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“Let It Be,” director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles, will launch exclusively on Disney+ May 8, 2024.
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16 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:
This just arrived. Looking forward to spinning after Ms. TTK's radio show is over.
Let us know your impressions of the song performed by Lena Horne.
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The team recruited 32 jazz guitarists from the Philadelphia area. Their level of experience ranged from novice to veteran, as quantified by the number of public performances they had given. The researchers placed electrode caps on their heads to record their EEG brain waves while they improvised to chord sequences and rhythms that were provided to them…
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4 hours ago, AndreyHenkin said:
Abbey Lincoln (Anna Marie Wooldridge)
If I remember correctly, Abbey Lincoln was not her first stage name.
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On 3/22/2024 at 2:33 PM, John L said:
Even if you accept that notion that culture today is stagnating relative to the second half of the 20th century, it is still a question as to what is the "normal" pace, ie. the 20th century could have been above normal and now we are back to normal.
In my opinion, one event that had a significant impact on music during the last decades of the 20th century was: the invention in 1964 of the Moog synthesizer and the subsequent development of other synthesizers. Some bands embraced synthesizers, some bands used synthesizers only sometimes, some bands ignored synthesizers intentionally, etc.
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Another oldie: Alfredito Linares performing "Machu Picchu"
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The brilliant and restless civilization that rampaged through the second half of the twentieth century, the culture whose genius spanned the wrestling guitars of “I Saw Her Standing There”...has come to a standstill.
You can read an essay on the "Stagnation Generation (anyone under 30, let's say)" here:
https://newrepublic.com/article/179432/age-cultural-stagnation
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Estrella Acosta is an acclaimed Cuban vocalist known for her captivating performances and deep connection to her Cuban roots. Together with her band Esquina 25, a group of international musicians based in The Netherlands, they combine Afro-Cuban music and Latin jazz with modern arrangements and improvisations.
If you can be in central Texas on Saturday, 23 March 2024:
https://music.utexas.edu/events/4259-estrella-acosta-esquina-25
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In 1939, she traveled to Paris for a solo show at the Renou et Colle Gallery, only to find she had nothing in common with the “Surrealist cacas.”
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frida-kahlo-documentary-carla-gutierrez-2450935
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A great protest song:
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Yes, some errors in discographies are due to typographical errors.
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"Perhaps the real difference is that a song lyric has neither the narrative responsibilities of drama or prose, nor poetry’s duty to precision. Lines that seem crass, pretentious or entirely incomprehensible written down can thrill a stadium."
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I would distinguish between buying the book and reading the book. I will not buy it - but if I find it in a library, sure, I'll at least start reading it and see how it goes.
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14 minutes ago, sgcim said:
Yeah, like they wouldn't show the bedroom on the Dick Van Dyke Show. Bedrooms and toilets didn't exist for some people.
If I remember correctly, the Dick Van Dyke Show featured a bedroom with separate beds or twin beds.
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This news item might be of interest to those who remember the classic album Siembra (1978) by Ruben Blades and Willie Colon.
"Willie Colón expressed his discontent with the organizers of the 2024 Grammys, due to the award given to the album Sowing [Siembra]: 45th Anniversary in the category of best tropical album. The musician and producer pointed out on his social networks that the new version of the album is “a clone” of the original release and regretted that the Academy has not recognized his contribution"
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"My Song Is My Weapon" attempts to illustrate the long and varied history of Black sonic resistance in America. It is in no way an exhaustive survey of this history, but more so an examination of how Black people weaponized the one thing that could not be contained, enslaved, or silenced—their voices. The strategy of weaponizing sound reflected in these examples reflects the Africans’ knowledge of and belief in the vibrational power of the voice and how it could shape and/or alter the energy and purpose of the environments it inhabited.
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Since this topic started with Mingus and is now alluding to political economy, here is a video that shows Mingus at the Jimmy Carter White House:
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Weather Report, August 4, 1972
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15 hours ago, AllenLowe said:
The price is listed on one web site as $154? WTF?
Some of the people who release LPs (or albums) believe that collectors of jazz music have an above-average income.
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There might be a video on Youtube that tells you what to do when the blue screen appears.
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12 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:
I watched one episode of the 1980s revival and hated it, I never watched another episode.
About 20 years ago I watched an episode that featured Jessica Simpson - she was beautiful, but I never watched another episode again.
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There are assisted living facilities that would let (even encourage) a resident who is a writer on music to continue writing about music.
Awards for Esperanza Spalding and Miguel Zenon
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The Doris Duke Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2024 Doris Duke Artist Awards, the largest prize in the United States specifically dedicated to individual performing artists. This year’s honorees are Nataki Garrett (theater), Shamel Pitts (dance), Acosia Red Elk (dance), esperanza spalding (jazz), Chay Yew (theater) and Miguel Zenón (jazz), each of whom is being awarded $525,000 in unrestricted funds and an incentive of up to $25,000 to save for retirement.
https://www.dorisduke.org/news--insights/articles/doris-duke-foundation-announces-2024-artist-awards-for-excptional-achievement-in-dance-jazz-and-theater/