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natalieweiner.bsky.social
i don't know if i've ever posted about the 1959 project here but it's one of my biggest accomplishments to date i think the1959project.com
The jazz that was huge in 1959 tended towards two quite disparate poles: strange big band music made by white bands for white audiences that sounds flatly jarring to listen to today, and music by Black jazz artists who were uninterested in pleasing (mostly) white critics — music that was deemed by those critics to be redundant or sentimental or trite. Ahmad Jamal, sitting cheerily at the top of this post, is a case study of the latter phenomenon. Without actually having the numbers, I would hazard a guess that he was the top selling jazz artist (who anyone still listens to today) of 1959. “Poinciana” was running jukeboxes, and the success of At The Pershing inspired the rapidfire release of half a dozen more LPs. But Jamal is not generally cited as one of the canonical artists of 1959, or of jazz. Neither are Dinah Washington or Sarah Vaughan, who had their biggest hits (”What a Diff’rence A Day Made,” “Unforgettable,” “Broken-Hearted Melody”) in 1959. Same story with Erroll Garner, who sold out Carnegie Hall in 1959. Same with Ramsey Lewis, who spent all year on the Billboard charts with his remarkable album Down To Earth, as well as Jimmy Smith, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Shirley Scott, and many others. Ray Charles, in his completely idiosyncratic way, was plucking the friendliest parts from jazz and placing them into era-defining pop music. The difference isn’t in the quality of the music, it’s in who was listening.
December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
arthurs-wander.bsky.social
Ma playlist de noël :
link.deezer.com/s/31W9WRXTJL...
Christmas
arthurs_wander
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December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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jonsavage.bsky.social
Bought OTD in 1972: one of two, the past and the future. This is a proper 1967 psych album - not too many of those - with jammy excursions, sitar drenched Dave Mason songs and Steve Winwood’s beautiful No Face No Name No Number. One last rave up on the title track too
October 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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jonsavage.bsky.social
Bought OTD in 1972: another proper 1967 psych album. Doesn’t have a first class rep but so what - it’s charming, tuneful, inventive and light. Look At Me I’m You is mundanity transformed by musique concrete, Frozen Dog rocks, People of the Royal Parks a protest against a more regimented time. Dig it
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
arthurs-wander.bsky.social
Lee Fields donne une leçon de deep soul à Clermont. Un élève de James Brown avec dance moves et cris surpuissants, et grande interaction avec le public. "Two jobs" est une composition pertinente sur l'argent en musique. Avec sa revue rétro, c'est un type de show devenu rare
Lee Fields & the Expressions
November 4, 2023 at 2:52 AM
arthurs-wander.bsky.social
Bluesky. Ici grâce à @ohbungalowbill.bsky.social, merci!
November 2, 2023 at 9:43 PM