The legendary guitarist Jeff Beck died January 10. Beck came from humble beginnings and studied at Wimbledon College of Art. Like so many of his generation he was inspired to take up the guitar by another legend, Les Paul, the father of multitracking. He started out in rock ’n’ roll then rock moving into jazz/rock, […]
Tom Bethell, a British expat with one of the most graceful writing styles in Washington, passed away last month at the age of 84. For going on 40 years, Tom was a columnist for the American Spectator. I wrote for the Spectator in the mid-late 1990s, and Tom was always one of my fav folks […]
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Jazz music is often famous for featuring amazing improvisations and that is absolutely fair: Jazz did re-vitalize the art of improvisation which almost disappeared with the end of the Baroque
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Boycott culture, real enemies and getting things wrong + this day in history w/Voice of America and our song of the day by Nikki Lane on your Morning Monarchy for February 17, 2017.
One of my favorite jazz compositions ever, Blue in Green, by my favorite jazz composer, Bill Evans (Miles Davis played it on the album “Kind of Blue”, but he did
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