If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good! ~Duke Ellington Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it. ~Duke Ellington By the time of his passing, he was considered amongst the world’s greatest composers and musicians. The French government honored him … Continue reading April 29: Duke Ellington Birthday
Just a Closer Walk with Thee is a traditional gospel song that has been covered by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, “A Closer Walk” is perhaps the most frequently played number in the hymn and dirge section of traditional New Orleans jazz funerals. Rebirth Brass Band – A Closer Walk With … Continue reading The Best Songs: Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around ~Nick Cave (The Ship Song) – …the Seeds followed up Tender Prey with the equally brilliant but generally calmer Good Son. ~Ned Raggett (allmusic.com)
Muddy Waters, blues legend, was born 102 years ago today! “Man, you don’t know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice.” – Muddy Waters “I rambled all the time. I was just like that, like a rollin’ stone.” – Muddy Waters
Music washes away the dust of every day life. ~Art Blakey You can’t seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues – you can’t seperate it. Because that’s where it all started, and that’s where it all come from – that’s where I learned to keep rhythm – in church. ~Art Blakey From … Continue reading Today:Art Blakey was born in 1919 94 years ago