jazz

black history month music

ella fitzgerald

Another lousy day of service at this restaurant…oh, wait, I’m home. I woke up, rolled over, went back to sleep, and the next thing I knew it was 11:30. Yes, it is nice. So let’s get to it with another...

14 responses •

16 people

Black History Month Music: Miles Davis

Four Walls @FourWalls (86583) • United States 7 Feb

black history month music

miles davis

So far this month it’s been “Yeah! Great! Perfect!” Welcome to “who????” That’s the point of history: to learn things. And, as part of Black History Month, I’m celebrating the legends…which probably includes a lot of...

6 responses •

7 people

Black History Month Music: Charlie Christian

Four Walls @FourWalls (86583) • United States 4 Feb

black history month music

charlie christian

We’re having misting rain here in the land of the Kentucky Derby (and if you’re counting, or even if you aren’t, it’s only 110 days until Kentucky Derby 151!). While the weather changes, I don’t. I’m looking back at the musical...

8 responses •

10 people

Remembering 2025’s Music Losses: Chuck Mangione

Four Walls @FourWalls (86583) • United States 10 Jan

2025 music obituaries

chuck mangione

Dear all, As of late I have really been getting into Charlie Parker. I wish I had half his talent,the man had more musical talent in his pinkie than I have altogether. Sadly, though he was beautifully brilliant, he also...

7 responses •

10 people

Notes On Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3447) • United States 22 Jul

2 responses •

3 people

What is your favorite Jazz song of all time?

Rachael Alice @lifecoachjerusalem (1529) • Israel 22 Sep 24

My 6th grade saxophone class wants to play some Jazz songs. Please tell me what is your favorite Jazz song of all time? or maybe a list of what kids today would like. Thanks!

Oh, yeah, you’re thinking! About time you got into the 80s! Hold your horses! Ain’t I clever in the countdown of songs with “ain’t” in the title? So before I head out for leaf viewing I’ll give you a song you...

3 responses •

3 people

Ain’t This a Countdown: Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody

Four Walls @FourWalls (86583) • United States 12 Oct 23

8 responses •

9 people

A Club in Hollywood

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 19 Apr 23

Way, way, back in 1965, there was a jazz piano man, Horace Silver and he was playing at another jazz man's club in Hollywood called Shelly's Manne-Hole. My Uncle Bob Allen, a WW 11 vet and great tap dancer (before he broke his...

6 responses •

7 people

I Have this Special Record Album

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 19 Apr 23

Way, way back in 1965, there was a club in Hollywood, owned by a jazz drummer named Shelly Mann. The club was called Shelly’s Manne-Hole, just off Hollywood Boulevard on Caheunga. My Uncle Bob worked there as sous chef (head chef...

3 responses •

3 people

A concertina for our son - perhaps

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Oct 22

Our son in Ireland is a jazz musician and plays bass. He and his wife would like to buy a house but the banks won’t lend to an itinerant musician. They want borrowers to have a 9 to 5 type of job with a regular income. So he has...

24 responses •

24 people

Lost Masterpiece Found!

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43571) • Denver, Colorado 11 Sep 21

The story of how The Kentucky Churchmens Trio’s 1947 masterpiece LP, The Only Book Learnin’ That You Need Is Bible Book Learnin’, came about is astonishing, really. Vocalist Elmer Huckleberry, saxophonist Roscoe Duff, pianist...

satire

the kentucky churchmens trio

I'm not a jazz fan by any stretch of the imagination; but I love today's song in my head which is "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and is a real blast from the past. Dave Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer...

gospel

bibles

1 response •

1 person

Songs in My Head - 5/23/21

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 23 May 21

10 responses •

13 people

I Can Also Listen To Upbeat Music Now

MerryBelle @merrybelle2021 (1393) • Philippines 7 Apr 21

As long as it's instrumental! When I still have work to do and it's already late at night, I realized hearing calm music in the background helps me finish them. Now I stumbled on a Youtube channel...

8 responses •

7 people

Another "too many media" Fail. The Horse Rants. I will keep this short and simple.

The Horse @TheHorse (238277) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Mar 21

I was playing bass along with jazz music from an NPR Sacramento CA radio station tonight. I heard a beautiful tune I wanted to learn. The DJ mentioned the name of the musician and the album, but it was too quick for me to catch....

21 responses •

19 people

Music that Feeds the Soul :-)

Fiona @FionaRubi (81) 10 Mar 21

I was going through my playlist. It's been a while since I listened to some good music. Now let me just put it out there, I believe I have incredible taste in music(mostly because I listen to anything and everything). I love me...

4 responses •

4 people

Did I chase that som'bish off? Do that sh*t to me again, and I'll do it to you again.

The Horse @TheHorse (238277) • Walnut Creek, California 24 Feb 21

I was relaxing at my computer this afternoon when I heard loud and bad sounds coming from the parking lot, to my left. It was rap "music," musically simplistic, with racist and sexist lyrics. I got to hear about "white man" this...

the horse gets pissed off

19 responses •

20 people

What the (odd) Horse did this afternoon.

The Horse @TheHorse (238277) • Walnut Creek, California 16 Feb 21

I really like a (1959) jazz album called Kind of Blue. It is by an American jazz musician named Miles Davis. Have you heard of him? Some of the other musicians on that album are also pretty famous to American jazz musicians and...

11 responses •

13 people

85 years of songs and singers Part 3

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 25 Jan 21

Yesterday I came across this story: https://www.savebirdland.com/?fbclid=IwAR0PTW8U9W21xz-VNZOKV_1wTQl4DYWwHO7xMB13qVChRyQxa8JmrNEjhac (And still available to see) and my mind was flooded with singers and songs. In the 1950s...

music singers

songs