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Good luck not dancing

2or3whiskeysodas — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:02:48 -0800

At Sammy's at 2016 Main, on September 8, a historic jam session occurred, an impromptu reunion of many of the city of New Orleans's finest musicians. Each player who walked in the door was much more than a mere musician that night -- they were an affirmation of life. Not only did their attendance indicate that they had survived the storm, but their collective presence also indicated that their music would survive, too.
The New Birth Brass Band (and friends) tears it the hell up in downtown Houston post-Katrina. The whole show is great, but if you're short on time, parts one and three are especially smoking.

Guardian's Top 50 Arts Videos

djgh — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:42:57 -0800

The Guardian has compiled a list of their top fifty arts videos, the majority being from either rare or obscure sources and uploaded onto YouTube.

Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica School

y2karl — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:46:49 -0800

Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals - Harmonica Specialty and Rascal Bill McBride's vocal turn on Always In My Heart are excerpts from Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica School--a wmv video file of a Vitaphone Short which with no surprise we find at Vitaphone Shorts, a subsection of Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans--which was first brought to our attention by the noble crunchland, albeit at another and now defunct URL, let it be noted. . Whether the impish and dapper Borrah Minevitch was the originator of the Harmonica Madness of the swing era or merely the most successful, many of the following dyi harmonica orchestras cited him as inspiration The equally if not more impish and extremely diminutive Rascal in Harmonica Specialty is one Sammy Ross, who had quite a run of his own. He was the replacement for the runaway Rascal Johnny Puleo, who eventually inherited the franchise. And indeed Leo Diamond and Larry Murad of the Harmonicats were Minevitch alumni. It is interesting as well to note that the Harmonica Madness and Doo Wop were both dyi phenomena that had their origins in the 1942-1944 Musicians Strike known as the Petrillo Ban, which was also the nail in the coffin of the Big Band era. Harmonicas were not considered musical instruments while harmony groups could record accapella with vocal lines reproducing big band horn lines while the big bands sat by. Between the ban and the introduction of Juke Boxes, touring big bands were doomed. Oh, and PS. Always In My Heart was the theme song of the movie of the same name, a movie in which Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals provided comic relief and the song was nominated for an Oscar in 1942. White Christmas won. And Dean Martin covered both in his time.

Nick Cave, the Black Crow King, is fifty today

the_very_hungry_caterpillar — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:59:54 -0800

NickCaveFilter: Fifty years ago this very day, Nicholas Edward Cave [previously] crawled from the womb and started to plot. At 16 he formed his first band which evolved quickly into the Boys Next Door [Shivers]. This in turn mutated into the Birthday Party (1980) who terrorised the post-punk soundscape in Australia and the UK [Release the Bats | Nick the Stripper]. The Birthday Party relocated to England and in 1984 the band imploded in an orgy of drugs and booze. Shortly after Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were born [The Ship Song - video & solo live | The Mercy Seat - video & live | Where the Wild Roses Grow], and 23 years and 11 studio albums later (not to mention a best selling book, a great screenplay, some acting and several soundtrack projects) he is still going strong. But, instead of sitting on his musical laurels he decided to get back to basics and, in 2006, grew a huge moustache and formed Grinderman – a four piece with a primeval hybrid Birthday Party/Bad Seeds sound [No Pussy Blues | Honey Bee]. Fellow Mefites, I ask you to raise a glass to Mr. Cave… And, especially if you are not familiar to his work, don’t forget to “look inside” for my primer on the enigma that is Nick Cave, one of the finest song-writers on the face of this miserable planet. The Boys Next Door released a couple of singles and an album, Door, Door (1979) [although the early Birthday Party singles and debut LP were originally credited to the Boys Next Door]. Not much remains except for the LP (re-released on CD), the promo video for the single Shivers, an interview and one decent live recording (1977). The Birthday Party were a tour de force, fuelled primarily by booze and drugs. They made three stunning LPs, the eponymous Birthday Party (later re-released with two singles as Hee-Haw ), Prayers on Fire and Junkyard. The band imploded in 1984 with Mick Harvey leaving the band temporarily. Check out: Junkyard, Sonny’s Burning, Deep in the Woods [discography]. (Mick Harvey gets an honourable mention as he is ever present in Nick Cave’s music, 24 years to date, playing drums, bass, guitar and keys at diferent times. He has also release several critically acclaimed solo LPs.) Cave re-surfaced straight away with Mick Harvey, Barry Adamson and Blixa Bargeld as the Bad Seeds. (Blixa Bargeld of Einsturzende Neubauten also gets an honourable mention, playing guitar with the Bad Seeds from 1984 to 2003.) The Bad Seeds hit hard with From Her to Eternity (1984), taking up the primeval growl where the final Birthday Party EPs left off [ From Her to Eternity | I Put a Spell On You]. They also released a cover of In the Ghetto. (Elvis and Johnny Cash are strong influences in Cave’s music, along with John Lee Hooker, the Stooges and Nina Simone.) They followed this with The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), with a more laid back, bluesy edge (although Cave dislikes this being referred to as bluesy) [ Tupelo | Wanted Man]. 1986 saw two LP releases: Kicking Against the Pricks (an LP of cover versions, including Hey, Joe) and Your Funeral, My Trial (a really dark LP with a dense sound) [The Carny, featured in Wim Wenders “Wings of Desire”, and also Scum, for the journos] [Interview] 1988 saw Tender Prey released (selfIndulganceFilter: my personal favourite, along with Henry’s Dream). The album has a fantastic Elvis-esque sleeve and contains The Mercy Seat (widely regarded as Cave’s signature tune and played at most of his shows since 1988, and covered by Johnny Cash) [Deanna | Mercy]. Cave, Bargeld and Harvey scored the soundtrack to Ghosts… Of the Civil Dead, in which Cave acted as well as co-writing the screenplay. The Good Son [1990] was Cave's first release after kicking his heroin addiction, and he produced his most accessible music to date. Songs such as the Weeping Song saw Cave attract a new audience with a mellower sound [Jack the Ripper]. In 1991 a road movie filmed in B/W on Cine 8 called The Road To God Knows Where was released. Henry’s Dream (1992) is an intense LP [Straight to You | I Had a Dream, Joe] which is captured vividly in their Live at the Paradiso video. 1994 saw Let Love In [Red Right Hand], and in 1995 Cave dueted with Kylie Minogue on Where the Wild Roses Grow. [Written interview]. This single was included on Murder Ballads (1996) [Stagger Lee], which also included Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey). He also rejected his MTV Award. 1998 saw the release of The Boatman’s Call - a really beautiful, chilled piano led LP [Into My Arms | Lime Tree Arbour | Far From Me | People Ain’t No Good ]. Cave’s debut novel, And the Ass Saw the Angel was released in 1999. In 2000 he released Secret Life of the Love Song & The Flesh Made Word – two philosophical lectures [transcript]. 2001 saw the mellow No More Shall We Part released [God is in the House | Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow], followed in 2003 by Nocturama (not their finest, best left alone) The double LP Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus was released in 2004. A truly beautiful LP, characterised by a lush production (and featuring members of The London Community Gospel Choir) [Nature Boy | Breathless | Abbatoir Blues | Oh My Lord]. The film The Proposition was released in 2005 (a gritty Western, set in Australia) and as well as writing the screenplay, he and Warren Ellis also recorded the soundtrack. 2006 saw Cave form Grinderman, a raw, stripped down four piece recording and mixing their debut (Grinderman, 2007) in 12 days [Grinderman | Electric Alice | interview]. Cave is joined by Martyn P. Casey, Warren Ellis and Jim Sclavunos – all from the Bad Seeds. Even at 49 Cave was kicking against the pricks. Their debut live performance was at the All Tomorrows Parties festival (2007) and... (selfIndulganceFilter:) I was there! [And finally... Other Cave YouTube Interviews, and other performances: John the Revelator, I feel so Good, Mack the Knife]

Sunday Night with Jools Holland and David Sanborn

carsonb — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:22:38 -0800

Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show hosted by Jools Holland and David Sanborn which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. [YouTubeFilter, via] "A revelation to music fans, this show appeared and disappeared with little fanfare, being light-years ahead of the bulk of it's audience in style and substance. Every possible realm of music was boldly explored...from minimalist art-noise to traditional folk styles and everything beyond and in-between. Absolute genius, a marvelously noncommercial experiment that was doomed to failure despite itself. ..." (from imdb comments) Ambitious Lovers - Admit It Ambitious Lovers - Copy Me Annabouboula Artis (Spoon Man) Aster Aweke (More) Phillip Bailey - Fascination Phillip Bailey - I Thought I'd Never See the Day Tim Berne - Hong Kong Sad Song / More Coffee John Cale (& B.J. Cole) John Cale, Shawn Colvin & Richard Thompson - Heartbreak Hotel Nick Cave - The Mercy Seat Nick Cave, Charlie Haden and Toots Thielemans - Hey Joe Eric Clapton - Hard Times Leonard Cohen - Tower Of Song Leonard Cohen & Sonny Rollins - Who By Fire Shawn Colvin Hank Crawford - Don't Cry Baby Hank Crawford - The Peeper Robert Cray & Eric Clapton - Old Love Taylor Dane - Where Were You When I Needed You? Miles Davis - Hannibal Miles Davis - Tutu Djavan (Note: Video problem towards the end) Bill Frisell and Band Diamanda Galas Dizzy Gillespie - Tin Tin Deo Dizzy Gillespie - Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee Al Green - The Message Is Love Charlie Haden & his Liberation Orchestra - Spiritual Charlie Haden & his Liberation Orchestra - The Anthem of the African National Congress Fareed Haque (with Sting) Debbie Harry - Calamari Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Old Man River Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bob Weir, Bongwater and the Fabulous Pussywillows Dan Hicks - I Scare Myself The Kronos Quartet - Spoonfull The Kronos Quartet - Four, for Tango The Kronos Quartet - Foxy Lady Abbey Lincoln - First Song Abbey Lincoln and Phil Woods - High Fly David Lindley - Bon Temps Roulez David Lindley - Werewolves of London Lounge Lizards - Voice Of Chunk Lounge Lizards - Uncle Jerry John Lurie and Naná Vasconcelos Curtis Mayfield - It's All Right Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman Curtis Mayfield (with Taylor Dane) - People Get Ready Maria McKee - Breath The Modern Jazz Quartet The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Legendary Profile Milton Nascimento - Canções e Momentos Milton Nascimento - Cravo e Canela Milton Nascimento & Naná Vasconcelos - San Vicente Youssou N'Dour - My Daughter Ken Nordine NRBQ - I Got a Rocket in my Pocket NRBQ - Wild Weekend NRBQ with Phil Woods - Little Floater NRBQ Blows up a New Kids on the Block Album Mary Margaret O'Hara Ivo Papazov and his Wedding Band Graham Parker - Slash & Burn Graham Parker - My Love's Strong Pere Ubu - Breath Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven/Tame Pretty Phat - Pretty Phat Girls Red Hot Chili Peppers - Subway to Venus Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sexy Mexican Maid The Residents - Teddy Bear The Residents - From The Plains To Mexico Marcus Roberts - Blue Monk Sonny Rollins Pharoah Sanders - Thembi Lakim Shabazz and his D.J. Shinehead Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket Jo-el Sonnier Pops Staples - Nobody's Fault But Mine Sting - Why Does the Sun Shine? Sting (with Bill Frisell and Fareed Haque) - Ain't No Sunshine Sun Ra Arkestra - Face the Music Sun Ra Arkestra - Retrospect Toots Thielemans - Sophisticated Lady Toots Thielemans - Little Suede Shoes Toots Thielemans plays the harmonica with a turkey baster Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)Walking the Dog Rufus Thomas - The Funky Chicken Richard Thompson - Jerusalem on the Jukebox Richard Thompson with Jo-El Sonnier - Tearstained letter Steve Turre and his Sea Shells Conway Twitty & The Residents - When You're Cool Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire Was (Not Was) - Can't Turn You Loose Was (Not Was) - Earth to Doris/Robot Girl Was (Not Was) - Hello Operator Was (Not Was) with Frank Sinatra Jr. - Wedding Vows in Vegas Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman - The Victim Phil Woods Zahar (with Hassan Hakmoun) Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation Also, check out the MeFi archives because it's apparently the year of great 80's/music televison: 120 Minutes (Bookhouse) Night Flight (Methylviolet)

Musical improv

madamjujujive — Sat, 12 May 2007 15:23:57 -0800

Jazz dispute is billed as a heated exchange between Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Jazz not your thing? Classical music can provoke a range of emotions too. (YouTube alert)

The Puppini Sisters

grapefruitmoon — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:23:32 -0800

In light of all of the recent genre-crossing cover posts on MetaFilter [1, 2], here's another. The Puppini Sisters cover such classics as Wuthering Heights, Heart of Glass and I Will Survive in 1940s style jazz. Enjoy.

y2karl4hepcats

petsounds — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:12:29 -0800

Jazztube.com has hundreds of great jazz performances in one place

Warning: contains those guitars that are like, double guitars

rxrfrx — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:35:17 -0800

Mahavishnu Orchestra - One Word
Weather Report - Seventh Arrow/Umbrellas
Squarepusher's 8-track [1] [2 + Buddy Rich]
Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy
Cannibal Ox - Pigeon

Robot Jazz

roll truck roll — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:45:57 -0800

Robot plays Coltrane (via)

Jazz Age Novelties, Obscurities and Outliers on the YouTube

y2karl — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:35:21 -0800

Here are some antique jazz novelties, obscurities and outliers:

Mae West with Duke Ellington - My Old Flame
The Hoosier Hotshots - She Broke My Heart In Three Places
Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson - Handsome Harry The Hipster
Spike Jones & His City Slickers - I Like To Sock Myself In The Face
Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears - Truckin'
Cliff Edwards - I Feel Pestamistic
Red Ingle - Nowhere
The King Cole Trio - I'm An Errand Boy for Rhythm
Jack Teagarden - The Sliphorn King of Polaroo
Reg Kehoe & His Marimba Queens - A Study In Brown
The Slim Gaillard Trio - Laguna Melody

Coming soon: The Residents, but for now.... Eugene Chadbourne!

elr — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:28:36 -0800

I've always lumped musician Eugene Chadbourne in with the likes of Wesley Willis and Daniel Johnston, but I may have been mistaken. While his songs are often absurd, experimental, and silly, he's much less eccentric than I'd always thought. In addition to having an incredible output (full discography with notes here and in-depth review here), he has worked with everyone from John Zorn to Jello Biafra, even fronting the band Camper Van Beethoven as Camper Van Chadbourne. He has also been a writer for MaximumRocknRoll and AMG and is the inventor of the electric rake (a musical instrument that would certainly annoy your neighbors). YouTube has two awesome Chadbourne finds: THIS is a 19-minute documentary about him and THIS is a cable access show he appeared on called I'm Going to Make a Drug with My Mind (if you like cable access television, this is awesome, but please note that this video is 31-minutes long, including 60 seconds of color bars. Eugene comes on a little after the 17-minute mark). [WARNING: YouTube. A lot of YouTube in this post]