4/4/2008
The idea for this mix came from one of the comments on my last posting - Upheaval . This mixer, tornadoZ, liked the song with the steel drums - The Lights in the Sky Are Stars - by the Darol Anger / Ba …
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3/24/2008
My father died two weeks ago today, but I don't know that that's what impelled this mix. He didn't like jazz, at least not the same kind of jazz I like. Nonetheless, I've put together this long-playing …
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3/23/2008
Another cassette mix from the eighties. Make-out music during its time.
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3/23/2008
On a recent trip to DC, I stopped in at one of my favorite jazz clubs in the country, Blues Alley. The thrill of live improvisational music cannot be matched. Nevertheless, I dug into the racks and pul …
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3/16/2008
One of the original inspirations was the Us3 and Herbie Hancock sequence, but as you can see, it got pushed all the way to the end partly because we flip-flopped disks 5 and 6 when we didn't want to en …
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3/16/2008
The title was going to be Junky Monkey Jazz, but then I shortened it a little. My dad said it was an interesting accident that Monk is a Jazz legend and a lot of used junk. We put a few more country ar …
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3/16/2008
My dad used my love of Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra to introduce me to a lot of Jazz Music. And to keep it interesting, we mixed old and new and some music just related to jazz. He m …
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3/15/2008
Not a mix, really. More of a listening exercise for myself and anyone else who's interested. These tracks at "Four in One" and the 'End Result' at "Step Tempest." No composers' version of "Change of Se …
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