photo of club in Manhattan, NYC Dec. 2017
Category Archives: music commentary
Bassist Andy González, Who Brought Bounce To Latin Dance And Jazz, Dies At 69
Photo of Andy Gonzalez, and I. Photo taken in 2015 at City University of New York. All Rights Reserved by Nelson Gonzalez-Torres
Led Zeppelin Win ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case
They did it.
A D.J. Shows How to Let Go in Authoritarian Kazakhstan
“Zvuk is the brainchild of Nazira Kassenova, a 28-year-old Kazakh D.J. who performs as Nazira.”
He Played With Charlie Parker. For $15 He’ll Play With You
A generous bebop legend still teaches in New York.
Bad Bunny lanza su nuevo disco “YHLQMDLG”
El “trapeo” continua. El conejo ofrece otra zanahoria.
The Most Electrifying Riffs of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page
Exciting, but let’s face it, these licks are all based on a one position guitar riff which requires little finger independence and result in a typical blues scale over a static harmony. It helps if you practice them over, and over, and over, and over… (You get the idea…)
Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album
When you hear him, you get it: His saxophone is too light to feel like a solid substance, but too graspable to be vapor. via Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album – The New York Times
Sonny Rollins Is at Peace. But He Regrets Trying to One-Up Coltrane.
“Yeah, man, I’m lonely, let me call somebody up,” but to me that’s a weakness. …”
Sonny Rollins
