http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/posts/tags/jazz/page/1/ Songs I Like en Vox Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:57:28 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jazz http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-prelude.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-prelude.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-prelude.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:57:28 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398f3ffd70004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398f3ffd70004-50si" alt="04 - Prelude" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As an addendum to my previous post, I've found a usable (i.e. under 20 minutes) edit of "Prelude" from Agharta, the electric-era Miles Davis tune that opened up a whole new area of music to me in 1991. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-prelude.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48cf26d610002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock trumpet 70s jazz fusion miles davis electric jazz http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:00:13 -0700 I've liked Medeski Martin and Wood ever since I first heard them on the Get Shorty soundtrack (one of the grooviest soundtracks to a mainstream movie since the 70s), but I only ever got a couple of their albums. One that I bought was their first ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48d10e4d60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock jazz funk guitar 00s miles davis organ john scofield medeski martin wood http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/sorcery-revisited.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/sorcery-revisited.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/sorcery-revisited.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:06:49 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cd2d100001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cd2d100001-50si" alt="02 Sorcery" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cd3a2d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cd3a2d0002-50si" alt="Keith Jarrett-Charles Lloyd - Sorcery" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> More often than not I learn about music backwards, that is, in reverse chronological order. When I posted "Sorcery" by Poland's Big Band Katowice back in October, it did not occur to me to wonder about the song's origin. It was just today, liste... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cce5c40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s jazz funk 60s billy cobham keith jarrett charles lloyd http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-70s-are-now.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-70s-are-now.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-70s-are-now.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:54:48 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cc5cb00005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cc5cb00005-50si" alt="Build An Ark - Track 4" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Catching up on my music backlog today I discovered a definite keeper, Dawn, the newish album by twenty-member L.A. jazz collective Build An Ark. They seem to be channeling spiritual jazz and folk straight out of the 70s with real authority, proba... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-70s-are-now.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398cc5de90005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s jazz 00s build an ark folk jazz http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/bass-porn-mark-king.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/bass-porn-mark-king.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/bass-porn-mark-king.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:08:30 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcfb170005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcfb170005-50si" alt="Mark King live at the Jazz Café [Mr Pink bass solo]" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcfb910005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcfb910005-50si" alt="Level 42 - Good Man in a Storm" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcfc550005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcfc550005-50si" alt="Level 42 on The Fast Show" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> No thread about Bass Porn would be complete without Mark King; here he is at his most indulgent in a live performance at the Jazz Café. Can you listen to the opening notes without thinking of Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine? For all the slapp... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/bass-porn-mark-king.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bcf6b40004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jazz 80s bass funk fast show level 42 slap bass mark king http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/james-blood-ulmer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/james-blood-ulmer.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/james-blood-ulmer.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:27:21 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bba8f60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bba8f60004-50si" alt="Black Rock" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Nowadays James Blood Ulmer is making blues albums, produced by Vernon Reid, and they're pretty good. But it's his albums for Columbia in the 1980s that I love the most: the upbeat tempos, Ulmer's growling voice and singular guitar soloing, Ronnie... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398bbb2050005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock jazz 80s funk james blood ulmer slap bass harmolodics amin ali http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/deep-funk-and-saxophones.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/deep-funk-and-saxophones.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/deep-funk-and-saxophones.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:46:05 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398b85ae20001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398b85ae20001-50si" alt="Big Band Katowice - Sorcery" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398b8642d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398b8642d0002-50si" alt="Hattie_Wall" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> When last I blogged I was trying to decide what to do next from among three choices; I have decided to knock out two of them in this post and save the third for its own, as it is a rarity that I don't want to bury. So continuing the Deep Funk Aro... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/deep-funk-and-saxophones.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398b87aab0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s jazz 80s funk saxophone polish horns deep funk big band katowice world saxophone quartet http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-the-big-organ-trio.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-the-big-organ-trio.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-the-big-organ-trio.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:39:41 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398a2701b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398a2701b0002-50si" alt="Big Organ Trio - Road Rage" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I thought I was done with the Cruisin' thread, but I just picked up the debut album by LA's slyly-named Big Organ Trio and "Road Rage" cried out for inclusion. Mike Mangan mans the B3 here, getting an almost guitar-like sound on his leads via a w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-the-big-organ-trio.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398a2853b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jazz funk cruising organ hammond car chase music big organ trio http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-bob-musso-and-bootsy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-bob-musso-and-bootsy.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-bob-musso-and-bootsy.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:06:26 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398a1247c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398a1247c0005-50si" alt="Robert Musso_Active Resonance_03_All Funked Up" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Robert Musso's "All Funked Up" isn't fast enough to be a cruising-down-the-freeway song, so it is my official "cruising-down-the-boulevard-with-the-top-down" song (with the same qualifications as the previous entry, plus there is no boulevard in I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/cruisin-with-bob-musso-and-bootsy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398a104990001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music 90s jazz funk cruising bootsy mighty boosh jb horns robert musso http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/our-mann-flute.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/our-mann-flute.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/our-mann-flute.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:28:29 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00d09e80de4bbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00d09e80de4bbe2b-50si" alt="01-Scratch" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> My earliest musical memory is watching my dad play his flute along with Herbie Mann's Our Mann Flute album, from 1966. The title is a pun on Our Man Flint, the James Coburn superspy movie with a cool theme song by Jerry Goldsmith, covered on this... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/our-mann-flute.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00cd973f01f94cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music jazz flute spy herbie mann jimmy wisner