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Sugar-Free Jazz: The Jazz Ear, by Ben Ratliff
If trying to define jazz is difficult, trying to get a jazz musician to talk about his or her approach to the craft seems harder still. As Ben Ratliff notes in the introduction to his latest book, The Jazz Ear: … Continue reading
Inspiration Index 9: No, But if You Hum a Few Bars…
I can’t tell you exactly the first time it happened, although it would’ve been some time around 1976 and Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life. The song was, and still is, “Ngiculela/Es Una Historia/I Am Singing” (a song, … Continue reading
Inspiration Index 8: Happy Accidents, Part 2
One side effect of the portable MP3 player: I don’t spend nearly as much time as I used to watching television with the sound turned all the way down and the stereo on. It’s a shame, really, because you can … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Television, The Inspiration Index
Tagged Louis Farrakhan, Music, Roxy Music, Television
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Res: Black. Girl. Rocks.
If there’s any justice in the music industry–no, wait a minute, if people have any taste whatsoever–no, that doesn’t quite work, either… Okay. Here’s the deal. The first album by Res, 2001′s How I Do, was as catchy and listenable … Continue reading
Inspiration Index 7: Happy Accidents
One of my favorite things: stuff that happens only once, completely at random. Those snippets of found sounds, overheard dialog, or improbable phrasing are a sort of assemblage by accident. Reason and design get lost in the kind of haze … Continue reading
Posted in art, The Inspiration Index
Tagged art, chance, found objects, found sounds, Music
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Magic and Loss: The Nick Hornby Songbook, Love is a Mix Tape
When is a music book not about music? It’s a valid question to ask if you stop to consider Nick Hornby’s Songbook, and Rob Sheffield’s Love is a Mix Tape. Both are ostensibly about music, and the role it plays … Continue reading
365 Days The Music Died
If you’re one of those people for whom the obituaries are essential reading (or the first part of the paper you go for), I think I may have found you the perfect website. It’s called The Music’s Over, and if … Continue reading
Inspiration Index 1: The Beginning of Summer
I keep wondering when summer will start this year. I know that on the calendar it starts on June 21, same as every other year. The problem is, that’s not when summer starts for me. For quite a while now, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, The Inspiration Index
Tagged Music, Phil Lynott, seasons, Thin Lizzy
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Can
CAN: Anthology Okay, unabashed geek time. I like progressive rock. Not all of it–you will never hear me debating the merits of Ozric Tentacles versus Spock’s Beard versus Dream Theater, for instance–but I will admit a soft spot for stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Rear-View Mirror
Tagged Can, Damo Suzuki, Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Malcolm Mooney, Michael Karoli, Music, progressive rock
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