I stumbled across this blue-tint-deteriorated photo of 52nd Street in New York in 1948 by William P. Gottlieb and thought that it deserved restoring. No colours added; they're all in the original photo. #jazz#photography
#Jazz genius Miles Davis was born OTD in 1926. You might think his celebrity status would have shielded him from the institutionalized #racism of his era. You'd be wrong. Here's Miles, beaten bloody by a NYC cop in 1959 outside a club, after recording "Kind of Blue."
I haven’t been able to find all the right groups of people on the fediverse. And this makes me sad. I follow a group of people in my field of work and a large # of people in the Apple development ecosystem.
So I've finally joined Mastodon after being hassled by someone who will remain unnamed. Joined here to get away from the toxicity of other social media platforms. I'm mostly here to discuss music. I love all forms but particularly #heavymetal#shoegaze#krautrock#progrock#jazz#hiphop#hardcore. All forms of #metal really & I love #horrormovies
Drew Friedman adapting one of Buddy Rich's brutal rants against his band, from a tape made secretly and handed around among musicians for years.
PS Rich was recently dead at the time this was drawn :) #jazz#music#assholes#badboss
Nina Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1960)
Last music post for the afternoon due to internet outage. Did you know Nina was a genius on piano? I used to post this on the birdsite once a year, so if you followed me there you probably do know it, but if not, check this shit out! The switch from the swinging jazz feel of the song into the Bach style classical instrumental break is amazing & the move back is even better👑
Adelaide Hall was born on this day 122 years ago today. She performed around the world, moved to Britain in 1938 and became a big star, entertaining the troops in wartime. When she was 71 and still working hard, she recorded her first Desert Island Discs.
From this clip it's obvious that presenter and music nut Roy Plomley knew and loved her work.
Saturday is another episode of my #radio show, #Jazz Roulette, on #KUZU 92.9 FM in #Denton TX at 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC). You can stream live at https://kuzu.fm
Below are a few of the records I’ll be taking to the studio in a bit
There was a guy named Maxwell,
who was born on that day, 100 years ago,
even if his birth certificate doesn't say so.
His second name was Lemuel.
Whatever — everybody calls him Max.
Let's embark for a 100 days celebration
with Max Roach, here on Mastodon.
You know what to do? — Follow the hashtag…
Someone here was giving examples of cultural appropriation and like half of it was #Jewish#Swing musicians. Denying the influence of #klezmer on #Jazz is almost as bad as denying the influence of #blues and #ragtime... But I guess that that would be considered an embarrassment, like a problematic fave from an author's youth, or an ill-considered early collaboration...
They'll edit us out of #American cultural history just like they did from Poland to Iraq. Nu... Nothing is new under the sun.
A thread of live recordings of my amateur jazz band's latest december 2023 gig, a #WayneShorter tribute (final thread post on January 2nd 2024). Let's start with Miyako, a wonderful ballad,
including an upright #bass solo by yours truly #jazz 🧵
Pour égayer votre samedi, le morceau d'ouverture de notre concert #WayneShorter de samedi dernier, Black Nile, avec des solos de... tout le monde #Jazz#LiveMusic