There is little in print and wide distribution which is more fun to read aloud than the various, iconic adventures of Sherlock Holmes, especially if one attempts to do so a la Basil Rathbone / Lt. Commander Data. The unique intellect of Arthur Conan Doyle's title character aside, Holmes' often casual though piercingly acute belittlement of Dr. Watson balanced by his generosity with the choice seat by his warm parlor fire is itself enough to inspire a reader to both loathe and swoon. That being said I hope there are at least one or two (among my total three or four) listeners who found half as much pleasure in having been read as I in reading the introductory pages of The Hound of the Baskervilles last Friday evening.
Those who soldiered through were rewarded by Sonny Rollins and his Blue 7, one of the brightest gems in what many see as his crowning achievement, the 1956 record Saxophone Colossus. Half a century later Rollins, as hip a septuagenarian as ever scratched a beard, is still making records. His just released Sonny, Please is high-up on my "to acquire" list. So far I've been able to keep it in my pants (my wallet, that is), though I'm sure that record will be gracing the Brown Samana time slot before long.
We did spin some bluegrass which led unexpectedly to Stephane Grappelli through Mark O'Connor's Heroes, a must have for any fiddle-o-phile. On the 1992 release O'Connor collects duet sessions he played with each of his many, you guessed it...heroes. We selected for the webcast a Bill Monroe tune Gold Rush on which O'Connor teamed with Byron Berline, one time fiddler in Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. We also heard O'Connor and Grappelli take on the Rodgers and Hart composition This Can't Be Love. There was also some Buddy Guy, Neil Young, Boris Garcia, Lucinda Williams and a set of tracks from the Richard Linklater film Dazed and Confused. For full details on the evenings set please vist Jojo's playlist.
Music! Music! Music! I tell ya' there's a world of social commentary welling up inside. Stay tuned.
Those who soldiered through were rewarded by Sonny Rollins and his Blue 7, one of the brightest gems in what many see as his crowning achievement, the 1956 record Saxophone Colossus. Half a century later Rollins, as hip a septuagenarian as ever scratched a beard, is still making records. His just released Sonny, Please is high-up on my "to acquire" list. So far I've been able to keep it in my pants (my wallet, that is), though I'm sure that record will be gracing the Brown Samana time slot before long.
We did spin some bluegrass which led unexpectedly to Stephane Grappelli through Mark O'Connor's Heroes, a must have for any fiddle-o-phile. On the 1992 release O'Connor collects duet sessions he played with each of his many, you guessed it...heroes. We selected for the webcast a Bill Monroe tune Gold Rush on which O'Connor teamed with Byron Berline, one time fiddler in Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. We also heard O'Connor and Grappelli take on the Rodgers and Hart composition This Can't Be Love. There was also some Buddy Guy, Neil Young, Boris Garcia, Lucinda Williams and a set of tracks from the Richard Linklater film Dazed and Confused. For full details on the evenings set please vist Jojo's playlist.
Music! Music! Music! I tell ya' there's a world of social commentary welling up inside. Stay tuned.
1 comments:
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Great Scott! You really do have it going on ol' chap. Baskerville's hound and Rollins too? Sorry I missed it. Might suggest we do a spread on Nat Cole singing TCBL, and a dozen other tunes. How does that idea grab you, Jo-Jo! By the way, your blog gives my name a bit of distingue on a Yahoo! search. I owe you one.
WLH
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