Archive for June, 2007
This is the week of June 24th, 2007And now for something different. We kick it off with MJQ, the Modern Jazz Quartet combining blues and swing with European music forms. We follow with Netsayi, a London born, Zimbabwe reared, Shona songwriter/singer. And we close it out with Arto Lindsay and Prince. BoL’s word for today is hybridity!
ARTO LINDSAY / “Erotic City”Sun, Jun 24th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 6 Comments »
NETSAYI / “The Refugee Song”Sun, Jun 24th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET / “Django”Sun, Jun 24th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 3 Comments »
This is the week of June 17th, 2007
This is BoL’s second anniversary. Mtume chooses the best of Kalamu’s picks and Kalamu chooses the best of Mtume’s picks. The classic picks are: Alice Coltrane, Bobby Blue Bland, A Tribe Called Quest, and Freddie Hubbard. The contemporary picks are: Sara Tavares, Terry Callier, Angie Stone/Beathunters, Joi, Sergio Mendes. The cover picks are: Cassandra Wilson, Angelique Kidjo, Ceu, Me’Shell Ndegeocello, and Nina Simone. Happy Father’s Day.
CASSANDRA WILSON / “Run The Voodoo Down”Sun, Jun 17th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 2 Comments »
SARA TAVARES/ “Guisa”Sun, Jun 17th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »
ALICE COLTRANE / “Turiya And Ramakrishna”Sun, Jun 17th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 2 Comments »
This is the week of June 10th, 2007
This week, BoL features classics by Herbie Hancock, new music from Jhelisa, and 12 (count ‘em, 12) versions of the Billie Holiday-associated song "Strange Fruit" (Josh White, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Lou Rawls, Jimmy Scott, Sting, Cassandra Wilson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bill Withers, Marcus Miller, Nina Simone and Rene Marie) PLUS a related track by Cinematic Orchestra—truly an in depth overview.
RENE MARIE / “Strange Fruit”Sun, Jun 10th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »