Little Jimmy Scott suffered from Kallmann Syndrome, but he turned this into a benefit, developing one of jazz’s most unique voices.
Bebop
[Music] Kashmere Stage Band – Take Five (The Dave Brubeck Quartet Cover)
This is easily the funkiest take on a jazz standard I’ve ever heard. Apparently, the Kashmere Stage Band were famous for making funky sounds which were the equivalent of the JB’s and the Bar-Kays during their peak in the 1960s. Really amazing stuff.
[Music] Toots Thielemans – Estate
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans, known to millions of fans as ‘Toots‘, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. If you were ever a fan of Sesame Street as a child, you already know his work, as the whistling you hear is his, uncredited.
Rest in peace, Toots.
[Music] John Cage And Sun Ra’s Legendary Experimental Encounter – Electronic Beats
Electronic Beats, run by T-Mobile, posted this amazing video, and an accompanying article, on the meeting between composer John Cage and psychedelic jazz genius Sun Ra.
[Music] RIP Bobby Hutcherson — Avant Music News
Source: KQED Arts, Bobby Hutcherson passed away at age 75 after a long battle with emphysema. Introduced to the Blue Note fold by veteran alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, Hutcherson quickly joined a loose confederation of creatively ambitious New York musicians inspired by the rhythmic and harmonic innovations of free jazz patriarch Ornette Coleman but dedicated […]
[Music] Django Reinhardt – Minor Swing
A bit of Manouche music, courtesy of the legendary Django Reinhardt.
[Music] Taran’s Free Jazz Hour Podcast 16/2016 — Avant Music News
Source: Taran’s Free Jazz Hour – Main – 16/2016. Jazz Poetry Improv @Sowieso, Berlin: Anna Kaluza, as/ Niklaus Neuser, Tp/ Horst Nonnenmacher, B/ Rui, Faustino, Dr/ Taran Singh, Poetry Leo Bones: Ziv Taubenfeld, Bcl/ Shay Hassan, B/ Nir Sabag, Dr Lubatov: Simon Nabatov, P/ Gareth Lubbe, Vla, Vo Unseen Rain Solidarity: Matt Lavelle’s 12 Houses […]
via Taran’s Free Jazz Hour Podcast 16/2016 — Avant Music News
[Music] Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, 14/2016
Taran Singh operates one of the best jazz podcasts going today. Consider subscribing to his feed, as his programs are full of classic gems and some beautiful racket.
[Music] R.I.P. Bernie Worrell, keyboardist for Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads, has died at 72
Bernie Worrell, who helped shape the sounds of Parliament-Funkadelic, and added a rich, funky palette to the Talking Heads, has died of cancer. He was 72 years old.
[Music] Horace Parlan – And That I Am So In Love (Ousley)
I confess ignorance to the work of Horace Parlan. He’s a hard-bop pianist who swings wonderfully.
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