Archive for December, 2010
This is the week of December 28th, 2010Take a taste of Billie Holiday during the Verve phase of her career, enjoy the multi-faceted Cuban vocalist Lucrecia, and bring in a funky New Year with 18 versions of Herbie Hancock‘s "Watermelon Man."
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Watermelon Man Mixtape”Tue, Dec 28th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
LUCRECIA / “Lucrecia Mixtape”Tue, Dec 28th, 2010 | Posted in Contemporary | No Comments »
BILLIE HOLIDAY / “Lady Day Verve Years Mixtape”Tue, Dec 28th, 2010 | Posted in Classic | 2 Comments »
This is the week of December 20th, 2010
The quintessential Lady Day, aka Billie Holiday, kicks us off in style. We journey back to Cuba to catch pianist Roberto Fonseca in concert. We conclude with some late night/early morning Sextapes from Marsha Ambrosius.
MARSHA AMBROSIUS / “Marsha Ambrisius Sextapes Mixtape”Mon, Dec 20th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
ROBERTO FONSECA / “Roberto Fonseca Live Mixtape”Mon, Dec 20th, 2010 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »
BILLIE HOLIDAY / “Billie Holiday Decca Years Mixtape”Mon, Dec 20th, 2010 | Posted in Classic | No Comments »
This is the week of December 14th, 2010
Another Duke Ellington week, this time Duke with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach, and John Coltrane. Then we’re down Havana way with Cuban rapper/jazz vocalist Danay Suarez. And we conclude with Dexter Gordon stretching out on standards.
DEXTER GORDON / “Dexter Gordon Live Mixtape”Tue, Dec 14th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »
DANAY SUAREZ / “Danay Suarez Mixtape”Tue, Dec 14th, 2010 | Posted in Contemporary | No Comments »
DUKE ELLINGTON / “Duke and Friends Mixtape”Tue, Dec 14th, 2010 | Posted in Classic | 1 Comment »
This is the week of December 6th, 2010
This week we consider Duke Ellington recorded on the road, and then visit Boston to check out emerging emcee Dutch ReBelle, and then jump over to Paris to experience jazz vocalist Elisabeth Kontomanou.
ELISABETH KONTOMANOU / “Elisabeth Kontomanou Mixtape”Mon, Dec 6th, 2010 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
DUTCH REBELLE / Dutch ReBelle Mixtape”Mon, Dec 6th, 2010 | Posted in Contemporary | No Comments »
DUKE ELLINGTON / “Duke On The Road Mixtape”Mon, Dec 6th, 2010 | Posted in Classic | 2 Comments »