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HHGTTG! Oh, and also early jazz and swing, Balkan folkdance and music, 60's rock, Do-wop, electronic and ambient, folk, African. EE / algorithm developer back to the 70's: classifiers for realtime signal and image processing. Adaptive and continual AI.
I have to find that TV series!! Huge Bix fan here, and I have a collection on vinyl which probably has just about every track recorded with Bix on it. #:')
PS. I'm sure you don't remember the name of that TV series, though...
PS. I'm sure you don't remember the name of that TV series, though...
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I have to find that TV series!! Huge Bix fan here, and I have a collection on vinyl which probably has just about every track recorded with Bix on it. #:')
PS. I'm sure you don't remember the name of that TV series, though...
PS. I'm sure you don't remember the name of that TV series, though...
Bix Beiderbecke - I'm Coming Virginia - 1927
YouTube video by warholsoup100
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
So you kinda need to ignore the 20's sounding intro, and just listen for Bix's solo on this classic. Bix fans used to wear out the 78's where his solos were, it's told. His solos are timeless, especially ones like this. I interpret this as "I'm coming Virginia, but yet I know that...
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So you kinda need to ignore the 20's sounding intro, and just listen for Bix's solo on this classic. Bix fans used to wear out the 78's where his solos were, it's told. His solos are timeless, especially ones like this. I interpret this as "I'm coming Virginia, but yet I know that...
Yeah -- anyone who hasn't been steeped in early jazz could easily be surprised at how sophisticated it was by even the mid-30's, and how incredible the soloists were (starting with Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens). I was afraid to post a Beiderbecke track, but you forced my hand, ha!
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yeah -- anyone who hasn't been steeped in early jazz could easily be surprised at how sophisticated it was by even the mid-30's, and how incredible the soloists were (starting with Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens). I was afraid to post a Beiderbecke track, but you forced my hand, ha!
I think we all need a little bit of this kind of thinking these days! Listen for Teddy Wilson to swing out on piano, and Prez on sax. Lady Day, Teddy Wilson and Prez gave us some of the greatest small group recordings ever: youtu.be/O0UEnIBqypM?...
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) - Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday - 1938
YouTube video by Swing Blues Jazz 78 RPM
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I think we all need a little bit of this kind of thinking these days! Listen for Teddy Wilson to swing out on piano, and Prez on sax. Lady Day, Teddy Wilson and Prez gave us some of the greatest small group recordings ever: youtu.be/O0UEnIBqypM?...
Or, those of Latin descent could have continued to vote for self deportation...
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Or, those of Latin descent could have continued to vote for self deportation...
Whelp, you passed the memory test, ha! I'm going for something now that I know I haven't posted (but it's prolly not for most, even as being some of the most exalted jazz ever recorded)...
So if you like the sun, does it make sense that you live in the UK?? #:')
So if you like the sun, does it make sense that you live in the UK?? #:')
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Whelp, you passed the memory test, ha! I'm going for something now that I know I haven't posted (but it's prolly not for most, even as being some of the most exalted jazz ever recorded)...
So if you like the sun, does it make sense that you live in the UK?? #:')
So if you like the sun, does it make sense that you live in the UK?? #:')
Does anyone know if Datalabs is back up yet (it seems not, but I'm a newbie to this facility)?
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Does anyone know if Datalabs is back up yet (it seems not, but I'm a newbie to this facility)?
So being involved in music in some way is prolly a good factor in long life. Gonna start playing some of my instruments at home again, soon... #:')
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
So being involved in music in some way is prolly a good factor in long life. Gonna start playing some of my instruments at home again, soon... #:')
I used to joke that the best way to live a long time was to be born as a black jazz musician. Phil Schaap (RIP), a Grammy winner for his work in documenting early jazz, used to have these 90+ y/o black jazz musicians on his jazz show from Columbia Univ, which is where that theory came from...
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I used to joke that the best way to live a long time was to be born as a black jazz musician. Phil Schaap (RIP), a Grammy winner for his work in documenting early jazz, used to have these 90+ y/o black jazz musicians on his jazz show from Columbia Univ, which is where that theory came from...
Not sure if posted "Halo" live by LP, but here's another fav from that same live session:
youtu.be/MzhCarwzp4I?...
youtu.be/MzhCarwzp4I?...
LP - Someday (Bing Lounge)
YouTube video by 101.9 KINK.FM
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Not sure if posted "Halo" live by LP, but here's another fav from that same live session:
youtu.be/MzhCarwzp4I?...
youtu.be/MzhCarwzp4I?...
Mark Knopfler - Sultans Of Swing (A Night In London, 1996)
YouTube video by Mark Knopfler
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Yeah, and it was one of those witch hunters too, if I remember correctly!!
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yeah, and it was one of those witch hunters too, if I remember correctly!!
They seem to be stuck somewhere in the Middle Ages, where there were the royalty, and the serfs...
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
They seem to be stuck somewhere in the Middle Ages, where there were the royalty, and the serfs...
This is depressing. Can we just talk about the new Christmas Rom-Coms instead?!
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is depressing. Can we just talk about the new Christmas Rom-Coms instead?!
Thanks for rubbing it in!! I've always thought I belonged in Southern California, but never had the chance to really move there. #:')
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thanks for rubbing it in!! I've always thought I belonged in Southern California, but never had the chance to really move there. #:')
Can we also snitch on folks who drive those monster trucks, too??
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Can we also snitch on folks who drive those monster trucks, too??
A terrific live version of "Sultans of Swing", live at Wembley stadium.
youtu.be/eqxpQA5etd4?...
youtu.be/eqxpQA5etd4?...
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Live at Wembley 1985)
YouTube video by Dire Straits
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A terrific live version of "Sultans of Swing", live at Wembley stadium.
youtu.be/eqxpQA5etd4?...
youtu.be/eqxpQA5etd4?...
"Internally transparent" is what they meant, apparently.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Internally transparent" is what they meant, apparently.
I remember a book I had long ago, focusing on all those cool creatures -- diatoms and their ilk. I've never forgotten those little guys, and they seem to get so little attention!
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I remember a book I had long ago, focusing on all those cool creatures -- diatoms and their ilk. I've never forgotten those little guys, and they seem to get so little attention!
Whelp, we're apparently joining the good ole' "Axis of Evil" for a fresh, new look on the world stage!!
December 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Whelp, we're apparently joining the good ole' "Axis of Evil" for a fresh, new look on the world stage!!
What it used to be, with many of the DJ's that knew the obscure, but still great, records of that era now gone. But you might check it out -- on weekends it's mostly "doo-wop all the time" (but still not what it once was).
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What it used to be, with many of the DJ's that knew the obscure, but still great, records of that era now gone. But you might check it out -- on weekends it's mostly "doo-wop all the time" (but still not what it once was).
Yeah, there seems to be some confusion about the spelling! If you like the female persuasion in that genre, there was a woman, "The Doo-wop Queen of the North" (can't remember her name now), who would sometimes join a DJ on WRDV and bring her records featuring those groups. RDV is not quite...
December 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Yeah, there seems to be some confusion about the spelling! If you like the female persuasion in that genre, there was a woman, "The Doo-wop Queen of the North" (can't remember her name now), who would sometimes join a DJ on WRDV and bring her records featuring those groups. RDV is not quite...
Howz' about when you're driving behind one you can't see freaking anything. But then I'd rather be behind one, than having the type of person that owns one tailgating me at highway speeds...
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Howz' about when you're driving behind one you can't see freaking anything. But then I'd rather be behind one, than having the type of person that owns one tailgating me at highway speeds...