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Name This Composer: Flykovsky? DeBuzzy? Johann Sebastian Bug? Franz Shoo-Bert? Bee-thoven?
08:43 PM - Sep 07, 2023
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Remembering Blues & Boogie Pianist Katie Webster, who died on this day in 1999. Better-known in Europe, this exciting and authentic Texas-born performer reclaimed a US audience and fan-base through Alligator Records in the '80s.
07:35 AM - Sep 05, 2023
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Happy Birthday blues/jazz pianist Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, 1 Sept 1933)
https://youtu.be/mTX-J75WD...
03:37 AM - Sep 01, 2023
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Go to work? Participate in Society? Look, I don't see why I should have to observe all the traditions of Thursday when I don't even believe in Thor.
07:43 PM - Aug 30, 2023
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Happy Birthday to award-winning Blues/Jazz pianist, songwriter and singer, acclaimed by her peers and protégés alike, Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones on 29 Aug 1924).
06:36 AM - Aug 29, 2023
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Conservatives get very uncomfortable when I tell them I'm bilingual. They get even more nervous when I tell them what it means.
02:01 AM - Aug 28, 2023
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Remembering Lilian Hardin Armstrong (b. 1898) who on this day in 1971 (27 Aug) died at her piano like the determined musician she was. We remember her many writing and performing accomplishments, including leading an "All-Girl" band in the 30's that had a notably open-minded definition of "girl."
09:44 PM - Aug 26, 2023 (Edited)
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years ago friends would hang out and to compare notes on the latest "hip joint." We still do, but it means something very different at our age.
05:46 AM - Aug 26, 2023
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Happy Birthday to Vann "Piano Man" Walls, born 1918. A prolific, nuanced, and influential Blues player, he supported Big Joe Turner and was the piano teacher of the GOAT, Dr John. He bridges the trad blues piano styles of the 1930's with the more expressive and fluid playing of the 50's.
09:33 PM - Aug 23, 2023
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lots of work to be done to get this Rhodes Mark II Stage 73 sounding & playing funky again. Can't wait to record with it.
08:57 PM - Aug 22, 2023
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Listening to Blues pianist Sonny Thompson again today (1916 - 1989); its his birthday on Wednesday. Let's show him some love.
https://youtu.be/yQz_G6b3f...
Long Gone Part 1 - YouTube

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesLong Gone Part 1 · Eddie Chamblee · Sonny ThompsonThe Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 1946-1948℗ 2015 Fresh Sound R...

03:10 AM - Aug 21, 2023
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Trying out a new song on stage can be interesting. No matter how much you practice it at home, it's just not the same as performing it in an uncontrolled, higher-stakes situation. But it went better than expected. Much better.
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Hold On I'm Comin' - YouTube

Written by certified weirdo Issac Hayes and producer/philanthropist David Porter in 1966, first recorded by R&B duo Sam Moore and David Prater aka Sam and Da...

08:08 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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ah ... here we go; i should probably keep my damn godless mouth shut, but . . . religion did not invent morality. It did, however, invent a very popular alternative to it.
10:10 PM - Aug 15, 2023
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I love it when Humans do Amazing things. That's why I loved finding out about the Amazing Dorothy Donegan. I hope you do, too.

https://youtu.be/KJ7OLTl-H...
DOROTHY DONEGAN (The greatest pianist you never heard) Jazz History #27 - YouTube

You may never have heard of pianist Dorothy Donegan, and after you watch this video you’ll wonder why. With a combination of multi-genre virtuosity and humor...

09:32 PM - Aug 12, 2023
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Herewith let the weekend commence . . . eth.
04:00 AM - Aug 11, 2023
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thread 2 Threaded Spouts
a rainy night, a crowded bar - no better time for some Blues.
edit: there's supposed to be a video here . . . but it's not working atm.
08:15 AM - Aug 10, 2023 (Edited)
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