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Portuguese band Yardangs, who have been featured on this blog before, released their first EP online last November. It’s pretty good rock… and free to grab… Mind their cool acoustic version of Into The Open, live on BalconyTV Lisboa.

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“Neighborhood investigation shows him to be a very peculiar individual in that he...”

– (from the FBI file on Alan Lomax, 1940–1980)

Feb 20th

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Now you can watch it right here. It will take just a few seconds to load. Jazz Parades is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). Jazz Parades shows the cathartic Sunday jazz parades of social clubs in New Orleans and an overview of the jazz scene in the convergence of “the Uptown Blacks with the Downtown...

Feb 19th

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FolkStreams » Jazz Parades →

A treat for you. A musical documentary. Jazz Parades is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). Jazz Parades shows the cathartic Sunday jazz parades of social clubs in New Orleans and an overview of the jazz scene in the convergence of “the Uptown Blacks with the Downtown Creoles.” In ...

Feb 19th

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Feb 18th

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Henri Crolla was born in Naples to a family of itinerant musicians, close friends to Fellini’s composer Nino Rota, settling in Paris 2 years later. Growing up at loose in the poor outskirts of the bidonvile Porte de Choisy, Enrico would infiltrate the encampments of the Manouche, becoming close to gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt’s family, whose mother considered him one of their...

Feb 18th

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Let’s forget Belgium for a while… Cuban pianist Rubén González plays Pueblo Nuevo with world famous Buena Vista Social Club. Look in here for the whole song. Rubén was forced to abandon his studies in Medicine due to financial difficulties and so devoted himself professionally to the piano, which earned him fame around South America. Back to Cuba, he retired in the 1980s, but...

Feb 15th

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Brazilian Violão virtuoso Bola Sete (1923-87) plays a medley of the songs from Marcel Camus’ Palme d’Or winner Orfeu Negro (1959), including the jazz standard Manhã de Carnaval, live with his band at Monterey Jazz Festival 1966. There’s a really crazy percussive part in the second half. I assure you it’s worth all 13 minutes. Did you really, really like it?

Feb 10th

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athousandvoicestalk: “Old Rugged Cross” Rahsaan...