Mon, 06 Oct 2008
Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard
Bill Evans, the hopeless junkie whom everybody dug, is up next in today's Music for Programming with his June 25, 1961 session at the Village Vanguard with bassist Scott LeFaro and drummer Paul Motian. If you think Miles' Kind of Blue is just the thing (and some folks don't), this is even more so. Details to follow.
If we ever visit New York City, we'll hit the Vanguard to catch whoever's there.
Later: I listen to music while I think about and write code, and this just didn't do it for me as accompaniment. To enjoy this album I'd need a dark quiet room, a tall drink and a foul mood. There are great gems here - the cool spare intellectual style and the almost telepathic communication between the musicians make for some awesome moments, but like other albums, it's not hanging together for me right now.
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Sat, 29 Sep 2007
Miles and Coltrane: So What, live in 1958
Our 5-year-old John says he's going to have a guitar and a trumpet when he grows up, so I googled up a video of Miles Davis playing my favorite of his, So What. Coltrane's there, too, and lots of guys smoking in the background. Good, good stuff:
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