Speaking of "Summertime"... The Music The Tune: "Samba With Some Barbecue" Recorded: 20 November, 1968 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Personnel: (deep breath...) Paul Desmond- Alto Sax Paul Faulise, Bill Watrous, and Kai Winding- Trombone John Eckert, Joe Shepley, and Marvin Stamm- Trumpet/Flugelhorn Ray Alonge and Tony Miranda- French Horn Joe Beck- Guitar [...]
Summertime, and the living was somewhat easy. I'm not sure if the fish were jumping, but here in Alabama the cotton is indeed high (acres of land alongside the roads around town are full of fields of cotton. Yep, this is ALABAMA Alabama). The calendar says it's now officially Fall, but nobody told the weather [...]
It's another soggy grey day here in north Alabama, and as such, out comes the reflective music. Here's a record I found during my cross-country tour this summer. To the music! The Music The Tune: "Festive Minor" Recorded: 15 January, 1959 in New York City Personnel: Gerry Mulligan- Baritone Sax Art Farmer- Trumpet Bill Crow- [...]
It's high-time for another installment of 'Desmond's Quotes', and this one's a bit unusual. This post features performances taken from radio broadcasts of the Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Blue Note in Chicago, Illinois. Recorded in March of 1953, these recordings find the group on fire, Paul Desmond especially so. Aside from showing his tasty [...]
After a summer full of traveling and other activities, it's time to get back to writing more regularly. Here in northern Alabama, it's a dreary, gray day with lots of rain, which made me want to put a record on that was a solid swinger but in a mellow groove. Enter the dependable Billy Taylor. [...]
It's A Raggy Waltz 