Jimmy Page Explains How ‘Stairway’ was Written
Via Open Culture: Stairway to Heaven was one of the biggest rock songs of the 1970s – loved, imitated and sometimes parodied. Now...
Friday Night Jazz: River: The Joni Letters
The most interesting Jazz album I have heard this year has been Herbie Hancock’s tribute disc to Joni Mitchell — River: The...
Friday Night Jazz: Steely Dan
I’m a huge fan of what the BBC once called "one of the most important and intelligent bands the US has produced: Steely Dan....
Friday Evening Jazz: Mocean Worker
This morning on the train, a boatload of tourists, screaming kids in tow, filled the seats near me. This always raises a challenging...
Friday Night Jazz: Chet Baker II
I was searching out some of my favorite Jazz artists on YouTube, when I randomly stumbled across this video of Chet Baker. For those of...
Friday Night Jazz: Gerry Mulligan II
About 10 years ago, while window shopping in Sag Harbor (the least offensive of the Hamptons), I hear this fabulous music wafting out the...
Friday Evening Jazz: Marvin Gaye
Last week, while randomly channel surfing, I stumbled across a fantastic PBS documentary in the American Masters series, titled Marvin...