gil Evans. Album’s other tunes—and,. In fact, Gil’s quiet influence—his colors and dissonant voicings, his composer shadows (Debussy, Stravinsky, de Falla… and Weill? Wayne Shorter, Herb Bushler and Tony Studd… How...
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I Witness: When Les Was MOR
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A politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem- with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos. Sunday, April 28, 2013. When Les Was MOR. Meandering on and on from there for almost 50 years, finding some bizarre character or strange old music and culture to film (Asian green tea, women with gaps in their teeth, the Savoy family of Eunice, LA, even director Werner Herzog going crazy in South America). Script away. (B...
