Listening to gospel as music comes with a bit of tension. Performances actually are part of a religious service. it also is a religion of which I am not an...
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Jazz drummer Louie Bellson was born on this day in 1924. His full (long) given name suggests that he was born in Italy. Not so. Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco...
Happy Fourth of July, 2017.
Periodically, The Daily Music Break will highlight an important song, Please send candidates to carl@dailymusicbreak.com. Evidence of the importance of...
The Red Hot Jazz Archive calls Johnny Dodds one of he greatest clarinetists of the 1920s. The site says that two other greats of the day — Sidney Bechet...
TDMB posted yesterday on Leonard Bernstein. In a subsequent conversation on Facebook, I pointed out that he seemed to really like rock and roll. During various...
L In addition to being one of the most important conductors of the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic individual who cared deeply about telling...
In the right hands — and Joshua Rifkin is (or has) the right hands — ragtime piano speaks to something deep, poignant and sad in the American soul...
Vintage Pretenders is, in a way, a lot like vintage Rolling Stones. Both are fronted by charismatic people who can overshadow the absolutely fantastic band...
This post was all ready to go yesterday morning. It wasn’t a good day to highlight a song called “Shotgun,” however, so the birthday note for...
