Bluesnik

The other day i rewatched the movie The Joker and was flabbergasted when I discovered Send in the clowns in the soundtrack. It sure matches the clown theme of the movie. Maybe I missed it the first time around or didn't pay enough attention. But I wonder if it was the Lorez Alexandria version. Which is the main version I know, though I'm sure the song has been covered multiple times.

Thanks. So I was lucky getting it, despite having the Okeh and Epic sessions.

Well, it's just a 2CD set, but it comes with a nice booklet and a case. So like a small boxset. I think I got part of this already. The Okeh and Epic sessions.

I am not American. European. But in my city and country and Europe, for that matter, everything coming out of NY was always viewed with the highest interest. From already the Velvets to, from the mid to late Seventies, Richard Hell, Patti Smith and everything else. There's a theory I first heard about in Legs McNeill's Please kill me, an oral history of the American punk, that holds that punk was birthed in NY, when Malcolm McLaren was there managing the NY Dolls. And that he eventually returned to Britain and implemented it there. Mixing in situationist ideology. That is Paris 68. That was new. But he took what he had seen in NY. And I give that theory credibility. Specially considering McLaren's penchant to making a quick buck outta scandal. But where I discovered Television I don't remember. Probably through reading magazines. I was always very interested in counterculture. And that was when I was 16. But I also never saw them as punk. More psychedelic. Which was what I was into. I never really warmed to the whole punk thing. Though I liked (very much) what came afterwards: postpunk. Which drew a lot from 60s music. They were from earlier. Late 70s. And maybe early 80s.

Oh, I didn't know that. Marquee Moon was among my favorite albums when I was very young.

I'm an explorer now. Like the guitar.

With a wonderful version of My funny Valentine in which Hayes plays vibes instead of tenor.

I deeply disliked Goodman for a long time. Because of all that King of Swing thing. Until I realized how good he really is. And now I like him very much. Especially on small group. Like here. And with Charlie Christian or Fletcher Henderson or Lionel Hampton.

That's something I can only agree with. Coming from an extremely Catholic country I see a lot of that flip flop.

Ah, thanks.

The other day I listened to Sonny Rollins' trio A Night at the Village Vanguard after reading about Elvin Jones in Mark Stryker's Jazz from Detroit. I wasn't even aware of him there. Edit: what Kart book is that?

I remember the scene with the Yardbirds from Blow Up very vividly. Smashing their guitars.

I've got him IIRC on an album with Bud Shank. It's actually two albums, New Groove and Barefoot adventure, which IIRC again was the soundtrack to a surf movie.

That's a song I love, and which I discovered through Breaking Bad. It fit perfectly there.

Ah, thanks. I think I will try to track it down. But what's the next 51 Chess? Weren't all of them on that album mentioned?

I also disliked them deeply (ELP). But there's one song from them, From the beginning, that's one of my favorites ever.

What's this?!

Continuing on in the theme from yesterday with this great set that contains, I think, Capitol and Black and White sessions. And thanks very much John L for your suggestion.

And really, really enjoying it. The booklet is also very good. I've picked two bibliographical references from it.

I have that one too and really enjoy it. That Mose Allison was really a Southern gentleman.

Following a discussion about it yesterday. And it's true that the celeste kills out the guitar. You hardly hear Charlie Christian. Except on Profoundly Blue no. 2, which I don't know if it's an alternate or what. And then the wonderful final Celestial Express. Which is like proto RnR. It's true what my jazz guitar teacher once said to me: When you hear Charlie Christian it's like the beginning of rock and roll. Same here. Although I also have a Japanese mini LP release of his only album, which is also here. But I like Twardzik a lot.

That's one I have. And yes it's very good. I have a US compilation with many of the tracks, or all, of Profoundly Blue. With Charlie Christian. I'll have to see the difference of tracks in the reissue. Maybe I'll try to get it. Just for the cover, which is great and wasn't, of course, on the comp. I just checked and it's the full content. Only that some tracks have differing lengths and the last one from the Edmond Hall Swingtet, Steamin and beamin, is called Beamin and steamin on the US domestic release. So I'll stay with mine.

Ah, then that was pure intuition. I didn't research or anything. But I remembered.