1959. A monumental year.
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
Blowin’ the Blues Away - Horace Silver
Anatomy of a Murder - Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans
…and of course Dave Brubeck’s Time Out.
May you rest in Peace Mr. Brubeck.
Ben Ratliff’s write-up for the New York Times can be found here.
A fun listen by Samuel Blais and co.
The saxophone quartet features Samuel Blais, Donny McCaslin, David Binney and David Liebman. Recorded on October 17, 2012 at the Université de Montréal by Claude Thibault of sortiesJAZZnights.com
The Players:
Samuel Blais (baritone)
Donny McCaslin (tenor)
David Binney (alto)
David Liebman (soprano)
Courtesy of Claude Thibault over at sortiesJAZZnights.com
Top ten jazz album lists are hard to take seriously given the subjective nature of lists, but this one is absent of any pretension and a good listen. Plus there were some nice discoveries for me here. Enjoy!
John Kelman’s unique insights into the music and it’s musicians are always a treat to read. The first half of his coverage of the 2012 Ottawa Jazz Festival can be found here.
For some great writing about the 2012 Montreal Jazz Festival check out David Ryshpan’s perspective at Settled in Shipping.
Just in case you haven’t already heard or seen…
In honour of Bob Moog‘s 78th birthday, some Google doodlers (illustrators) and engineers have designed an ingenious replica of the Moog Synthesizer. The scope of the Doodle design as well as the workings of Moog’s invention are explained here by Moog Music Chief engineer, Cyril Lance.
A couple of visual guides for you.
Courtesy of Moog Music Inc.
Courtesy of The Christian Science Monitor
Apparently the designers at Delightfull — Unique Lamps are brass enthusiasts.
A revival of the Empress Theatre in NDG — the old Cinema V, would be great news for the live music scene and NDG.
That is, if it comes to fruition. There have been a few fruitless incarnations of good intentions. We’ll see.
Keep hope alive!
Here’s an article about the proposal over at the Montreal Gazette.
Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.