"Restored, Returned"
Restored! Returned! The lost are borne
On seas of shipwreck home at last:
See! In the fire of praising burns
The dry dumb past, and we
The life-day long shall part no more.
- From Ten Songs, 1939, W.H. Auden
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
"The lost are borne on seas of shipwreck"
Incredible music by the Tord Gustavsen Ensemble, with singer Kristin Asbjørnsen, set to words by W.H. Auden... what could be better in this world tonight?
"Restored, Returned"
Restored! Returned! The lost are borne
On seas of shipwreck home at last:
See! In the fire of praising burns
The dry dumb past, and we
The life-day long shall part no more.
- From Ten Songs, 1939, W.H. Auden
"Restored, Returned"
Restored! Returned! The lost are borne
On seas of shipwreck home at last:
See! In the fire of praising burns
The dry dumb past, and we
The life-day long shall part no more.
- From Ten Songs, 1939, W.H. Auden
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
"I'm your great big butter and egg man from way down south"
Louis Armstrong Hot Five & May Alix, "Big Butter and Egg Man from the West," 1926 jazz song by Percy Venable.
Armstrong is, as he tells May Alix, "different," as he's "a big butter and egg man from way down in the South", with a coronet on his lip....
Friday, February 22, 2013
Davis and Evans a long time ago...
Was there ever a greater pairing than Miles Davis and Bill Evans on "Blue in Green"? The piece was written by Evans (though Davis was initially credited with it). The video by Christopher Coltrane is evocative. Sit back and enjoy, smoke a virtual cigar and drink that tumbler of Islay.
When I listen to this, I can almost believe there is such a thing as hope or truth. Certainly there is love.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
"The Prisoner"
Art Pepper's version of "The Prisoner," otherwise known as the theme from The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978). Pepper's version reminds me of the Vangelis soundtrack to Blade Runner four years later: cool, sad, bluesy.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Nightmare
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra, 1938
Plenty of nightmares out there. Thought maybe this one would be easier to take.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Coltrane and Dolphy Together = Perfect Jazz
John Coltrane Quintet with Eric Dolphy, playing "Impressions" by John Coltrane
Something special in B&W
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
"Alabama" at Jazz Casual, with Coltrane in '63
The John Coltrane Quartet (John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones), 1963, on the program "Jazz Casual"
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