John Coltrane performing My Favorite Things in Baden-Baden,...

Photo: WireImage McCoy Tyner was once a bit of a stalker. Or so we learned at the opening discussion of the Duke Jazz Talks Series at Bruno Walter Auditorium last night, where the jazz icon recalled youthful nights spent jamming in his mother’s West Philly beauty shop and afternoons spent chasing neighborhood jazz legend Bud Powell: "Bud would walk up and down the streets of our neighborhood and we’d follow him," the 70-year-old pianist said with a laugh. By age 18, Tyner was tour... more

artist: John Coltrane Tommy Flanagan Kenny Burrell Idrees Sulieman album: The Cats Genre: jazz Year: 1989 Tracks: 5 Album size: 48 Mb Download The Cats album # track name size length download 1 Minor Mishap.mp3 8.00 Mb 7:26 download 2 How Long Has ... more

Kermesse di eventi da venerdì 7 a domenica 9 novembre nel quattrocentesco Palazzo Martini a Fara in Sabina, che oltre ad aver conservato l’originaria impostazione stilistica mostra pregevoli affreschi di ispirazione etrusco-romanica, soffitti a cassettoni e dipinti d’epoca settecentesca. Venerdì 7 si apriranno le porte a Palazzo con la serata Food-Wine-Jazz. Ad esibirsi in concerto sarà il Joy Garrison Quartet, guidato dalla celebre voce black newjorkese di Joy Garrison, figlia d’... more

I honestly think that Wayne Shorter's mid-60s albums "Speak No Evil" and "JuJu" are one (or two) of the best place(s) to start if you're new to jazz. While he's better known as a Davis sideman and founder of Weather Report, much of his solo work still sounds fresh, and his saxophone playing is pleasantly melodic. Also, that killer combination of ex-Coltrane men McCoy Tyner (piano) and Elvin Jones (drums) blows my mind every time. ... more

Uncle Dirty in yard (via Mike Belleme ) There’s more information at  Boing Boing .  ... more

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“I am a strong advocate of the hypothesis that psychedelic drugs do not do things, but rather they allow things to happen. All the states of consciousness that can be revealed have always been present within that remarkable organ we call the brain, but we normally remain ignorant of our potentials. There is no way that a few micrograms or milligrams of a simple white solid could have the property of producing a religious experience or of seeing a divine image, all tucked away in its crystallin... more

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