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3/28/2005
Ellington . paired down. There's some debate about the merits of Ellington as a piano player (vs. Ellington's genius as a composer and bandleader), but I think this mix should put doubts to rest. Grant …
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3/25/2005
This mix was inspired by learning (via a recent, impressive-as-ever Dom mix) Bill Evans and Herbie Mann had done a `cover' of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1. Not at all surprising, of course, as the inf …
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3/22/2005
One of those inspired, not-quite-sure-of-the-origins mixes that nonetheless seems to work quite nicely. Thanks to sport ! for 11.
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3/21/2005
This mix (and its companion) charts most of Thelonious Monk's better-known tunes as well as some more obscure ones. There are a lot of great tunes missing, but I sense there might be a Vol. 3 down the …
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3/21/2005
See 1 for notes.
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3/21/2005
Happy belated vernal equinox, everyone! The crocuses and front-yard rose bushes are out here. Hope it's not too bleak and miserable where you are. I know not everyone gets to live in a relative idyll l …
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3/17/2005
In Robert Altman's (terrible!) jazz film, Kansas City, young sax lions James Carter and Joshua Redman very loosely played (via their horns and brief appearances) the feathery and sinuous Lester Young a …
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3/17/2005
Inspiration (and tracks 3 & 11) for this mix came from g.a.b. l@bs recent "e l e m e n t s" series and from a few discs sent me by lanhamyodel (8). I think one of the great benefits of this site is usi …
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3/15/2005
Another stab at an all-bop mix, although some might quibble with labeling some of these tunes "bop" (the Calypso-ish "Hold `em Joe," for example). Title comes from a jazz book by Francis Davis. Many th …
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