Comments on: CHOCOLATE GENIUS / “Ain’t That Peculiar” http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:33:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: IckMusic http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7129 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:54:50 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7129 <strong>Chocolate, Gonzo, and NYCD</strong> chocolategenius A few nudges in various directions tonight&#8230; Tonight, I was flipping the channels and thankfully came across the latest &#8216;American Experience&#8217; on PBS,  focusing in on New Orleans. One of the folks offering their  in... Chocolate, Gonzo, and NYCD

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A few nudges in various directions tonight…

Tonight, I was flipping the channels and thankfully came across the latest ‘American Experience’ on PBS,  focusing in on New Orleans. One of the folks offering their  in…

]]> by: Pete http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7130 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:57:39 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7130 Great post. I loved Marc on Bruce Springsteen's latest Seeger Sessions tour. Great tune posted. And Kalamu, I just saw you earlier tonight on American Experience. Well done! Great post. I loved Marc on Bruce Springsteen’s latest Seeger Sessions tour. Great tune posted. And Kalamu, I just saw you earlier tonight on American Experience. Well done!

]]> by: Audrey http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7272 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:44:02 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7272 Thanks for Nina and Dianne Reeves. All were new to me. I especially enjoyed the Marvin Gaye selections. I had to remind myself that I was working while listening. It was on his music that I learned to dance. I, too, saw you on American Experience--great comments! Great program! I knew that you would be there. Keep on, keeping on. Thanks for Nina and Dianne Reeves. All were new to me. I especially enjoyed the Marvin Gaye selections. I had to remind myself that I was working while listening. It was on his music that I learned to dance.

I, too, saw you on American Experience–great comments! Great program! I knew that you would be there. Keep on, keeping on.

]]> by: Rudolph Lewis http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7293 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:38:20 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-7293 "Ain't That Peculiar" is an extraordinary piece of song writing--quite complex in its construction. Six lines and then a four-line chorus (on which Marvin improvises and extends), with the last three lines (expressing the "peculiar -ality") almost like the third line of the classic blues lyric. I'm quite bowled over by it. And then there is Marvin's vocal (without backup and instruments) what an extraordinary contrast. The man could sing. I could listen to his singing without backup and instruments, all night long. The man could sing. What a voice, what timing--he could swing a tune! “Ain’t That Peculiar” is an extraordinary piece of song writing–quite complex in its construction. Six lines and then a four-line chorus (on which Marvin improvises and extends), with the last three lines (expressing the “peculiar -ality”) almost like the third line of the classic blues lyric. I’m quite bowled over by it.

And then there is Marvin’s vocal (without backup and instruments) what an extraordinary contrast. The man could sing. I could listen to his singing without backup and instruments, all night long. The man could sing. What a voice, what timing–he could swing a tune!

]]> by: John http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-12055 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:12:56 -0500 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/02/11/chocolate-genius-%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-that-peculiar%e2%80%9d/#comment-12055 Where can I find Ain't that peculiar by Chocolate Genius? I was struck by it at the end of the American Splendor movie and have to have it. It doesn't seem to be an any of their CDs. I don't know Chocolate Genuis at all but if his stuff is like this song I'l be loving it all.<p><font color="#ffffff" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mtume says:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>&nbsp; </p>It's not on any of the Chocolate Genius albums but it is on the American Splendor soundtrack. The rest of the soundtrack is mostly classic, swinging jazz. (If you saw the movie, you heard all of the songs from the soundtrack.) Where can I find Ain’t that peculiar by Chocolate Genius? I was struck by it at the end of the American Splendor movie and have to have it. It doesn’t seem to be an any of their CDs. I don’t know Chocolate Genuis at all but if his stuff is like this song I’l be loving it all.

     Mtume says:      

It’s not on any of the Chocolate Genius albums but it is on the American Splendor soundtrack. The rest of the soundtrack is mostly classic, swinging jazz. (If you saw the movie, you heard all of the songs from the soundtrack.)

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