Posts by Vinson Valega
The end of an era...
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Gilberto Gil is leaving the Brazilian cabinet:Mr Gil, 66, has been in government since 2003, but said for some time that he was finding it difficult to pursue two demanding roles. As culture minister, he championed sometimes neglected forms of cultural expression such as indigenous painting.However it was always clear that he hankered to return to his artistic career, and some critics questioned t
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The end of liner notes.
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Yes, the day is fast approaching where our beloved liner notes will only be available online:Music geeks flipping through the CD booklet for Teddy Thompson's "A Piece of What You Need," released last month by Verve Forecast, may be in for a shock. Instead of the names of the musicians and technicians who worked on the album, or any thank-you's to friends, they'll find a photo of a beach, followed
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When ambassadors had rhythm.
Back in the day, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and others traveled around the world on the payroll of the US Government helping to spread the good word of Democracy. There's a wonderful exhibit of photographs of this time time in a show in Washington, DC:There are nearly 100 photos in the show, many excavated from obscure files in dozens of libraries, then digitally retouched an
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This is your brain on jazz.
"In a remarkable study":http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2008/02_26_08.html conducted at Johns Hopkins University, two professors - Charles Limb and Alan Braun - discovered which part of the brain is used when jazz musicians are improvising.Curious about his own 'brain on jazz,' Limb and Braun devised a plan to view in real time the brain functions of musicians improvising.For the stu
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Vinson Valega Quartet - Live..."Talk Time"
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Recorded in the wee hours of September 26th here in New York City at The Garage, "Talk Time" is a Chris Bacas funky original that has no harmony. But, man, does this one have a vibe! We've been playing it more and more, and it's really going different places these days...especially the ending on this version.Based on a 12 Tone Row, the song is also loosely based on a famous Charlie Parker bebop tu
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Locating MOG account...