Archive for May, 2008
This is the week of May 26th, 2008This week we start with classic Miles Davis, then move to a survey of work by hip-hop vocalist Vinia Mojica who is featured on a trillion songs you’ve heard forever and just didn’t know who was singing. Finally we do a round robin of investigations of Wayne Shorter’s composition "Footprints" featuring Miles Davis, Jazz Jamaica Allstars, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Soul Rebels, Lonnie Liston Smith, Caecilie Norby, Mimi Fox, Kenny Barron & Regina Carter, Geoff Keezer and the Wayne Shorter Quartet. Approximately three hours of brilliant music.
CAECILIE NORBY / “African Fairytale”Mon, May 26th, 2008 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
MOS DEF feat. VINIA MOJICA / “Climb”Mon, May 26th, 2008 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »
MILES DAVIS / “Mademoiselle Mabry (Miss Mabry)”Mon, May 26th, 2008 | Posted in Classic | No Comments »
This is the week of May 18th, 2008
Happy Birthday, Malcolm! The minister always used to say: make it plain. So here comes Bill Withers and José James making it plain. Plus Meshell Ndegeocello, Creative Source, Curtis Salgado, Gladys Knight & The Pips and Shaun Escoffery trying to figure out who "he" is. Another beautiful week of wonderful songs.
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO / “Who Is He And What Is He To You”Sun, May 18th, 2008 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »
JOSÉ JAMES / “The Dreamer”Sun, May 18th, 2008 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »
BILL WITHERS / “Hello Like Before”Sun, May 18th, 2008 | Posted in Classic | 5 Comments »
This is the week of May 12th, 2008
Oh, what a week on BoL. The Other Woman Redux: Barbara Mason, Joan Armatrading, The Soul Children, Erykah Badu, Nina Simone, and Nancy Wilson. Then we head off to the motherland to listen to Souad Massi, Geoffrey Oryema,, Madosini, Khadja Nin, Boubacar Traore and Miriam Makeba. And finally we have a dozen versions of Coltrane’s classic "Naima" featuring Doug & Jean Carn, Dexter Gordon, Turtle Island String Quartet, SF Jazz Collective, Soul Bossa Trio, Oscar Castro-Neves, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Mimi Fox, Lonnie Liston Smith, John McLaughlin and John Coltrane with Pharoah Sanders. Like I said, what a week!
DOUG & JEAN CARN / “Naima”Mon, May 12th, 2008 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »