Jazz guitar genius Django Reinhardt with the Quintette du Hot Club de France for the 1937 recording of “The Sheik of Araby”.
Some of the best music, EVAH!
“Yes, I have great suspenders!” - AS
The Platters had a huge hit in 1955-56 with this now classic, “The Great Pretender.”
This song reminded me that, since my last birthday, my waist has been lowered and I am constantly pulling up my pants. This is a very unprofessional look for one who spends his days on his feet, working with the public. No more!
I am now, “The Great Suspender!” and not a minute too soon. I highly recommend them to men of my generation who have suffered the affliction as I.
No, not these suspenders…
…THESE suspenders!
Raphael Saadiq. Keep Marchin’
Cool!
Great clawhammer banjo from Dr. Ralph Stanley, and a great voice.
I must admit, I am acquiring a taste for certain country music. I’m 20 to 30 years behind, but maybe I’ll catch up (NOT)?
The BEST! Les Paul and Mary Ford.
Very cool Les Paul tribute. Tomorrow we’ll present the original!
Moody’s Mood
Introduced by Dizzy Gillespie. James Moody has always been tops in my book!
He left us in December, 2010.
RIP Moody
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Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkins (ts); Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy (tr); Earl Hardy (tb); Jackie Fields, Eustis Moore (as); Gene Rodgers (p); Oscar Smith (b); Art Herbert (dr)
Recorded October 11, 1939 at RCA Studios NYC
In 1934, Hawkins accepted an invitation to play with Jack Hylton’s band in London, and toured Europe as a soloist until 1939, memorably working with Django Reinhardt and Benny Carter in Paris in 1937. Having returned to the United States, on October 11, 1939 he recorded a two chorus performance of the pop standard “Body and Soul”, which he had been performing at Kelly’s Stables. A landmark recording of the Swing Era, recorded as an afterthought at the session, it is notable in that Hawkins ignores almost all of the melody, only the first four bars are stated in a recognizable fashion. In its exploration of harmonic structure it is considered by many to be the next evolutionary step in jazz recording from where Louis Armstrong’s “West End Blues” in 1928 left off.
This is one of those “desert island” recordings!
In Case You Were Wondering.
The story behind the first photograph!
