markstryker.bsky.social
Author, Journalist, Critic, Filmmaker. Books: “Jazz from Detroit”; “Destiny: 100 Years of Music, Magic, and Community at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.” Film: “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit.” Former Detroit Free Press arts reporter/critic, 1995-2016
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youtu.be/AfHAsV1jA78?... Heads know.
Show Postoh, this is the one with the hilariously overdubbed high C at the end of "Oh mio rimorso"
Show PostListening to this now on Qobuz and yeah, it's pretty amazing. Piano In The Foreground remains my favorite Ellington-the-pianist album, but I'm gonna be coming back to this one for sure.
Show PostJarring to realize that Coltrane was older than Ray Brown
Show PostThe hidden gem of the Ellington catalogue: just a duo record and on the second half they play more free than Ellington almost ever did elsewhere
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