Gil Evans – Gil Evans & Ten (1957) Original release, Prestige 7120 This release Fantasy/Prestige (OJCCD 346-2) Remember (Irving Berlin) Ella Speed (Ledbetter , Lomax) Big Stuff (Leonard Bernstein) Nobody`s Heart (Lorenz Hart , Richard Rogers) Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter) If You Could See Me Now (Sigman , Dameron) Jambangle (Gil Evans)…
Today, July 7, Flabbergasted Vibes is officially two years old! I write “officially” because it was actually migrated from a blog I had started on MySpace (who reads blogs on MySpace anyway?), and also I did not really put much thought into the posts for the first few months. It was just a way to…
From Michael Jackson to Malcolm X: Gary Bartz NTU Troop’s “Juju Street Songs” (1972) vinyl Gary Bartz at his best created music that heals the soul and lifts the spirit. This may sound trite to you. So be it. If language was sufficient to express what I hear in the best jazz musicians’ work, there…
