(Above: The Stooges do “1969″ in 2007.) By Joel Francis When Ron Asheton started playing electric guitar in the mid-’60s, there were no signs pointing the way he wanted to go. The Beatles were just starting to experiment with feedback and backwards instrumentation on their albums; Pink Floyd was buried in the London underground and [...]
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Remembering Ron Asheton of The Stooges
Posted in Music history, tagged Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Dick Dale, Dinosaur Jr, free jazz, Guitar gods, Iggy Pop, Impulse Records, Joel Francis, John Coltrane, MC5, My Generation, No Fun, Obituary, Pete Townshend, Pharaoh Sanders, Pink Floyd, pre-punk, punk rock, R.L. Burnside, Raw Power, reunion band, Rolling Stones, Ron Asheton, Seek and Destroy, Sex Pistols, Sonic Youth, the Beatles, the Damned, The Stooges, the Who, the Yardbirds, Velvet Underground, White Stripes on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Classic Christmas Carol: “Greensleeves”
Posted in Music history, Song Review, tagged Christmas music, English Reniassance, Greensleeves, Henry the Eighth, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, John Coltrane, Lady Greensleeves, Martin Scorsese, Odetta, Olvia Newton-John, Paul Desmond, The Band, The Last Waltz, The Other Boylen Girl, the Reniassance, William Dix on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Above: Paul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet put their spin on “Greensleeves.” By Joel Francis The melody for “Greensleeves” dates to 16th century England. It is been rumored that King Henry VIII for his lover Anne Boyeln – the subject of the recent “The Other Boyeln Girl” novel and film. According to historians, however, [...]
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Bird lives! (and so will jazz)
Posted in Industry commentary, tagged A Tribe Called Quest, Albert Pujols, Babe Ruth, Ben Ratliff, Black Star, Blue Note, Bob Dylan, Charlie Mingus, Christian McBride, Common, D'Angelo, folk music, free jazz, future of music, gospel, Hot Five, Hot Seven, Impulse, Jaco Pastorius, jazz, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, John Medeski, Joshua Redman, Louis Armstrong, Martin and Wood, Medeski, Mos Def, New York Times, Pharaoh Sanders, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Roy Hargrove, Rudy Van Gelder, Sacred Harp, Soft Machine, Sonny Rollins, Stan Musial, The Roots, The Stooges on January 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Above: Students at the Berklee School of Music break down the Roots’ “Water.” By Joel Francis The New York Times jazz and pop critic Ben Ratliff participated in a very enlightening Q and A with readers yesterday. It seems Kansas City jazz fans, like our friend at Plastic Sax, aren’t the only ones obsessed about [...]
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