Monday, July 15, 2019
Jazz Birthdays: Philly Joe Jones, Joe Harriott
* Philly Joe Jones
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/drum-solo-with-joe/
* Joe Harriott
NEW – Ethel Ennis “Lover Man – 1986”
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/lover-man-1986/
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Jazz Birthdays: Cal Tjader, Teddy Buckner, Nat Pierce, Bola Sete
* Cal Tjader
Video link: https://jazzonthetube.com/video/soul-sauce/
* Teddy Buckner
* Bola Sete… Read more
We’re following up on our special program “Ornette: Deep from the Heart of Texas” with Dave Oliphant
We go even further down this fascinating rabbit hole.
When Ornette was 19 (1949), he had an extended gig in Amarillo, Texas where he regularly jammed “after hours” with a legendary avant-garde hillbilly steel guitar player.
The history of American music is richer … Read more
Made in 1964 and loosely translates to “We Are the Music”
Written and directed by Rogelio Paris (1936-2016)
This film was his first major project and he made it when only 28.
Paris worked as a documentary maker at the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) and was also a permanent professor of Filmmaking at the Faculty of Cinema, Radio and Television … Read more
Produced by Paradiso Films; written, edited and directed by Paloma Suau; and funded by Banco Popular in 2001.
Filmed in Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico North (aka El Bronx)
A beautiful mix of historic and contemporary footage paying homage to the Bomba and Plena.
Starring: Marc Anthony, Jose Feliciano, Danny Rivera, Ismael Rivera Jr, and more.
In Spanish, but … Read more
Avant-garde genius or one of many Master Musicians who sprung from the earth of one of the most fertile musical cradles the world has ever seen?
Of course, Ornette is both.
In this unique podcast we focus on what others have ignored: How Ornette comes straight from the big open musical heart of Texas.
Move over … Read more
