As I was going to work today I stopped at the local convenience store to get a cuppa. Just as I was leaving this song started playing.>And an earworm was born. But this was no ordinary annoying earworm, this was earwormus maximus, the single most annoying from I've ever encountered.You see, ??The first stanza?? morphed, circled back on itself, and became an endless loop.Now, I know jazz buffs (y
More >
More >
Once again, the big band sits while the sextet takes over for an exciting performance of Sister Rosetta Tharp's composition "Up Above My Head." The big surprise is that Al Hirt follows the tradition established by Louis Armstrong and other horn players by singing in his rich, warm husky voice before leading the way with his brilliant trumpet. There are shouts of enthusiasm from the small band i...
More >
More >
More >
More >
More >
More >
She drove Frank Sinatra to the brink of ruin. In 1952, she represented a nostalgic remembrance by a feverish Gregory Peck in the film "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." To Alfred Newman, she inspired him to create this masterpiece of musical beauty. Henri Rene writes and arrangement that is sultry in a swinging way with Al Hirt providing the leading voice in a noirish smokiness that is highly charged ...
More >
© 2006-2010 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
