Vocalist, Radio DJ(WMNF 88.5 FM), Actor, LMT, Record Collector originally from NYC based in Tampa Bay, Florida. Enjoys digging for great, interesting music, discussing music and film. Big ATCQ, Donny Hathaway, Chaka Khan, Bjork, Wilco, Talking Heads, Bowie, Prince & Elvis Costello fan. Email: nubuzz54@gmail.com
Play on Playa is probably my favorite song off the Aaron Frazer record, and he plays percussion for Durand Jones And The Indications. Also got tickets to see Thee Sinseers in September. Super excited for it
The Geri Allen record is from the classic series and Kevin Gray has done that too :) If you read the small text on the right side, the last line then you see Kevin's name.
My intro to Oscar Brown Jr. was Nina Simone's version of Work Song. It felt fitting that I got to see him perform at a Carnegie Hall tribute to Nina a year after her death and a year before we lost him.
the booker ervin album would be lovely to have as would the lee morgan with one of the most beautiful covers i've ever seen. plenty of good wilco and pj harvey shows from june (lyon, france 6/4) you should watch...you are quite the world traveler and music connoisseur.
Thanks for the mention, Scott! So awesome that you saw the Sinseers and I am definitely jealous. Glad to see you took advantage of that killer sale that Plaid Room was doing. I'm getting my Parlor Greens record in tomorrow and can't wait.
Hi Scott, It's nice to hear about your visit to the Jazz festival. I saw Lettuce open for Ziggy Marley July 11. It was a fun time. I like the keyboard player who sings and I liked watching the drummer.
Been jamming out to Aaron Frazer new album. Different then his first solo album, but still very good. And I'm excited for my 1994 Selena-Amor Prohibido record to come in this weekend. It was her last spanish album before her English album I believe. And her 2nd to last before she was taken from us. And it's the first time it's been pressed on vinyl in the states too.
Im just learning about jazz and am trying to find as many vocalists as i can. I really like Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Dean Martin, Sarah Vaughan and lots of friends have recommended Chet Baker too. But im keen to learn more and more
i really enjoyed the "fresh" album which i'd never even seen before. i have to give steve allen (who made elvis look like a fool on national TV) credit for producing oscar's early 60's records but he was going to crossover to some extent anyway. i did see him acting in something or other but will have to track down more of his acting roles. thanks again.
oscar is funny and wise and much more entertaining than a lot of the jazz vocalists people believe they don't like. "but i was cool" is one of my favorites, the story of my life. i love the "we insist: freedom now suite" and found it long ago just because i knew abbey and max. i wasn't aware of oscar in the 80's. i can't wait to see pt. 2.
there's a british singer named beth orton who i enjoyed around 25 years ago and she was huge fan of terry callier and sang duets with him and i found out about him through her. you may like her stuff. they did a duet of fred neil's "the dolphins".
i thought you'd stay watching chaka khan's "tiny desk" concert over and over for the last week and a half when you're home (pollen be damned)...it's good to see you on "rachel's ghost" because you're never tearing into anybody!
I can't stand the arguments. People have to realize that Rob's function on the show is to have funny discourse that looks like fighting. They take it way too seriously. Then he gets angry. I love that Chaka performance!! Thanks!!
@@djvinylvertigo i tried to send you links to terry callier music and live performances and did it repeatedly only to find out that you tube doesn't approve of my...linking, sending their videos. i listened to wonderful record in it's entirety by TC i hadn't heard this morning so educating myself on him is in order. you have no idea why stevie wonder can't for the love of god release one record of new material? stevie's function is to do whatever he wants. rob's occasionally should be to self-muzzle!
Oh Man ! Talk Talk.. I'm on the look out for more titles by this incredible band ! I have a bunch of Luther, and Psychedelic Shack .. I never see it out there ! Very cool. Last Tempts I picked up were "Cloud Nine" and "Masterpiece" the Norman Whitfield produced and penned album.. Have a great day 😉
That Temptations album looks great! I got the One Hand Clapping record and the associated EP a few days ago, too. I have been playing through a bunch of other recent finds, so I haven't listened to it yet, but I plan to listen to it this weekend. Love the haircut!
Mixing politics with music really does no favors to either. Usually, it just doesn't work. Good music should be timeless, as in "Into the Mystic." Political content is time-sensitive and is usually outdated as soon as the music gets to the public. There are rare exceptions but that's the rule. I agree with some other commenters here that a few hard-hitting songs directed at the mandates and lockdowns would have been sufficient. But Van needed to get some things off his chest and that's what was happening at the time and he had good reason to be angry and sarcastic. I mean, these mandates were, and still are, killing people. Still, it's probably a better tack to focus on something positive in a bad situation. I'm reminded of Peter Gabriels's song "Biko."
are you going to do betty carter? i actually never had heard her tour duets with carmen. i need to listen to what you have to say here but hope you do betty.
Carmen Mcrae is great, really solid and distinct voice. I never thought about her being so heavily influenced by Holiday, but I'll be listening for that. You don't see her records in the bins a lot in Denmark, so I only have Carmens Gold, but it gets spun a fair bit and now i can add a few more to my want list. Hope to see a lot more Vocal Jazz Series videos!
