Today would have been David Bowie's 70th birthday. Still feels like a big loss nearly one year later. Posthumous music video debuted this weekend for new song No Plan , one of the final songs he recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIgdid8dsC8 A bit of the back story was presented on NYT today:...

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My favorite new recording with Ron Carter was released in 2016, so this might just be recording #2,222: http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2016/12/jeremy-pelt-jive-culture-1481049385-320x321.jpg Jeremy Pelt / #Jiveculture This album was ranked ranked #7 in 2016 by Stereogum in their 10 Best Jazz Al...

This recognition from the Guinness World Records came at the end of 2015, but still worth a mention a year later! 2,221 individual recordings as of September 2015. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Images/Ron-Carter-main_tcm25-412977.jpg Ron Carter earns world record as the most recorded jazz bass...

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What a list! His full discography is also provided on Discogs, which totals 3,073! The page has a handful of photos, too. https://www.discogs.com/artist/252966-Rudy-Van-Gelder https://img.discogs.com/mespHCsyDnmRa9ub9jlJBZP5M1A=/600x600/smart/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/d...

Definitive and prolific, he will long continue to be lauded for his impact and influence. The RVG Editions on Blue Note alone present an amazing list of 165 releases, representing some of the most seminal works from a variety of artists, including Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Tina Brooks, Cliffo...

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I found this nice summary of David Bowie's stage presence on Suzanne Vega's blog, in an entry titled " When Suzanne Met David Bowie ": He was both masculine and feminine, aristocratic and working class, human and alien, introspective and wild extrovert; he worked the whole range of what it...

http://www.keytarhq.com/wp-content/uploads/bosendorfer-oscar-peterson-signature-edition-piano.jpg There is considerably more to this limited-edition commemorative piano than meets the eyes... “Tears came to my eyes the first time I heard Oscar’s notes resonate from the piano,” said Peterson’s widow...

Yet another great one goes ahead of his time. And so unexpectedly. This episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is well worth watching for a great snapshot of Garry Shandling's history and genius, and is poignant in so many ways: http://createway.com/images/shared/garry-shandling.jpg http://come...

And now, the rest of the story... After a couple more months of use, the amp's overheating circuit started firing rather regularly, rendering the system essentially unusable. Worried that I had a defective amp, I sent it to the manufacturer's service center for inspection. They concluded that it was...

The embed tag used for SoundCloud—[soundcloud][/soundcloud]—has been updated to display the SoundCloud clips in an HTML5 player rather than in a Flash player. This should make the clips playable on all devices, including smartphones and tablets. In terms of posting clips, nothing has changed from be...

https://artistxite.ie/imgcache/album/005/048/005048456_500.jpg Excerpt from review by Roger Farbey on allaboutjazz.com of recent Editions Records release by Gerard Presencer & Danish Radio Big Band, Groove Travels: 4 Something of a child prodigy Gerard Presencer became a member of Britain's acc...

The mask sorta helps him blend into the background better, as does the pantsuit.

Naná was the definition of a prolific contributor to the world of music and the music of the world. I met him on tour in Japan in the 1990s. He was an extremely warm guy. That much was clear from his persona on stage, and confirmed in person. This is a big, big loss... Excerpt of an article from Mod...

Have been checking out artists recording for Edition Records on Bandcamp. Interesting offerings on the label, and purchased digital downloads include high bitrate lossless audio. Listening to these two albums at the moment: Alexi Tuomarila Trio - Seven Hills http://e.snmc.io/lk/f/x/fd572c213b829fad0...

This had escaped my attention last year when her story of seeing her recorded dance performances for the first time in her life, at age 102, went viral, ultimately leading to 103rd birthday wishes from the Obamas. For the Alice Barker story, check out AliceBarkerNotBaker.com . Here is an excerpt: Al...